The last two tickets were punched for the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Final Four in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for Memorial Weekend. Johns Hopkins and University of Maryland, both members of the newly minted B1G Ten Lacrosse Conference, will face off in the second semifinal. Hopkins outlasted Syracuse, 16-15, and Maryland ran away from North Carolina, 17-7. Hopkins and Syracuse may have played in the game of the year. The hot conditions at…
Denver Advances Past Ohio State to Final Four
Denver held on to beat Ohio State 15-13 after Ohio initially pulled ahead 7-1 in Saturday’s matchup. It seems despite a loss for the Buckeyes, they are indeed for real and have the necessities to go all the way in the near future. Despite a win for DU, they played one of their more sloppy games this past weekend and will most assuredly need to regroup before this upcoming Championship…
Johns Hopkins Stuns Syracuse to Advance to Final Four
For just the fourth time ever, the Syracuse Orange were taken down in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament. The story of the day for Hopkins was graduate student Eric Schneider. Schneider picked up 15 saves and has been on a recent “redemption tour” after getting torched several times early in the season. At certain points it looked like nothing would be getting past him as he made some phenomenal…
Photo Gallery: Notre Dame vs Albany
Yesterday the Notre Dame Fighting Irish topped the Albany Great Danes to advance to the Final Four. Our Ian Neadle was live on scene in Denver and brought us some pics in the gallery below. For more pics, check out our Facebook gallery here.
Video: Dawson’s Game Winning Goal
The Rochester Knighthawks took a huge 1-0 series lead on the Toronto Rock last night. They won thanks to a last minute goal from Dan Dawson that made Sportscenter’s Top 10 plays. Check out the video below.
Five Takeaways From the Vancouver Stealth in 2015
1. Youth movement needs to find its legs The Vancouver Stealth had a rebuild of sorts this year, originally to be centred around Johnny Powless. Once Powless instead decided to stay in Ontario, those plans quickly changed. Vancouver was lucky to receive a player like Logan Schuss back for Powless, who disappointed in his short tenure with the Stealth. General manager Doug Locker also brought in young reinforcements in…
Dawson’s Late Goal Gives Knighthawks Game One Win
Dan Dawson’s game-winning goal with 36.1 seconds left in Game One of the East Division Finals led the Rochester Knighthawks to a 10-9 victory over the Toronto Rock. “(It was) perfect timing,” Knighthawks head coach Mike Hasen said. “You can’t ask for anything more than that.” The Knighthawks saw a career-high six-point performance from Brad Self (3+3). Craig Point also completed his hat trick and added a helper in the…
Marcus Holman’s Six Goals Lead Machine Past Hounds
On a rainy Saturday night in Delaware, OH, the home town Ohio Machine topped the visiting Charlotte Hounds 14-10. Machine attackman Marcus Holman lead the way with six goals, earning Coca-Cola Player of the Game honors, while goalie Brian Phippsfinished with 21 saves. Meanwhile, the Hounds’ top scorer was midfielder John Haus (2g, 1a) and Pierce Bassett made 19 stops in net. Holman struck first for the Machine, sneaking a low shot past Bassett. Brendan Fowler won the ensuing…
NCAA Quarterfinals: Syracuse vs Hopkins
It’s the most storied rivalry in all of college lacrosse. It’s the Michigan-Ohio State or the Duke-UNC of its sport. It’s none other than Johns Hopkins-Syracuse, the two winningest programs in the history of college lacrosse. Tomorrow at Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, another chapter will be written into the already huge book between the two teams. We’ll begin with what will be considered the “road” team due to…
Quick Reaction: Notre Dame 14 Albany 10
Albany came into the second half after rain delay trailing and needed a momentum shifter. Lyle Thompson took the reigns and played through triples and quadruples of defenders coming at him. A few times, he lost the ball. In the end, Notre Dame stepped up on defense and made fast close range shots goals. They stole the momentum shift away from Albany. The Fighting Irish go on to Philadelphia after…