Archive: April 27, 2008 - May 3, 2008
One Day to Selection Announcements
Georgetown's 12-11 overtime loss to Penn State today means it is in serious jeopardy for the NCAA tournament. Personally, I still think the Hoyas (9-4) are in. But the consensus among the coaches and insiders with whom I have spoken over the past few days indicated that the Hoyas would...
By Christian Swezey | May 3, 2008; 3:56 PM ET | Comments (1)
From the America East Semifinals
The America East championship is Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. at UMBC. It pits Albany (8-7) against UMBC (11-3). Tickets are $8 for adults. Not sure about the charge for parking; if Thursday is any indication, it is free. Albany advanced with a 12-9 win over Stony Brook. UMBC defeated...
By Christian Swezey | May 2, 2008; 1:16 PM ET | Comments (0)
It's Official--Hobart Staying...Plus the Smell of Lake Trout in the Morning...
As first reported by TFBO2F, and as noted by a couple commenters last night, it is official: Hobart is staying in Division I in lacrosse. Laxpower has a copy of the release confirming the news. Really wish I could be at the game against Cornell tonight--the first one in Boswell...
By Christian Swezey | May 2, 2008; 8:24 AM ET | Comments (9)
It Appears Hobart Has Reversed Its Decision--UPDATED
Second confirmation that Hobart is staying in Division I. Hoping for something official, though. Very reliable sources are telling TFBO2F that the Hobart Board of Trustrees has reversed the decision to go to Division III and that the program will remain in Division I. We are trying to track down...
By Christian Swezey | May 1, 2008; 9:07 PM ET | Comments (7)
Overheard About Hobart
Am at the America East semifinals at UMBC. And I have heard from several very reliable sources that Hobart is reconsidering its move to Division III. A conference call among the board of trustrees is allegedly going to happen tonight; at the very least it appears the topic is up...
By Christian Swezey | May 1, 2008; 7:54 PM ET | Comments (0)
In the Community
Couple events coming up that people in the lacrosse community should know about. Landon School is hosting the Seventh Annual Mark's Run on May 10. The 5K race raises money for diabetes research (it raised $45,000 last year, not including a matching gift of $75,000). The race is named for...
By Christian Swezey | May 1, 2008; 11:43 AM ET | Comments (0)
Most Recent NCAA RPI Numbers
While reading Inside Lacrosse's blogs, I stumbled across the most recent NCAA numbers for RPI. Looks like they are through Sunday's games and were posted this morning. These numbers will change over the weekend, especially with the GWLL tournament. For people trying to keep up with the conference tournaments, Inside...
By Christian Swezey | April 30, 2008; 10:56 AM ET | Comments (0)
Keeping It Hot, 4/30
Why Mount St. Mary's Is So Young Sixteen of Mount St. Mary's 32 players are freshmen. That includes its leading scorer, starting goalie and the player who accounted for its goal in a 12-1 loss to Johns Hopkins on Monday night. After the game, Coach Tom Gravante explained that having...
By Christian Swezey | April 30, 2008; 9:12 AM ET | Comments (0)
Follow-Up on St. Albans-West Genny
The St. Albans lacrosse Web site has an excellent writeup on the win over West Genesee. It actually comes from the West Genny Web site. The box score from the Syracuse paper, such as it is, is here. And The Post's Alan Goldenbach has written this about the game: St....
By Christian Swezey | April 29, 2008; 7:13 PM ET | Comments (0)
Keeping It Hot, 4/29
Eyewitness Accounts Mount St. Mary's has played some of the best teams in the country: Maryland (a 17-7 loss), Navy (12-5), Virginia (20-2), Georgetown (14-7) and Johns Hopkins (12-1). So after the Johns Hopkins game last night, I asked starting goalie T.C. DiBartolo which offenses were the most difficult to...
By Christian Swezey | April 29, 2008; 11:05 AM ET | Comments (0)
Update on Cannon
Georgetown senior A Brendan Cannon, the team's leading scorer, will know his status for Saturday's game against Penn State later this week after he left a 13-7 victory over Rutgers with a sprained ankle. The good news for Georgetown is that there was no structural damage to Cannon's ankle, according...
By Christian Swezey | April 28, 2008; 3:29 PM ET | Comments (3)
What Happened to Navy?
Walking out of Byrd Stadium with my construction hard hat on (long story) following Navy's 5-4 victory over Maryland on April 4, I was certain of one thing: Navy had just clinched a berth in the NCAA tournament. Yet as April ends, Navy hasn't won since and now is left...
By Christian Swezey | April 28, 2008; 12:54 PM ET | Comments (0)
Georgetown Prep's Winning Goal
For those (like me) who missed it, here is the winning goal by Georgetown Prep's Brian Casey against Landon in the fourth overtime. In particular, check out the job Billy Gribbin (#11) does in taking a couple steps back to pull his defender just far enough away from the goal...
By Christian Swezey | April 28, 2008; 12:31 PM ET | Comments (0)
Dom Starsia's Top Five Seeds
Virginia Coach Dom Starsia has served on the NCAA tournament selection committee (though not this year). He was asked yesterday, following his team's 11-9 loss to Duke in the ACC tournament title game, which teams he thinks will be the top five seeds for the tourney. His answer: 1. Duke...
By Christian Swezey | April 28, 2008; 11:06 AM ET | Comments (4)
If You're Watching
ACC CHAMPIONSHIP Virginia vs. Duke Klockner Stadium, Charlottesville. Today, 3:30 p.m. TV: Comcast SportsNet, approx. 4 p.m. (after Wizards post-game show) Records: Cavaliers 12-2, Blue Devils 14-1. Tickets: $13 reserved, $10 general admission, $8 youth. What to Watch If You're a Casual Fan Duke attacks from all angles and all...
By Christian Swezey | April 27, 2008; 9:10 AM ET | Comments (0)
Follow-Up on Prep-Landon
TFBO2F High School Insider Jeff Nelson--or TFBO2FHSI, for short--filed this follow-up from Georgetown Prep's 9-8, four-overtime victory over Landon on Friday. Endurance Test A few Georgetown Prep players credited their ability to win a 64-minute game with the same thing: Their unusual tradition of running sprints post-game, win or lose....
By Christian Swezey | April 27, 2008; 8:40 AM ET | Comments (0)
