NCAA lacrosse season is fully underway as of this weekend. Both teams are matched well for the first time in two or three seasons and each squad has its advantages. Game time is set for noon EST in Durham, N.C. DUKE They’re a powerhouse that just repeated National Championship victories. Deemer Class and Myles Jones return following great 2014 performances. Deemer Class (midfield, junior) posted 65 points in 2014 behind…
Pietramala Becomes Leader in Wins at JHU
–Hopkins 16-4 Win Over UMBC– Baltimore, Maryland – The Johns Hopkins Blue Jays opened the season with a decisive win against the UMBC Retrievers, winning 16-4. With the win, Coach Pietramala becomes the first in all time wins as a coach, moving one better than legendary coach Bob Scott. The Jays jumped out early on the Retrievers and took a commanding first quarter lead. Connor Read opened the 2015 scoring…
Marquette Defeats #16 Lehigh
The Marquette University men’s lacrosse team knocked off No. 16 Lehigh 10-9 Saturday to give the Golden Eagles their first win over a ranked team in program history and their first victory in a season-opener. Marquette head coach Joe Amplo attributed the win to his veteran leadership and six captains. “(At halftime) It was nothing I said, but it was everything our guys did,” Amplo said. “Our upperclassman stepped up and…
Detroit Stuns Ohio State
The University of Detroit Mercy men’s lacrosse earned a 9-8 come-from-behind victory Saturday over Ohio State University in the 2015 season opener at Ultimate Soccer Arenas. It’s the first victory inprogram history over the Buckeyes. Detroit scored three straight goals in the fourth period to take a 9-6 lead. Ohio State scored two goals to pull to within 9-8 but the Detroit defense didn’t allow a goal in the final…
Swarm Sting Knighthawks, Move to 3-2
On Native American night at the Hive, the Minnesota Swarm(3-2) needed overtime to defeat the Rochester Knighthawks(2-3) 7-6 in front of 9,645 Friday night. Callum Crawford’s only goal of the game was scored at 2:21 of overtime. This was a defensive battle with both Matt Vinc and Zach Higgins standing tall for their teams. Vinc stopped 39 of 46 shots he faced and Higgins stopped 35 of 41. The first…
Roughnecks Look for First Win Against Bandits
The Buffalo Bandits (3-3) and the Calgary Roughnecks (0-4) will face off in their only meeting of the 2015 NLL regular season on Saturday February 7th, 2015 at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary. The last time these two teams met was on April 5th, 2014 at the First Niagara Center where the Roughnecks emerged victorious with the 16-13 road victory. The last time the Bandits were victorious in Calgary was…
NLL Bye Week Report: Edmonton Rush
The Edmonton Rush enter their bye week, not set to hit the floor until February 13 and 15 with a respective away and home series against the Colorado Mammoth. Despite currently sitting at a subpar 2-2 record, the Rush have shown character throughout all of their games this season. Beginning 0-2, they were only out of those games by a small margin. In Week 3, the Rush rallied to send…
MCLA Season Preview: Missouri Valley
With the MCLA season upon us I talked with Head Coach of Missouri Valley Kevin Totaro. Kevin is a Maryland native who played his first two years of college at Harford community college before transferring to Division III Shenandoah University. After his playing days Kevin went on to coach at both Northern Virginia Community College and Catonsville Community College. I had a few questions for Coach Totaro to talk about…