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…
The inaugural Big Ten lacrosse season is underway! We’re in the meat and potatoes time of the year, as the No. 14 Buckeyes only have four games left. So allow me to give you my thoughts from the Buckeyes victory over Penn State on Sunday, as well as a look ahead to their game this Sunday back at the Horseshoe against No. 19 Johns Hopkins. No. 14 Ohio State defeats…
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…
According to Cleveland.com, the Cleveland State Vikings will officially join the ranks of NCAA Division One lacrosse in 2017. It had been widely speculated that the Vikings would become the next D1 team, and they will become the 70th member team. To make room for the lacrosse team, Cleveland State will end funding of its wrestling program. Reports of the university adding lacrosse began this fall and it seemed like…
The ACC gave us two huge games this weekend: #1 Syracuse at #2 Notre Dame and #4 North Carolina at #6 Duke. Both games lived up to the billing. The Syracuse game got off to a slow start, with the Orange falling behind early. On the back of Dylan Donahue’s seven goal performance SU would finally gain its first lead of the game with just over a minute remaining in…
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…