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As the final seconds ticked off the clock, the Phi Eta Kappa floor hockey team gathered around for one last huddle. It was the second round of the floor hockey playoffs and as hard as they played, it wasn't enough. They lost to their common sports rival SAE by a score of five to three, and while they're season is over, they're not going to hang theirs heads over it. "we played really well, and we let up a lot of unneccesary goals. I don't mean to point the finger either, we need to play smarter defense." Brendan casavant remarked. The game started at a very fast pace, and Phi Eta ended up scoring the first goal. However , from that point forward it was a seemingly unsurmountable slope. SAE came back with three goals in a row and by the half the starters were winded and the attendance of Phi Eta's bench was lacking. According to the Hockey goalie Nicolo, the teams attendance was the biggest contributing factor. " I could see our guys getting tired out there, but because our bench was limited, they stayed in for longer periods of time and you could see it affecting us." he added. As the second half began, they boys tried another approach by having three forwards and stationing two on defense and it apparently seemed to work, at least for the first 10 minutes. Brendan Casavant put them up one more point, making the score 4-3 with 6 minutes left and it seemed as though they had a chance. But, without any hesitation and without wasting anytime SAE's most talented player Greg Scott whipped a long ranging goal in 60 seconds later. From that point, it was a desperation game. They tried everything in their power to just get one goal, pt SAE's goalie was just to good. With goal block after block, reality began to sink in with only 60 seconds remaining. Before they knew it, They were out of the playoffs for a second straight year. However, they have brighter things to look forward to, this year's pledge class contains a Umaine hockey player and according to Galen Munroe, he's the new secret weapon.