Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. The opening weekend of the NCAA tournaments is always special, and this year was no different. There was tons of great coverage all weekend on our site (and linked in this story), but here are the men’s games quick hit style:
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Joe Seider had 4g, 2a and Towson scored five of the final six goals of the game to beat Penn State 12-8.
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Justin Guterding poured in 10 points (4g, 6a) as Duke dominated Johns Hopkins 19-6, the Blue Jays worst loss at Homewood Field since 1954.
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Tewaaraton finalist Trevor Baptiste made his case winning 23-of-27 faceoffs and scoring a pair of goals as Denver beat Air Force 17-10.
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Albany was near flawless in building a 14-3 halftime lead on defending champ North Carolina and then hung on for dear life in a 15-12 victory.
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Notre Dame sophomore Brendan Gleason, from Vermont, scored five goals as the Irish beat Marquette 15-9 to reach the NCAA quarters for the eighth straight year.
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Matt Rambo had a career-high eight points (2g, 6a) as No. 1 Maryland beat Bryant 13-10. The Terps led by eight before Bryant scored the final five goals.
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Tom Carey made 12 saves and Ohio State stoned Loyola’s highly-regarded offense in a 7-4 victory.
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Evan Molloy made 15 saves and Stephen Refuss scored late to lead No. 2 Syracuse past Yale 11-10, the ninth one-goal victory of the season for Cardiac Cuse.
2. Three of the top eight seeds failed to advance to the NCAA quarterfinals on the women’s side, including No. 7 Penn which went down in the opening round to Navy. The Mids then blew out Massachusetts 23-11 on Sunday to reach the quarterfinals for the first time in school history. Navy becomes the third school (Northwestern, Maryland) that Hall of Fame coach Cindy Timchal has taken to the NCAA quarterfinals.
The other upsets came with USC scoring the final four goals to beat No. 3 seed Florida 15-12 and Boston College lighting up the scoreboard in a 21-10 victory at No. 6 Syracuse.
Also moving on the quarters are No. 1 Maryland, No. 2 North Carolina, No. 4 Penn State, No. 5 Princeton and No. 8 Stony Brook.
PHOTO BY GREG WALL
Sam Apuzzo had five goals and two assists as Boston College poured in 21 goals to down No. 6 seed Syracuse 21-10. The victory was just the third ever for the Eagles over the Orange, and the first in the postseason (ACC or NCAA).
3. Individual records are easy to get lost in the excitement of the NCAA tournament, but Stony Brook’s Kylie Ohlmiller shouldn’t get lost. Ohlmiller now has 157 points (75g, 82a) to break Maryland’s Jen Adams previous record of 148 set in 2001. Even more impressive is that she’s had to pick up the slack after Courtney Murphy, a 100-goal scorer a year ago, has missed most of the season with an injury.
4. Checking in on the other NCAA divisions:
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There will be a new Division II men’s champion as Edward Hellier made 12 saves to lead Merrimack past defending champion LeMoyne 10-5. Adelphi, Limestone and Tampa also reached the semifinals.
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The women’s Division II final four is the same as last year with Adelphi, Florida Southern, LeMoyne and Lindenwood advancing.
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Lynchburg posted the biggest upset in men’s Division III as the No. 18 Hornets beat No. 7 York to advance to the quarterfinals. No. 10 Cabrini also pulled a minor upset over No. 8 Franklin & Marshall. Bates freshman Matt Chlastawa broke the NCAA all divisions record with 13 points (9g, 4a) in the Bobcats 26-14 win over Amherst. Amazingly, teammate Charlie Fay was right behind him with 12 points (8g, 4a).
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Four of the second round games in women’s Division III were decided in the final minute, including defending champion Middlebury edging No. 4 Colby with 22 seconds remaining. Ithaca, Messiah and York also won in dramatic fashion.
5. In the club ranks, Delaware and Denver won the US Lacrosse WCLA Division I and II championships in Salt Lake City. Delaware upset No. 1 ranked Pitt 13-11 behind three goals from Olivia Gannon to win the DI title, and a strategic coaching decision helped Denver down Loyola 9-6 in Division II.
PHOTO BY BETSEY BOWEN
Delaware's club women's lacrosse team upset No. 1 seeded Pitt 13-11 to win its first US Lacrosse Women's Collegiate Lacrosse Associates (WCLA) national championship. Denver's club team won the Division II title.
In the MCLA championships from Orange, Calif., Grand Canyon downed defending champion Chapman 12-10 in Division I and Concorida also downed a defending champ, beating St. Thomas 13-10 in Division II.
6. The NLL divisional finals began this weekend and defending champion Saskatchewan outscored Colorado 9-1 in the fourth quarter to post an 18-9 victory with Adam Jones scoring six goals and three assists. In the East, Toronto’s Brandon Miller made 45 saves, but Georgia managed an 11-8 victory behind two goals and three assists from Joel White. Game two of each series takes place on Saturday night.
7. In Major League Lacrosse, Jack Kelly made 21 saves as Denver remained unbeaten with a 15-8 victory over Florida. In other games, Rochester beat Boston 13-10, New York beat Atlanta 14-12 and Chesapeake scored late to edge Charlotte 17-16.