Earlier last week Major Series Lacrosse held its draft where the Ajax Rock held the top pick. They traded that pick to the Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks, who then held the first and second overall selections. They used those picks to draft a pair of brothers. “I am very excited about being drafted to the same team as my brother.” said Jeremy Noble “I have played with him my whole life and…
D1: Denver vs Penn State Noon @Jacksonville, fl – Moe’s Southwest Grill Lacrosse Classic takes place today and leading off the two game spree is Penn State versus Denver. Each team is 1-0, with the Pioneers coming off an impressive 14-12 victory over Duke and the Nittany Lions downing Michigan 11-6. Coach Tierney and Denver are led by sophomore attackman Eric Adamson, who put up 6 points (5G, 1A)…
This should be a spectacular game. Both teams are coming of wins last week; Penn State had beaten Michigan and Denver had won a nail biting game against Duke. Both teams utilizes their strength and speed to bread down opponents. Last season Denver suffered a bruised ego despite the 9-7 record that they had. Denver was faced with a lot of concern; How in the world would this team contend…
Earlier this week six schools announced their unification to form a new lacrosse conference in affiliation with the already established Atlantic Sun Conference. The schools, Furman, High Point, Jacksonville, Mercer, VMI, and Richmond, plan to form the new conference as soon as 2014. Because the Atlantic Sun already is a multi-sport league and there are six lacrosse members, they are immediately eligible for an automatic qualifier. Before I get into what this means…
Games galore on the Saturday schedule today around Divisions one, two and three, we have some of the best ones below. Division One UMBC Retrievers vs Robert Morris Colonials The Colonials are coming off of a loss last week against Bellarmine and now face UMBC in their opener. Last season the Retriever defense struggled, they are going to need to step it up to keep the Colonials under ten goals….
The first weekend of games is in the books for NCAA Men’s Lacrosse. Start of the 2013 season saw its fair share of heartbreakers, dominations and nail biters. Can the second weekend of games be as exciting? Only time will tell. Friday D1: Wagner (0-0) vs. Providence (0-0) 1pm – This will be the start of the 2013 season for each team. In last year’s meeting, Wagner dropped the ball…
In Lacrosse We Trust will be putting out our own polls every week with our staff of college writers. Voters this week are Marisa Ingemi, Ian Pierno, Kyle Fletcher, Fago Franklin and Alex Uruqhart. 1. Loyola Greyhounds (3 votes) 2. Maryland Terrapins (3 votes) 3. Johns Hopkins Blue Jays (3 votes) 4. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (3 votes) 5. Denver Pioneers (2 votes) 6. Duke Blue Devils (2 votes) 7….
Yesterday, the UMass-Lowell Riverhawks announced they would be going division one in all sports (they only had division one hockey). Today, they announced they would be adding men’s and women’s lacrosse to their program, also in division one. They will be joining the America East Conference. They will have lacrosse for the 2014-2015 season, and are officially a division one school for 2013-2014. UMass-Lowell will be the 68th division one…
For the first time in 15 seasons, the Manhattan Japers has hired a new coach. Coach Steve Manitta who was successful with helping other high schools and college programs succeed, needs Manhattan to play at a higher level than they have been playing. This game will start a new chapter for Manhattan. The Jaspers bring back a lot of experience and have 11 newcomers that look hungry to succeed in…
Last year’s bid to the tournament was not good enough for coach John Tillman. Tillman had watched his team struggled with regular season play, but played good enough to get into the tournament. This year will be different. Maryland has talent all over the field; they had brought in more experience and more depth to add to the offensive style that they have always played. Last year, the Terrapins led…