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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…
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…
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…
A record 30 games were played in NCAA Division 1 on Saturday in the last weekend of play in February. Below is a quick recap of my observations from today’s Syracuse vs. Maryland game. The Terps came into the Carrier Dome for the first time since 1983 and won 19 of 27 face offs and outshot Syracuse 55-32 to double up Syracuse 16-8. Junior Charlie Raffa was the man of the…
Pride sophomore Sam Llinares tallied three goals and two assists but 10th-ranked Princeton battled back from a four-goal deficit midway through the third quarter to post a 12-9 victory over Hofstra at Class of ’52 Stadium Saturday afternoon. For the second consecutive game, Llinares posted five points to lead Hofstra, which fell to 0-2 on the season. Senior Lance Yapor and red-shirt sophomore Korey Hendrickson each added two goals for the Pride….
The National Lacrosse League has announced a summary of discipline stemming from incidents occurring during Week 8 of the 2014 NLL regular season for games played on Friday, Feb. 14 and Saturday, Feb. 15. Rochester Knighthawks defenseman Mac Allen has been assessed a Match Penalty and suspended one game stemming from a boarding incident on Toronto Rock player Garrett Billings at approximately the 13:06 mark of the third quarter of their game on February 15. No penalty was called on the…
WHO: Drexel Dragons @ U Albany Great Danes WHERE: Albany, NY WHEN: Saturday February 22, 1pm EST DREXEL The Dragons commenced their 2014 lacrosse season with a loss of 11-10 to Virginia. The game came down to the wire and Drexel was the predicted underdog. Drexel is an offensive overload. All three attackmen (Jared Boudraeu (1g, 1a), Cole Schafer (4g) and Nick Trizano (4g, 1a) were dominant in…
This Saturday, Hobart College will visit Ithaca, New York to take on the Cornell Bears in weekend lacrosse action. Last season, these teams opened up their seasons against each other with Cornell winning 19-17. The match featured some of the best offense lacrosse has to offer, and this Saturdayshould be a welcome gift to fans of either institution. While Hobart opened their season with a loss against Siena this past weekend,…
WHO: Canisius at Denver WHERE: Denver, CO WHEN: Sunday February 23 1:30 pm MT DENVER Having a balanced start to the season, the Pioneers won their season opener at Air Force. Then, in the second week traveled to Durham, N.C. and lost to Duke. For starters, they opened their season with two road games. Come this weekend, Denver will finally open their home crowd to the 2014 season. Air…