Archive: Memorial Day Weekend
Initial Thoughts on the First Round
Navy Insider Dick Long has filed a postgame scouting report from Navy's 8-7 victory over UNC on Saturday night. I will have it up by 1 p.m. or so. For now, here are some initial thoughts from the NCAA first-round games. *North Carolina and its roster of 20 high school...
By Christian Swezey | May 12, 2008; 11:48 AM ET | Comments (2)
If You're Watching, Denver-Maryland
Denver at No. 7 Maryland Where: Noon, Byrd Stadium. TV: ESPNU Radio: WJFK AM-1300 Tickets: $10 adult, $5 student. Parking: Free What to Watch if You're a Casual Fan: The time change and early start I think will be big problems for Denver. It will have its pregame meal at...
By Christian Swezey | May 9, 2008; 11:06 PM ET | Comments (1)
Where to Watch the Games
The first-round games are being broadcast live on ESPNU at noon, 2:30, 5 and 7:30 Saturday and Sunday. If anyone has suggestions on lacrosse-friendly places that aren't listed below to watch games, please email me at swezeyc@washpost.com. Also, please call these places ahead of time to make sure they're showing...
By Christian Swezey | May 9, 2008; 07:35 AM ET | Comments (4)
Consecutive Appearances and a Question for Readers
Picked up a tidbit while in College Park earlier today working on a story on Will Dalton for Saturday's paper. Maryland Coach Dave Cottle noted that after Johns Hopkins's 37 consecutive appearances in the NCAA tournament, the next-highest team has six. (Maryland.) Cornell and Navy are next; each has five...
By Christian Swezey | May 7, 2008; 05:45 PM ET | Comments (4)
Bluffer's Guide to the NCAA Tournament
Don't know anything about lacrosse? Neither do we! Hope our editors aren't reading this. Anyway, here's some info that will help you bluff your way through the first round of the NCAA tournament. Canisius starting goalie Chris Courteau is playing lacrosse for the first time since 2005. He started at...
By Christian Swezey | May 6, 2008; 10:44 AM ET | Comments (1)
Ticket Information
Here is the ticket info for the area first-round and quarterfinal games. Denver at No. 7 Maryland When: Saturday, noon. Byrd Stadium. Tickets: $10 adult, $5 student. Parking: Free for the most part. Hofstra at No. 5 Johns Hopkins When: Sunday, 2:30 p.m. Homewood Field. Tickets: $7 adult, $5 student....
By Christian Swezey | May 5, 2008; 06:58 PM ET | Comments (0)
NCAA Tournament Selection--FINAL--Gtown Is Not In
No. 1 Duke (16-1) vs. Loyola (7-6), Sat., 2:30 No. 8 Cornell (11-3) vs. Ohio State (10-5), Sat., 5 No. 5 Johns Hopkins (8-5) vs. Hofstra (10-5), Sun., 2:30 No. 4 North Carolina (8-5) vs. Navy (9-5), Sat., 7:30 Also--I don't think Georgetown is in. ESPNU just showed a list...
By Christian Swezey | May 4, 2008; 09:00 PM ET | Comments (3)
A Stat for Syracuse and Virginia Fans
Syracuse's loss to Colgate in the regular season finale yesterday was bad news: Only once in the history of the NCAA tournament has a team lost its final regular season game and won the national title. In 1986, North Carolina lost its regular season finale to Virginia, 11-9. It won...
By Christian Swezey | May 4, 2008; 04:12 PM ET | Comments (0)
Keeping It Hot, 5/4
*Ryan Major served as the honorary team captain for Johns Hopkins again yesterday. Major also had served that role in a 10-4 victory over Maryland on April 12. Major, a close friend of former Johns Hopkins backup goalie Andy Posil, lost both of his legs to an IED in Iraq....
By Christian Swezey | May 4, 2008; 09:13 AM ET | Comments (3)
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)
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)
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; 01:40 PM ET | Comments (0)
Watching from Foxborough
The Harvard-Cornell game on CN8 is being played at Gillette Stadium. The Good News: The football lines at Gillette Stadium are barely visible on television. The kind of bad news: The soccer lines are very visible. Overall, though, if this is how it looks for the Final Four, it will...
By Christian Swezey | April 5, 2008; 01:13 PM ET | Comments (2)
