Fueled by 16 saves from goalkeeper Tyler Behring, the Fairfield University men’s lacrosse team earned an 11-4 win over No. 20 Villanova on Dedication Day at Rafferty Stadium. TJ Neubauer led the Stags’ offense with four goals in the victory, which was broadcast live to a nationwide audience on ESPN3 and SNY. With its third consecutive victory, Fairfield (5-4) has now defeated at least one ranked opponent (in the USILA…
Green Gaels Reacquire Will Petschenig
The Green Gaels Junior B Lacrosse Club is pleased to announce that it has reacquired Will Petschenig from the Nepean Knights in exchange for Junior B rights to Jeremy Osborne. After playing for the Green Gaels in 2014 on a one year conditional release, Petschenig’s Junior B rights reverted back to the Nepean Knights at the end of the calendar year. This transaction will permanently add the 19 year old transition player to…
NCAA Weekend Wrap: Albany Explodes, Dartmouth Upsets
It was another exciting weekend of college lacrosse in the division 1 end of the NCAA. Upsets, beatdowns, entertaining close games all packed into two days as we are heading into the homestretch of March. Here were some of the highlights: Georgetown 10, #9 Marquette 9 The Hoyas had an 8-2 lead at halftime before the Golden Eagles stormed back to tie it up. Freshman Craig Berge had a…
Syracuse Storms Past Duke 19-7
Kevin Rice pumped his arms above his head with two hands on his stick as if he was performing a bench press. And then he did it again. And again. It was an homage to Randy Staats, who missed No. 1 Syracuse’s (7-0, 2-0 Atlantic Coast) 19-7 win over No. 4 Duke (7-2, 0-1) with a lower-body injury and usually celebrates goals with this hand gesture. And even without its…
Bandits Get Over .500
The Buffalo Bandits defeated the Minnesota Swarm 12-8 on Saturday night at the First Niagara Center. This marks the second time the Bandits have defeated Minnesota, as the Bandits pulled out the W in a January matchup. The Bandits controlled the game from the very start. Mark Steenhuis opened the scoring for the game with a nice shot while driving through the middle. That was all the momentum the Bandits…
Mustang Classic Results: Cabrini v. Nazareth
The Mustang Classic at Stevenson University was the site for a full slate of Division III lacrosse action this week. The first night was capped when Cabrini upset the home Stevenson Mustangs. Cabrini came into the game defeating number 3 Stevenson last night and the effects could be seen during the first quarter. Will Fallo started the scoring, the first of six goals in the quarter. Turnovers and lengthy possession…
NJIT Look for First Win Against Richmond
NJIT is the newest division I program and they have started things off with a 0-6 record so far. To open the year NJIT had a 18-4 lose to Stony Brook and got beat 10-3 to Quinnipiac. In the third game they did put up ten goals the most all year to Vermont but still did not win the 17-10 game. Since then New Jersey teams such as Monmouth won by…
Noble Leads Mammoth Past Stealth
The Vancouver Stealth (4-5) were back in action Saturday night as they hosted the Colorado Mammoth (5-5). One week ago the Stealth were playing for first in the West and entering the game they were in sole possession of third place. Would they be able to come out and take over the second slot from Colorado, or fall even further back from the top seeded Edmonton Rush. Rhys Duch got…
Mustang Classic Results: Stevenson Tops Cortland
Stevenson University, the home field for the Mustang Classic, came off a disappointing loss against Cabrini with vengeance for their game against the Cortland Red Dragons. The home team made a first half run that Cortland battled to overcome. Cortland got the scoring started on the evening when they earned an extra man opportunity on their first possession of the game. James Stavrakis scored from atop and beat Ben Richards…
Denver Tops Penn State In Long Island
Following the Hofstra against UMass matchup, the Nittany Lions of Penn State and Pioneers of University of Denver took the field at James M. Shuart Stadium to play their game. This was a fierce battle between two great programs, and it’s a shame only one team could come out victorious, but in the end, the Pioneers held on to win by the score of 10-8. From the start of the…