NCAA Tournament Expands to 18 teams – The addition of two teams for the NCAA tournament will include two play in games for the four teams that received the lowest AQ seeds. Expanding the tournament is to keep a balance between AQ and at-large bid teams. There will be 10 AQ teams, with eight at-large squads, which the AQ squads will be knocked down to eight after the two play-in…
Three teams this season made the NCAA Tournament for the Eastern College Athletic Conference. Defending champs Loyola Greyhounds, Bill Tierney’s Denver Pioneers and black horse squad Ohio State Buckeyes. This is starting to turn into one of the most competitive conferences in college lacrosse, as one team from the ECAC has made the NCAA Final Four the past three years running. Unfortunately or fortunately, if you’re an ECAC team, Denver…
NCAA Championship Quarterfinal Saturday, May 18 – 12:30pm – Byrd Stadium – College Park, Md. Ohio State 13-3 – Head Coach Nick Myers – 4th NCAA Appearance (2-3 overall) Defeated Towson 16-6 to reach Qtrs. (1st NCAA home game for program) Seven game win streak – Averaging 11.5 goals a game while letting up 8.38 Have converted .500 of the EMO’s 23/46 (2nd Nationally) …
Senior – Marcus Holman – Attack – Ohio Machine – North Carolina Tar Heels Ohio Machines 2nd round (12th overall) draft pick in 2013 picked up one goal and four assists in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. North Carolina (13-3) picked up the victory over Lehigh (12-5) to end the Mountain Hawks season. The Tar Heels 16-7 victory on Saturday advances them to the quarter finals of the…
The University of Maryland’s men’s lacrosse team’s season came to an end with a 16-8 loss to Cornell in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Sunday afternoon at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium. Maryland finishes the season with a 10-4 record, while the Big Red of Cornell advance to next weekend’s NCAA quarterfinals with a 13-3 mark. Cornell jumped out to an early two-goal lead scoring twice by…
Game will be at Byrd Stadium (College Park, Md) on Sunday May 12 at 1pm. Cornell: Head Coach Ben Deluca 12-3 overall, lost to Princeton in Ivy League Semis, Only other ACC matchup was vs Virginia on March 9 where Big Red won 12-11 (last game before NCAA Tourney). Maryland beat Virginia 9-7 during regular season and lost to the Cavs in the ACC Semis 13-6. Rob Pannell – A…
Senior – Logan Schuss – Attack – Ohio Machine – Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio Machine’s 11th overall pick had a marvellous week for the Buckeyes (12-3) scoring nine points in two games in the ECAC Championship. On Saturday, Schuss scored two goals and one assist in an 11-10 win over Denver to capture the ECAC Championship. In the ECAC Semi Finals, the Ladner, BC native led the Buckeyes with five…
Senior – Marcus Holman – Attack– Ohio Machine – North Carolina Tar Heels The Ohio Machine are definitely keeping a close eye on their 12th overall pick from the 2013 Collegiate draft. Holman led his Tar Heels (12-3) to an ACC title this past weekend and an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. On Sunday, Marcus Holman tallied five assists in a 16-13 win over the Virginia Cavaliers (7-8) to…
Today at 5 p.m. the No. 1 Maryland Terrapins (4-0) will come home after a three game road trip to take on the struggling UMBC Retriever (1-3). The game is scheduled for 5 p.m. but do to a schedule of heavy rain in the forecast the game may be rescheduled. The Terps are coming off their first conference shellacking of the Duke Blue Devils 16-7. Senior Midfielder Mike Chanenchuk is…