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The Bucknell Bison are the 66th DI program to release their 2020 men’s lacrosse schedule. The Bison come into the 2020 season following a 2019 campaign where they went 6-9 overall and 4-4 in the Patriot League. Bucknell lost to Boston U. in the Patriot League quarterfinals. Continue reading “2020 Schedule Preview: Bucknell Bison” →
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It’s not often that you find an athlete that has the opportunity to play two sports at the DI level. And it is even rarer to find someone who can actually do it at the DI level. Continue reading “Tyson Hugee Finding his way Back to the Lacrosse Field at Holy Cross” →
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The Army Black Knights are the 62nd DI program to release their 2020 men’s lacrosse schedule. The Black Knights come into the 2020 season following a 2019 campaign where they went 13-5 overall and 5-3 in the Patriot League. The Black Knights beat Lehigh in the Patriot League Championship game and lost to Penn in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Continue reading “2020 Schedule Preview: Army Black Knights” →
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The Holy Cross Crusaders are the 60th DI program to announce their 2020 men’s lacrosse schedule. The Crusaders come into the 2020 season following a 2019 campaign where they went 7-7 overall, 4-4 in the Patriot League, and lost to Army in the Patriot League quarterfinals. Additionally, this will be the Crusaders first season under Peter Burke as the full time head coach after having the interim tag removed over the summer. Continue reading “2020 Schedule Preview: Holy Cross Crusaders” →
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The Boston U. Terriers are the 35th DI team to release their 2020 lacrosse schedule. Boston U. comes into the 2020 season following a 2019 campaign that saw them go 11-6 overall, 5-3 in the Patriot League, and loose to Lehigh in the Patriot League semifinals. Continue reading “2020 Schedule Preview: Boston U. Terriers” →
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You likely know the story by now. Navy has one of the most storied lacrosse programs in history. The Midshipmen have 17 pre-NCAA national titles and have been to the NCAA national championship twice (1975,2004). They have also appeared in 27 of the 48 NCAA tournaments and have five conference titles on their resume, as well. Continue reading “Midfield Depth, Defense are Two Issues Joe Amplo Must Solve For Navy to Be Successful” →
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The Lehigh Mountain Hawks are the 30th DI team to release their 2020 schedule. The Mountain Hawks come into 2020 season after going 9-8 overall, 5-3 in the Patriot League, and losing to Army in the Patriot League championship game in 2019. Continue reading “2020 Schedule Preview: Lehigh Mountain Hawks” →
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The Colgate Raiders are the 29th DI team to release their 2020 schedule. The Raiders are coming off a 2019 campaign which saw the go 4-9 overall and 2-6 in the Patriot League in Matt Karweck’s inaugural season as head coach. Continue reading “2020 Schedule Preview: Colgate Raiders” →
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As the calendar turns to November it marks the end of fall ball and the beginning of, essentially, the pre-season for NCAA lacrosse. While it is still early and there is only so much you can take from fall ball scrimmages, let’s take a look at who some of the early contenders in each conference are. Continue reading “Early Contenders: Patriot League” →
The Patriot League tournament got underway on Tuesday afternoon with the quarterfinals where Army defeated Holy Cross and Boston U. defeated Bucknell. Both teams move on to the semifinals that will be hosted by Loyola on Thursday.
#4 Army 14, #5 Holy Cross 5
It was a tale of two halves in this one as things started out pretty tight but once Army hit the gas they never hit the breaks. The Crusaders were overmatched in this one as the Black Knights advance to the semifinals where they will play Loyola.
Holy Cross started off strong, getting out to a 2-0 lead early on in the first. Army started to find their stride midway though the first when they went on a three-goal run. Each side would score a goal within the final minutes of the first to make it a 4-3 Army lead heading into the second. After a trading goals early in the second, Army took over to end the half with a 7-4 lead.
The Black Knights went on a nine-goal run from early in the second through late in the fourth. That run sealed the deal as Holy Cross had no chance at a comeback. The Crusaders did score in the last minute of the game to get that fifth and final point.
Army was led by attackman Brendan Nichtern with 8 points (2G,6A) in the win. Nate Jones also tallied 6 points (4G,2A) as well. Defenseman Johnny Surdick had 2 caused turnovers and scooped up 3 ground balls while goalie Baretto made 12 saves.
Holy Cross saw Sean Mullaney and Drew Babiak lead the way with 2 goals each. On the defensive end, defenseman Chris Conlin had 4 caused turnovers and scooped up 5 ground balls. In goal. Jonathan Tesoro made 5 saves.
Boston U. 14, Bucknell 8
The Terriers dominated from the opening faceoff to the final whistle in this one. Boston U. was the much better team as they dominated in every aspect of the game, riding their way to victory with ease.
Starting out with a 3-0 run Boston U. already had an edge. Bucknell finally got their first goal of the game late in the first to make it a 3-1 Boston U. lead at the end of the first. The Terriers just continued to dominate from that point on.
Boston U. went on a seven-goal run from early in the second through early in the third that helped them to a 7-1 halftime lead and then a 10-1 lead early in the third. Bucknell finally got a little something going in the third and even more in the fourth. It was too big of a lead to overcome as Boston U.
Chris Gray led the way for the Terriers has he tallied 9 points (5G,4A). James Burr also had 5 points (4G,1A). Reece Eddy had 3 caused turnovers and scooped up 6 ground balls. In cage, Joe McSorley made 15 saves.
For Bucknell, Will Yorke led the way with 3 goals for a hat-trick. Tom Smith also had 3 points (2G,1A). The Bison were led on the defensive end of the field by defenseman Bryant Boswell who had 3 caused turnovers and scooped up 6 ground balls. In cage, Christian Klipstein made 17 saves.
