Having picked up a missed shot behind the crease and moved out in front, Chris eyes the goal. (photo from www.lax.com)

Charging around the defender as the clock winds down, Chris winds up. (photo from www.lax.com)

Chris finishes off Middlebury (again!) with a low, hard one from about eight yards out. (photo from www.lax.com)

remember One Shining Moment

TWICE AS SWEET

Déja vu indeed! Lest anyone has forgotten that lightning bolt of two years ago, I've assembled the text and photos from several news sources (see links below) on the 2005 NCAA men's lacrosse Division III Championship Game, played on a beautiful spring day at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, just to prove that lightning can and did strike twice. With the score knotted at 10, our nephew (Jo Anne's sister's son) CHRIS PHILLIPS, a Salisbury University junior attackman, again fired the championship-winning goal, his second goal of the day, this time with only five seconds left in the game. This was Salisbury's third consecutive national championship and their 49th consecutive win, an all-division record. Chris was recently named a Division III first-team All-American.

The Baltimore Sun | Lacrosse Magazine | Inside Lacrosse | NCAA Sports
Lax.com | SU Sports Information

Even more family, who came from near and far, came to the Linc this year to support Chris and the Gulls.

Chris (center) and Sea Gull teammates celebrate the game winner. (photo from www.lax.com)