Video: Maryland Lacrosse Pulls Off Hidden Ball Trick on UNC

17 May

Maryland looked dominant in the first round of the NCAA tourney.  The Terps took out a very strong UNC team with a convincing 13-6 victory.   The score was 8-5 Maryland when Terrapin seniors Grant Catalino (attack) and Brian Ferrel (defenseman) pulled off the “hidden ball trick”.

It’s one of the ‘timeless classic’ plays in lacrosse where one player pretends to flip the ball to a teammate, while blocking the view of the defense with his body.  The player without the ball then cradles hard and drives to one side to distract the goalie and defense, while the guy with the ball casually peels off down the opposite side towards an open net.

This was a perfect execution of the play, but shame on UNC for falling asleep in what was their biggest game of the year.

Maryland Lacrosse: Hidden Ball Trick Video

MLL: Major League Lacrosse 2011 TV Schedule

16 May

Sadly, most of the games are only available on ESPN3.com – which means they’re not truly “on TV”.  Check out the ESPN2 games if you plan on watching these in your living room, without needing your laptop.

2011 Major League Lacrosse Television Schedule

(All times are Eastern and subject to change)

Date Time (ET) Game Network
Sat, May 14 7 p.m. Long Island at Boston ESPN3.com
7 p.m. Rochester at Chesapeake ESPN3.com
9 p.m. Hamilton at Denver ESPN3.com
Thu, May 19 7:30 p.m. Chesapeake at Hamilton ESPN3.com
Sat, May 21 7 p.m. Denver at Boston ESPN3.com
7 p.m. Long Island at Rochester ESPN3.com
Fri, June 3 7 p.m. Denver at Long Island ESPN3.com
Sat, June 4 7 p.m. Chesapeake at Boston ESPN3.com
Fri, June 10 7:30 p.m. Hamilton at Rochester ESPN3.com
Sat, June 11 6 p.m. Long Island at Boston ESPN3.com
9 p.m. Chesapeake at Denver ESPN3.com
Thu, June 16 7:30 p.m. Chesapeake at Long Island ESPN2/ESPN3.com
Sat, June 18 7 p.m. Boston at Rochester ESPN3.com
7 p.m. Denver at Hamilton ESPN3.com
Fri, June 24 7:30 p.m. Hamilton at Rochester ESPN3.com
Sat, June 25 7 p.m. Boston at Chesapeake ESPN3.com
7 p.m. Rochester at Hamilton ESPN3.com
9 p.m. Long Island at Denver ESPN3.com
Fri, July 1 7 p.m. Long Island at Hamilton ESPN3.com
Sat, July 2 7:30 p.m. Rochester at Chesapeake ESPN2/ ESPN3.com
Sun, July 3 9 p.m. Boston at Denver ESPN3.com
Sat, July 9 7 p.m. MLL All-Star Game (Boston, Mass.) ESPN2/ ESPN3.com
Sat, July 16 7 p.m. Chesapeake at Hamilton ESPN3.com
8 p.m. Boston at Long Island ESPN3.com
9 p.m. Rochester at Denver ESPN3.com
Sat, July 23 7 p.m. Hamilton at Boston ESPN3.com
7 p.m. Long Island at Chesapeake ESPN3.com
7 p.m. Denver at Rochester ESPN3.com
Thu, July 28 7:30 p.m. Rochester at Long Island ESPN3.com
Sat, July 30 7 p.m. Hamilton at Chesapeake ESPN3.com
9 p.m. Boston at Denver ESPN3.com
Sat, Aug 6 7 p.m. Boston at Hamilton ESPN3.com
7 p.m. Chesapeake at Rochester ESPN3.com
7 p.m. Denver at Long Island ESPN3.com
Sat, Aug 13 7 p.m. Rochester at Boston ESPN3.com
7 p.m. Denver at Chesapeake ESPN3.com
7 p.m. Hamilton at Long Island ESPN3.com
Sat, Aug 27 Noon MLL Semifinal: Game 1 (Annapolis, Md.) ESPN2/ ESPN3.com
3 p.m. MLL Semifinal: Game 2 (Annapolis, Md.) ESPN2/ ESPN3.com
Sun, Aug 28 3 p.m. MLL Championship (Annapolis, Md.) ESPN2/ ESPN3.com

Continue reading →

NCAA: 2011 Men’s D1 Lacrosse Tournament – 1st Round Results

16 May

The first round of the 2011 Men’s NCAA D1 Tournament is in the books.  There were no major upsets to speak of aside from Maryland over UNC (which some wouldn’t consider an upset), but there were a few close calls, and many exciting games.  All eight games were televised on ESPN networks in HD, which was a nice upgrade from prior tournaments.  The updated bracket is below, and the TV schedule for the Quarterfinals has been updated.

Another Pro Lacrosse League? The North American Lacrosse League is Coming

11 May

The Wall Street Journal and Sports Business Journal are reporting that there’s a new pro lacrosse league coming on the scene: The North American Lacrosse League (NALL).

Details are limited, but it appears to be an indoor (box) lacrosse league that will serve some of the smaller markets that are not currently home to NLL franchises.  According to league officials, they believe there is an opportunity to reach new markets that the NLL (National Lacrosse League), the premier pro indoor league, does not serve. The NLL is currency’s on in seven U.S. cities.

The league is planning to start playing games in January 2012, and will consist of at seven teams with 17 players each.  Unlike the NLL, fighting would not be tolerated, and they have stated that it would look more like field lacrosse than the NLL (which some compare to hockey).   Franchises are being offered for an entrance price of $250,000.  Players would earn $100 up to $1,000 per week of play, contrasted with the NLL, where the average player earns roughly $18,000 per season.

The The rumored cities with franchises who will initiate the league include:

  • Charlotte, NC
  • Hershey, PA
  • Lexington, KY
  • Orlando, FL
  • Richmond, VA
  • Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • New York (Brooklyn?)

MLL: Major League Lacrosse Releases 2011 Active Rosters

10 May

Boston, Mass. (May 9, 2011) – Major League Lacrosse (MLL) released Monday all official team rosters for the 2011 season. Over the past month, teams have held intensive training camps in an effort to narrow down their forty man pre-season rosters to active rosters of only twenty-five men. Teams had until 3 PM ET on Monday to submit their rosters to the League office.

MLL teams with players still participating in the National Lacrosse League (NLL) Championship Game on Sunday, May 15 may protect those players through Week One of the MLL season, but must pare down their rosters again to 25 men on Monday, May 16 by 5 PM ET.

A complete list of each team’s 2011 active roster is included below: Continue reading →

2011 NCAA Lacrosse Bracket – Men’s D1 Championship

9 May

View the 2011 NCAA Lacrosse Tournament Bracket:  http://www.ncaa.com/brackets/lacrosse-men/d1/2011

The NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Committee announced the field for its championship tournament today.

The 16-team field includes six conference champions with automatic qualification – American East Conference (Hartford), Colonial Athletic Association (Delaware), Eastern College Athletic Conference (Denver), Ivy Group (Cornell), Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (Siena) and Patriot League (Bucknell).

The remainder of the field was selected at large: Duke University, Hofstra University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, College Park, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, University of Notre Dame, University of Pennsylvania, Syracuse University, Villanova University, and University of Virginia.

The Division I semifinal and championship games, and the Division II and III championship games, will be held at M & T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, May 28-30. All Division I first round games will be televised on ESPNU HD May 14 and 15. The Division I semifinals will be televised live on ESPN2 HD starting at 4 p.m. Eastern time, May 28. The championship game will be televised live on ESPN HD starting at 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, May 30.

  • 1. Syracuse hosts Siena, 7:30 p.m. Sunday ESPNU (all games live)
  • 8. North Carolina hosts Maryland, 1 p.m. Sunday, ESPN2
  • 4. Notre Dame hosts Penn, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, ESPNU
  • 5. Duke hosts Delaware, 5 p.m., Saturday, ESPNU

The winners of this side of the bracket will play at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. on Sunday, May 22. (noon or 2:30 p.m. on ESPNU)

  • 2. Cornell hosts Hartford, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, ESPNU
  • 7. Virginia hosts Bucknell, 3 p.m., Sunday, ESPNU
  • 3. Johns Hopkins hosts Hofstra, noon, Saturday, ESPN
  • 6. Denver hosts Villanova, 5:15 p.m., Sunday, ESPNU

This winners of this side of the bracket will go to Hofstra to play on Saturday, May 21. (noon or 2:30 p.m.)

The championship hosts are Johns Hopkins University, Loyola Maryland, University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Towson University. This is one of only two NCAA team championships, along with women’s rowing, that holds the championships of all three divisions at a common site. The 2012 championships will be held in Boston, Massachusetts.

For ticket information for all games at M & T Bank Stadium, call 410-261-7283.

2011 NCAA Men’s Division 1 Lacrosse RPI Rankings as of 5/3/2011

4 May

The NCAA has released their 2nd installment of the RPI rankings.  Syracuse stays steady in the top slot, and Virgina broke into the top 5 after appearing #7 on the list last week.  Duke slipped down to 6th (from 5th), and Villanova went from #4 down to #8.

Be sure to check out last season’s post that demystifies the RPI ranking process for Men’s Division 1 lacrosse, and provides insight into the criteria used to position each team on the list.

NCAA Lacrosse Division 1 RPI Rankings:

Rank Name Record Road Neutral Home Non-Div I
1 Syracuse 13-1 2-0 4- 0 7-1 0-0
2 Notre Dame 10-1 4-1 1- 0 5-0 0-0
3 Cornell 11-2 6-1 0- 1 5-0 0-0
4 Johns Hopkins 11-2 3-1 2- 0 6-1 0-0
5 Virginia 9-5 1-4 1- 0 7-1 0-0
6 Duke 12-5 2-1 0- 3 10-1 0-0
7 Denver 11-2 4-1 1- 0 6-1 0-0
8 Villanova 11-3 4-2 0- 0 7-1 0-0
9 Bucknell 14-2 5-2 0- 0 9-0 0-0
10 Hofstra 13-1 4-1 1- 0 8-0 0-0
11 Maryland 10-3 4-1 1- 0 5-2 0-0
12 Stony Brook 9-3 4-1 0- 0 5-2 0-0
13 North Carolina 9-5 3-2 0- 2 6-1 0-0
14 Penn 8-5 2-5 0- 0 6-0 0-0
15 Colgate 10-5 5-3 2- 0 3-2 0-0
16 Loyola Maryland 8-4 4-3 0- 0 4-1 0-0
17 Princeton 4-8 2-3 1- 0 1-5 0-0
18 Penn St. 7-6 3-3 0- 0 4-3 0-0
19 Massachusetts 9-4 4-2 0- 1 5-1 0-0
20 Harvard 9-5 3-3 0- 0 6-2 0-0
21 Drexel 8-6 2-4 0- 0 6-2 0-0
22 Georgetown 6-7 4-4 0- 1 2-2 0-0
23 Albany (NY) 5-10 1-7 0- 0 4-3 0-0
24 Yale 10-3 4-2 0- 0 6-1 0-0
25 Delaware 9-6 2-4 1- 0 6-2 0-0
26 Army 9-5 5-3 0- 1 4-1 0-0
27 Fairfield 7-7 3-4 0- 0 4-3 0-0
28 Ohio St. 8-7 3-5 0- 0 5-2 0-0
29 Hobart 5-9 1-6 0- 0 4-3 0-0
30 Binghamton 7-7 2-6 0- 0 5-1 0-0
31 UMBC 6-6 2-4 0- 1 4-1 0-0
32 Hartford 9-6 5-3 0- 0 4-3 0-0
33 Siena 11-4 4-2 1- 0 6-2 0-0
34 Brown 6-8 2-6 0- 0 4-2 0-0
35 Robert Morris 9-5 4-4 0- 0 5-1 0-0
36 Lehigh 7-9 2-5 0- 0 5-4 0-0
37 Vermont 6-9 1-7 0- 0 5-2 0-0
38 St. John’s 4-9 2-4 1- 0 1-5 0-0
39 Towson 3-10 1-5 0- 0 2-5 0-0
40 Dartmouth 5-9 2-5 1- 2 2-2 0-0
41 Air Force 6-7 2-3 1- 2 3-2 0-0
42 Mt. St. Mary’s 7-6 3-2 0- 0 4-4 0-0
43 Navy 4-9 1-6 0- 0 3-3 0-0
44 Bryant 8-8 4-4 0- 0 4-4 0-0
45 Rutgers 5-9 2-3 0- 2 3-4 0-0
46 Quinnipiac 6-6 3-3 0- 0 3-3 0-0
47 Marist 8-6 5-3 0- 0 3-3 0-0
48 Canisius 3-9 2-5 0- 0 1-4 0-0
49 Providence 3-11 1-4 0- 1 2-6 0-0
50 Jacksonville 5-9 3-4 1- 0 1-5 0-0
51 Bellarmine 4-11 1-8 0- 0 3-3 0-0
52 Sacred Heart 4-9 2-4 0- 0 2-5 0-0
53 Detroit 5-9 1-7 1- 0 3-2 0-0
54 St. Joseph’s 0-12 0-6 0- 0 0-6 0-0
55 Manhattan 3-13 2-8 0- 1 1-4 0-0
56 Lafayette 2-11 1-6 0- 1 1-4 0-0
57 Holy Cross 2-13 1-6 0- 0 1-7 0-0
58 Presbyterian 2-10 1-8 0- 0 1-2 0-0
59 VMI 2-11 1-6 0- 0 1-5 0-0
60 Wagner 0-12 0-6 0- 0 0-6 0-0
61 Mercer 1-12 0-7 0- 2 0-3 1-0
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