The Denver Pioneers have won the NCAA championship, defeating Maryland from Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. After the game we caught up with head coach Bill Tierney to discuss the win and how Wes Berg performed all tournament, along with how it feels to bring the first ever championship title to the Denver Pioneers.
Outlaws Stay Hot, Stop Bayhawks
The evening was chilly with scattered rain starting around halftime, but the 6,700-plus fans in attendance walked out of the stadium with warm fuzzies and a home team victory. The Denver Outlaws rode off into the sunset on Sunday evening with a 17-10 victory over the visiting Chesapeake Bayhawks. The Outlaws were boosted by hat tricks from Cam Holding, Chris Bocklet, and John Grant, Jr., and the latter also contributed…
Simmons: How Maryland and Denver Arrived Here
Preseason Poll This has been an incredible year of lacrosse. For me, it is always interesting to look back at the start of the year and compare the results. I started looking back at the polls throughout the year and compare them to the end results. For simplicity’s sake, let’s just look at the Media Poll and leave the USILA Coaches poll out of the conversation. The preseason poll looked…
NCAA Championship: Maryland vs Denver
We’ve finally reached the finish line in the college lacrosse season, as Maryland meets Denver in the Division 1 Championship game Monday at Lincoln Financial Field at 1 PM. Maryland comes in as the #6 seed and has been impressive this season, especially at defense, led by goaltender Kyle Bernlohr, a 1st Team All-American. Denver comes in as the #4 seed and has dominated their opponents for the most…
Denver Trying to Pioneer Lacrosse History Past Maryland
Two very different teams and back stories are the Big Show in this year’s NCAA D-I Lacrosse Championship. Both semifinals were the tightest games of the postseason, each game a one-point decider and one game a repeat OT thriller. Some argue it’s another east versus west game. I argue it’s an old school versus new school game. Both teams are surprisingly similar despite different approaches and playing styles. Both have…
NCAA Division III Championship: Tufts Toughs It Out, Defeats Lynchburg 19-11
At his postgame press conference, Tufts Head Coach Mike Daly used the word tough a lot to describe his program. Work ethic and toughness were two of the building blocks that past Jumbos used to build the program that it currently is today. His team needed some of that toughness today against Lynchburg. To begin the game, the Hornets scored the game’s first four goals and took the game’s first…
Is the NLL Going to Las Vegas?
The National Lacrosse League has one team playing in a casino, with the New England Black Wolves at Mohegan Sun Arena. Could another one be coming? According to Charley Walters of the Pioneer Press, maybe. Nashville and Las Vegas considered potential sites for departing Minnesota Swarm of National Lacrosse League. — Charley Walters (@Charley_Walters) May 24, 2015 We’ve heard the Nashville rumor plenty of times now, but this is the…
Limestone Takes the 2015 Division II Championship
Going into the Division II title game, the story was offense versus defense. Limestone had the nation’s top offense with 17.54 average goals per game while Lemoyne only allowed 6.56 on average. To be fair, both teams were in the top five in both categories, so this was going to be a great game. Despite the high offensive numbers going into the game, Limestone coach J.B. Clarke said knowing…
Edmonton Rush Advance to Champion’s Cup
The Edmonton Rush struggled at times, but got it right when it mattered most to advance to the Champion’s Cup. After losing Game 2 of their West Division Final to the Calgary Roughnecks by a 12-9 score, they easily won the tie-breaking mini-game 4-1. The win puts the Rush into the NLL finals for the second time in their 10-year existence as a team, the first time coming four years…
NLL Teams Shift Gears In Tumultuous Times
Times are not the best in the National Lacrosse League. The Minnesota Swarm are on the move, less than a year after the Philadelphia Wings made a similar announcement. The future of the Edmonton Rush is also in flux after a strange week of comments and combat for their owner Bruce Urban. Where the Swarm end up has been a hot debate. A popular destination via rumor has been Nashville,…