Credit: facebook.com/akronzipslacrosse

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The Cleveland State Vikings handed the Akron Zips a loss on the final day of the lacrosse season this weekend, in a high scoring 15-9 game held at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School.

But this post isn’t about the outcome of a local college lacrosse game. No, it’s about the pure agony of a nut-shot, and what happens when an athlete doesn’t wear a cup during a game where people are whacking each other with sticks.

A well-placed photographer for the Zips team captured junior captain Richard Kenney’s reaction to the worst thing that could ever happen to a man. The two photos, along with a bunch of others, were uploaded to the official “Akron Zips Lacrosse” facebook page. Let’s take a closer look:

facebook.com/akronzipslacrosse
  • facebook.com/akronzipslacrosse

Akron’s highlight video from the game, surprisingly, left this vicious incident out:

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If you’re interested, here’s the team’s Facebook page, and here’s the team’s twitter account.

(h/t to lostlettermen.com)

Youtube video

This article appears in Apr 15-21, 2015.

Doug Brown is a staff writer at Scene with a passion for public records laws and investigative reporting. A native of Ann Arbor, Mich., he has an M.A. in journalism from the Kent State University School of Journalism and Mass Communication and a B.A. in political science from Hiram College. Prior to joining Scene, Doug was a contributing writer for Deadspin.com, reporting behind-the-scenes stories about college sports through public records and developing sources. Doug's work as an enterprise reporter for the Daily Kent Stater was recognized by the Cleveland Press Club (2013 Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards), Society of Professional Journalists (regional and national Mark of Excellence Awards), and the Associated Collegiate Press. He spent the summer of 2012 working for the Metro desk of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and spent previous summers working for Outside Bozeman Magazine and Crain's Detroit Business. His website is dougbrown8.com.

One reply on “Saturday’s Akron-Cleveland State Lacrosse Game Featured 24 Goals, One Awful Hit to the Nuts”

  1. The best part (or the worst) was the sound that was made. I didn’t actually see Rich get hit until I heard a loud sound and looked up to see poor Rich’s face of pure agony.

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