NCAA Weekend Watch: Non-Tournament Games Of Importance

April 25, 2015

Outside of the Patriot and ACC Tournaments happening this weekend, there are plenty of games in college lacrosse that matter to many teams trying to keep their seasons alive.  Here are some games to keep an eye on: Saturday St. John’s vs. Georgetown: 11:30 AM Georgetown is in the Big East Tournament, St. John’s is not.  St. John’s needs to win and Villanova to lose to Providence in order to…

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ACC Tournament Preview: Powers Clash in Chester

April 24, 2015

Conference tournaments began earlier this week with the Patriot League holding their quarterfinals Tuesday.  They have their semifinals and title game Friday and Sunday respectively on Navy’s campus.  The ACC Tournament will be the second tournament that kicks off beginning with the semifinals tonight and the title game Sunday afternoon in Chester, PA. This is the second year of a “new” ACC, with the only subtraction coming in the form…

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MCLA Checkin: Virginia Tech Has Arrived

April 23, 2015

Virginia Tech is 13-0 as the Hokies have beat everyone they have faced this year by a large margin besides SUNY Buffalo which was only a 7-5 victory. Tim Nordbook is leading the way on offense with 35 points while Conrad Unterkofler is there as well with 31 points. Kyle Mancini is leading the attack with 29 points. Bryan Cooper comes all the way from California and has made 129…

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Tewaaraton Foundation Announces Nominations

April 23, 2015

The Tewaaraton Foundation has announced the 25 men’s and women’s nominees for the 2015 Tewaaraton Award, presented by Under Armour. The Tewaaraton Award is recognized as the pre-eminent lacrosse award, annually honoring the top male and female college lacrosse player in the United States. Five men’s and five women’s finalists will be selected from these groups of 25, announced on Thursday, May 7, and invited to the ceremony. The 15th…

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2015 All-ACC Team Announced

April 23, 2015

Eleven student-athletes on the Tewaaraton Award watch list highlight this year’s All-Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Lacrosse Team, as announced today by the conference office. The team was determined by a vote of the league’s five head coaches. North Carolina and Syracuse each had five student-athletes named to the All-ACC Team. Notre Dame, which went undefeated in league play (4-0) and earned the ACC regular-season title, has four members on the…

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Stakes Up for Grabs as Denver Heads To Marquette

April 23, 2015

Denver and Marquette are both BIGEAST contenders this year and yet they haven’t met since the 2014 season. An exciting weekend is in store as the BIGEAST Tournament presented by New York Life is both still not set and dependent on the outcomes of this weekend’s slate. All the hype is behind DU. They’re currently on a six-game streak after a mid-season loss to Ohio State and sit No. 5…

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Buckeyes Collapse Against Maryland a Heartbreaker

April 22, 2015

Have you ever watched a horror movie take place in real life? That was the equivalent of what happened to the Buckeyes in front of about 40,000 fans at the Shoe on Saturday against the No. 3 ranked Terrapins. Down 9-5 with under five minutes to play, Maryland stormed back to tie the game in regulation, where they would clinch at least a share of the Big Ten Conference regular…

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NCAA Tuesday Preview: Patriot League Tournament Begins

April 21, 2015

Five games are on tap for Tuesday, with two of those games belonging in the Patriot League.  We’ll get to those later, but here are two games worth focusing on (besides UMass Lowell vs. Dartmouth): Albany vs. Siena: 4 PM The Great Danes had a very important two game stretch last week, edging Bryant and Yale in hopes of gaining a first round NCAA game to be played at Albany….

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Simmons: Figuring Out the AQs

April 20, 2015

Tournament time is quickly approaching folks. Let me give you a quick run down of who I have in and which teams will fall short. There are some big assumptions with the conference champions, but assuming every current, conference leader goes on to win its league. These are my projected AQ teams: ACC: Notre Dame; AmEast: Albany; Big East: Denver; Big Ten: Maryland; Colonial: Towson; Ivy: Princeton; MAAC: Marist; NEC:…

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NCAA Power Rankings: April 20

April 20, 2015

The ACC seedlings are officially set while most other conferences still need a few more games to take shape.  The Patriot League also locked up their seeding, with Navy, Colgate, Bucknell, Loyola, Army, and Lehigh all getting some extra games.  If it is anything like last year or any of the games during the season, get in front of a TV on Friday.   While most other conferences have a clear…

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