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MLL Announces Minnesota, Connecticut as Semi Final Locations

March 9, 2016

Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, announced today that two neutral locations will host the 2016 MLL Semi-Final Games for the first time in League history. Rafferty Stadium at Fairfield University and the National Sports Center Stadium in Blaine, Minnesota will each host a Semi-Final Game on Saturday, August 13. “Having our Semi-Finals in southern Connecticut and Minnesota gives us a great opportunity to expand our brand…

Maryland Defeats Drexel 12-8; Heacock Nets Four

March 9, 2016

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Colin Heacock’s four goals along with Matt Rambo’s hat-trick paced the Terrapins (2-2) to a hard fought 12-8 victory over the Drexel Dragons (1-3) at Vidas field in Philadelphia last night. The first half was an up and back battle between both teams. As one teams offense would put on an attack the defense would be just as strong. Both goalies Jimmy Joe Granito (Drexel) and Kyle Bernlohr (Maryland) were…

Drexel Tops St. Joseph’s on Buzzer Beater 10-9.

March 7, 2016

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Matthew Varian’s goal as time expires give Dragon’s first win Saturday afternoon the Drexel Dragons (1-3) defeated city rival St. Joes Hawks (3-1) 10-9 on a buzzer beater by Freshman Matthew Varian. Drexel is now 23-1 overall versus St. Joe’s. The game was a typical battle Philadelphia style between the two clubs that are only separated by a few miles. It was a battle for the full sixty minutes. At…

Harvard Upsets Duke With Strong Offensive Performance

March 6, 2016

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This college lacrosse season has been one of upsets. Loyola and High Point defeated Virginia, then Towson beat Loyola. Boston University topped Navy, Hofstra defeated North Carolina, and then Georgetown defeated Hofstra. Duke had been immune thus far, until the Blue Devils faced the 12th ranked Harvard Crimson on Long Island. Ranked fourth in the nation, Duke is led by incredible talent, and though the Crimson have been a strong…

Cosmo Leads Bandits Past Stealth in Vancouver

March 6, 2016

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When you’re down 4-1 before the first television timeout, your starting goalie is pulled after being overwhelmed for the second game in a row and Dhane Smith is starting to get hot, the chances of winning that game are about the same as the Vancouver Canucks making the playoffs. The Vancouver Stealth went 6-1 after a quarter of play and eventually found themselves down 10-3 at halftime, largely the byproduct…

Lehigh Takes Conference Victory Over Colgate

March 5, 2016

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The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team jumped out to a 9-4 lead early in the second half, Colgate pulled as close as one, but the Mountain Hawks responded with the game’s final two goals to earn their third straight win, 12-9 on Saturday. With the win, Lehigh improves to 4-1 on the season and 2-0 in Patriot League play. Senior Billy Oppenheimer helped pace the offense in the first half while…

This Josh Byrne Goal is The Goal of the Year

March 5, 2016

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Have you seen this goal yet? ICYMI: Here’s that Josh Byrne goal for @HofstraMLAX…in the running for best of the weekend. #SCtop10pic.twitter.com/327feH2Vi1 — Travis Eldridge (@tgeldrid) March 5, 2016 Now you have. Josh Byrne, in his first season of Division One lacrosse, has lit it up for the Hofstra Pride. Today the Pride lost their first game of the season, 11-6 to Georgetown, but he scored this ridiculous goal. It’s…

#3 Syracuse Faces Tough Test Against #15 Virginia

March 3, 2016

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The third-ranked Orange travel for their first away game of the season as they take on 15th ranked Virginia Friday night at Klockner Stadium in each team’s ACC opener. This will be the 31st overall meeting between the two legendary teams, with Virginia holding the slight 16-15 edge in the series. The Orange are coming off of a highly-contested 9-8 win over Army West Point last week inside the Carrier…

Syracuse Narrowly Escapes Army 9-8

March 1, 2016

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Senior goalie Warren Hill made a career-high 10 saves and midfielder Tim Barber scored the eventual game-winning goal as the Orange escaped the Black Knights 9-8 Sunday night at the Carrier Dome. The scoring began with a Cole Johnson unassisted goal after the Black Knights stymied the Orange offense for the first two minutes of the game. Derek DeJoe tied things up at one before Connor Cook‘s man-up goal and Tim Coll gave Army a surprising 3-1…

NLL Reviews Non-Goal Call in Colorado-Vancouver Game

February 29, 2016

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There was some controversy following the Colorado Mammoth victory over the Vancouver Stealth game on Saturday, in which Adam Jones scored with one second left to win for Colorado, capping off a record six-goal fourth quarter. Before that goal, it had appeared Vancouver may have scored and without any challenges, Colorado could not challenge it. Today, the NLL released a statement about the incident. With 8:03 remaining in the fourth quarter of the Vancouver…

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