The NCAA Championship Weekend is my favorite weekend of the year. I have gone every year since 2007, only missing 2008 and 2011 in that span. Even in those years, I did go see the quarterfinals the week before. The reasons why I enjoy this event are numerous, but they were all confirmed once again this year. Here’s a little run down of the weekend and why I keep coming…
The 2015 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse season concluded on Memorial Day Monday with Denver defeating Maryland 10-5 for the Division I National Championship. It set history for the sport, as it was the 10th different team to win an NCAA title in the sport, and the first team west of the Mississippi to take on the title. But there were nearly four months of college lacrosse that helped culminate to Monday’s…
As part of the Syracuse Men’s Lacrosse team, losing to Johns Hopkins two Sundays ago did not go well with anyone on the team. We all had high expectations of making Championship Weekend in Philadelphia and even winning the school’s 12th (if you’re a stickler, 11) NCAA Championship in the sport. But while most of my brothers and coaches headed back home this weekend, I also went back home to…
Bergs’ five goals and stellar defense leads Pioneers to first lacrosse National Championship The Denver University Pioneers are Men’s Lacrosse National Champions! These are words that have been wished upon but never spoken. In 2011, 2013, 2014 they made it to the Final Four but get knocked out on the first day. But on this day those words can be heard all the way back to Denver. Senior…
It was a feeling that many Denver players couldn’t describe. Some of them didn’t think that it was possible winning a national championship. But they did just that. For the first time in NCAA Division I Lacrosse history, the Denver Pioneers claimed their first ever National Championship with a 10-5 victory over the Maryland Terrapins. The victory gave Head Coach Bill Tierney his seventh national championship, his previous six came…
The Denver Pioneers have won the NCAA championship, defeating Maryland from Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. After the game we caught up with head coach Bill Tierney to discuss the win and how Wes Berg performed all tournament, along with how it feels to bring the first ever championship title to the Denver Pioneers.
Preseason Poll This has been an incredible year of lacrosse. For me, it is always interesting to look back at the start of the year and compare the results. I started looking back at the polls throughout the year and compare them to the end results. For simplicity’s sake, let’s just look at the Media Poll and leave the USILA Coaches poll out of the conversation. The preseason poll looked…
We’ve finally reached the finish line in the college lacrosse season, as Maryland meets Denver in the Division 1 Championship game Monday at Lincoln Financial Field at 1 PM. Maryland comes in as the #6 seed and has been impressive this season, especially at defense, led by goaltender Kyle Bernlohr, a 1st Team All-American. Denver comes in as the #4 seed and has dominated their opponents for the most…
Two very different teams and back stories are the Big Show in this year’s NCAA D-I Lacrosse Championship. Both semifinals were the tightest games of the postseason, each game a one-point decider and one game a repeat OT thriller. Some argue it’s another east versus west game. I argue it’s an old school versus new school game. Both teams are surprisingly similar despite different approaches and playing styles. Both have…
At his postgame press conference, Tufts Head Coach Mike Daly used the word tough a lot to describe his program. Work ethic and toughness were two of the building blocks that past Jumbos used to build the program that it currently is today. His team needed some of that toughness today against Lynchburg. To begin the game, the Hornets scored the game’s first four goals and took the game’s first…