2014 College Lacrosse

[mabrowndog]

About a month remains in the regular season, and the cream has been rising to the top the last several weeks. NCAA D-I tournament play begins May 10 leading up to the championship game in Baltimore on May 26. For D-II and D-III, the playoffs start May 7 with both championships on May 25, also in Baltimore.
 
First, some useful links:
 
NCAA.com Men's Lacrosse
Inside Lacrosse
LAX Magazine
Lax Power
Lax Power computer rankings
MCLA (club lacrosse)
Recent Scores
Standings at a Glance
Upcoming Games & TV Listings
USILA.org
 
I've also got a LAX twitter list if you want to follow it, though I need to update it a bit (it still includes many lower-division schools I was keeping tabs on during last year's tournaments). In addition, I've put together a realignment spreadsheet covering all levels of NCAA (D-I, II & III) and MCLA (D-I & II) since 2010. There's a separate tab at the bottom for NCAA D-I along with other sports. As growth continues to explode, gaining more and more TV exposure (and dollars) not just on ESPN's networks but CBSSN, NBCSN, FS1, and conference networks (Big Ten), expect to see plenty of further movement in the coming years as big-time schools migrate from club play to full NCAA sponsorship.
 
Next, the latest USILA Top 25 for Division I:
 
[tablegrid=]RK TEAM W-L NOTABLE WINS LOSSES 1 Loyola MD 10-1 Towson 20-4, @ Lehigh 14-7, Duke 14-7, Army 7-6, @ Colgate 10-8 @ Virginia 14-13 2 Duke 10-2 Denver 14-10, Penn 9-6, N. Carolina 9-8, Syracuse 21-7, Harvard 15-7, N. Dame 15-7 @ Maryland 10-6, @ Loyola MD 14-7 3 Maryland 9-1 @ Syracuse 16-8, Duke 10-6, Virginia 9-6 @ N. Carolina 11-8 4 North Carolina 9-2 @ Princeton 13-11, Harvard 13-10, Maryland 11-8, @ Johns Hopkins 13-9, Virginia 11-10 Notre Dame 10-11, @ Duke 9-8 5 Denver 9-2 Notre Dame 10-7, Ohio St 9-5 @ Duke 14-10, @ Penn 12-10 6 Cornell 9-2 Virginia 12-9, Yale 11-9, @ Colgate 15-10, @ Penn 17-9 Harvard 14-9, @ Syracuse 14-9 7 Syracuse 7-3 Albany 17-16, @ Johns Hopkins 12-10, N. Dame 11-10, Cornell 14-9 Maryland 16-8, @ Virginia 17-12, @ Duke 21-7 8 Virginia 8-4 Loyola MD 14-13, @ Drexel 11-10, Syracuse 17-12, Johns Hopkins 11-10 @ Cornell 12-9, @ N.Dame 18-9, @ Maryland 9-6, @ N. Carolina 11-10 9 Johns Hopkins 6-3 Ohio St 10-9, Towson 15-8, @ Princeton 15-9, Albany 13-8 Syracuse 12-10, @ Virginia 11-10, N. Carolina 13-9 10 Notre Dame 5-4 @ N. Carolina 11-10, Virginia 18-9, @ Ohio St 13-7 Penn St 8-7, @ Denver 10-7, @ Syracuse 11-10, Duke 15-7 11t Fairfield 9-2 Yale 12-11, U.Mass 11-5 @ Hofstra 9-7, @ Providence 14-11 11t Penn 5-3 Denver 12-10, @ Yale 6-5 @ Duke 9-6, @ Princeton 15-12, Cornell 17-9 13 Yale 6-3 @ Bryant 9-8, Lehigh 10-2, Princeton 16-15 @ Fairfield 12-11, @ Cornell 11-9, Penn 6-5 14 U.Mass 7-3 Army 6-5, @ Ohio St 12-11, Harvard 8-4 Albany 25-10, @ Fairfield 11-5, Towson 6-5 15 Princeton 6-4 Hofstra 12-10, Penn 15-12, @ Lehigh 10-9 Johns Hopkins 15-9, N. Carolina 13-11, @ Yale 16-15, @ Brown 11-10 16 Hofstra 7-3 Fairfield 9-7, Ohio St 7-5, @ Drexel 11-9, Towson 9-7 Marquette 11-9, @ Princeton 12-10, @ St. John's 11-10, Princeton 10-9 17t Harvard 7-4 @ Cornell 14-9 @ U.Mass 8-4, @ Albany 14-8, @ N. Carolina 13-10, @ Duke 17-11 17t Bryant 9-3 Drexel 12-6 @ Colgate 7-4, Yale 9-8, @ St. Joseph's 9-7 19 Towson 8-3 @ U.Mass 6-5 @ Johns Hopkins 15-8, @ Loyola MD 20-4, @ Hofstra 9-7 20 Lehigh 9-3 Colgate 11-7 Loyola MD 14-7, @ Yale 10-2, @ Army 6-5 21 Army 7-3 Lehigh 6-5 U.Mass 6-5, Rutgers 9-8, @ Loyola MD 7-6 22 Drexel 7-4 Albany 14-13 Virginia 11-10, @ Villa 11-10, @ Bryant 12-6, Hofstra 11-9 23 Albany 5-5 Harvard 14-8, @ U.Mass 25-0 @ Syr 17-16, Drexel 14-13, Bryant 12-11, Canisius 14-10, @ Johns Hopkins 13-8 24 Colgate 7-4 Bryant 7-4, Hobart 7-5 @ Lafayette 8-7, Cornell 15-10, Loyola MD 10-8, @ Lehigh 11-7 25 Ohio St 4-6   @ Johns Hopkins 10-9, U.Mass 12-11, Penn St 11-8, @ Hofstra 7-5, @ Denver 9-5, N.Dame 13-7 [/tablegrid]

 

[h8mfy]

Thanks, Been wondering when this thread would start and am glad to see Fairfield moving up the rankings. As a student there in the early 80s I always thought they should emphasize lacrosse given the HS lax hotbeds they draw their student population from.

 

[Freddy Linn]

2014-04-25 4:30 pm MD1 * Loyola 12, Colgate 6 (final) 
2014-04-25 5:00 pm MD1 * Syracuse 16, Duke 15 (final)
2014-04-25 7:30 pm MD1 * Lehigh 12, Army 11 (final)
2014-04-25 7:30 pm MD1 * Notre Dame 6, Maryland 5 (final)
 
Pretty sweet slate of games yesterday that didn't disappoint.

 

[LeftyTG]

2014-04-25 4:30 pm MD1 * Loyola 12, Colgate 6 (final) 
2014-04-25 5:00 pm MD1 * Syracuse 16, Duke 15 (final)
2014-04-25 7:30 pm MD1 * Lehigh 12, Army 11 (final)
2014-04-25 7:30 pm MD1 * Notre Dame 6, Maryland 5 (final)
 
Pretty sweet slate of games yesterday that didn't disappoint.

Syracuse scored 2 goals in the last 15 seconds of the game to beat Duke.  

 

[mabrowndog]

Syracuse scored 2 goals in the last 15 seconds of the game to beat Duke.  

 
:fap:  :fap:  :fap:  :fap:  :fap:
 

 

[ivanvamp]

Beating Duke at anything is always enjoyable.  Basketball and Lax especially, of course.  

 

[mabrowndog]

The first two NCAA auto-bids will be earned today. #4 Syracuse & #9 Notre Dame are going at it right now for the ACC title on ESPNU, and it's 7-7 at halftime. Over on CBSSN, the Patriot League crown will go to either #1 Loyola MD or #18 Lehigh, and the heavily favored Greyhounds are up 7-3 with the 3rd quarter about the get underway. The Mountain Hawks had the early lead before Loyola scored 6 unanswered.
 
This year's tournament will expand to 18 teams in all, with 10 auto-bids.

 

[mabrowndog]

The Irish have dominated most of the 2nd half, going up 15-10. But Cuse has scored the last two and it's 15-12 Notre Dame with 5:45 left. In their comeback win over Duke, the Orange trailed 14-10 late, so we'll have to see if they've got another raly in them.
 
Loyola now leads Lehigh 13-5 with 4:30 left.
 
EDIT - Make it 3 straight for Cuse, and it's 15-13 with 4:58 left.

 

[mabrowndog]

It's now 4 straight for Cuse, as Scott Loy fires in an overhead screamer from the left point into the top right corner of the net on the fly. 15-14 Notre Dame with 2:02 to play. 
 
Hard to believe this is the same squad that lost 21-7 to Duke earlier in the season.

 

[mabrowndog]

Gigantic save for Cuse by Dominic Lamolinara, who entered the game after the 3rd quarter and has been nails for the 4th. Cuse ball after a time-out with under a minute to play.
 
EDIT - And Connor Kelly makes the save of the game on a point blank blast with 5 seconds left, and then runs out the clock as Notre Dame hangs on for the 15-14 win and the ACC crown. The auto-bid is pretty much a formailty, as all 6 ACC teams will be in the NCAA field.
 
Another incredible game.

 

[mabrowndog]

Loyola pulls away for the Patriot crown and their 14th straight victory, 16-7. Lehigh will be on pins & needles hoping for an at-large bid, which will likely require no teams ranked below them winning an autobid.

 

[Senator Donut]

Why did the ACC and Patriot League decide to host their tournaments a week before the end of the season? I'm not a lacrosse fan, so I found it really weird that Notre Dame is going to play Army next weekend.

 

[mabrowndog]

In the Patriot it's to avoid conflicts with final exams, which begin this week for Navy, Loyola, Lehigh & Bucknell. Those for Colgate, BU & Holy Cross start next week. Army & Lafayette finals begin the week of May 12-16.
 
It's probably the same reasoning for the ACC, but since this is their first season sponsoring the sport I can't speak to it from a policy stance. Finals at Duke, UNC, Syracuse & Virginia begin this week. Notre Dame's start May 5. Maryland's begin May 15.
 
It is odd to see regular season non-conference games played by participants whose conference tournaments have already ended, but a smattering of games like this have been held for years. I have no idea what logic is behind it.

 

[mabrowndog]

Yesterday's USILA poll. The last 4 teams listed were previously in the rankings over the past month but have since dropped out without receiving any votes.
 
I'll post a conference tournament rundown in a bit.
 
[tablegrid=]RK TEAM .W/L. NOTABLE WINS LOSSES 1 Loyola MD 14-1 Towson 20-4, @ Lehigh 14-7, Duke 14-7, Army 7-6, @ Colgate 10-8, Colgate 12-6, Lehigh 16-7, @ Penn St 12-11 @ Virginia 14-13 2 Denver 12-2 Notre Dame 10-7, Ohio St 9-5, Penn St 15-11 @ Duke 14-10, @ Penn 12-10 3 Syracuse 10-4 Albany 17-16, Siena 19-7, @ Johns Hopkins 12-10, N. Dame 11-10, Cornell 14-9, UNC 11-10, @ Duke 16-15   Maryland 16-8, @ Virginia 17-12, @ Duke 21-7, N. Dame 15-14 4 Duke 12-3 Denver 14-10, Penn 9-6, N. Carolina 9-8, Syracuse 21-7, Harvard 15-7, N. Dame 15-7, @ Virginia 17-15 @ Maryland 10-6, @ Loyola MD 14-7, Syracuse 16-15 5 Notre Dame 8-5 @ N. Carolina 11-10, Virginia 18-9, @ Ohio St 13-7, @ Maryland 6-5, @ Syracuse 15-14 Penn St 8-7, @ Denver 10-7, @ Syracuse 11-10, Duke 15-7, Maryland 12-8 6 Johns Hopkins 10-3   Ohio St 10-9, Towson 15-8, @ Princeton 15-9, Albany   13-8, Maryland 11-6   Syracuse 12-10, @ Virginia 11-10, N. Carolina 13-9 7 Virginia 10-5 Loyola MD 14-13, @ Drexel 11-10, Syracuse 17-12, Johns Hopkins 11-10, @ N. Carolina 13-11 @ Cornell 12-9, @ N.Dame 18-9, @ Maryland 9-6, @ N. Carolina 11-10, Duke 17-15 8 Maryland 10-3 @ Syracuse 16-8, Duke 10-6, Virginia 9-6, @ N. Dame 12-8  @ N. Carolina 11-8, @ Johns Hopkins 11-6,  Notre Dame 6-5 9 North Carolina 10-4 @ Princeton 13-11, Harvard 13-10, Maryland 11-8, @ Johns Hopkins 13-9, Virginia 11-10   Notre Dame 10-11, @ Duke 9-8, @ Syracuse 11-10, Virginia 13-11 10 Penn 9-3 @ St. Joseph's 14-4, Denver 12-10, @ Yale 6-5, Harvard 8-7, Brown 10-8, @ Towson 15-9 @ Duke 9-6, @ Princeton 15-12, Cornell 17-9 11 Cornell 11-3 Virginia 12-9, Yale 11-9, @ Colgate 15-10, @ Penn 17-9, Brown 14-9, Princeton 12-10 Harvard 14-9, @ Syracuse 14-9, @ Hofstra 10-9 12 Harvard 9-5 @ Cornell 14-9, Princeton 9-8, @ Yale 11-10, Brown 16-10 @ U.Mass 8-4, @ Albany 14-8, @ N. Carolina 13-10, @ Duke 17-11, @ Penn 8-7 13 Hofstra 10-4 Fairfield 9-7, Ohio St 7-5, @ Drexel 11-9, Towson 9-7, Cornell 10-9, Siena 7-6, @ U.Mass 11-6 Marquette 11-9, @ Princeton 12-10, @ St. John's 11-10, @ Penn St 8-7 14 Fairfield 11-3 Yale 12-11, U.Mass 11-5, Ohio St 7-5 @ Hofstra 9-7, @ Providence 14-11, @ Air Force 16-8 15 Yale 9-4 @ Bryant 9-8, Lehigh 10-2, Princeton 16-15, @ Brown 7-6 @ Fairfield 12-11, @ Cornell 11-9, Penn 6-5, Harvard 11-10 16 Drexel 10-4 Albany 14-13, U.Mass 13-9, @ Towson 13-7, @ St. Joseph's 14-10, Penn St 13-12 Virginia 11-10, @ Villa 11-10, @ Bryant 12-6, Hofstra 11-9 17 Lehigh 13-5 Colgate 11-7, Army 12-11 Loyola MD 14-7, @ Yale 10-2, @ Army 6-5, Princeton 10-9, Loyola MD 16-7 18 Albany 9-5 Harvard 14-8, @ U.Mass 25-10, Siena 19-11, @ Penn St 17-10 @ Syr 17-16, Drexel 14-13, Bryant 12-11, Canisius 14-10, @ Johns Hopkins 13-8 19 Army 9-4 Lehigh 6-5, Colgate 8-7 U.Mass 6-5, Rutgers 9-8, @ Loyola MD 7-6, Lehigh 12-11 20 Bryant 12-4 Drexel 12-6 @ Colgate 7-4, Yale 9-8, @ St. Joseph's 9-7, @ Brown 13-11 21 Princeton 7-6 Hofstra 12-10, Penn 15-12, @ Lehigh 10-9 Johns Hopkins 15-9, N. Carolina 13-11, @ Yale 16-15, @ Brown 11-10, @ Harvard 9-8, @ Cornell 12-10 22 Penn State 7-6 @ Notre Dame 8-7, @ Towson 8-1, Hofstra 8-7 Loyola MD 12-11, @ Denver 15-11, U.Mass 8-6, Albany 17-10, Villanova 9-7, @ Drexel 13-12 23 St. Joseph's 11-3 Bryant 9-7 @ High Point 9-7, Penn 14-4, Drexel 14-10 24 U.Mass 7-6 @ Brown 15-2, Army 6-5, @ Ohio St 12-11, @ Penn St 8-6, Harvard 8-4 Albany 25-10, @ Fairfield 11-5, Towson 6-5, @ Drexel 13-9, Hofstra 11-6, @ Delaware 15-7 25 Siena 9-5 Canisius 10-7 @ Syracuse 19-7, @ St. John's 14-9, Robert Morris 10-9, @ Hofstra 7-6, @ Albany 19-11 26 Brown 8-6 Princeton 11-10, Bryant 13-11 U.Mass 15-2, @ Harvard 16-10, @ Bucknell 13-8, @ Penn 10-8, Yale 7-6, @ Cornell 14-9 NR Towson 8-6 @ U.Mass 6-5 @ Johns Hopkins 15-8, @ Loyola MD 20-4, @ Hofstra 9-7, Penn St 9-1, Drexel 13-7, Penn 15-9 NR Colgate 9-6 Bryant 7-4 @ Lafayette 8-7, Cornell 15-10, Loyola MD 10-8, @ Lehigh 11-7, Army 8-7, @ Loyola MD 12-6 NR Ohio St 6-7 Air Force 8-6 @ Johns Hopkins 10-9, U.Mass 12-11, Penn St 11-8, @ Hofstra 7-5, @ Denver 9-5, N.Dame 13-7, @ Fairfield 7-5 NR Air Force 8-5 Fairfield 16-8 Denver 14-8, Canisius 7-6, @ VMI 6-4, @ Ohio St 8-6, @ Quinnipiac 15-10 [/tablegrid]

 

[mabrowndog]

The majority of Division I conference tournaments involve only the top four qualifying teams regardless of the number of lax members (6 or more). The lone exception is the Patriot, in which the top 6 of the league's 9 members participate. 
 
The 18-team NCAA field will be announced live this Sunday night at 9 pm on ESPNU. There will be two play-in games on Weds 5/7 before 16-team bracketed play begins with four games each on Sat 5/10 and Sun 5/11, each hosted by the higher seed. The first two quarterfinals will be Sat 5/17 at Hofstra (Hempstead NY), with the other two on Sun 5/18 at U-Delaware (Newark DE). The Final Four will be at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore MD with semifinals on Sat 5/24 and the championship on Memorial Day (Mon 5/26) at 1 pm.
 
* AMERICA EAST - All games at Stony Brook NY ... All games streamed via AmericaEast.TV
Semifinals - Thurs, May 1
05:00 pm - #2 Binghamton vs #3 Maryland-Baltimore County
07:30 pm - #1 Albany vs #4 Stony Brook
 
Championship - Sat, May 3
10:00 am - Semifinal winners
 
* ATLANTIC SUN - All games at Mercer (Macon GA) ... All games streamed via ASun.TV
Semifinals - Thurs, May 1
03:30 pm - #2 High Point vs #3 Jacksonville
07:00 pm - #1 Mercer vs #4 Richmond
 
Championship - Sat, May 3
01:00 pm - Semifinal winners
 
* BIG EAST - All games at Villanova (Philadelphia PA) ... First round streamed via BigEast.com
Semifinals - Thurs, May 1
04:30 pm - #1 Denver vs #4 Rutgers
07:30 pm - #2 Marquette vs #3 Villanova
 
Championship - Sat, May 3
04:30 pm - Semifinal winners (FOX Sports 1)
 
* COLONIAL (CAA) - All games hosted by higher seed ... All games streamed via CAA.TV
 
The league voted before the season not to allow departing member and eventual 3rd-place finisher Penn State (bound for the new Big Ten lacrosse conference next spring) to participate in this year's tournament. Fifth-place Delaware moves up to round out the field, meaning UMass (which finished tied with the Blue Hens in conference play at 1-4 but lost to them head-to-head) is the only eligible CAA team left out of the field.
 

Semifinals - Weds, April 30
07:00 pm - #3 Towson at #2 Drexel
07:00 pm - #4 Delaware at #1 Hofstra
 
Championship - Sat, May 3
Time TBA - Semifinal winners

 
* EAST COAST ATHLETIC (ECAC) - All games at Ohio State (Columbus OH) and aired on FOX Sports 2
 
This is the final season for ECAC men's lacrosse, as next year will see Michigan and Ohio State join the newly formed Big Ten lacrosse league. Fairfield will join the Colonial, Bellarmine will join the Atlantic Sun, and Air Force will play as an Division I independent.
 

Semifinals - Thurs, May 1
05:00 pm - #1 Fairfield vs #4 Michigan
08:00 pm - #2 Ohio State vs #3 Air Force
 
Championship - Sat, May 3
05:00 pm - Semifinal winners

 
* IVY LEAGUE - All games at Harvard (Cambridge MA)
Semifinals - Fri, May 2
05:00 pm - #2 Cornell vs #3 Penn (ESPN3)
08:00 pm - #1 Harvard vs #4 Yale (ESPN3)
 
Championship - Sun, May 4
12:00 pm - Semifinal winners (ESPNU)
 
* METRO ATLANTIC (MAAC) - All games at Marist College (Poughkeepsie NY)
Semifinals - Thurs, May 1
04:00 pm - #1 Siena vs #4 Canisius (MAAC.tv)
07:00 pm - #2 Marist vs #3 Detroit (MAAC.tv)
 
Championship - Sat, May 3
11:00 am - Semifinal winners (ESPN3)
 
* NORTHEAST (NEC) - All games at St. Joseph's (Philadelphia PA) ... All games streamed via NEC Front Row
Semifinals - Thurs, May 1
04:00 pm - #1 St. Joseph's vs #4 Hobart
07:00 pm - #2 Bryant vs #3 Sacred Heart
 
Championship - Sat, May 3
11:00 am - Semifinal winners

 

[semsox]

Thanks for organizing all of this mabrowndog, it's a great resource. To clarify on the match-ups in your previous post for the Ivy League tournament, (#2) Cornell will play (#3) Penn at 5 PM, and (#1) Harvard will play (#4) Yale at 8 PM (all games on ESPN3). 

The tournaments so far have been pretty entertaining. Albany scored the tying goal with 5 seconds left in the 4th before winning in OT in a wild 17-16 win over Stony Brook. Hobart upset NEC #1 seed St. Joe's, and first-year program Richmond upset #1 Mercer in the A-Sun tournament.

 

[RedOctober3829]

Disappointed that our guys lost to Albany last night but it was a great game.

 

[mabrowndog]

To clarify on the match-ups in your previous post for the Ivy League tournament, (#2) Cornell will play (#3) Penn at 5 PM, and (#1) Harvard will play (#4) Yale at 8 PM (all games on ESPN3).

 
Ugh. The perils of copy/paste when seeking format consistency -- and when in a rush. Thanks for catching that.
 
Cornell has scored 6 straight goals to take a 10-7 lead over Penn after 3 quarters in Cambridge. Harvard-Yale still to come.
 
Running down the rest of the results:
 
* AMERICA EAST - #3 UMBC upset #2 Binghamton 16-10, while top seed Albany needed overtime to knock off #4 Stony Brook, 17-16.
 
* ATLANTIC SUN - #4 Richmond upset top seed Mercer 14-6. #2 High Point edged #3 Jacksonville 12-11. 
 
* BIG EAST - Host and #3-seed Villanova took down #2 Marquette 9-6, while #1 Denver had no trouble with #4 Rutgers, 14-7. 
 
* COLONIAL (CAA) - #1 Hofstra held serve over #4 Delaware 8-6, while #2 Drexel squeezed past #3 Towson 11-10.
 
* ECAC - #1 Fairfield hammered #4 Michigan 12-5, while #3 Air Force dispatched host and #2 Ohio State 14-7. 
 
* METRO ATLANTIC (MAAC) - #1 Siena defeats #4 Canisius 14-11, while #2 Marist holds off #3 Detroit 11-9. 
 
* NORTHEAST (NEC) - In the game of the day, #4 Hobart upset host and top seed St. Joseph's in double overtime 10-9. #2 Bryant knocked off #3 Sacred Heart 12-8.

 

[mabrowndog]

Cornell has scored 6 straight goals to take a 10-7 lead over Penn after 3 quarters in Cambridge.

 
Zack Losco answers twice for Penn to draw the Quakers within 10-9. Time out Big Red with 10:34 left in the 4th.

 

[mabrowndog]

Holy shit, make that FOUR STRAIGHT goals by Zack Losco, his latest with just 49 seconds left gives the Quakers the lead!
 
And PENN WINS IT 11-10! What a comeback!

 

[mabrowndog]

Yale scored first in the 2nd quarter to break a 4-4 tie, but Harvard's since netted three straight. 7-5 Crimson approaching halftime.

 

[mabrowndog]

Some video highlights & recaps of earlier games:
 
AMERICA EAST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNpY1Ad-1DA
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWhRq7p5PlA

 

[mabrowndog]

BIG EAST
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfP615T1Qqo
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZqxE7JHasM

 

[mabrowndog]

COLONIAL
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpXCZTyUI-o

 

[mabrowndog]

MAAC
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SfHhfOzNTM
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjUY_HFA3IY

 

[mabrowndog]

NORTHEAST
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugGWnTTRFdI
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6RMS124Wfo

 

[mabrowndog]

Halftime at Harvard, and the Crimson hold an 8-6 lead.

 

[mabrowndog]

Yale battles back to tie it 8-8 with a pair of early 3rd-period scores.

 

[mabrowndog]

Harvard answers back with a pair to lead 10-8 early in the 4th quarter.

 

[mabrowndog]

The Crimson hang on for the 10-9 win and a spot in Sunday's final vs Penn.

 

[mabrowndog]

Here's the weekend slate. Matchups in italics are non-conference, regular-season games. All times EDT. Home/host teams denoted by asterisk (*):
 
Sat, May 3
10:00 am - AM-EAST - #1 Albany vs #3 MD-Baltimore County (at Stony Brook NY) - ESPNU - Live Stream
11:00 am - MAAC - #1 Siena vs #2 Marist* (at Poughkeepsie NY) - Live Stream, ESPN3
12:00 pm - Loyola MD* vs Johns Hopkins - CBSSN
12:00 pm - Notre Dame* vs Army - ESPNU
01:00 pm - Maryland* vs Navy - Live Stream
01:00 pm - NEC - #2 Bryant vs #4 Hobart (at Philadelphia PA) - Live Stream
01:00 pm - A-SUN - #2 High Point vs #4 Richmond (at Macon GA) - Live Stream
04:00 pm - Syracuse* vs Colgate - Live Stream
04:30 pm - BIG EAST - #1 Denver vs #3 Villanova* (at Philadelphia PA) - FOX Sports 1
05:00 pm - ECAC - #1 Fairfield vs #3 Air Force (at Columbus OH) - FOX Sports 2
07:00 pm - CAA - #1 Hofstra* vs #2 Drexel (at Hempstead NY) - Live Stream
 
Sun, May 4
12:00 pm - IVY - #1 Harvard* vs #3 Penn (at Cambridge MA) - ESPNU
01:00 pm - Duke at Boston University* - Live Stream
09:00 pm - NCAA Tournament Selection Show - ESPNU

 

[mabrowndog]

They're underway in the battle of the dogs at Stony Brook. UMBC got on the board first on a goal by Pat Young, but the Great Danes respond with 3 straight by brothers Lyle & Miles Thompson and Tim Cox. Nate Lewnes got the Retrievers back within a goal on an extra-man score, but Albany has responded with 2 more from Ryan Feurstein & Miles Thompson.
 
5-2 Great Danes after one quarter.

 

[mabrowndog]

Right off the opening face-off of the 2nd, Young notches his 2nd for UMBC and it's 5-3 Danes. Albany goalie Blaze Riorden just stuffed Max Maxwell on a point blank chance. 

 

[mabrowndog]

Albany starting to look a little flustered as UMBC's defense has really clamped down. The Danes are on a man advantage following a high-stick call, but they can only keep possession for about 30 seconds before cousin Ty Thompson launches a shot from the right WAY over the net for a turnover.
 
And attacker Matt Gregoire comes around a pick by Young, makes the curl, and scores on an underhand worm-burner to bring the Retrievers within 5-4 with 7:30 left in the half.

 

[mabrowndog]

Lyle Thompson needs just three steps from behind the UMBC net to put on a ridiculous fake and score on the doorstep for Albany. 6-4 Danes with 6:25 left in the half.

 

[mabrowndog]

An offsides penalty proves costly for UMBC as Miles Thompson feeds cousin Ty for the putaway on the right doorstep. 7-4, Danes.

 

[mabrowndog]

The refs with a colossal blown call as time expires. Two quick turnovers, first to UMBC and then right back to Albany off a missed down-field clear, result in a Danes rush with seconds remaining. Problem is when the ball carrier crossed midfield, Albany already had 7 offensive players in the zone, a clear offsides that wasn't called. They connect on a setup pass to Ty Thompson, who rips an immediate rifle shot for a score that beats the buzzer, and it's going to count. This is a potential disaster if UMBC manages to close the scoreboard gap.
 
As it stands, it's 8-4 Albany at halftime.

 

[Dan to Theo to Ben]

This is probably a bad place for this, but here goes
 
Is there such a thing as moderator for the College Sports forum? If he isn't already, MBD should get the honor.

 

[mabrowndog]

The Thompsons have become quite the story during their tenure at Albany.
 

 
Miles and Ty are seniors, while Lyle has another year left. Native Americans from the Onandaga Nation in upstate New York, they've been featured this season on the front page of the New York Times and in Fortune magazine. And just last week, they were spotlighted on ABC's World News Tonight.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82sBrBEEAqg

 

[mabrowndog]

Miles Thompson racks another one less than 3:00 into the 3rd quarter, and it's 9-4 Danes.

 

[mabrowndog]

Ty Kashur jogs a few steps from the extended goal line left of the net, then turns & fires a hard bouncer past Riorden for UMBC to make it 9-5 Albany.

 

[mabrowndog]

Meanwhile, Siena & Marist are underway up in Poughkeepsie, and Richie Hurley & Jordan Barlow have scored twice to give the visiting Saints a 2-0 lead. For Hurley, who assisted on Barlow's goal, he's got 77 points on the season and has now scored in 33 straight games.

 

[mabrowndog]

Pat Young gets the hat trick on a man-advantage goal for UMBC, fighting off stiff man-to-man defense, and the Retrievers are within three now, 9-6.

 

[mabrowndog]

Miles Thompson goes five-hole, and seconds later Feurstein rips in a left-hander from an east-west sprint that finds the upper right corner of the net.
 
And there's another score from Cox. Albany keeps winning face-offs and capitalizing on UMBC turnovers (12 so far) and it's 12-6 Danes with 7:20 left in the 3rd. 

 

[mabrowndog]

A highlight reel score from Lyle Thompson is the last straw, as goalie Connor Gordon (a Cape Codder from Bourne MA) is pulled in favor of freshman Ruston Souder. But it's no use, as Lyle feeds John Maloney for the immediate score to make it 14-6, Albany.

 

[mabrowndog]

Mike Begley gets Marist on the board with seconds left in the 1st quarter, which ends with Siena up 2-1. Both teams combined for 11 turnovers in the opening frame.

 

[mabrowndog]

Miles & Lyle sandwich goals around a UMBC score by Joe Impallaria, and it's 16-7 Danes after three quarters. Albany's spot in the NCAAs looks pretty secure.

 

[mabrowndog]

Colin Clive scores twice and Barlow notches another to give Siena a 5-1 lead approaching halftime. The Saints held a similar lead over Marist earlier in the season, and had to hold on for a narrow 9-8 win.

 

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Lyle Thompson feeds Miles for the score. Lyle now has 113 points on the season, and is just one back of the all-time record.

 

[mabrowndog]

Ty Thompson takes a ridiculous cross-body feed from Bennett Drake to make it 19-7 Danes. It prompts yet another goalie change for UMBC as James Maxwell enters.
 
And now Miles takes the feed from Lyle and scores on a behind-the-back shot to make it 20-7. Lyle Thompson has just tied the all-time single-seaosn points record.