The top seeded Notre Dame began their NCAA tournament by facing a Towson team who had to beat High Point earlier in the week just to make it to the first round. Notre Dame would wind up walking away with the 12-10 win, but it did not come easily. The first quarter in no way went to the expected script, although it started like it might. Notre Dame quickly…
Yale was one of the few teams all year to say they could top Maryland. As luck would have it, they met again today for the first round of the NCAA tournament. This time though, the Terps defense would prove to be too much for the Bulldogs, and the Ivy champs are headed back home early. The first quarter was about as fast as most expected. Neither of these…
With Marist winning their play-in game over Bryant to start the NCAA tournament, Syracuse now knows who to plan on hosting this Sunday. Marist played well in their 10-6 victory to improve their overall record to 14-3, but they will need to play significantly better if they want to upset the Orange in the Dome. The key to Marist’s victory was jumping out to a 5-2 lead in the…
The NCAA tournament is now upon us. To join in the fun, the In Lacrosse We Trust staff has submitted their picks for who they think will (or want to) win the tournament. Here’s the breakdown: Writer Runner Up Champion Score Ryan Conwell 14-12 Chris Jastrzembski 15-14 Chris Vale 10-8 Paul Schwedelson 13-11 Jason Myers 12-11 James Simmons 14-12 Jeff Werner 10-7 Ian Neadle 16-15 Brendan Staudt 17-15…
When this bracket was first being announced, I thought the biggest shocker would be that Notre Dame was given the top seed instead of Syracuse. As the seedings and matchups rolled in, this debate faded quickly. The biggest theme to this bracket is simply the number of first round rematches, potential second round rematches, and potential 2014 tournament rematches. But first off, the seeded teams: Notre Dame (10-2) Syracuse…
In an interesting turn of events, two NCAA tournament teams will be facing off a week before the round of 16 begins. Syracuse is coming off an ACC tournament championship while Colgate just won the Patriot League. Those two wins lock up the first two automatic qualifiers available while the rest of the country plays this weekend to figure things out. What this means is that you are going to…
On April 6, the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) and Onondaga Nation officially announced the dates and venues for the World Indoor Lacrosse Championships (WILC) later this fall. While it has been known for about two and a half years that the Onondagas were hosting, there was some turmoil regarding where to play the final games. Originally, all the games were going to be played at the Onondaga Nation Arena,…
The 2015 Rochester Rattlers are in an interesting spot in the MLL. They are a box lacrosse-heavy team who is about as dangerous as you can be on offense when at full strength. They are coming off a Championship game appearance in 2014. They had the best defense in the league, the best goaltender, best defender, most improved player, and coach of the year. They had no trades in the…
Now that we have made it through a large part of the NCAA regular season and conference tournaments are just around the corner, we can take a broader look at what’s happening. Here are my top surprises so far this season, both good and bad, in no particular order. Good Surprises ACC Out of Conference Everyone knew the ACC would be good, even though they lost Maryland this year to…
The Black Wolves are in their first year as a new franchise and are not content to just “feel out” their new surroundings. As the NLL trade deadline approached, they made two huge splashes. The first was sending team captain Joel White and a 2017 second round pick to Minnesota for their captain, Andrew Suitor. The second move was a straight up trade with Toronto, sending Kevin Crowley up north…