The weekend wasn’t kind to the Burnaby Lakers.
The B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League squad suffered back-to-back setbacks and fell to sixth place in the standings.
Burnaby put up a valiant battle Sunday against the undefeated Coquitlam Adanacs at the Copeland rink.
The Lakers even took a 4-3 lead midway through the opening period, when rookie Chase Pretti-Pearsall counted his first of the season.
But Coquitlam proved resilient, tying it up two minutes later and adding two more before the period ended.
Although Danny Spagnuolo pulled the Lakers within a goal to kickstart the second frame, the 7-0 Adanacs replied with three markers of their own, and withstood Burnaby’s comeback attempts.
In his second game of the season, Aidan Milburn tallied two goals and three assists, while Spagnuolo scored three times and set up another. Rounding out the Lakers’ offence were Wyatt Pinder, Mason Pomeroy and Pearson Willis.
Two days earlier, Port Coquitlam steamrolled ahead with seven straight goals to start the game en route to a 16-8 victory over Burnaby.
Milburn, Pomeroy and Spagnuolo tallied two each in the loss, with singles by Anthony Quetrano and Willis. Picking up four assists was Kyle Heiling.
PoCo’s Keegan Bell scored four times, and was one of six players to post five-point games.
The Lakers’ next game is Saturday in Victoria.
