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PHOTOS: IAN NEADLE Albany at Loyola: Upset Heading into this match up Loyola was ranked No. 1 with a plethora of talent. Jack Runkel has been effective in goaltending, Joe Fletcher heads the defense and the offense was an unmatched machine… until Loyola met the Thompson trio. Thanks to the Thompsons, the Great Danes made fools out of the Greyhounds. There were multiple game moments when one of the three (Myles,…
On Saturday afternoon, the Albany Great Danes pulled off the upset over the #3 Loyola Greyhounds in Maryland. We caught some photos of the action including the huge day from the Thompson trio.
This match up was a showcase of the Thompson Trio and Loyola’s struggles to find offensive opportunities. Albany took the lead early, commanding 2-0. Then, at 2:30 in the first, Loyola finally answered back when #34 Pat Laconi found the back of the net. Albany called a timeout. 2:04 in the first brought a goal by Jon Newhouse to make it 3-1 over Loyola. That would be Newhouse’s only goal…
CHARLOTTE, N.C.—The Charlotte Hounds finally put together the kind of performance that got them to last year’s Major League Lacrosse championship game—it just took them a few weeks. That the Hounds’ best game of the 2014 season came against the defending MLL champions was a plus, as Charlotte crushed the Chesapeake Bayhawks 12-7 on Saturday for its first win of the season. Charlotte native Mike Sawyer tied his career high…
Maryland came back big to win at home over the Cornell Big Red in their game of first round action.
This was a battle of the titans as the Terps hosted the Big Red yesterday in College Park, MD. Cornell drew first blood fairly quickly into the first quarter. They shortly followed up with a second goal. The game from that point forward was a blood-match, high quality lacrosse going back and forth consistently throughout the game. After the first quarter, Maryland trailed 2-0. It seemed as if everything the…
Chesapeake Bayhawks (1-1) at Charlotte Hounds (0-2) 3:30 pm Saturday, May 10 American Legion Memorial Stadium, Charlotte, N.C. TV: CBS Sports Network The Game: The rematch of last year’s Major League Lacrosse championship game features two teams still trying to find some consistency, and still missing some key players because of coaching or playing commitments elsewhere. The Hounds showed vast improvement on both sides of the ball last week, except…
Who: Albany @ Loyola, MD Where: Baltimore, MD. When: Saturday, 12 pm. Albany and Loyola are heading to Baltimore to face off in the first round of the NCAA tournament this weekend. The Great Danes have a bit of a challenge in Loyola as they are the Patriot League Champion. The Greyhounds also have Junior attack Nikko Pontrello who holds a strong performance this season, raking in 50 goals so…
Unseeded Johns Hopkins (10-4) earned its NCAA-record 42nd bid to the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Tournament and will have to travel to Charlottesville to take on eighth-seeded Virginia (10-5) in the first round. Game time is set for Sunday, May 11 at 1 pm on ESPN2. Last season they missed the playoffs for the first time in 42 years, and now they are looking to redeem themselves. Johns Hopkins was on…
The Chesapeake Bayhawks traded for New York Lizards defenseman CJ Costabile on Wednesday night. In return the Lizards receive the Bayhawks second round pick in the 2014 collegiate draft. Costabile was drafted by the Bayhawks in 2012 as the fifth overall pick. He was shipped to the then Long Island Lizards in exchange for defenseman Nicky Polanco, who helped the Bayhawks to a title. “It was a tough decision to trade CJ,” said…