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ILWT NCAA Poll and Player of the Week: Week Three

February 24, 2016

Denver (2) Notre Dame (1) Syracuse (4) Duke (3) Maryland Loyola (8) Yale (9) Hopkins (6) Brown (11) UNC (10) Virginia (13) Penn State (19) Hofstra (NR) Towson (17) Albany (12) Harvard (18) Navy (16) Georgetown (15) Cornell (14) Stony Brook (NR) Receiving votes: Rutgers, Lehigh, Army, Penn, Bucknell, Ohio State Offensive Player of the Week: Sam Llinares, Hofstra Defensive Player of the Week: Nick Mellen, Syracuse Goaltender of the…

Army and Navy Victories On Different Ends of Patriot League Spectrum

February 23, 2016

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The Patriot League is one of the most fascinating to follow in college lacrosse. Not only because of teams like Loyola defeating the likes of Virginia and Johns Hopkins, but because the teams ranked second through fifth in the conference can compete with nearly anyone. Navy, now 2-1 on the season, were one of the biggest dark horse picks before this season to make the national tournament. The Midshipmen proved…

#4 Syracuse Tops #12 Albany 16-7 In Early Season Meeting

February 22, 2016

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Syracuse stormed out of the gate early in the first quarter en route to a 16-7 victory over in-state rival Albany Sunday afternoon in the Carrier Dome. The Orange came into Sunday’s game without graduate transfer attackman Nick Piroli, who head coach John Desko said would be week-to-week with a lower-body injury. Senior Tim Barber took his place, as he spent some time at attack last season when Randy Staats was injured. Barber…

Drexel Falls To Virginia 14-7 in Home Opener

February 22, 2016

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Led by hat tricks by AJ Fish and Greg Coholan, the #14 Virginia Cavaliers (1-1), cruised to a 14-7 win over the Drexel Dragons (0-1) Saturday afternoon at Vidas Field in Philadelphia. Virginia was generating a bunch of scoring chances but the ball didn’t want to go in until 2:05 of the first when Zed Williams scored his first goal of the day. Cole Shafer would get the Dragons on…

Swarm Sting Bandits With 19-15 Victory

February 21, 2016

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After walking away from the Air Canada Centre with a crushing 14-12 defeat at the hands of the winless Toronto Rock on Friday, the Buffalo Bandits (4-4) had little time for reflection as a possible series clinching win against the Georgia Swarm (4-4) was on the line Saturday night at the First Niagara Center. With an incredibly strong eight goal performance in the fourth quarter by the Swarm leading to…

Hofstra Stuns North Carolina With 10-5 Win

February 21, 2016

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The Hofstra Pride men’s lacrosse team got their 2016 season off to a great start by defeating fifth-ranked University of North Carolina Tar Heels 10-5. Head coach Seth Tierney was pleased with his team’s performance. “I am really proud of our guys. I’m proud of everything that they were about today. They player really hard in practice the last two weeks and getting prepared. It was a total team win.”…

Rose Goal “An Awesome Moment” on Friday Night

February 21, 2016

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1-6 never felt so good. Toronto Rock goaltender Nick Rose was all smiles after his team’s first win of the season Friday night, a night on which he also made team history. Rose’s empty net goal at 13:43 of the fourth quarter was the first ever goal scored by a Toronto Rock goaltender. A goalie goal. It was the insurance marker in a 14-12 win over the Buffalo Bandits, the…

Rush Top Knighthawks in front of Biggest Saskatchewan Crowd

February 20, 2016

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The Edmonton Rush came out on fire Friday Night at SaskTel Centre in front of 11,042 boisterous fans. The SaskTel faithful had plenty to cheer about as their hometown heroes jumped out to a commanding 8-1 lead and then hung on to defeat the Rochester Knighthawks 11-8. Rochester scored the games first goal from Joe Walters 2:18 into the game, but it would be all downhill for the remainder of…

Rock Finally Get First Win Behind Rose’s Goal

February 20, 2016

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“There wasn’t going to be any heartbreak tonight.” – Nick Rose Everything finally went right for the Toronto Rock. Their 14-12 takedown of rival Buffalo Bandits on Friday night at the Air Canada Centre was the embattled Rock’s first win of the season and it’s one they can be proud of. From the goaltending out, every team member came to play. Nick Rose made 38 saves, 10 players chipped in…

Drexel Opens Season Against 0-1 Virginia

February 20, 2016

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Today at 1pm from Vidas Field in Philadelphia, the Drexel Dragons will open up their 2016 regular season as they host the #14 ranked University of Virginia (0-1). UVA fell in their opener 11-4 to Loyola even though they outshot them 40-33. This will be the 16th time these teams have met, with Virginia holding a 14-1 advantage. The Dragon only victory came back in 2007 when they won…

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