I’m not a huge fan of recapping Fall Ball events, mainly because it doesn’t really show anyone anything about what to expect. So take this with a grain of salt. Syracuse participated with the Naval Academy and Towson on Sunday to wrap up their Fall Ball slate. It was a tale of two teams, but we’ll take it slowly. First, the Orange took on Navy early in the morning, which…
According to a report from Lacrosse Magazine’s Corey McLaughlin, the University of Michigan is planning on building a 3,000 seat lacrosse only stadium. The Wolverines would add the stadium for their men’s and women’s lacrosse teams. This is part of a plan to build several new athletic facilities and will be partially funded by Michigan alum and Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross. Michigan has had varsity men’s and women’s lacrosse…
With the departing of some long time starters and game changers, who will become the next backstop to a national champion? Jake Runkel won his title with Loyola, Niko Amato came close during his tenure at Maryland as they topped the All American Balloting. Gunnar Waldt – Bryant With a win in the NCAA Tournament in the vaunted Carrier Dome under his belt, Waldt is in contention to be…
Alex Urquhart The North Carolina Tar Heels are making their way to Durham to take on the Duke Blue Devils. This is one of the biggest rivalries in college sports. There is only, roughly, 10 miles between the two campuses and that has sparked one of the greatest bubbles of animosity between two schools, just look at college basketball when these two play each other. Now lacrosse is a bit…
WHO: Drexel Dragons @ U Albany Great Danes WHERE: Albany, NY WHEN: Saturday February 22, 1pm EST DREXEL The Dragons commenced their 2014 lacrosse season with a loss of 11-10 to Virginia. The game came down to the wire and Drexel was the predicted underdog. Drexel is an offensive overload. All three attackmen (Jared Boudraeu (1g, 1a), Cole Schafer (4g) and Nick Trizano (4g, 1a) were dominant in…
WHO: Georgetown @ Towson WHERE: Towson, MD WHEN: Saturday February 22 12:00pm EST GEORGETOWN The Hoyas are coming off two season starting victories. Opening the season against Mount St. Mary’s, Georgetown won in a blowout of 10-4. Then, playing against Navy they had another win, but of a closer margin (9-8 OT). In the nail-biting match against Navy, the Hoyas accumulated 38 total shots, 36 ground balls and…
Last week’s rankings saw North Carolina on top of the pack, with Syracuse and Northwestern right on their heels. After a week’s worth of play, were the Tarheel’s able to remain on top, or did Syracuse bump them down to number two? 1. Syracuse- I was hard-pressed to remove North Carolina from the number one spot, but the Orange has played one game more than the Tarheels, and…
This Saturday, Hobart College will visit Ithaca, New York to take on the Cornell Bears in weekend lacrosse action. Last season, these teams opened up their seasons against each other with Cornell winning 19-17. The match featured some of the best offense lacrosse has to offer, and this Saturdayshould be a welcome gift to fans of either institution. While Hobart opened their season with a loss against Siena this past weekend,…
WHO: Canisius at Denver WHERE: Denver, CO WHEN: Sunday February 23 1:30 pm MT DENVER Having a balanced start to the season, the Pioneers won their season opener at Air Force. Then, in the second week traveled to Durham, N.C. and lost to Duke. For starters, they opened their season with two road games. Come this weekend, Denver will finally open their home crowd to the 2014 season. Air…
The Towson Tigers head to Baltimore, Maryland to take on the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays this Saturday at 4 pm for what should be one of the most competitive games this season. The Tigers are coming off of last weekend’s win against High Point, and the Blue Jays are also ecstatic after their victory last Sunday against future Big Ten rival, Ohio State. Homewood field is ready to welcome the…