The snow was off the playing field, piled along the sidelines, at Dial-Roberson stadium on Saturday afternoon for the inaugural men's lacrosse game against Franciscan, an Ohio college near Pittsburgh. ONU, with an all-freshman team drew blood first, making for a happy home team and crowd of about 200 spectators. Then, the Polar Bears scored the second, third, and fourth points making the score 4-0 before the half. (Monty Siekerman photo)