KICK OFF:

The Seawolves began with strong momentum driving the ball down the pitch into try territory. An offside call on the defense gave Brock Staller a shot at
a penalty kick, and the Seawolves were the first to add points to the board, 3-0 Seawolves in three minutes. The Seawall proved strong as NOLA made
their attempts, but a penalty call for the Seawolves led to NOLA kicking for points and tying it up at 3-3.

 

20 MINUTES:

Seawolves defense smothered NOLA and showed some great ball handling as Mat Turner charged forward for the first try of the game. Staller converted a wide
kick and brought the Seawolves to 10-3, making it the first lead over NOLA Gold by any team all season. The adversity fired up the NOLA team and quickly
led them to a try and conversion of their own, 10-10. A penalty against the Seawolves led to a penalty try for NOLA Gold, which brought them to 17-10
NOLA as the first half wrapped.

 

40 MINUTES:

NOLA opened up the second half with a quick penalty kick that extended their lead to 20-10. While the Seawall continued to hold strong, NOLA Gold dug deep
to power through for another try and a powerful surge of Gold momentum as the score raised to 27-10. The Seawolves weren’t done with their fight though,
Eric “The Beast” Duechle charged the ball down the pitch and used their scrum for a big break and Apisai Naikatini dotted down for his first Seawolves
try, 27-17.

 

60 MINUTES:

NOLA Gold’s defense went into panic as the Seawolves showed their power and Kellen Gordon grounded for another try under the posts making for an easy conversion
for Staller. 27-24 NOLA lead (led) with fifteen minutes to go. Exhaustion began to show on both sides and NOLA Gold capitalized with two quick back-to-back
tries to expand the (their) lead to 41-24 with only six minutes left in the game. The Seawolves dug deep for a surge of energy with a try by Riekert
Hattingh, earning them four-try bonus point, and a score of 41-31 with only a minute left.

 

80 MINUTES:

The Seawolves charged with an attempt to reach a fourth try, but NOLA Gold was able to shut down the momentum and end the game.

 

NEXT JOB:

The Seawolves return home to Starfire Stadium as they face the Toronto Arrows Sunday, February 17 at 5:00 PM PST. Very few tickets remain, buy them at
SeattleSeawolves.com.

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