Archive: April 6, 2008 - April 12, 2008
If You're Watching...
Maryland at Johns Hopkins Today, 2 p.m. Homewood Field, Baltimore. TV: ESPNU/WMAR-2. Tickets: $11 reserved, $8 general admission ($1 from each ticket will be donated to cancer research in honor of former player Chris Gardner, who died of cancer in October 1997). Parking: Pay lots for $5-10 around campus; street...
By Christian Swezey | April 12, 2008; 7:33 AM ET | Comments (1)
It's Gameday
The Baltimore Sun looks at Maryland's two-goalie rotation. The Syracuse paper has a very interesting story on Syracuse's Stephen Keogh, a Canadian who is a great shooter. Patrick Stevens of the Washington Times has some lacrosse entries in his D1scourse blog. WaPo looks at the scene at Hopkins (from Friday's...
By Christian Swezey | April 12, 2008; 12:22 AM ET | Comments (1)
Army-Navy
Thanks to everyone who made the first TFBO2F chat such a success. As a thank-you, here is US Lacrosse Potomac Chapter Hall of Famer Dick Long's take on Army-Navy. Long played for Navy in the 1960s and he did some CSI:-like sleuthing to get the "gouge" on Army. Navy at...
By Christian Swezey | April 11, 2008; 2:18 PM ET | Comments (0)
Virginia-Duke
Nearly 4,000 tickets have been pre-sold to the Duke at Virginia game on Saturday at 6 p.m. at Klockner Stadium. Dave Curry, our Virginia Insider, has accounted for at least one of them. TFBO2F is still holding out for a freebie. Is Duke on the same level as untouchable teams...
By Christian Swezey | April 11, 2008; 9:21 AM ET | Comments (4)
I'd Like to Have a Word With You...
The Fastest Blog on 2 Feet is doing a chat on Washington Post.com Friday at noon. Please follow the link (above and below) to ask questions about local lacrosse, non-local lacrosse, who scored Arsenal's second goal against Liverpool on Tuesday or which character Eli Wallach played in "The Good, the...
By Christian Swezey | April 10, 2008; 2:12 PM ET | Comments (5)
Today's Links
A goal by junior Megan Bloomer with 27 seconds left gives the Georgetown women's team an 8-7 victory over Virginia. Sophomore Joe Brody, a Walter Johnson grad, scored four goals on five shots to help Gettysburg defeat McDaniel, 9-7. The Bullets (10-1) are ranked No. 2 in Division III. Sophomore...
By Christian Swezey | April 10, 2008; 10:23 AM ET | Comments (1)
Changes to Hopkins' Future Schedules?
Johns Hopkins Coach Dave Pietramala said today he wants to change his team's future schedules by adding games against smaller programs, possibly at the expense of at least one or two of the sport's heavyweights. The Blue Jays (3-5) have lost five consecutive games, the longest single-season streak since the...
By Christian Swezey | April 9, 2008; 3:52 PM ET | Comments (10)
Something To Do Today
The Georgetown women's team hosts Virginia today at 4 p.m. 3:30 p.m. at the Multi-Sport Field. The Hoyas (8-3) are ranked No. 6; Virginia (10-2) is ranked fourth. Virginia senior G Kendall McBrearty (St. Stephen's/St. Agnes) leads a defense that gives up 7.08 goals per game, third in the nation....
By Christian Swezey | April 9, 2008; 9:06 AM ET | Comments (1)
Game Plan for the Rest of the Week
Apologies for not posting yesterday. Our computer was acting like HAL in the second half of "2001: A Space Odyssey." Though really, it was a strange day all around. We came back from running errands to see that the Liverpool-Arsenal Champions League match (soccer, not lacrosse) was tied at 1-1...
By Christian Swezey | April 9, 2008; 8:16 AM ET | Comments (5)
Season Thurs Far: Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins (3-5) Highlights * First half against Princeton on March 1 was devastating. * TFBO2F loved the old school uniforms against Duke. MVP D Matt Bocklet, senior Arguably one of the few players who emerged from Durham with his reputation intact, if not enhanced. His goal that ended a...
By Christian Swezey | April 7, 2008; 4:43 PM ET | Comments (0)
Season Thus Far: Maryland
Maryland (7-3) Highlights * Freshman Grant Catalino scores four goals in the opener, the most by a UMd. freshman in an opener since 1988. * 13-7 win over then-No. 1 Virginia was broadcast on ESPN2 MVP MF Jeff Reynolds, junior 14 goals and 28 groundballs are not a bad return...
By Christian Swezey | April 7, 2008; 4:16 PM ET | Comments (0)
Season Thus Far: Virginia
Virginia (10-1) Highlights * Fifth-year senior G Bud Petit makes his first start in three years in a 12-11 overtime victory over North Carolina. * Record crowd of 7,579 watches 13-12 overtime win over visiting Johns Hopkins. MVP MF Brian Carroll, sophomore Is the main reason Virginia's extra-man offense is...
By Christian Swezey | April 7, 2008; 3:34 PM ET | Comments (0)
Season Thus Far: Navy
Navy (9-2) Highlights * 5-4 win over Maryland was its third consecutive win at Byrd Stadium. * 3-2 record in one-goal games. Midshipmen went 0-3 in such games last year. MVP: D Brendan Teague, senior Has won his matchups against Bucknell's Austin Winters, Colgate's Matt Lalli and Maryland's Grant Catalino....
By Christian Swezey | April 7, 2008; 1:40 PM ET | Comments (0)
Season Thus Far: Georgetown
Georgetown (7-2) Highlights * 11-7 win over then-No. 1 Duke on March 22 marked first win in program history over the top-ranked team. *18-10 win over then-No. 10 Delaware on March 12 marked the most goals the Hoyas had scored against a top 10 team since an 18-5 win over...
By Christian Swezey | April 7, 2008; 1:30 PM ET | Comments (0)
Updated--Final Thought on Navy-Maryland, Plus UVa Goalie Update
This was cut out of my game story for space purposes, but Navy turned the ball over on 14 of its 16 second-half possessions against Maryland on Friday night. Also--fifth-year senior Bud Petit started in goal for Virginia. And The Diamondback has a story about what happened with Travis Reed....
By Christian Swezey | April 6, 2008; 10:23 AM ET | Comments (0)
