The boys lacrosse team has high standards.

In the aftermath of Wednesday’s season-opening 7-1 win against visiting Lakeside, “ugly” was one of the first words from co-captain Adam Smith to describe his term’s performance.

“We were rusty and had a lot of butterflies,” he said. “Our attack seemed like we lost our chi. We didn’t flow and we didn’t move.”

Coach Andy Constan added that “the kids have a lot of talent this year, so we want to play up to our level, not down to our opponents. We have high hopes for the lads. This first game was a matter of getting the cobwebs off.

“Our aim was to get the win and identify the areas which require work.”

One area which may not require a great deal of immediate attention is the defense, which Smith conceded was “awesome.”

Bainbridge nearly pitched a shutout – a rarity in lacrosse – as Lakeside’s only goal came with less than 10 seconds remaining in the second quarter with the home team a man down.

The game’s most emphatic defensive statement came earlier in the quarter, which Bainbridge began with a three-minute penalty for an illegal stick. Just before that penalty expired, another one left them even more short-handed. But when a Lakeside player broke open for a moment and appeared to have an clear shot at the goal, he was flattened by a ferocious hit by defender Byron Masi.

Bainbridge opened the scoring three minutes into the game when Smith rifled a pass from behind the goal to Sam Cameron about 10 yards in front, who fired it into the net. Spencer Evans made the score 2-0 with less than a minute remaining on a solo diagonal run in front of the goal.

But Bainbridge was scoreless in the second quarter — nearly half of which it played a man down — and the Lakeside goal just before the horn shaved the margin to 2-1.

Bainbridge gave itself some breathing room early in the third quarter on a virtual instant replay of their first goal, then with just over two minutes left, Smith – apparently kicked in the ankle and visibly limping – cut past the goal and fed David Vander Hoek for the freshman’s first career goal. The same combination produced another score with under a minute remaining.

A minute and a half into the final quarter, Cameron stumbled about 20 yards from the goal. Quickly regaining his footing, he split two defenders and scored from about 10 yards out to record a hat trick. Smith closed out the scoring with 16 seconds left when he rebounded a missed shot.

“I’m really pleased with the depth of the team,” Constan said. “Our freshman Vander Hoek goes two minutes and gets two goals.”

That depth was even more evident on Thursday, as the team made the most of their trip to Bellevue by pummeling Overlake 31-3. At least a dozen players scored.

“We had good ball movement and good shot selection,” said coach Jack Visco. “We waited for the right shot.”

The team had enough hat tricks to open its own haberdashery, as Smith and Tyler Bural led the point parade with five goals apiece, while Vander Hoek, Joe Picha and Jacob Hayashi all had three goals. Smith had four assists.

The team left yesterday afternoon for a weekend tournament in Stanford, where it will play six games in two days, then travels to Port Angeles on Tuesday.

Bainbridge “B” 6, Seattle Prep 5 – Visiting Bainbridge overcame a 4-2 deficit at the end of the third quarter on Wednesday afternoon for the narrow win. Neal Bateman and Cody Bludorn both scored twice, while Trevor Charles and Andrew Bergh added single tallies. Harry Langohr had two assists.

“Bainbridge had outstanding goal saving by Kevin Wilson and Brad Tatum,” said coach Kii Yette. “It was a team victory as everyone played hard.”