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New “Big Ten Women’s Lacrosse Conference” Features Maryland Women’s Lacrosse, Northwestern And Penn State, Who Combined Have Won 19 Of The 32 NCAA Championships

Posted on June 4, 2013 | Leave a comment

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Big Ten women’s lacrosse will feature teams that have won 23 national championships and 19 of the 32 NCAA championships, including eight of the last nine. Maryland has won 11 national championships, with 10 NCAA crowns, including seven straight from 1995 to 2001 and most recently in 2010. Northwestern has claimed seven NCAA titles, highlighted by five consecutive from 2005 to 2009 and most recently in 2012. Penn State has earned five national championships, including NCAA titles in 1987 and 1989. The Terrapins, Wildcats and Nittany Lions earned berths in the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship this season. Penn State advanced to the quarterfinals, Northwestern reached the national semifinals and Maryland was edged in triple overtime in the national championship game.
“To be a part of a conference from the ground up is exciting for our program and we are anxious to put our thumbprint on Big Ten lacrosse,” said Maryland women’s head coach Cathy Reese. “It is going to be a highly competitive league and with former Terps coaching at five of the six institutions, I believe there is a lot to be excited about as we make this transition in 2014-15 and begin a new chapter in the rich history of Maryland women’s lacrosse.”
With the addition of Maryland and Rutgers in 2014, the broad-based athletic programs of the 14 Big Ten institutions will sponsor nearly 350 teams in 42 different sports with almost 9,500 student-athletes, more than any other conference. The Big Ten currently features 25 official conference sports, 12 for men and 13 for women, but is set to add men’s ice hockey as the 26th conference sport in the fall. Men’s and women’s lacrosse will become the conference’s 27th and 28th official sports in 2014-15.

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NCAA Lacrosse: Johns Hopkins Men’s Lacrosse To Join “Big Ten” Conference Along With Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State And Rutgers

Posted on June 2, 2013 | Leave a comment

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The Blue Jays would join Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Rutgers presumably after the 2014 season, when Maryland and Rutgers are slated to leave the Atlantic Coast Conference and Big East, respectively.

After 130 years as an independent in men’s lacrosse, Johns Hopkins will be  joining the Big Ten. An announcement has been scheduled for Monday morning when the university  will confirm the move, according to sources and a published report.

The news conference will be held at 11 a.m. at the Cordish Lacrosse Center on  Johns Hopkins’ campus in Baltimore.

Big Ten and university officials would not comment on the move.

The addition of Johns Hopkins will give the Big Ten its sixth member – a  requirement for the conference to earn an automatic qualifier to the NCAA  tournament.

The announcement comes 17 days after a seven-member special committee  recommended May 17 that the university seek conference affiliation after the  team had spent the past 130 years as an independent.

During an ensuing conference call with athletic director Tom Calder and coach  Dave Pietramala, Pietramala had said that he would like the Blue Jays to begin  conference play in 2015.

Johns Hopkins’ move is the latest in the conference realignment wave in men’s  lacrosse. In 2011, Syracuse announced that it would leave the Big East for the  ACC, and Notre Dame followed the Orange in September. The month before the  Fighting Irish’s announcement, Loyola, which captured the national championship  in 2012, said it would switch from the Eastern College Athletic Conference to  the Patriot League for the 2014 season.

In November, Maryland and Rutgers announced that they would join the Big  Ten.

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NCAA Lacrosse: Maryland Women’s Lacrosse Sr. Middie Katie Schwarzmann Named 2013 Tewaaraton Award Winner As Nation’s Top Lacrosse Player

Posted on May 31, 2013 | Leave a comment

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Senior midfielder Katie Schwarzmann was named the 2013 Tewaaraton Award winner Thursday night at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian.
The Sykesville, Md., native is the first two-time Maryland winner and only the third player to do so in award history. The Tewaaraton Award is given annually to honor the nation’s top male and female collegiate lacrosse player for their extraordinary achievements on the field.
And Schwarzmann was certainly extraordinary in 2013.
The three-time IWLCA National Midfielder of the Year was crowned ACC Championship Most Valuable Player for a second consecutive season after guiding Maryland to its fifth-straight ACC title. Schwarzmann was also named ACC Offensive Player of the Year and is one of only three players to earn All-ACC honors four times.
No one in the country filled up a box score as prolifically as Schwarzmann the past two seasons. She tallied 58 goals, 27 assists, 39 ground balls, 19 caused turnovers and 39 draw controls, and was vital to Maryland’s transition game in 2013 as the Terrapins advanced to their fifth consecutive NCAA Final Four.
She ended her career ranked third all-time in both goals (228) and points (304). Schwarzmann earned a degree in business from the University of Maryland earlier this month and is the reigning ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She will compete with the U.S. women’s national team at the World Cup in Canada this summer.

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“2013 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championships”: North Carolina Women’s Lacrosse Stuns #1 Maryland 13-12 In Triple Overtime To Capture Program’s First National Championship

Posted on May 27, 2013 | Leave a comment

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Freshman Sammy Jo Tracy scored in the third, sudden-death overtime period to lift North Carolina to its first NCAA championship in women’s lacrosse on Sunday night, outlasting top-seeded and previously undefeated Maryland, 13-12, in the longest title game in the sport’s history.
The Tar Heels (18-3) jumped out to a 9-6 halftime advantage before the Terrapins (22-1) stormed back with a 5-0 run to start the second half and take an 11-9 lead. Carolina responded with three consecutive goals, two by NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player Kara Cannizzaro, to retake the lead, 12-11, with 9:00 to play in regulation. Maryland’s Alex Aust scored with 3:51 remaining to tie it up and force overtime.
Carolina freshman goalkeeper Megan Ward made a huge save on a Maryland breakaway in the opening seconds of the third overtime period, which led to Tracy’s transition goal on the other end, giving the Tar Heels their first national title 12:31 into overtime.
“It was an amazing game to be a part of,” head coach Jenny Levy said afterward. “After the second overtime, I just sat back and trusted my kids to do what they do. They’ve worked so hard all year and I’m very proud of the effort that they showed and their composure.”
Levy becomes the fourth coach in women’s lacrosse history to win an NCAA championship as a player (with Virginia in 1991) and as a head coach.
It was the second sudden victory overtime in NCAA title game history and the longest game in NCAA Division I championship history. It was the first overtime title game since 2003 and the fifth all-time. Carolina is now 4-0 in overtime games in its NCAA Tournament history.

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NCAA Lacrosse: Video Highlights Of Cornell Men’s Lacrosse 16-8 Win Over Maryland On May 12 In First Round Of 2013 NCAA Men’s Championship

Posted on May 14, 2013 | Leave a comment

Cornell pulls away in 2nd half for 16-8 win over Maryland on May 12, 2013 at Byrd Stadium in College Park, Maryland.  RHS Productions.

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NCAA Lacrosse: Ivy League Men’s Lacrosse Makes Statement That “It’s Back” With Two Big Wins In NCAA Tournament As Cornell Rolls Over Maryland 16-8 And Yale Tops Penn State 10-7 On May 11-12

Posted on May 13, 2013 | Leave a comment

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Cornell 16 Maryland 8
On Saturday evening, lightning struck the hotel Cornell’s men’s lacrosse team was staying at in College Park. If lightning strikes the same place twice, the Big Red will have a chance to see it again next weekend.
While there was no real damage done at the hotel, Cornell’s effort was electric the following day as the Big Red picked apart one of the nation’s best defenses on its own homefield, caused havoc on defense, dominated special teams and controlled every aspect of the game in topping No. 6 seed Maryland, 16-8 on Sunday afternoon at Byrd Stadium in the first round of the 2013 NCAA Tournament.
The Big Red improved to 13-3 on the year and earned a second-round date next Saturday with third-seeded Ohio State, while the two-time defending national finalst Terrapins had their season end at 10-4. Ohio State rolled past Towson, 16-6, at home on Sunday. Cornell will return to Byrd Stadium to face the Buckeyes.
Yale 10 Penn State 7
Trailing 5-1 at the half, Yale scored nine of the next 10 goals to earn a 10-7 win over eighth-seeded Penn State on Saturday afternoon in the opening round of the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship.
The win was Yale’s first in the NCAA tourney since 1992. The Bulldogs (12-4) will face either Syracuse or Bryant in the second round on Saturday, May 18 in College Park, Md. Those two teams play Sunday night at the Carrier Dome. The second round game time will be set for either 12:30 pm or 3 pm.
Yale, making its second straight NCAA appearance and fifth all-time, became the first team in the history of the NCAA Men’s Lacrosee Championship to win a game after scoring just one goal in the first half. Since the tournament began in 1971, teams scoring one goal or fewer in the opening half had a record of 0-52.

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NCAA Lacrosse: “2013 Women’s Lacrosse Championships” Announces Brackets With Maryland Ranked #1 Followed By Northwestern, North Carolina And Syracuse; Stanford Vs Notre Dame On May 12, Denver Vs Jacksonville On May 10

Posted on May 5, 2013 | Leave a comment

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With a perfect 19-0 record, Maryland earned the No. 1 seed in the largest NCAA Division I women’s lacrosse tournament in history. The field expanded from 16 teams last year to 26 teams in 2013, in response the increased number of conferences sponsoring the sport. While the Terps are making their 29th postseason appearance, six other teams are in the big dance for the first time. Stony Brook, Denver, Jacksonville, High Point, Canisius and UConn will all play their first NCAA tournament games on May 11.
“I’m so glad we’re at 26, and I’m so glad we’re on the inside. It’s awesome and I’m so excited for the team,” Pioneers coach Liza Kelly said.
Kelly, who is also a longtime member of the NCAA Division I women’s lacrosse committee, said the IWLCA had been pressing for tournament expansion since she was an assistant at Towson in the late 1990s.
“We had enough quality teams that the tournament needed to expand. With the great expansion we’ve seen, especially in the Atlantic Sun and in the Big South, and having 100 teams overall, having a 16-team bracket just didn’t make sense. Under the old format, with that many teams, half the games would have been play-in games,” she said.
The Pioneers and the Dolphins will meet in a first-round matchup between first-time NCAA tournament participants in Gainesville, Fla. The winner of the game will advance to play No. 5 seed Florida in the second round.

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NCAA Lacrosse: Latest IWLCA Coaches Poll Ranks Maryland Women’s Lacrosse #1 Followed By Florida, North Carolina, Northwestern And Syracuse

Posted on April 30, 2013 | Leave a comment

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The top-ranked Terps are the consensus No. 1 team for the fifth week in a row, and Florida eanred all 20 second-place votes to give the latest IWLCA Division I coaches’ poll a clear 1-2 as April comes to a close. Conference tournaments continue this week with seven more AQs up for grabs, from the ALC, America East, Big East, CAA, Ivy League, MAAC and MPSF.
Who’s Hot?
Virginia (+7): The Cavaliers salvaged their NCAA playoff hopes by beating Duke in the ACC quarterfinals before falling to Maryland in the semifinals to finish with a 9-9 record. Virginia shot up seven spots as a result.
Who’s Not?
Stanford: The Cardinal dropped from No. 14 to out of the Top 20, after losing to unranked UC Davis in overtime and edging California 14-13 on Sunday. A rematch with Cal awaits in the MPSF tournament.

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NCAA Lacrosse: Video Highlights Of #1 Maryland Women’s Lacrosse 12-8 ACC Championship Game Win Over #3 North Carolina On April 28

Posted on April 30, 2013 | Leave a comment

Maryland won its 5th straight ACC Women’s Lacrosse championship with a 12-8 victory over North Carolina at Fetzer Field on Sunday.

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NCAA Lacrosse: Virginia Men’s Lacrosse (7-7) Come Up Big With 13-6 Win Over #2 Maryland On April 26; Advance To ACC Championship Final

Posted on April 27, 2013 | Leave a comment

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Mark Cockerton scored four goals and Matt White tallied three of his own and three assists to elevate the Virginia Cavaliers (7-7) to the ACC Championship final with a 13-6 triumph over the No. 2 Maryland Terrapins (9-3), Friday afternoon at North Carolina’s Kenan Stadium.
Virginia will play for the ACC title for the first time since winning it all in 2010 and it will be the Cavaliers’15th all-time appearance in the ACC title game since the tournament’s inception in 1989.
“Today was a good game, a hard-fought win,” said Virginia head coach Dom Starsia. “I told ESPN at halftime that the game wasn’t a work of art early on, but we saw the two teams were working at it. The key for us – for the most part – was that we felt we could defend them most of the day. I never felt that we were ever in any peril defensively – every time it seemed like Maryland could seize the game, it appeared like defensively we had it under control.”
The game began as a defensive juggernaut as Cockerton’s goal 59 seconds into the contest was the only score by either team in the opening stanza. Maryland finally broke through at the 13:50 mark in the second quarter on a Mike Chanenchuk unassisted goal after the Terrapins did not find nylon in the game’s first 16:10.
The game’s only tie was short-lived, as UVa scored 35 seconds later when Ryan Tucker found Cockerton for the junior’s second goal. Shortly after, UVa took the lead and never relinquished it when Greg Coholan ripped a goal on a White pass for the Cavaliers’ only extra-man opportunity.
Maryland cut UVa’s lead to one goal, 3-2, when John Haus scored unassisted at 6:27. Virginia closed out the half on a two-goal run via a Rob Emery tally and Cockerton’s third goal of the game on a Nick O’Reilly pass, sending UVa into the intermission with a 5-2 lead. The goal gave Cockerton his 12th career hat trick, his eighth of the season and his fourth in a row.

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