{"id":122907,"date":"2019-03-15T08:03:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T12:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=122907"},"modified":"2019-03-15T12:24:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T16:24:40","slug":"its-a-goaltender-timeshare-for-bates-mens-lacrosse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2019\/03\/15\/its-a-goaltender-timeshare-for-bates-mens-lacrosse\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: It&#8217;s a goaltender timeshare for Bates men&#8217;s lacrosse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bates men&#8217;s lacrosse team is 4-1 and ranked 13th nationally entering this weekend&#8217;s game at Trinity. Last week, they defeated defending national champion Wesleyan, cementing themselves as a force to be reckoned with in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Bates offense has been electric but it is the Bobcat defense that is forcing the NESCAC to take notice. The Bobcats deploy two goalkeepers who receive equal playing time, a strategy not often seen in men&#8217;s lacrosse.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #009779;\"><em>Watch how Bates men&#8217;s lacrosse deploys a distinctive two-goalkeeper system \u2014 and makes it work. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bates men&#039;s lacrosse goalkeepers: Dare to be different\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WGUDU_D2spY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Some people think that if you have two goalies you have no goalie, and I think that we dare to be different and we believe that we have two goalies,&#8221; goalkeepers coach Andrew Deane said. &#8220;So it\u2019s a lot of fun to see both guys compete.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mitchell Drake &#8217;19 of Annapolis, Md., who plays the first half, and Rob Strain &#8217;20 of Montclair, N.J., who plays the second half, have made it work.<\/p>\n<p>The two goalkeepers bring different skill sets to the table.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Mitch has always been faster on the hand side, just hand speed, and I think he\u2019s better at stepping to the ball than I am, so I have been learning from him for the past years,&#8221; Strain said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I think I like clearing the ball more than Mitch does. I think he\u2019s gotten a lot better over the past years, whether it\u2019s from me or through sheer experience, but it\u2019s been fun.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The two-goalkeeper strategy could change at any time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Both Bobcats sport career-highs in save percentage so far this season, with Drake leading the NESCAC at 61.5 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The two-goalkeeper strategy could change at any time. 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