Chamberlain Championship Weekend Edition NCAA DIVISION 1 SEMIFINALS Maryland vs. Notre Dame This game will be the third meeting between these ACC rivals. Maryland has been very strong on offense, especially their production out of their midfield. For Maryland to win this game, they have to be flawless in the clearing game and need a huge game from Niko Amato in the goal. For the Irish, their points off of…
Google “definition of sports” and here’s the first thing that comes up: An activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment. There are many different kinds of sports, each which require their own unique mix of physical exertion and skill. Sports have a way of bringing together a group of people. It goes far beyond the players on the…
Look at the Major League Lacrosse schedule and you see a gap, a two-week gap between games. The reason is NCAA Championship Weekend. This coming weekend in Baltimore isn’t just a celebration of college lacrosse, but also a celebration of the sport. Credit the MLL for realizing this. I’m sure several players want to attend the event, some to watch their alma maters battle for a National Championship. It’s not…
Photo Credit: Ian Neadle On Sunday, Denver flew to University of Delaware to go toe to toe with Drexel. Ian Neadle caught pictures of the action at the event.
It was a great weekend for college lacrosse at Hofstra as the NCAA quarterfinals saw Notre Dame and Maryland advance to the Final Four at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore this weekend. Notre Dame overcame a five-goal deficit with eight minutes remaining in the fourth quarter to beat Albany and end the Thompsons’ run. Meanwhile, Maryland obliterated Bryant in the first game thanks to nine points from senior midfielder Mike Chanenchuk….
Photo Credit: Ian Neadle ACC Well, my bracket is toast. The only thing I can say is that I correctly picked that three ACC teams would make Championship Weekend. That being said, I picked Duke, Syracuse, UNC and Loyola. Like I said, my bracket is toast. Either way, the ACC will be well represented in Baltimore next weekend, and is guaranteed to have at least one team in the finals….
Photo Credit: Ian Neadle The difference maker in this matchup was in faceoffs and ground balls. Both teams came into this game having top-notch draw specialists, but one was clearly more prepared than the other. “I feel like faceoffs were called differently today than they have been all year and I don’t know why,” said Drexel Coach Brian Voelkner. That quote has some validity to it as officials tend to…
Photo Credit: Ian Neadle On Sunday at noon in the University of Delaware, Johns Hopkins met up with Duke in the NCAA Quarterfinals. The Blue Devils would come out on top 19-11. The referees in this game were making many questionable calls whether due to the penalized action or the timing of their calls. In the end, Hopkins accumulated more than twice the amount of penalties than did Duke which…
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish defeated Albany on Saturday to advance to the NCAA Final Four where they will take on the Maryland Terrapins. After the game we caught up with head coach Kevin Corrigan. Head Coach Kevin Corrigan of Notre Dame
Photo Credit: Ian Neadle Duke Duke came out blistering against Johns Hopkins. They attacked relentless before the Jays were able to settle in and battle back. Now that they move onto Championship Weekend for the eighth consecutive year, Duke knows that they need to be firing on all cylinders if they want to repeat as champions. Myles Jones was an unstoppable force for Duke and Jordan Wolf paced the attack…