The Game: Johns Hopkins (6-4, 1-1 B1G) heads to Happy Valley to take on Penn State (7-4, 1-1 B1G) in a key midseason Big Ten game. Faceoff is set for 7 pm on Sunday, April 17 and the game will air live on the Big Ten Network. A Look Back: Johns Hopkins picked up its first Big Ten win of the season as the Blue Jays edged Ohio State, 13-12,…
By: Tim Yilmaz, Lacrosse Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome When Farmingdale boys lacrosse coach Bob Hartranft joined a very exclusive club Friday night, he insisted that his membership be all-inclusive. This is a tribute to all the kids that wore the green and white for me the last 48 years,” Hartranft said of becoming only the third high school boy’s lacrosse coach in the United States to reach 700 victories. “I…
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The NCAA, Gillette Stadium and Harvard University today announced the 2017 and 2018 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championships will be played at Gillette Stadium, the home of the National Football League’s New England Patriots and Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution. The Division I, II and III Men’s Lacrosse Championships will be played over Memorial Day Weekend, on May 27-29 in 2017 and on May 26-28 in 2018.
By: Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome On Sunday April 10, 2016 the Colorado Mammoth (10-4) faced the Georgia Swarm (5-9) at the Infinite Energy Arena in Georgia. Although this game held play-off implications for both teams, the Swarm could only muster up 3,577 fans to see them in action. With the loss by the Rush against New England on Friday night, it gave the Mammoth the…
TOWSON, Md. – Towson men’s lacrosse continued its torrid run through the regular season on Saturday, besting Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) foe University of Massachusetts 11-8 at Garber Field. The Tigers remained steady in this week’s polls with the win and only a few upsets during the past week.
BALTIMORE, MD – It was Homecoming at Johns Hopkins on Saturday as the Blue Jays welcomed Big Ten rival Ohio State to Homewood Field. Nothing unusual about that, at least at Johns Hopkins, as Homecoming is always celebrated around a home men’s lacrosse game at Homewood. The Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse team held off a second-half rally by Ohio State for a 13-12 victory Saturday afternoon. The game marked the…
RICHMOND, Va. – After leading the No. 7/No. 6 Towson men’s lacrosse team to its second conference win of the season, senior attackman Spencer Parks was named Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Men’s Lacrosse Player of the Week. The conference office announced the weekly award Monday morning.
By: Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome The Calgary Roughnecks played host to the visiting Vancouver Stealth on Saturday April 9, in a Star Wars theme night benefiting the S.T.A.R.S (Shock – Trauma – Air – Rescue – Service) program. Calgary in custom jerseys depicting the Darth Vader in the front defeated the Stealth 16-12.
By: Tom Maguire, Bates College Women’s Lacrosse Lacrosse is Awesome The No. 2 nationally ranked Middlebury Panthers (10-0, 6-0 NESCAC) defeated the No. 9 Bates Bobcats (10-2, 5-2 NESCAC) 12-5 in Lewiston ME Saturday April 9. The Middlebury Panthers started fast running out to a 5-0 lead thanks to a high pressure defense which caused multiple turnovers by the Bates offense. Bates scored a pair of goals
By: Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome On April 10, the Rochester Knighthawks (6-8) took on their rivals the Buffalo Bandits (10-4) at the First Niagara Center in front of a crowd of 17,397. Final Score: Buffalo 14—Rochester 12. The first period would be dominated by the Bandits as they would quickly score the first two goals of the period in less than one minute of play. …
MEDIA RELEASE Annapolis, MD – Veteran midfielder Ben Hunt announced Thursday that he is retiring from Major League Lacrosse (MLL) play. Hunt spent all seven of his MLL seasons with the Chesapeake Bayhawks after being drafted in the 2009 MLL Collegiate Draft.
MEDIA RELEASE Cannizzaro tallied seven points in Denver’s 16th-straight BIG EAST win WASHINGTON – The [4/4] University of Denver men’s lacrosse team opened the second season in its 2016 campaign with a 17-4 victory over Georgetown in Denver’s BIG EAST opener on Saturday April 2, at Cooper Field. Denver had five different players score multiple goals for the fifth time since the start of the 2015 season. Junior Connor Cannizzaro…