What Went Right for Notre Dame and Maryland?

It was a great weekend for college lacrosse at Hofstra as the NCAA quarterfinals saw Notre Dame and Maryland advance to the Final Four at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore this weekend. Notre Dame overcame a five-goal deficit with eight minutes remaining in the fourth quarter to beat Albany and end the Thompsons’ run. Meanwhile, Maryland obliterated Bryant in the first game thanks to nine points from senior midfielder Mike Chanenchuk….

May 20, 2014
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Simmons: Notre Dame Surprises, Hopkins Plays Questionably

May 19, 2014

Photo Credit: Ian Neadle ACC Well, my bracket is toast. The only thing I can say is that I correctly picked that three ACC teams would make Championship Weekend. That being said, I picked Duke, Syracuse, UNC and Loyola. Like I said, my bracket is toast. Either way, the ACC will be well represented in Baltimore next weekend, and is guaranteed to have at least one team in the finals….

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Duke Tops Hopkins; Blue Jays Victims Of Penalties

Photo Credit: Ian Neadle On Sunday at noon in the University of Delaware, Johns Hopkins met up with Duke in the NCAA Quarterfinals. The Blue Devils would come out on top 19-11. The referees in this game were making many questionable calls whether due to the penalized action or the timing of their calls. In the end, Hopkins accumulated more than twice the amount of penalties than did Duke which…

May 19, 2014
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MLL Rookie Report: McArdle Shines in Launch Win

The MLL has hit its first of three breaks after four games of the season. At the break, only a handful of rookies have appeared in the MLL as their senior seasons have concluded and the NCAA Tournament field has started to dwindle down. Before this week, Tom Schreiber, Kieran McArdle and John LoCascio all made their MLL debuts. This week a couple more players made thier debuts with many…

May 19, 2014
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What Went Right: Duke and Denver Victories

Photo Credit: Ian Neadle Duke Duke came out blistering against Johns Hopkins.  They attacked relentless before the Jays were able to settle in and battle back.  Now that they move onto Championship Weekend for the eighth consecutive year, Duke knows that they need to be firing on all cylinders if they want to repeat as champions. Myles Jones was an unstoppable force for Duke and Jordan Wolf paced the attack…

May 19, 2014
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Outlaws Stay Hot, Defeat Rattlers 14-8

Photo Credit:  Di Miller On Saturday May 17, in front of 8,640 fans, the Denver Outlaws (4-0) won their 24th consecutive regular season game against the Rochester Rattlers (2-2) by the score 14-8. They now hold the record for the Longest Winning Streak in MLL history; Jesse Schwartzman was honored as the winningest goalie in MLL history; and Lee Zink #29 Defense, played his 100th career game as an Outlaw…

May 18, 2014
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Hawks Defeat Bandits to Advance to Champion’s Cup

May 18, 2014

The Rochester Knighthawks defeated the Buffalo Bandits 13-8 in Game 2 to tie the series at a game apiece. The game was a typical Knighthawks/Bandits game: chippy and hard hitting.  The Knighthawks started to carry the momentum as Cory Vitarelli started the scoring at 3:16 and it seemed as if Rochester would start the way Buffalo did in Game 1. Buffalo went on a three-goal run with goals from Benesch…

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