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ILWT NCAA Poll and Player of the Week: Week Three

February 24, 2016

Denver (2) Notre Dame (1) Syracuse (4) Duke (3) Maryland Loyola (8) Yale (9) Hopkins (6) Brown (11) UNC (10) Virginia (13) Penn State (19) Hofstra (NR) Towson (17) Albany (12) Harvard (18) Navy (16) Georgetown (15) Cornell (14) Stony Brook (NR) Receiving votes: Rutgers, Lehigh, Army, Penn, Bucknell, Ohio State Offensive Player of the Week: Sam Llinares, Hofstra Defensive Player of the Week: Nick Mellen, Syracuse Goaltender of the…

Tewaaraton Foundation Announces 2016 Watch List

February 23, 2016

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The Tewaaraton Foundation has announced the 2016 Tewaaraton Award men’s and women’s watch lists. The lists include the top players across all three divisions of NCAA lacrosse and highlight the early contenders for the 2016 Tewaaraton Award, presented by Under Armour. Among the 2016 watch lists returnees are six former finalists. Four of the five 2015 women’s finalists return to the watch list, including 2014 and 2015 winner Taylor Cummings…

Army and Navy Victories On Different Ends of Patriot League Spectrum

February 23, 2016

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The Patriot League is one of the most fascinating to follow in college lacrosse. Not only because of teams like Loyola defeating the likes of Virginia and Johns Hopkins, but because the teams ranked second through fifth in the conference can compete with nearly anyone. Navy, now 2-1 on the season, were one of the biggest dark horse picks before this season to make the national tournament. The Midshipmen proved…

#4 Syracuse Tops #12 Albany 16-7 In Early Season Meeting

February 22, 2016

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Syracuse stormed out of the gate early in the first quarter en route to a 16-7 victory over in-state rival Albany Sunday afternoon in the Carrier Dome. The Orange came into Sunday’s game without graduate transfer attackman Nick Piroli, who head coach John Desko said would be week-to-week with a lower-body injury. Senior Tim Barber took his place, as he spent some time at attack last season when Randy Staats was injured. Barber…

Drexel Falls To Virginia 14-7 in Home Opener

February 22, 2016

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Led by hat tricks by AJ Fish and Greg Coholan, the #14 Virginia Cavaliers (1-1), cruised to a 14-7 win over the Drexel Dragons (0-1) Saturday afternoon at Vidas Field in Philadelphia. Virginia was generating a bunch of scoring chances but the ball didn’t want to go in until 2:05 of the first when Zed Williams scored his first goal of the day. Cole Shafer would get the Dragons on…

Hofstra Stuns North Carolina With 10-5 Win

February 21, 2016

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The Hofstra Pride men’s lacrosse team got their 2016 season off to a great start by defeating fifth-ranked University of North Carolina Tar Heels 10-5. Head coach Seth Tierney was pleased with his team’s performance. “I am really proud of our guys. I’m proud of everything that they were about today. They player really hard in practice the last two weeks and getting prepared. It was a total team win.”…

Drexel Opens Season Against 0-1 Virginia

February 20, 2016

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Today at 1pm from Vidas Field in Philadelphia, the Drexel Dragons will open up their 2016 regular season as they host the #14 ranked University of Virginia (0-1). UVA fell in their opener 11-4 to Loyola even though they outshot them 40-33. This will be the 16th time these teams have met, with Virginia holding a 14-1 advantage. The Dragon only victory came back in 2007 when they won…

College Lacrosse Weekend Preview: This Is Madness!

February 20, 2016

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Madness? THIS. IS. FEBRUARY LACROSSE! If you don’t know what movie that sort of is from, it’s from 300 (and you should probably watch at least that scene right now). We have a great slate of Division I games this weekend, including six of the top ten teams in the nation taking on another ranked team. Many of these games are on Saturday, so set aside your Saturday. SATURDAY #1…

Boston University’s Sam Tenney Shines Against Former Team

February 19, 2016

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Photo: Jim Pierce Anytime a team is without its two leading scorers from the previous season it can become problematic. This is what the Boston University Terriers faced on Tuesday afternoon when they had to face their toughest opponents yet in 2016, the High Point Panthers. “I definitely had that game circled on the schedule,” said Sam Tenney, a BU midfielder who transferred from High Point two seasons ago. “I…

Denver and Duke Battle in Early Season Premier Game

February 19, 2016

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This time last year, Duke pulled out over Denver early in their Cobb County Classic 2015 matchup. It wasn’t until DU’s second half surge of outscoring the Blue Devils 12-5 the the Pios finished the game with a ‘W’ 17-13. It’s the same game all over again, with new stakes at the table. Saturday’s game is host to a battle at face-off X between two of the best specialists in…

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