No. 16 Rutgers men’s lacrosse earned a 12-6 win in an in-state battle Saturday afternoon at Monmouth. With the victory, Rutgers improves to 5-0 on the season. “The team was hungry today,” head coach Brian Brecht said. “They were focused in practice the last two days and this game meant a lot to them. I felt it was sloppy at times, but they certainly played hard for 60 minutes.” Christian…
Drexel Tops St. Joseph’s on Buzzer Beater 10-9.
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…
NCAA Lacrosse Weekly Wrap Up: Upsets and More
It was a big week of college lacrosse with upset wins from Harvard and Georgetown, and Denver facing off against North Carolina in one of the matchups of the year. We take a look at all of the best action in this week’s college lacrosse wrapup.
Colorado’s Adam Jones Breaks NLL Scoring Streak Record
Joe DiMaggio’s famous hitting streak in Major League Baseball was at 56 games. The National Lacrosse League has not been around *quite* as long as MLB, but Adam Jones of the Colorado Mammoth has hit that exact mark. In Colorado’s 14-13 victory over the New England Black Wolves in week ten of this NLL season, Jones scored a goal in his 56th straight NLL contest, dating back to the 2012…
Actually, Maybe Kyle Jackson Had the Goal of the Week
Maybe it’s not a good idea to declare a goal the best of the week before the rest of the games have been played. While Josh Byrne’s goal for Hofstra in the Pride’s loss to Georgetown was incredible, Kyle Jackson from Michigan may have had him beat. Take another look at Kyle Jackson’s overhead BTB from earlier today… @Inside_Lacrosse@LaxFilmRoom@SexyTimeLaxpic.twitter.com/qli01BwmFZ — Michigan Lacrosse (@umichlacrosse) March 5, 2016 Michigan faced Vermont yesterday…
Harvard Upsets Duke With Strong Offensive Performance
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…
Hofstra Upset by Georgetown 11-6
What seemed to be a dream-like season for the Hofstra Pride men’s lacrosse team has come crashing down to reality as they were handed their first defeat of the 2016 campaign by the Georgetown Hoyas, 11-6. Head coach Seth Tierney noted a change in the team that led to their loss. “We didn’t deserve to win today. We didn’t play with the attention to detail that we played the last…
Cosmo Leads Bandits Past Stealth in Vancouver
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…
Bandits Travel to Vancouver in West Coast Swing
The Buffalo Bandits will continue their west coast road trip tonight, visiting the Langley Events Centre to take on the Vancouver Stealth. Buffalo was able to score a much needed win against the Saskatchewan Rush in overtime last week, finally getting the team above the .500 hump. The Stealth on the other hand were on the losing end of a 11-10 nail biting comeback win by Colorado which ended up causing a large stir on…
Sixteen Register Points as Hopkins Wins Big Against Princeton
Johns Hopkins looked to draw even through four games this season. They got was a total team effort in a convincing win against the Princeton Tigers. The win avenges last year’s overtime loss, in which the Tigers rallied late to win in overtime. In the win, the nation’s consecutive games with a goal streak ends as Ryan Brown ends the day with two assists. Princeton would score first as Bobby…