The 2014 season of NCAA lacrosse commenced like no other in recent history. A number of games headed to overtimes, and a few were complete blowouts. Here are some quick recaps in case you missed the action: Saturday Michigan @ PSU 7 22 A blowout in Penn State’s favor on their home turf. Kaut performed outstandingly in goal, allowing only one…
WHERE: @ Stony Brook WHEN: Friday February 14 @ 6:00 In what will be another of these seemingly annual opening season rematches, Marist will travel to “Strong Island” to play an up-and-coming Stony Brook team. Last season, Marist beat Stony Brook 13-9 on their way to having a nice 2013 season. They ended the year 10-4 and 5-1 in the MAAC, where they were the regular season champions. On the…
Baltimore, Maryland–Johns Hopkins took down Ohio State in a physical battle on Homewood Field. The teams will be conference rivals once the Big Ten opens its doors next year. If this is a semblance of Big Ten Lacrosse, it will be an amazing conference from top to bottom. This game had it all, scoring runs, sways in momentum, great saves, and some great hitting. The first half progressed with both…
For the first game of the season, Penn State Men’s Lacrosse had an awesome showing. The Nittany Lions were absolutely on point, and did not hesitate to welcome their rival Michigan to Happy Valley with the 6-0 lead they claimed in the first five minutes of play. The team led the first period with eight goals against the Wolverines, and Kaut was strong in goal and did not allow Michigan…
VIRGINIA CAVALIERS (1-0) at RICHMOND SPIDERS This is the first ever meeting between the soon-to-be in-state rivals. The Skinny: Cavaliers: Dom Starsia’s squad enters Saturday’s contest two days after an epic tilt with Loyola. Despite holding a 12-4 lead entering the fourth quarter, the Greyhounds pulled off a ferocious comeback, scoring nine straight goals, including the go-ahead tally with 18 seconds remaining. But Virginia’s Ryan Tucker scored with a tenth…
Duke at Jacksonville WHERE: @ Jacksonville WHEN: Sunday February, 9 @ 12:00 Duke opens the season in Jacksonville where it will start its title defense and its quest for back-to-back NCAA Championships. With the team they bring back, they have a very good shot at it as well. Before they get ahead of themselves, however, they will face Jacksonville, a team slated to win the Atlantic Sun Conference. Duke Offense…
NCAA PREVIEW—MERCER @ BOSTON UNIVERSITY (MEN’S) At 1:00 pm this Saturday, the Boston University Men’s Lacrosse team will travel to Georgia to take on Mercer Bears. For BU, this will be a historic game, as it is their first match-up in Division I lacrosse. Last season, Mercer was one of the worst in Division I, while the Terriers had been competing as a club in the previous seasons. This will be…
Manhattan @ Rutgers WHERE: @ Rutgers WHEN: Saturday February, 8 @ 1:00 In what will yet another of many opening day rematches, Manhattan heads to Rutgers as both teams open the season. Last year, Rutgers handled Manhattan by a score of 15-6. After that, however, both teams never really had great season as Rutgers ended the season going 1-13 the rest of the season while the Jaspers went 4-10 the…
The Nittany Lions are ready to take on Michigan this Saturday in State College. The faceoff will take place in Holuba Hall at 1 pm. Penn State Men’s Lacrosse program is excited and ready to compete in their first home game of the season. After warming up with two exhibition games last week, the Lions are hopefully going to build off the momentum from those games and take down rival…
After a chain of ripple effects caused by transitioning college coaches, Duke University Men’s lacrosse hired Ben DeLuca today as the volunteer assistant coach for the 2014 season. For those who don’t remember, DeLuca was the head coach at Cornell University, where he is coming off a 2013 season of 14-4 and a 6-0 Ivy League title. In the fall, Cornell fired him after incidences of team hazing were reported…