By: Kevin S. Clancy, Beat Writer Tufts University As the No. 1 New England Small College Athletic Conference team, Tufts Jumbos never trailed in their home opener against Colby at Bello field Saturday March 19, winning 16-8. They are 4-0 for the season and 2-0 in NESCAC play. Jumbo’s senior Garrett Clarke hit the net twice in the first seven minutes and got Tufts off to a 3-1 start. Cillian…
MEDIA RELEASE BALTIMORE, MD — The final chapter in the book about the 2016 Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse season won’t be written for quite some time. When it is, today’s 11-10 overtime victory against third-ranked Syracuse may take a bit more space then the rest of the chapters. The Blue Jays twice trailed their long-time rival by four in the first 20 minutes of the game, were down by three…
By: Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Last night March 18, the Rochester Knighthawks (6-5) traveled south for a rematch with the Georgia Swarm (4-7) at the Infinite Energy Arena in front of crowd of 4,523. The energy was definitely on Rochester’s side last night as they won in dominating fashion with 11-4 victory.
By: Di Miller, Beat Writer DU Men’s Lacrosse The NCAA DI Champions and No. 1 ranked Denver University Pioneers (7-0) hosted the Ohio State Buckeyes (5-4) at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium in front of a sold out crowd of 2,496 fans. DU had just come off their OT win over Notre Dame (9-8) on March 13; and the Buckeyes were just coming off their loss to Towson University on March…
MEDIA ADVISORY TOWSON, Md. – A gutsy play by a freshman at one end and a low-to-high snipe from a redshirt freshman lifted the No. 10/No. 9 Towson men’s lacrosse team to a 10-9 overtime win at Ohio Stadium against the Buckeyes.
ROSEMONT, IL – Johns Hopkins sophomore attackman Shane Stanwick (Baltimore, MD/Boys’ Latin) and sophomore faceoff specialist Hunter Moreland (White Hall, MD/Boys’ Latin) have been named the Big Ten Men’s Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week and Co-Specialist of the Week, respectively, for their efforts in Johns Hopkins’ 14-8 win against sixth-ranked Towson on Saturday. Johns Hopkins improved to 3-2 on the year with the victory against the Tigers.
MEDIA ADVISORY– Game to be televised at one 1 p.m. MT – Fox College Sports [1/1] Denver (6-0) plays its lone home game in a span of five of six away from Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium on Saturday when the Pioneers welcome [RV/RV] Ohio State to the Mile High City for a rematch of the 2015 NCAA Quarterfinals at Sports Authority Field.
TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University men’s lacrosse team continued with a top-10 ranking for a second-straight week. All three major polls were released Monday after an action-packed weekend. Denver was the unanimous number one team in the country this week after upending this week’s second-ranked team, Notre Dame, 9-8 in overtime. Syracuse was voted third, followed by Ivy Leaguers Yale and Brown at fourth and fifth, respectively.
By: Marcelo A. Sagüez, NLL Correspondent In what resembled a playoff game, the Toronto Rock beat the Vancouver Stealth 9-6 in Sunday afternoon Lacrosse action. Vancouver (3-6) visiting the Toronto Rock (2-7) in their first meeting in the 2016 NLL season. Vancouver was looking for their first win in three games, while Toronto was looking to redeem themselves after losing 15-10 to Calgary Friday night.
Zach Miller nets extra time winner for second-consecutive year against Fighting Irish SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Junior Zach Miller (Steamburg, N.Y.) scored 1:58 into overtime off a feed from classmate Connor Cannizzaro (Cazenovia, N.Y.) to extend the [1/2] University of Denver men’s lacrosse team’s winning streak to 19 games with a 9-8 overtime win at [2/1] Notre Dame on Sunday night at Arlotta Stadium. Sunday marked the fifth time in…
By: Tom Maguire, Beat Writer Bates College Women’s Lacrosse On a spring like day in Lewiston Maine, the Bates Bobcats Women’s Lacrosse team won a thrilling 8-7 game against the No. 9 ranked NESCAC opponent Amherst College. The victory raised the Bobcats record to 5-0, their best start since the 2001 season. The Bobcats are currently 2-0 in the NESCAC.
By: Di Miller, NLL Correspondent On Saturday March 12, the Saskatchewan Rush (6-3) would play host to the Georgia Swarm (4-6). This would be the first time in the 25 years the Sasktel Centre has been in existence, they expected over 14,000 fans for its First Nations Night; and the first time Saskatchewan have hosted a home game on a Saturday. All the festivities made the atmosphere even more spectacular…