Baltimore, Maryland – The defending champion Duke Blue Devils defeat the Denver Pioneers for the second time this season to move onto Monday’s Championship game. Kyle Keenan started at attack and produced four big goals for the Blue Devils and Kyle Turri was able to withstand Denver’s late rally to win the game 15-12. Denver opened the scoring with Wes Berg getting the first goal of the contest for his…
The question was asked of Maryland head coach Cathy Reese following her team’s 9-6 win over Northwestern. Was this the case of the better team winning? On paper, it looks like the answer is yet, but credit Reese for how she responded. “Anytime you step on the field, you have to compete,” she said. “You have to compete and you have to play well and execute if you want to…
12:45: We are about 19 minutes from game time here at M&T Bank Stadium! It is a beautiful day for some Final Four lacrosse. Both teams have headed to the locker rooms for some last minute stuff after warm ups. We are set for some really exciting games here in Baltimore! On a separate note, thank you to all the men and women who serve our country and allow us…
We have finally arrived to one of the best weekends in lacrosse as the Final Four occurs in Baltimore, MD. While Duke and Denver will face off in the first game, Maryland and Notre Dame will play afterwards to decide who will have a chance to play for the National Championship. Maryland and Notre Dame enter this game as they play for the third time this season. Maryland went to…
The time has arrived! The Calgary Roughnecks will host the Rochester Knighthawks in Game 1 of the two-game series. The Roughnecks are going for their third title (2004 & 2009), and the Rochester Knighthawks are going for title number five, but historically they are trying to be the first team in the 28-year history of the league to three-peat. Their previous titles were in 1997 and 2007 before winning the…
Duke is #5. Denver is #9. The Bloomberg Report states the two bring in comparable levels of revenue each year. The Blue Devils are no strangers to the NCAA Final Four spotlight as they’ve been around lacrosse since it’s popularity began growing. Denver is making their third appearance in the program’s short history, hoping to awe the lacrosse world. Duke overcame Johns Hopkins at the University of Delaware last week in perfect…
Hi ILWT Readers, I hope that everyone is excited for Memorial Day Weekend which is easily the best weekend of college lacrosse. All 8 teams (D1 through D3), have worked tremendously hard since the fall, giving them a chance to earn collegiate lacrosse glory. I wanted to give a quick shout out to Tufts, who is squaring off against Salisbury in the D3 title game. I played against Tufts all…
There is increased parity in college lacrosse these days. Any team can win on any given day. The same handful of teams isn’t always at the Final Four and more programs than ever before have legitimate aspirations to reach Championship Weeken Despite the parity, there are three programs that have emerged the most over the last few seasons. All three are in the Final Four once again in 2014. Let’s…
After the Calgary Roughnecks defeated the Edmonton Rush on Friday night in the NLL’s first ever “mini game”, all the talk has been about just that. Not Calgary’s road upset. Not the end of the Rush’s amazing season. But about the mini game. On Saturday night, the Rochester Knighthawks defeated Buffalo to get to a mini game and they won in the sudden death OT portion of the ten minute…
After defeating the Ohio Machine last week, the Lizards have a bye this weekend to rest up before taking on the Boston Cannons next Friday, May 30 at home in Hempstead. At 2-2 overall the Lizards sit tied for third place in the Major League Lacrosse League behind Boston, Florida and Denver. Former 2013 Cascade Rookie of the Year Rob Pannell leads New York with 16 points (9g, 7a). Greg…