This weekend is what everyone has waited for all season, the chance to get to Championship Weekend in Baltimore. Memorial Weekend in Baltimore is a treat, but this is the weekend where hopefuls turn into contenders or fall one step short of their goal. On tap, the Delaware bracket has brought back one of the match ups that had defined the last decade in last and two new hopefuls to…
PHOTO CREDIT: IAN NEADLE The Quarterfinals are upon us this weekend and it’s time to look into the matchups. Saturdays games at Hofstra University Bryant challenges Maryland Maryland narrowly escaped Cornell and Bryant took a bite out of Syracuse last week and both teams bring strong goaltending and great faceoff play into this game. The edge in this contest goes to Maryland based on their strong defense and stronger Midfield…
Photo Credit: Stevenson Lacrosse Owings Mills, Maryland—Washington College took down the defending National Champions to set up a rematch of the War on the Shore in the National Final Four. The visiting Shoremen won a 12-11 thriller at Mustang Stadium. The physical affair was marred by penalties in which both teams were able to stay close for the duration of the game. Stevenson opened the scoring on their first possession….
PHOTO CREDIT: IAN NEADLE Who: Albany and Notre Dame Where: Hempstead, NY When: May 17, 2014, 2:30 pm ET. Albany and Notre Dame are ready to compete this weekend in the NCAA Quarterfinals. Notre Dame is coming off of a high after winning with the largest point margin in the history of their NCAA tournament appearances. They had quite the game against unranked Harvard, and they are looking to…
PHOTO CREDIT: IAN NEADLE Last weekend was an epic display of collegiate lacrosse at the highest of levels. Maryland went back and forth all day with Cornell, coming 2.6 seconds close to elimination before they secured their passage to the next round. #9 Bryant against #4 Syracuse equivalently played a game of consistent exchanges and phenomenal lacrosse abilities. Bryant’s season came 4.1 seconds close to ending, but Gunnar Waldt saved…
PHOTO CREDIT: IAN NEADLE This Sunday the Drexel Dragons (13-4) will travel down Interstate 95 to Newark De. and face the No. 5 seed Denver Pioneers (15-2) in the Quarter Finals of the NCAA Lacrosse Tournament. The winner will punch the ticket to Championship Weekend in Baltimore. The Dragons are coming off a 16-11 victory over the Penn Quakers in round one last week in Philadelphia. The win was the…
Photo Credit: Bryant Lacrosse The Bryant Bulldogs shocked the lacrosse world on Sunday when they defeated the second seeded Syracuse Orange to advance to the NCAA quarterfinals. “The team and coaching staff were obviously very excited about the win against a very talented and well coached Syracuse team,” said assistant coach Kevin Gould. “The players bought into the game plan and executed it very well for four quarters. The win…
As fans of the sport, we all love to see underdogs make their way from the bottom of the Selection Sunday pile to the pinnacle of the sport. Last year we saw a six-loss Western New England team make a run to the quarterfinals before bowing out to Cortland. There has been no such magic this year. Instead, the eight teams left standing after the weekend’s second round contests are…
PHOTO CREDIT: IAN NEADLE The NCAA season is continuing to wind down as the NCAA Tournament has claimed eight victims and eight winners this weekend in the opening round. How did the players who were drafted by their respective MLL teams do over the weekend? Here is a quick recap. Mike Chanenchuk, M, Maryland—The future Charlotte Hound was his normal self for Maryland after being in question all of this…
PHOTO CREDIT: IAN NEADLE Parity is alive in college lacrosse. This past weekend, the second, third, fourth and eighth-seeded teams all fell defeat in the NCAA Tournament. After taking a deep look, I ask, how surprising is this? The Atlantic Coast Conference is undoubtedly the best conference in college lacrosse. All six of its teams advanced to the 18-team NCAA Tournament field with five receiving top-eight seeds. The next highest…