Coverage of the Charlotte Hounds and colleges such as the North Carolina Tar Heels and Duke Blue Devils
It is not very often that an expansion team does what the Charlotte Hounds have done in Major League Lacrosse this season. The Hounds will have a chance to compete for the league championship in just their second season.
There’s nothing like a little competition between teams when playoffs are on the line. Especially when it takes more than one game to declare the postseason. In the least week of the season, The first seed of the MLL Championship weekend was given to undefeated Denver, who stands at 13-0, an MLL record. They hit magical number 13 when they took down New YorkSince their inauguration in 2006, the…
Denver, CO— The penalty-plagued Charlotte Hounds (4-5) fell to the Denver Outlaws (9-0) by a score of 17-11 at Sports Authority Field last night. The Hounds started the game with some offensive fireworks, as long-pole Ryan Flanagan picked up a key ground ball which lead to a Matt Danowski goal only 23 seconds into the game. The teams traded scores throughout the quarter, but an unassisted goal by Jake Tripucka…
The Charlotte Hounds (1-3) are traveling up to New York this Friday to take on the Lizards, who have a 2-2 record.
It’s pretty amazing Duke made it all the way to the NCAA championship game if you remember their start to this 2013 NCAA lacrosse season. Right now they sit at 15-5, but this season has been far from a cakewalk. They started the season 2-4 with losses to Denver, Notre Dame, Maryland and a big upset by Pennsylvania. Last week they defeated Notre Dame in a 12-11 comeback to advance…
The Devils held on to top Cornell 16-14 and advance to the championship game.
Mike Sawyer Position: Attack College: Loyola (Md.) Acquired: MLL Collegiate Draft – first round, eighth overall The former Charlotte Catholic standout earned All-America honors for the third-straight year after leading the Greyhounds with 36 goals on the season; he added seven assists for 43 points. Sawyer finished his career at Loyola with 128 goals, the second-most in the school’s Division I history, and his 154 points rank eighth in that…
After both were able to erase a second half deficit in the first round of the 2013 NCAA tournament, the #2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the #7 Duke Blue Devils will face off in the quarterfinal round of the tournament on Sunday, May 19th at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. Both teams found themselves in hot water during their opening round games. Notre Dame trailed Detroit in the…
After a fast-paced first-round win over Albany, the University of Denver Pioneers will advance to the NCAA quarterfinal round to take on the University of North Carolina Tar Heels. The third-straight quarterfinal appearance may be the toughest match of the season for the Pioneers, as the ACC champions also bring a dangerous attack backed by a talented defense to Indianapolis. “When you get to this time of year,…
