By: Tim Yilmaz, Beat Writer New York Lizards Lacrosse is Awesome The Lizards began the game without Head Coach Joe Spallina, who was unable to travel with the team due to his playoff bound Stony Brook Women’s Lacrosse Team. Defensive Coach Steve Duffy took over the reins for the night leading the team to a wire to wire rout of the Florida Launch. The defending champs advanced to a 2-0 record…
NEW YORK – NCAA Tournament berths are the storyline of the week as the 2016 BIG EAST Men’s Lacrosse Championship Presented by the Jeep starts up in Denver on Thursday, May 5. The semifinals, which start at 6:30 p.m. Eastern/4:30 p.m. local, will air on CBS Sports Network with Ben Holden on play-by-play and Evan Washburn as the analyst. No. 2 seed Marquette squares off with third-seeded Villanova in the…
Veteran defensemen Kyle Sweeney has been named Warrior Defensive Player of the Week for his performance in Chesapeake’s victory over Florida on Saturday night. This season, the Bayhawks will also be naming a Defensive Player of the Game, awarded by Mallary Carpet and Flooring. Sweeney took this title as well, for his dominant performance in Saturday’s home opener.
ALSO CHOSEN AS THE COCA-COLA PLAYER OF THE GAME DENVER – Major League Lacrosse announced Outlaws’ attackman Drew Snider as the Week 2 Warrior Offensive Player of the Week and Coca-Cola Player of the Game in recognition of his late two-point goal in Denver’s 17-16 season opening victory over the Ohio Machine on Sunday. Snider was recognized after his two-point goal, assisted by Jeremy Sieverts, with 1:30 remaining in the…
TOWSON, Md. – After claiming the 2016 Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Regular Season Championship on Saturday with an 8-7 win at Hofstra, the Towson men’s lacrosse team climbed in all three national polls this week. With its 4-1 record in the CAA, the Tigers (12-2) claimed the regular season title and the right to host the CAA Tournament this Thursday and Saturday at Johnny Unitas ® Stadium.
The Pioneers will join Butler, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Florida, Georgetown, Marquette, Temple, Vanderbilt and Villanova for the 2017 season DENVER – The University of Denver women’s lacrosse team will move to the BIG EAST Conference for immediate competition in the 2017 season. The women’s lacrosse team will be the second Denver team in the BIG EAST along with
Senior Ryan Brown became the 10th player in program history to reach 200 career points. BALTIMORE, MD — With the game tied at six, third-ranked Maryland used a five-goal run that bridged the third and fourth quarters to take control en route to an 11-8 win over host Johns Hopkins in the 114th rendition of “The Rivalry”. Senior Ryan Brown led the Blue Jays (8-5, 3-2 B1G) with five points…
Chris Bocklet checking in here. I’m definitely excited about our first win at home. Going into the game we were very excited playing a good team, a team that had a ton of good offensive threats. They were just coming off a big win over Florida and one of the big advantages we had was a bye week which we definitely needed giving us an extra training camp. With all…
RICHMOND, Va. – For a final time in 2016, the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) handed out weekly men’s lacrosse awards Monday morning. Towson’s own defender Mike Lowe was named CAA Men’s Lacrosse Co-Player of the Week. Lowe was named CAA Men’s Lacrosse Co-Player of the Week with Drexel’s junior attackman Robert Frazee.
By: Tom Maguire, Beat Writer Bates College Women’s Lacrosse Lacrosse is Awesome The Bates Bobcats avenged an end of season loss to the Colby Mules with a solid 9-3 victory Saturday April 30 in the NESCAC quarterfinals at Colby College. The 5th seed Bobcats will travel to Hartford to face the top seed Trinity Bantams next Saturday May 7, in the NESCAC semi-finals.
By: Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday April 30, it was fan appreciation night at the Saddledome with over fifteen thousand on hand to witness an end to end battle that led the Calgary Roughnecks in a dramatic 18 – 17 overtime win over the Toronto Rock (5-13) closing out the 2016 regular season (8-10).
By: Di Miller, Beat Writer Denver Outlaws Lacrosse is Awesome The Denver Outlaws (1-0) opened their season at home against the Ohio Machine on a cold and rainy day in the Mile-High City. But the die-hard fans who braved the cold to see their team in action were treated to a spectacular showing of high velocity lacrosse. With the win, the Outlaws are now 50-15 at home. Final Score: Denver…