Siena’s lacrosse program is truly making strides in 2014. They are faced with a noticeably tougher schedule and are performing up to par. Contrarily, the Red Storm have a season that’s quite tame. They commenced their season with two quick wins, but shortly followed those with a loss to Yale last weekend. If St John’s offense can create more opportunities, size up with opponents, and show more pressure…
If you haven’t picked up on it yet, I carry with me a certain bias when I talk about Division III lacrosse. Yes, I’m a graduate of Springfield College and have a connection to the program at St. Mary’s, but where my real bias lies is with the perpetual underdogs, the underappreciated, the respected but not necessarily the favorite. I’m talking, of course, about teams from up North. Up here…
The NCAA just closed on an interesting Week 3/4 in its 2014 season. Of the nine games I’m picking to cover this week, Saturday was mostly upsets while Sunday was home to four blowouts. SATURDAY Penn State 8 Notre Dame 7 This was such a close game all around, and I’m calling it an upset because Notre Dame has proven themselves as a strong program in past seasons. Shots were…
The Hofstra Men’s Lacrosse team returns home to James M. Shuart Stadium to begin a four-game homestand on Tuesday, February 25 when the Pride host the 17th-ranked Stags of Fairfield University. Game time is 3 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on radio on WRHU-FM 88.7 with Julian Coltre and Anthony Santaniello calling the action beginning with the pregame show at 2:45. The game can also be viewed…
The one thing that the MLL has over every other professional sport is the unique ability to select college players before their respective final seasons on college campus. It has its advantages as well as its disadvantages. A team could pick a diamond in the rough and pick the player that breaks out in his final year on campus. On the other hand, a team could pick a player that…
Predictably, the RIT Tigers have taken over the No. 1 spot in the USILA Top 20 after knocking off Stevenson in overtime on Saturday afternoon. The Mustangs weren’t punished too harshly for the loss, falling just two spots to No. 3 while Cortland jumps up to No. 2. Salisbury and Tufts round out the rest of the top five. Two teams suffered upsets on Saturday and both teams were punished…
Mixed in with all of the action over the last week were some outstanding individual performances. Those individuals will be recognized in this space each week as the D3 Players of the Week. Offensive Player of the Week – Grant Ferguson, Eastern The Eagles junior sharpshooter was just that this week, playing a big role in Eastern’s 2-0 start. Ferguson scored nine goals on 12 shots in the first game,…
Photo Credit: Salisbury The No. 4 Salisbury University men’s lacrosse team dominated No. 19 ranked Widener University on Saturday afternoon, 11-3. The Seagulls started off quickly scoring three goals in the first five minutes. Then the top defense in the country took over. Senior attackman Luke Phipps got the offense going, running from the right side towards the middle of the box and ripping a low shot for the score. Then…
Full disclosure: I missed the end of this game. I had to head out the door at the end of the third quarter and with No. 2 RIT trailing No. 1 Stevenson 13-7, I felt OK about the decision. Later, while browsing Twitter, I found out how the game ended and was not just shocked, but incredibly angry with myself. RIT had come back from six goals down to top…
In front of 5,283 at Syracuse’s Carrier Dome, the fifth-ranked Maryland Terrapins defeated the No. 2 Syracuse Orange 16-8 on Saturday afternoon. The Terrapins second quarter 10-goal charge led them to an impressive victory over the Orange. Freshman Midfielder Connor Cannizzaro and Attackman Jay Carlson led the Terrapins in scoring with four points each, on three goals and one assist. Matt Rambo also contributed to the Terrapins’ win tallying two…