What a day of lacrosse at James M. Shuart Field at Hofstra University! In front of a record crowd of 13,519 people, the Maryland Terrapins earned their third trip in four years back to the Final Four in a beatdown of upset-minded Bryant Bulldogs. Meanwhile, Notre Dame beat the Albany Great Danes in an overtime thriller 14-13 in the second game of the double header. Maryland came out firing on…
2:24: Albany-Notre Dame will play in 29:40 here. Lets hope for a closer game than the Maryland/Bryant contest, however, we will certainly have some offensive fireworks with the Thompson trio. 3:10: Back from the press conferences. Missed the first three goals but Matt Kavanagh living up to his twitter handle. 4-0 Notre Dame as Kavanagh scores his second goal of the game. 3:12: Everyone says ooooooooooooooooooh as Lyle Thompson goes…
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…
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…
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…
Can you believe we only have a week left until Selection Sunday? It feels like ages since the season started back in February and just as the weather has started to heat up, so to has the games we’ve seen and the players performances. Miles Thompson continues to pile up the points in chuncks, Jordan Wolf looks to be playing his best lacrosse when his team needs it most and…
Just a short month ago, Syracuse sat at 4-3 overall and 0-3 in the ACC. Their scoring margin was -6 but that reasonable statistic does not show the magnitude of the 16-8 loss to Maryland, 17-12 loss to Virginia and 21-7 loss to Duke. I’ve watched a lot of lacrosse in my life and I can definitively say that Maryland-SU and Duke-SU games easily top my list of the two…
See where your favorite teams stand heading into the postseason: 1) Duke (12-2)—The Blue Devils will take on Syracuse for the third time in less than a year. Wonder how these new rivals will treat each other going forward. Brendan Fowler could be in for a fight as Frank Daddio and the Orange faceoff unit have played at a high level since the ‘Syracuse Slaughter’ a month ago. 2) Loyola…