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
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…
Providence Holds on to Top Sacred Heart
The Providence College men’s lacrosse team defeated Sacred Heart, 11-8, today (Mar. 5) in Fairfield, Conn. The Pioneers got on the board first with back-to-back unanswered goals in the first quarter. Before the first quarter (5:36) came to a close, junior Keenan Assaraf (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.) registered the first Friar goal of the game to make it 2-1 in favor of Sacred Heart. At 10:45 in the second quarter,…
Black Wolves and Mammoth Meet in Battle of Conference Leaders
The New England Black Wolves will travel to Denver on Saturday to face the Colorado Mammoth in a match up of conference leading teams. New England (5-2) holds a one game lead on Buffalo in the east while Colorado (7-2) leads Saskatchewan by 1.5 games in the west. The Wolves have led the east from the get go this season, with the new look team finding immediate success in its…
#3 Syracuse Faces Tough Test Against #15 Virginia
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…
ILWT NCAA Poll: Week Four
Notre Dame Denver Syracuse Duke Loyola Yale Maryland Brown Hofstra Towson North Carolina Johns Hopkins Harvard Villanova Virginia Albany Marquette Penn State Boston University Rutgers Receiving Votes: Ohio State, High Point, Army, Stony Brook, Georgetown Offensive Player of the Week—Jake Froccaro, Villanova Defensive Player of the Week—Michael Quinn, Yale Goaltender of the Week—Mike Barrett, Virginia Rookie of the Week—James Burr, Boston University
2016 MLL All Star Game Going to Southern California
Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, announced today that they will host their 2016 All-Star Game at Cal State Fullerton’s Titan Stadium on Saturday, July 9. This is the first time the event will be held on the West Coast. “We’re excited to be back in Southern California. We believe our destiny lies in having teams on the West Coast again and this is our first step in making that…
Syracuse Narrowly Escapes Army 9-8
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
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…
Turf Dogs In the Hunt for Playoff Home Field
The Durham Turfdogs are back on track. An 11-9 win over the Southwest Cyclops Friday night at the General Motors Centre in Oshawa kept the Turfdogs in the hunt for home floor advantage in the first round of the playoffs with a record of 5-3. Lucas Coote, making a second consecutive start in goal, was active with the long pass and finished the game with five helpers on the scoresheet…