MCLA Poll: Week Three

February 12, 2013

Div 1 Colorado St. (27)     0-0 Arizona St.          0-0 BYU            1-0 Chapman        0-0 Michigan St.        0-0 Colorado        0-0 Oregon            1-0 UC- Santa Barbara      2-1 Virginia Tech        0-0 Pittsburgh        0-0 Stanford        1-0 Cal Poly        0-1 SUNY Buffulo    0-0 Boston College    2-0 California        1-1 Sonoma St.         0-0 Minn- Duluth        1-0 Florida St.        2-1…

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NCAA: Maryland Faces Mount Saint Mary’s

February 12, 2013

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…

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NCAA Review: UMass, Duke, High Point Get Wins

February 12, 2013

The first weekend of NCAA Men’s lacrosse is in the books, providing both thrillers and blow outs. We saw a lot of firsts with High Point getting their first win in program history and Bryant taking Colgate into overtime.  It was an exciting weekend of lacrosse at every division. In division 1 contests, High Point University, the new kid on the block, went 1-2 overall. First losing to Delaware 12-10…

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MCLA: Santa Barbara Bounces Back

February 11, 2013

Over the weekend we had a number of games, including a top 15 match- up between Cal Poly and UC- Santa Barbara. This past week was the first real weekend with a substantial number of games. The Oregon Ducks played their D2 counterparts the Western Oregon Wolves on Wednesday. Both are the defending PNCLL Champions and National Tournament teams. The game was played in Eugene at the University of Oregon….

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MLL Prospects in the NCAA: Week One

February 11, 2013

Major League Lacrosse has several players playing in Division One lacrosse after this January’s draft, so we check in on who had the best weeks of future MLL stars. Massachusetts 16 Army 9 UMass has several players going pro after this season, including Will Manny to the local Boston Cannons. Yesterday he scored one goal. Garret Thul, drafted to the Hamilton Nationals, had a goal and an assist in the…

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Hopkins Gets First Win Over Siena; High Point Gets First Ever Win

February 10, 2013

John Hopkins controlled Siena through out the course of the game; midway through the third quarter, Hopkins scored 4 goals in a span of 3 minutes to secure their lead. Give credit to Siena, in the first half, they had figured out how to stop the Hopkins scoring attack. They did this by slowing up the pace of the game. Siena did not let Hopkins gets into their offensive strategy….

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Blue Devils Unable to Avenge NCAA Tourney Loss to Pioneers

February 10, 2013

Durham, NC-There was a lot of concern on how the Denver Pioneers would find offensive firepower after attackmen Mark Matthews (47g, 17a) and Alex Demopoulos (20g, 27a) graduated last year after losing to eventual champion Loyola in the NCAA tourney. However, Saturday’s game against the Duke Blue Devils proved that getting an offense going wouldn’t be a problem in 2013. Denver exceeded their 2012 average goals per game (12.31) as…

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NCAA GameDay: Duke Looks for First Win

February 10, 2013

D1: Duke (0-1) vs. Jacksonville Noon – In their second game of the weekend, the Duke Blue Devils face the Jacksonville Dolphins for the fourth time since the Dolphins joined Division 1. Duke owns a commanding 3-0 record over Jacksonville, winning by an average of 7.33 goals. Jacksonville has scored an average of 6.66 goals in the three games. JU has gone 3-3 in the MAAC over the past three…

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What The Catholic 7 Means For Big East Lacrosse

February 9, 2013

These days collegiate conferences are constantly changing, largely due to the money involved in the big sports like football. One of the conferences that has experienced the most turmoil of late is the Big East, which has seen some of their top football programs leave to find greener pastures. To replace programs like Syracuse, Louisville, West Virginia, and Rutgers the conference has brought in a group of new schools, largely…

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NCAA GameDay: Michigan, Penn State Highlight Big Day

February 9, 2013

D1: Delaware vs. Bucknell 1pm – Delaware (1-0), heads into its second game of the season against the Bucknell Bison. With Billy Eisenreich graduated, freshman Sean Doyle has been selected as his replacement (via Inside Lacrosse). Sean has big shoes to fill; luckily he will have Chase Bailey and Todd Heritage there to make the transition easier. Bison goalie Kyle Feeney is coming off a big year (169 saves, .558%)….

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