Increasingly Lax Podcast: ESPN’s Mark Dixon
Increasingly Lax with Todd McElwee this week went one on one with ESPN lacrosse announcer Mark Dixon. Check it out below. Episode 7: Mark Dixon, ESPN
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Division III Weekend Viewing Guide: Conference Tournament Edition
Wednesday gave us a taste of conference tournament action, but this weekend will give us some insight into who could be making noise come NCAA Tournament season. Some tournaments will be kicking off, others will be continuing, while everyone else finishes up their regular seasons in preparation for next week’s cement mix of tournament play. NESCAC Tournament Kicks Off Welcome to Thunderdome. Eight teams enter, one emerges with an automatic…
Chamberlain: Conference Playoffs Begin
Friday Night Lights Kicks off an action packed Weekend of College and Pro Action Patriot League Playoffs Army vs. Lehigh I like Lehigh in this matchup between two very well coached teams. Lehigh is balanced on offense and has strong goaltending with junior Matt Poillion. My prediction is Lehigh by three. Loyola vs. Colgate I made the mistake of not picking Loyola in the regular season matchup. I’m not going…
Tewaaraton Watch List: Jordan Wolf, Justin Ward Gaining Ground
With over 60 players named to the Tewaaraton Watch List throughout the season, the award is not lacking from a great group of talent across the lacrosse world. However, it seems to be that there is no clear cut Tewaaraton favorite this season. Lyle Thompson and Tom Schreiber may be putting up the points but their teams are likely to not even make the postseason. So does that mean that…
Hopkins Scores Last Five to Down Villanova 13-7
Baltimore, Maryland–Hopkins completed a stretch of four games in 11 days to upend the Villanova Wildcats at Homewood Field. In the seventh all-time meeting between the two schools, the Blue Jays turned an 8-7 lead into a 13-7 win. Villanova started the game with three of the first four goals and looked to be in control early. Johnny Gallaway opened the scoring in the first minute of the game, with…
Hofstra Finishes Regular Season In Happy Valley
After clinching the number one seed in the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament with an 11-6 victory over the University of Massachusetts, number 12 Hofstra will finish out regular season play against Penn State University this Saturday. Looking at the numbers for the matchup, Hofstra has scored 9.85 goals per game while Penn State has scored 10.50 gpg. Hofstra’s scoring defense is ranked 12th in the nation (8.46 gpg) and Penn…
NCAA: Wildcats Will Travel for Tough Match Up
Who: Villanova and Johns Hopkins Where: Baltimore, MD. When: Today 7 pm The Wildcats will travel to Baltimore this evening to take on Johns Hopkins for the seventh time since 1997. Hopkins is ranked seventh in this week’s poll, while Villanova did not make the chart. Villanova is coming off of a fresh OT loss against St. Johns, and they are looking for a win to increase their overall morale….
CAC, North Coast Tournaments Highlight Wednesday Schedule
Matt Tarrant, St. Mary’s (Photo Credit Flickr/gomustangs) It’s that time of year, sports fans. Conference tournaments are kicking off this week as we pare down the Division III ranks until we have our 30-team NCAA Tournament field. Some tournaments mean more than others, but with only five “Pool C” at-large bids out there winning is still of the utmost priority (ask last year’s NESCAC squads). Many of the tournaments won’t…
Second Half Surge Propels Quakers to Win
Towson, Maryland – A rain delay could only hold back the Quakers offense for so long as it unleashed a barrage on the Towson Tigers to give Penn a 15-9 win. Penn is still in contention for the Ivy League Title and they showed that they are playing strong heading into the Ivy League Tournament. Towson would open up the scoring on their first possession of the game. After…
McLinden A “Shore” Thing On Lacrosse Field
Leads ECAC in Assist and Stags to 10-3 Record Colin McLinden is a proud native of Madison, New Jersey, so his affinity for the Jersey Shore during the Summer time is superseded only by his abilities as junior playmaker on the Fairfield University men’s lacrosse team, where he leads the ECAC in assists with 26, and has the Stags positioned as number 15 in the nation. Call him a “shore”…