The swampy conditions set up the Yale transition game and played hell with the controlled, half-field offense favored by the visitors.
But both sides were quick to point out that strategy didn't determine the outcome of this one.
Sherlock conceded the Elis intangibles made all the difference.
"They were very psyched, more emotionally into it. We're not a rah-rah type of team"
And if you give Yale just a single "rah" for every winless year, the Elis are, at a minimum, a rah-rah-rah-rah-rah team. Which, all together, left the laxmen five "rahs" and eight goals short. Goals: H. Peter Follows 2, Chris Pujors Paul Garavanne, Rob Howley, Y. Gartter 3, Lenskolode 2, Snow 2, Moran 2, Ward 2, Cromwell, Reach Assists : Y. Leriskolods, Snow, Moran, Ward