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The #2 Colorado State Rams used a record-breaking defensive performance and four points from junior midfielder Alex Devlin (Langley HS / Langley, VA) to capture their fifth MCLA national championship on Saturday night in Greenville, South Carolina with a 7-5 victory over #1 Cal Poly. The Rams surrendered just 15 goals in their four-game tournament run to the championship, including holding the potent Cal Poly attack off the scoreboard for over thirty minutes of game time in the finals. Colorado State jumped on the scoreboard early on a dodge by Devlin with 11:16 remaining in the first. Cal Poly answered back with two quick goals to take their only lead of the night before the CSU defense locked things down. Over the next 34:17, CSU scored five straight goals to take what would ultimately turn into an insurmountable 6-3 lead after three quarters. Five different players scored during the five-goal run, highlighting a balanced offensive effort by CSU, but the story continued to be on the defensive side of the ball. Hayden Porter (Heritage HS / Littleton, CO) and Tyler Zabor (Rock Canyon HS / Highlands Ranch, CO) were outstanding guarding Poly’s dynamic attack duo of Scott Heberer and Olivier Schmied, holding the two All-America selections to just three total points and forcing six turnovers by Heberer.