http://www.yardbarker.com/content/sport/38 Recent Yardbarker articles: College Lacrosse en-us As I am looking around on syracuse.com I found this small tid bit from Dave Rahme, who covers the Syracuse lacrosse team. As the lax team is finishing up their fall practices, culminating with a three way scrimmage at Stony Brook on Saturday. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:45:31 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/346699 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/346699 IL interviews Don Zimmerman, head coach of UMBC men's lacrosse. Yours truly even got a question in there! Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:42:08 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/339268 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/339268 I've cast my ballot, and you better believe I voted for my alma maters Salisbury and Syracuse often... I also voted for our very own Yardbark-ing lax player, Kyle Harrison, too! Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:07:50 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/336129 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/336129 Inside Lacrosse gives a rundown of what we may see in the America East conference this coming year. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:30:31 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/334192 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/334192 The Ohio State Buckeyes already broke the regular season and on-campus records this past year by pairing a lacrosse game with their spring football game; How big could the attendance be when the opponent is Notre Dame, a name Buckeyes fans know from the gridiron? Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:00:41 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/292274 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/292274 Inside Lacrosse is launching another day of rivalry matches, tentatively titled "Day of Rivals", which will pit Army against Navy, and then Johns Hopkins vs. Maryland. The Face Off Classic will still be held, and next year's installment will feature a double-header of Duke vs. Maryland and Johns Hopkins vs. Princeton. Hopkins and Maryland definitely get a lot of exposure from these events, which is great for them, but I'm bummed to not see Syracuse in the mix... Wondering if there were scheduling difficulties, or if the 'Cuse was just tapped out, or if travel costs were prohibitive, or...? If I were Hopkins or Maryland, I might be concerned about the instensity of these match ups and the potential of limping out of two major double headers with injuries, or going 0-2 in some major media spotlight. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:25:14 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/291666 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/291666 Nick Myers will be the new head coach of men's lacrosse at Ohio State University. Myers has been an assistant coach at Ohio State and at Butler, and he is said to have been Joe Breschi's desired successor. Inside Lacrosse reports that Colgate's Jim Nagle, Dartmouth coach Bill Wilson, and Navy assistant coach Stan Ross were interviewed for the position. Truth be told, I'm as interested to see who might be "on the market" as I am in who was selected for the Buckeyes' head lax coach position. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:57:01 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/288915 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/288915 John Desko not only coached the Syracuse Orange lacrosse team to the national title, he helped the team complete an amazing turn-around in the process, rebounding from a miserable 5-8 in 2007 to a 16-2 record in 2008. The Coach of the Year honors aren't all, though: Desko and the Orange lax team recently visited the White House to celebrate their victory, and just a week later it was announced that Desko will also be inducted into the Greater Syracuse Hall of Fame in October. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:17:24 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/285667 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/285667 Joe Breschi of The Ohio State University has been named head coach at UNC. With this opening of a nother big name position, where will the carousel stop? Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:46:30 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/278948 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/278948 asdasd asd asdasdasd asd asdasd asdasdasd asd asdas dasda Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:47:38 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/278522 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/278522 Johns Hopkins University, maybe home of the richest lacrosse tradition ever and definitely in the top three teams of all time. It was considered one of the biggest upsets of all time on that Friday afternoon when Duke fans would later think to themselves, " Wow, we really lost." It was supposed to be their year, with their fifth year seniors and returning Tewaarton Award Winner Matt Danowski. They relatively lost no one, that would be the equal if Hopkins had been able to prevent Jake Byrne and Jesse Schwartzman from leaving. But goaltending was not a problem for Hopkins. With all the fire power in the world and record setting season they had this past year, fans from Syracuse and Virginia headed into the final four hoping that maybe Hopkins would defeat the Blue Devils somehow and do the dirty work. Oh, did they ever. In what was at one point a three goal game the Blue Jays' held on to win it by one going down to last second clutch saves by Michael Gvoden and Duke's failed attempt to control the rebound for one last attempt. The clock hit zero. There were cheers but not too many, the stadium was either left overs from the double overtime game before it, or Duke fans. In the parking lots you could see the most bewildered look on people where blue and black. It took a while for it to hit the people, " Did Hopkins do it again?" This year the game was supposed to be different not the classic teams, but a team who hadn't ever won, Duke. However, Paul Rabil and Michael Gvoden would have no part of that along with Mike Levielle and Dan Hardy protecting the tradition of the game. Syracuse fans also seemed to be much more excited than the rest, that they didn't have to face the almighty Duke Blue Devils and instead got these Blue Jays to handle. But after this game Hopkins wasn't such an underdog anymore. People were in love with Paul Rabil and couldn't believe his will and drive. Not to mention his late heroics. He wouldn't disappoint in the championship game either, putting six goals in the back of the net and adding on one helper. The sophmore netminder Gvoden played outstanding as well denying Cuse with 20 saves. But ultimately now the team with the most National Championships (10*), Syracuse wouldn't be denied. Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:50:11 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/273156 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/273156 Four players from the Hopkins and Syracuse lacrosse squads were selected in the first round of the Major League Lacrosse draft tonight. Paul Rabil was selected first, and his teammate Steven Peyser was selected no. 4. Orangemen Mike Leveille and Steven Brooks went 3rd and 6th respectively. The full list: 1) Boston - Paul Rabil M (Johns Hopkins) 2) New Jersey - Matt Danowski A (Duke) 3) New Jersey - Mike Leveille A (Syracuse) 4) Chicago - Steven Peyser M (Johns Hopkins) 5) Los Angeles - Kevin Buchanan A (Ohio State) 6) Chicago - Stephen Brooks M (Syracuse) 7) San Francisco - Mike Podgajny M (Notre Dame) 8) Chicago - Terry Kimener M (UMBC) 9) New Jersey - Joe Cinosky D (Maryland) 10) New Jersey - Jordan Levine M (Albany) Wed, 28 May 2008 20:18:06 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/271923 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/271923 UNC's head lacrosse coach has been removed from his post... Could Coach Zimmerman be his replacement? Wed, 28 May 2008 14:00:21 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/271775 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/271775 Syracuse won a record10th Division I men's lacrosse championship today*, defeating Johns Hopkins 13-10 in front of a crowd of 48,970. The Orange withstood a valiant stand by Paul Rabil, who himself scored six (6) goals for Hopkins. The Orange defense was physical and aggressive, checking and double-teaming whenever possible. The defense was balanced with a vicious offensive attack, with face off specialist Danny Brennan and freshman Stephen Keogh stepping up to score (Brennan's first ever goal), in addition to the scores from usual suspects like Leveille and Hardy. A complete game from the Syracuse Orange. * Syracuse's 1990 victory is considered "vacated" due to an eligibility violation, however NCAA records still list Syracuse as the 1990 DI men's lax champion. During the broadcast of today's championship, the announcers differentiated between official championships and championships "on the field". So perhaps it it better said that this is Syracuse's 9th official DI title. http://www.ncaa.com/history/default.aspx?id=88000 Mon, 26 May 2008 14:27:47 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/271075 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/271075 Salisbury defeated Cortland by a score of 19-13 in quite a physical battle. This is the highest offensive output since Salisbury scored 22 against Nazareth in the 1995 final. Salisbury retains the Division III Men's Lacrosse Title and holds the following honors: six titles in the past 10 years, eight appearances in the final in the past 10 years, eight titles overall. Sun, 25 May 2008 13:30:12 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/270816 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/270816 This weekend's NCAA tournament games were incredible. An instant classic game between Syracuse and Virginia, along with a Hpokins upset made for some great lacrosse. The final game on Monday will be very interesting. Syracuse - Virginia 1st game of the day To say the least, this game was epic. Mike Leveille played amazingly, putting up 5 goals and 2 assists. He's my pick for player of the game. Syracuse gave us a scare however. They were down for quite a while, and had long scoring defecits. UVA struck first with a goal by Shamel Bratton at 11:23 in the first. Mike Leveille scored at 9:20 to tie the game at 1. At 8:23, Brendan Loftus scored to give Syracuse their first lead of the game. The first quarter ended with Virginia leading 3-2. Syracuse didn't score again until right before halftime, with a Kenny Nims goal at 0:50 left in the 2nd period. By then, UVA had already scored 3 goals, making it 6-3 after Nims' goal. The score remained 6-3 going into halftime. Syracuse had a tough first half, going 22 minutes without putting up a goal. But, they put together a great second half comeback that tied the game up 11-11 by the end of regulation. After a back-and-forth series of overtime periods, Mike Leveille scored the game winner in the second overtime, sending Syracuse into the championship for the first time since 2004. Danny Brennan did an awesome job on face-offs, going 19-27 on the day. Bud Petit played very well in goal for Virginia, keeping Syracuse out of his cage for most of the first half. Coach John Desko himself said that Petit "played great today. It was scary to think at halftime that we outplayed them and didn't have the goals to show for it." Petit had 17 total saves on the day. The final, after two overtime periods, was Syracuse 12 Virginia 11. Duke - Hopkins 2nd game of the day Duke came out shooting. They had possession for a good portion of the first quarter. They had 11 shots in the first quarter with goals scored by Zack Greer and Max Quinzani. The second quarter didn't have much action in it, for the first few minutes. After Brian Christopher's goal at 9:14, the game began picking up, with Hopkins leading at halftime 4-2. Duke pulled it together somewhat, pulling the score to 7-5 by the end of the 3rd. The 4th quarter was exciting, with possession going back-and-forth quite a bit. Duke tied up the game 8-8 on a goal by longpole Nick O'Hara at 7:07 left in regulation. Two Hopkins goals, by Stephen Boyle and Kevin Huntley brought the game to 10-8. Duke scored with 28 seconds left to make it 10-9, and tried to send the game into OT. That didn't work however, and Hopkins pulled off an upset, putting them in the championship game for the second year in a row. Kevin Huntley was on fire today, scoring 4 goals for Hopkins. Duke played pretty well overall, but Hopkins just came out to play today. Duke also made a few mistakes that ended up costing them. Hopkins dominated faceoffs, winning 14-23 and picked up more groundballs than Duke, with 39 to Duke's 26. Tough loss for Duke. Final Score: Johns Hopkins 10 Duke 9. I personally can't wait for Monday now. It's going to be a very exciting game. Also, some of my information was gained from Inside Lacrosse blogs. I have provided the link to one of the blogs. There, I cited my sources, now you can't nail me for plaigiarism. Sat, 24 May 2008 20:05:13 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/270685 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/270685 Syracuse prevailed 12-11 in the second overtime of a contentious, see-saw battle with UVa. Syracuse trailed - badly - at half-time, but turned it on in the fourth quarter. In an overtime that saw amazing saves from the Orange and Cavs goalies, Syracuse finally won on a wicked - almost blind - goal by Mike Leveille. An AMAZING game all around. Congrats Orange Nation! Sat, 24 May 2008 13:33:57 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/270631 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/270631 Is it fair to say that the ACC is the best confrence after sending 2 teams to the final four the last 2 years and with Maryland and UNC that made a strong run what other confrence can say this? Will Duke coutinue to win with out Danowski next season? Thu, 22 May 2008 16:55:29 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/269821 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/269821 Only four teams remain, and this weekend in Foxborough--and on ESPN2--promises to be a big one. Thu, 22 May 2008 16:00:47 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/269809 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/269809 North Carolina Central University gave Crystal Mangum, the Duke lacrosse accuser, a degree in "police psychology" this past semester. Irony aside, it kind of violates most moral codes. And university specific conduct codes. Wed, 21 May 2008 09:10:48 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/269304 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/269304 Who will win it all. Duke and the 3 super attacks johns hopkins and pual Rabil going for #10 the orangemen going for #10 virginia and matt ward Duke and Hopkins for the title and the Blue Jays get # 10 please argue Tue, 20 May 2008 21:12:02 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/269184 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/269184 The wheels just keep on turning towards the Big East conference voting to field a lacrosse league. The seven members of the league--Syracuse, Notre Dame, Georgetown, Rutgers, St. John's, Villanova and Providence--who field men's lacrosse have agreed in principle, with the inclusion of independent Syracuse being the coup that may make this possible. Tue, 20 May 2008 09:53:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/268938 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/268938 Lately i have been starting to workout. Its crazy after watching Kyle Harrisons workout Vid i get up every mourning at about 6 to workout for an hour. Mainly working on my upper body and working hard to get stronger and faster. Tell me what you do in your workouts. Mon, 19 May 2008 14:24:54 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/268598 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/268598 Syracuse let a 6-2 lead slip in the third quarter and actually trailed Notre Dame 8-9 in the fourth quarter before rallying to a 11-9 win, with three goals scored by three different players in the final 7 minutes. Syracuse next faces Virginia in the DI semifinals. Syracuse lost to Virginia in March (the Cavs beat the Orange 14-13). Sun, 18 May 2008 16:06:53 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/268316 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/268316 Salisbury University advanced to the DIII Men's Lacrosse Championship match, but getting there wasn't easy. Two players, both goalies for the Gulls lax sqaud, were arrested for over a dozen acts of vandalism in the local community. The players were suspended and a goalie with limited experience was put in the cage. The Gulls then held off Gettysburg in OT by a score of 11-10. Link to a story about the players' arrests: http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080518/SPORTS/805180352/1006 Sun, 18 May 2008 14:38:14 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/268302 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/268302 Salisbury men's lacrosse defeated Cabrini College tonight for a berth in semifinals of the DIII college lacrosse championship. Next for the Salisbury Seagulls?: No. 3 Gettysburg, a team that has lost only twice this year, including an 8-11 loss to ... Salisbury (!) on March 29. Wed, 14 May 2008 23:15:35 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/267137 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/267137 Orange lacrosse produced an impressive win, even if you think Canisius was an easy first round opponent. The 17 point margin of victory is the largest of the year so far for the Syracuse Orange, who haven't scored this many points since the Feb 17 victory over Villanova (21-6). Syracuse has twice before held opponents to 3 or less points: in March against Binghampton (in a 16-2 win) and in April against UMass (in a 16-3 win). Sun, 11 May 2008 20:51:51 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/265848 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/265848 Berkman also earned Coach of the Year honors in the Capital Athletic League and the Salisbury University Seagulls went undefeated in 2008 and earned the top seed in the DIII NCAA championships. Sun, 11 May 2008 20:22:49 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/265838 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/265838 So on the eve of the NCAA Lacrosse Tournament, before the first face off, before any of my told-you-sos can be rendered invalid and any of my out-in-left-field thoughts can be disproven, I wanted to take a moment to weigh in on what I feel are the injustices of this year's tournament field. Fri, 09 May 2008 10:24:37 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/265178 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/265178 ESPN has decided to broadcast all games for the upcoming NCAA Division I Lacrosse Championship. The first round of the tournament will be broadcast on May 10th and 11th. Click the link below to see the full TV schedule. Thu, 08 May 2008 02:06:20 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/264638 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/264638