Lacrosse Preview- April 27

 We start the lacrosse recap in Chestertown. An overflow crowd of 2,511 saw a great game. Kylor Berkman scored the game winner with 4:34 left as #5 Salisbury beat Washington College 12-11. Berkman finished with 4 goals and 1 assist in his last regular season game. Salisbury has won 9 straight over the Shoremen. Salisbury will be off until the NCAA tournament while Washington College plays Gettysburg on Friday in the semifinals on the Centennial Conference tournament.

 

In division one Navy beat Bucknell 9-8 to win the Patriot League title and a NCAA bid. The Mids checked the ball out of a Bucknell player’s stick and it rolled into the goal for the game winner. Brendan Connors had 3 goals and 1 assist for the Mids. On Friday Navy beat Colgate 9-8 in 3 overtimes to advance to the title game. Joe Lennon had the last three goals of the game including the game winner for Navy. Maryland was not as fortunate. The Terps lost 16-10 to North Carolina in the ACC semifinals Friday night. Maryland’s NCAA hopes appear to be on life support since their only good win is against Duke in early March. UMBC won the America East regular season with an 18-5 win over Vermont in front of 1,306 people. The Retrievers host Binghamton Wednesday night at 7:30 in the semifinals. If they win they will host the final next weekend. Towson lost 10-6 at Penn but will host Drexel on Wednesday in the CAA semifinals. The Tigers need to win the tournament to get a NCAA bid.  Loyola beat Hobart 16-7 to win a share of the ECAC. If UMASS loses to Rutgers next weekend Loyola will win the automatic bid but they are expected to get an at large bid if that doesn’t happen.

 

There is a lot of midweek action this week. Johns Hopkins travels to Mount Saint Mary’s tonight plus the two semifinals on Wednesday. I will recap those games on Friday plus preview the last week of the regular season.

Lacrosse Preview- April 24

We start this week’s preview in Chestertown. It will be #5 Salisbury visiting Washington College in the annual “War On The Shore.” Salisbury has rebounded from their mid season struggles. They have avenged two of their three losses in their last two games. They won their 15th straight CAC title with a win over Stevenson on Sunday. Washington College has lost 2 games in a row and 4 of their last 5. They need to get back on track if they are going to win the Centennial Conference tournament and earn a NCAA bid. I like Salisbury in this game by at least 6 goals. The game starts at 1pm and since the weather will be good a huge crowd will be there.

In division one, Maryland has a must win game tonight in the ACC Tournament. The Terps play North Carolina at 5pm in Chapel Hill North Carolina. The Terps need a win to lock up a NCAA bid. The other semifinal is Duke vs. Virginia at 7:30 and the winners play Sunday on Comcast Sportsnet at 3:30 for the championship. Navy also faces a must win situation in the Patriot League Tournament. The Mids open with Colgate at 5:45 tonight on CBS College Sports. The other semifinal is Army vs. Bucknell who is hosting the tournament as the regular season winner. That game started at 3:00 also on CBS College Sports. The winners play Sunday at 3pm on the same channel with an automatic NCAA bid on the line. In other action UMBC hosts Vermont tomorrow. With a win UMBC wins the America East regular season and will host the tournament. This game starts at 1pm on Ch. 2 and ESPNU.  Towson lost 11-10 to Johns Hopkins in double overtime on Wednesday night in front of 3,509 people. Brian Christopher scored the winning goal with 1.2 seconds left. It was his third of the game. Towson will look to rebound when they travel to Penn for a 2pm game on Sunday. Johns Hopkins is off until a trip to Mount Saint Mary’s on Monday. Hobart travels to Loyola for 1pm faceoff. The school’s web sites have the radio information.

I will recap on Monday,

Bryan in Annapolis

Lacrosse Recap- April 20

 

We start the recap in Owings Mills where Salisbury won their 15th straight CAC tournament with a 13-5 win over #1 Stevenson. A crowd of 1,781 people saw the Sea Gulls take a 6-0 lead at halftime and cruise to the win. Jake DeLillo had four goals and one assist for the winners. The win gives Salisbury an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament and a chance to defend their back to back national titles. Next week is the “War on the Shore” in Chestertown. Washington College will enter that game coming off a 7-6 loss to Franklin & Marshall. However thanks to other results the Shoremen did lock up the #3 seed in the Centennial Conference tournament which means a rematch with Gettysburg who beat them 11-4 in the regular season. I will preview this game on Friday and will try to pick this game correctly for the 3rd straight season.

 

In division one Johns Hopkins beat Navy 15-7. This is the 36th straight win over the Mids for Hopkins. A crowd of 6,925 saw Steven Boyle score 3 goals and dish out 4 assists for the winners. Coach Dave Petromala is 42-2 vs other schools in Maryland during his tenure at Hopkins. A little farther down Charles Street 2,104 people were on hand to see Loyola beat Fairfield 12-7. Shane Koppens and Collin Finnerty both had hat tricks for the winners. Towson beat Delaware 10-8 on the road. Will Harrington had four goals for the Tigers who host Johns Hopkins Wednesday night at 7:30. Maryland got goals from eight different players in their 9-2 win over Penn and UMBC was upset by Hartford 10-8. The good news is the Retrievers can clinch the #1 seed and home field advantage in the America East tournament with a win over Vermont next Saturday.

 

The Hopkins/Towson game is the only midweek game although Maryland and Navy both start conference tournament play on Friday. Navy plays Colgate while Maryland plays North Carolina. The Navy game will be on CBS College Sports at 5:45. I will recap the midweek game and preview the weekend on Friday.

 

Bryan

Lacrosse Preview- April 17

This week the preview starts in Owings Mills Maryland. On Sunday afternoon it will be #10 Salisbury looking for revenge when they travel to #1 Stevenson at 1PM. Stevenson won 12-8 in Salisbury 2 weeks ago. Salisbury is coming an 18-5 win over St. Mary’s. This is the same team that beat the Sea Gulls 11-10 last Friday. It was their best performance since the escape in York a couple weeks ago. Salisbury led 9-5 at halftime and scored the only 9 goals of the second half to pull away. Kylor Berkman had 2 goals and 4 assists in the win. On Monday he had a goal and 3 assists in the win over Mary Washington 14-5. Stevenson is still undefeated and playing well after a 19-4 win over Wesley in the other semifinal. Washington College looks to put last weeks 3 overtime loss behind them when Franklin & Marshall comes to town tomorrow night at 7PM.

In division one Navy will look to beat Johns Hopkins for the first time in 35 games tomorrow in Baltimore. This game is Homecoming for Hopkins. It starts at 2pm and will be on ESPNU and Ch. 2. Maryland snapped their three game losing streak with a 15-6 win over Binghamton on Tuesday. The Terps will look to start a win streak when they play Penn tomorrow in Philadelphia. Game time is 4:30. In other action Loyola hosts Fairfield at 3PM, Towson travels to Delaware at 1PM, and UMBC travels to Hartford also at 1pm. 

I will recap the action on Monday

Bryan in Annapolis

Lacrosse Recap- April 13

We start the lacrosse recap at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. In the first game of the “Day of Rivals” Navy defeated Army 8-4. Brendan Connors had 3 goals and 2 assists for the Mids. Navy goalie Tommy Phelan had a career high 16 saves in the win. The second game featured Johns Hopkins and Maryland. Hopkins came away with a 10-9 win in a very physical contest. The third quarter featured 11 penalties between the two teams. Michael Kimmel had 2 goals and 2 assists for the Blue Jays. Dan Groot had 3 goals for the Terps. The announced attendance was 20,732 for the doubleheader. In other action Loyola used 5 goals from Cooper MacDonnell to beat Georgetown 8-7. Towson blew a three goal fourth quarter lead and lost to Hofstra 11-10. UMBC took control of the America East Conference with a 15-7 win over Albany.

In division three Salisbury lost to St Mary’s College 11-10 on the road. Chris Becraft scored the winning goal with two tenths of a second left in the game. This is the first win for St. Mary’s in the series since 1977. Salisbury had won 37 straight games. The Sea Gulls probably have to win the
CAC conference tournament to qualify for the NCAA tournament.  It will be a tough road. They start with Mary Washington at home today at 4PM. If they win the Sea Gulls go back to St. Mary’s on Thursday. A win there means most likely a trip to Baltimore where #1 Stevenson will be waiting on Sunday. Washington College was upset by Dickinson 9-8 in 3 overtimes on Saturday. The Shoremen also lost a three goal fourth quarter lead.

The midweek schedule features Maryland trying to snap a three game losing streak at home against Binghamton tomorrow at 3pm plus the CAC tournament for Salisbury. I will recap this and preview the weekend on Friday.

Bryan in Annapolis

Lacrosse Preview- April 10

We start this week’s lacrosse preview at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. Inside Lacrosse will be hosting the Smartlink Day of Rivals. In the first game at 11:30AM you get the annual Army/Navy lacrosse game. This game is big for both teams. Army needs a win to lock up a place in the Patriot League tournament and a Navy win could lock up a null bid regardless of how they do in the league tournament. I like the null to avenge last years loss tomorrow. In the second game you get #13 Maryland and #9 Johns Hopkins. These two schools can’t seem to agree on anything. Johns Hopkins thinks they have 10 more wins in the series than Maryland gives them credit for. Back in 1895 Maryland was known as Maryland Agricultural College so they say the wins Hopkins got against that school shouldn’t count. Hopkins says they should. This rivalry can also be described as ”band vs. flag guy.” Hopkins brings a pep band with them to most of their games. After they score the band plays the fight song and at the end the Hopkins fans count the number of goals scored and then say “we want more, many more.” This aggravates most of their opponents but especially Maryland. When Maryland takes the field a guy carrying the Maryland state flag leads them. This bothers Hopkins since they are also in the state of Maryland. Maryland needs a win to keep their NCAA hopes alive. I look for a low scoring game between these two teams. Both of these games will be on ESPNU. In other action Towson looks to rebound from a 13-4 loss to Villanova on Wednesday night when #5 Hofstra visits tomorrow at 1PM on Ch. 2. #16 Loyola travels to #18 Georgetown also at 1pm on  MASN and #6 UMBC travels to #19 Albany at 1PM. The local schools web sites have radio information.

In division three Salisbury will be looking to rebound from the Stevenson loss when they travel to St Mary’s College today at 4PM and Washington College looks to build from their 7-5 win over Swarthmore on Wednesday when Dickinson comes to Chestertown tomorrow at 4PM

I will be in Baltimore for the doubleheader so I will recap that and the other games on Monday.

Bryan in Annapolis

Lacrosse Recap- April 6

 

We start the recap in Salisbury where the last of the Sea Gulls long win streaks has ended. Stevenson beat Salisbury 12-8 to end the 105 game Capital Athletic Conference streak. Barring a major upset Stevenson will win the conference regular season title and host a probable rematch in the tournament championship. The third quarter was the key to the game. After Salisbury tied the game at 6, Stevenson went on a 5-0 run to pull away. Kylor Berkman was held to one assist in the game. The game drew 2,672 people which is the 4th largest crowd and largest non “War On The Shore” crowd in Sea Gull Stadium history. Washington College also had a rough weekend. Gettysburg raced out to a 5-0 lead to start the game a cruised to an 11-4 win over the Shoremen. Shots in this game were 40-19 in the Bullets favor.

 

In division one Johns Hopkins snapped their 3 game losing streak with a 14-9 win over Albany in front of 1,832 people. Chris Boland had 5 goals for the winners. Navy upset Maryland 10-4 on Friday night in Annapolis. It was the largest margin of victory for Navy in the series since 1992. This game drew 15,109 people. Towson beat Sacred Heart 16-8 behind 4 goals from Will Harrington. Loyola beat Rutgers 12-9 and UMBC beat Binghamton 13-4.

 

Towson travels to Villanova Wednesday at 7pm. At the same day and time Washington College hosts Swarthmore. I will recap these and preview the weekend including the “Day Of Rivals” on Friday.

 

Bryan in Annapolis

Lacrosse Preview- April 3

We start the preview in Salisbury. The Sea Gulls welcome #1 Stevenson tomorrow night at 7:00. These teams met twice last season. Salisbury made a fourth quarter comeback to win the regular season meeting 13-12 in Owings Mills. They made a 9-0 third quarter run to win the CAC title game 20-10. I expect this game to be very physical. There has been a lot of talking from the Stevenson side and I expect Salisbury to retaliate on the field. I don’t know why but as much as I want Salisbury to win my instincts say Stevenson will win it. If you are going you should arrive early since they are expecting a large crowd. I will be making the drive myself for this game and will have a full report on Monday. Washington College is hoping Gettysburg has a letdown after their win over Salisbury because the Shoremen travel there tomorrow at 1pm.

In division one the action starts tonight. #8 Maryland will try to forget about their 7 overtime loss last weekend when they travel to #14 Navy at 7pm. This game will also draw a large crowd. Navy is looking to build on their win over Georgetown last week. This game is on CBS College Sports. Tomorrow #11 Johns Hopkins looks to break their three game losing streak at home against #18 Albany. This was the season opener in previous seasons but this year the coaches decided to move it when Hopkins and Duke decided not to continue playing. The two head coaches were college roommates at Hopkins so there will be no secrets. This game is at noon on Ch 2 and will be taped delayed on ESPNU.  In other action Loyola travels to Rutgers at 1pm, Towson hosts Sacred Heart at 2pm, and UMBC hosts Binghamton under the lights at 7:30. All of the D-1 games have radio information on the teams web sites.

I will recap on Monday

Bryan in Annapolis