The Dragons of Drexel University traveled to Shuart Stadium in Hempstead, NY on Saturday, April 4th for a rematch of last year’s CAA men’s lacrosse championship against the Pride of Hofstra University. This game was back and forth and would take a last minute goal to give the Pride an 8-7 loss at the hands of their conference rivals. They would never gain the lead. Prior to the matchup against…
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…
Attackmen Carter Brown’s career six goal outing, along with Jesse King five goals, led the Ohio State Buckeyes over the visiting Johns Hopkins Blue Jays by a score of 15 -12. Johns Hopkins Ryan Brown ended the game with eight goals, but it was not enough for the Jays to get the win at the famed Horseshoe in Columbus. Junior attackman Ryan Brown opened the scoring with his 29th goal…
The rankings this week had a large amount of self-contained insanity. Just about every team from last week’s top 5 and last 5 all won, with seemingly everyone in between losing. This meant that I didn’t drop anyone this week, but there was plenty of shuffling. Oh, and the Patriot and Ivy Leagues continue to baffle me. Records and scores are including games from April 5. 1 Maryland Record:…
No. 12 Marquette 14, St. John’s 12 The Golden Eagles’ magical season continued on Saturday with a 14-12 win over St. John’s. Marquette is now 9-2 and for the second time this year, followed a loss with a win. MU held a narrow 7-6 halftime lead but exploded for six third quarter goals to break open the game. After the game was tied at eight, Marquette went on a 6-1…
The No. 13/12 Marquette University men’s lacrosse team moved to 2-1 in BIG EAST Conference play after holding off St. John’s, 14-12, on Saturday afternoon at Hart Park. After 30 minutes of play, Marquette (9-2, 2-1 BIG EAST) held an advantage in shots, ground balls, faceoffs, and only committed two turnovers. However, even after reeling off two stretches of 3-0 runs, the Golden Eagles were held scoreless over the final…
Led by Lyle Thompson’s eight points and 11 saves by Blaze Riorden, the UAlbany men’s lacrosse team took down Vermont 20-10 to continue its undefeated start in league play. “Coming off the week that we had playing Syracuse and playing in less than 30 hours, I thought it was a solid effort by our team,” said UAlbany head coach Scott Marr. “It was a struggle in the beginning with the…
Colgate scored twice in the final 10 seconds before intermission and then held off a second-half Lehigh comeback to post a 12-8 Patriot League victory here Saturday afternoon. The Raiders (6-4, 4-2 Patriot) rallief from an early 2-0 hole to score nine of the next 10 goals and lead 9-3 at the break. The final two of that flurry came in the last 10 seconds of the half off the…
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…
Syracuse has traditionally been the best team in New York. But in recent years, Albany has made a strong run at the Orange. In the last two matchups between the two teams, each one went into overtime. Lyle Thompson leads the nation in points and will look to give SU trouble. The matchup to watch will be Thompson against Syracuse’s top defender, Brandon Mullins. Earlier this week SU head coach…