It’s a huge weekend in college lacrosse. Entering the final stretch of the regular season, these games mean life or death to some teams. Here are some games to put a star next to: SATURDAY Marquette vs. Providence: 12 PM This will be a huge game for the Golden Eagles. They’ve started the season undefeated before a close game to Georgetown gave them their first blemish on the year. Ever…
We’re in the do-or-die portion of the NCAA regular season, with every game mattering for teams that are aiming for an automatic bid or a higher seed in their conference tournament. There’s not a ton of things to watch on TV this weekend, but if you decide to grab a laptop or two to watch some games, here are some matchups to watch out for: Brown Offense vs. Yale…
There’s not a whole lot of college action Tuesday, but more than last week and with better matchups. There are eight matchups on the docket, with the majority of them starting at 7 PM or a little later, but I’ll take a deeper look at four of them: Harvard vs. Boston: 7 PM If you’re a fan of college hockey, this would be a fantastic game to watch. If you’re…
Prior to Saturday’s games, we had a battle of New York teams between Albany and Syracuse, a big ACC game between North Carolina and Virginia, and Villanova playing against Denver. But here are some games to watch for this weekend: SATUDAY Boston University vs. Army: 12 PM The Patriot League is up for grabs for any team except for Lafayette and maybe Lehigh. Boston has been a pleasant surprise in…
Not much action happened Tuesday compared to prior Tuesdays this season. But there were games that were played: Bellarmine 9, #12 Marquette 3 In a day where nothing really happened, this was the biggest outcome of them all. Bellarmine scored three goals in the 2nd to take a 4-1 lead at halftime before Marquette scored two in the 3rd to close the lead to 4-3. However, a five-goal barrage in…
The addition of Cleveland State to the foray of Division 1 Men’s Lacrosse has been rumored since January. It turned out to be official Monday afternoon, as the Vikings will be the 70th Division 1 team beginning in the 2017 season, which is a little less than two years from now. With Cleveland State adding lacrosse, what teams may be next? There are some very good club teams that should…
The Duke-UNC rivalry is one of the best in all of sports. Mainly, the rivalry has been associated with the two basketball teams, but it has that same intensity on the lacrosse field. The evidence was with Sunday’s thrilling game at Fetzer Field in front of 5,711 fans. Duke scored six goals in the 2nd quarter to take a 7-5 lead at the half, a much better half than last…
The Battle for Tobacco Road ensues yet again for another year as the Duke Blue Devils take a short trip to Chapel Hill to take on the UNC Tar Heels in a big ACC matchup for both teams. Duke is coming off of an embarrassing 19-7 showing inside the Carrier Dome to the #1 Orange last week. Not a good way to open up your ACC schedule. Junior midfielder Myles…
It was another exciting weekend of college lacrosse in the division 1 end of the NCAA. Upsets, beatdowns, entertaining close games all packed into two days as we are heading into the homestretch of March. Here were some of the highlights: Georgetown 10, #9 Marquette 9 The Hoyas had an 8-2 lead at halftime before the Golden Eagles stormed back to tie it up. Freshman Craig Berge had a…
We’re about a month and a half into the season, and there’s already some talk about who will win this year’s Tewaaraton Award as the best player in lacrosse. Here’s a short update on ten guys, in no particular order, that have a very good chance at winning the award: Jimmy Bitter (A), UNC Bitter has 40 points (18 G, 22 A) on the year so far, good…