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PHOTO CREDIT: CHARLES TSIANG Villanova is traveling to Maryland to take on the Terps this weekend. This will be the 8th time the teams are meeting, and Maryland is 7-0 overall against the Wildcats. Villanova is 1-3 this season, and are traveling with high hopes of upsetting the 5-0 Terps tonight. During their last meeting in 2013, Villanova was within one point of Maryland and the score was tied four…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ides_of_March #3 Johns Hopkins vs #10 Syracuse I like ‘Cuse to defeat Johns Hopkins in this contest. While the Orange has struggled on faceoffs, they are still an elite program that is still working out its lineup. Each week this team continue to improve and on Saturday, Randy Staats, Dylan Donohue and Kevin Rice will give the Hopkins defense fits. I’m calling for a big day for the Orange vs….
Week of 3/10/2014 The middle of March is upon us and that can only mean one thing: college lacrosse is HERE. Tuesday, March 11 Bucknell vs. North Carolina 4 pm The action gets started later today when Bucknell travels to Chapel Hill, North Carolina to face a Tar Heels unit that rebounded from their only loss of the season against Notre Dame by beating a strong Princeton team this past…
Denver University and Penn State will meet for the sixth time in program history, and Denver has won three of the previous matches, while the Nittany Lions have won two. The Nittany Lions are amidst the highest ranking that the program has ever had, and are only looking to increase their ranking. The team is coming off a road win at Ohio State last weekend, and they are hoping to…
The Philadelphia Wings fell again to the Rochester Knighthawks this time by a score of 13-8. The Wings started out quick in this game building a 4-2 lead at the end of the first quarter and looked like they were carrying the pace of the game, much to the delight of the 300+ Wings fans that made the trip north. The second quarter was a pure defensive battle compared to…
The UPenn and Villanova men’s lacrosse team met for a Pennsylvania brawl at Villanova’s home, in Northwest Philadelphia. The intensity of this rival game was unmatched as this was the fourth time out of the past five games that one goal influenced the outcome. Villanova started out strong and held the lead until the last two minutes of the fourth quarter. They had goals scored by some of their most…
Week 11 in the National Lacrosse League is already here, and every team is in action except for Toronto. We have our weekly game picks from the NLL staff, and the only game that seems to have some question is Calgary vs Colorado. Week 11 v v v v Daniel Pattison Ian Neadle Di Miller Nicole Sulinski Brendan Staudt Jordan Hernandez Jim Flannery Alex Urquhart Rocco Granato Pat…
We have a new top team in the land. Maryland is the new number one team with Virginia seizing the second spot while Syracuse continues to tumble. Penn also earned another early season win over a top 10 program in Denver. 1 Maryland (4-0)—It was a good day for Turtle Nation. Mike Chanenchuk put on another clinic tying his career high with five goals, the defense was aggressive, led by…
NCAA Weekend Recap #1 Duke 6 #2 Maryland 10 This was a third quarter game changer as Maryland scored three in the third and held Duke to none. After that, the Blue Devils seemed to lose all momentum. Maryland totaled 44 shots, 32 ground balls, 17 saves and won eight of 19 face offs. On the other side, Duke totaled 36 shots, 26 ground balls, 15 saves and won…
My afternoon started with traffic and box office confusion. Once into the wonderful environment of Ulrich Sports Complex, I was surrounded by team cheering sections and loads of local high school players donning their varsity jackets. Loyola sure gave lacrosse lessons out today, demonstrating many different situations. By the time I was in, the first quarter was halfway over with Loyola on top at 3-1. Shortly after arriving, Lehigh’s Henderson…