Lacrosse Playground

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The No. 1 University of Maryland men’s lacrosse team scored six of the final eight goals, but couldn’t complete the comeback in a 10-8 loss to No. 14 North Carolina in front of 3,053 at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The result drops the Terps to 6-1 on the season and evens their ACC mark at 1-1, while the Tar Heels improve to 5-3 overall and are also 1-1 in conference play. Read More…

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Duke outscored North Carolina 3-1 in the fourth quarter and junior Brendan Fowler won 17-of-23 faceoffs and picked up 13 ground balls to lead the 17th-ranked Blue Devils to an 11-8 victory over the No. 6 Tar Heels this evening in ACC men’s lacrosse action at Fetzer Field. The win is the second over a top-10 opponent in the past five days. Read More…

GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Virginia junior attackman Nick O’Reilly and Maryland junior defenseman Michael Ehrhardt have been named Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Lacrosse Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, respectively, as announced Tuesday by the conference office. Read More…

BALTIMORE, Jan. 31, 2013 — The Loyola men and Florida women claimed the No. 1 positions in Lacrosse Magazine’s 2013 NCAA Division I preseason rankings, released today. The release of the Top 20 rankings concludes a four-week countdown of daily profiles of the nation’s best teams. Read More…

COLLEGE PARK, MD. – Maryland men’s lacrosse coach John Tillman has released the Terps’ 2013 schedule. The schedule features eight games against teams that made the 2012 NCAA tournament and seven home games scheduled for Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium. Read More…

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Seven regular-season games and two scrimmages against 2012 NCAA Tournament Teams highlight the 2013 schedule for the University of North Carolina men’s lacrosse team announced Thursday by fifth-year Tar Heel head coach Joe Breschi. Read More…

The haters came out in droves once Maryland announced its move to the B1G. People didn’t understand the meaning behind it. Moving to the B1G means Maryland can finally make money and climb out of debt created by its former Athletic Director Debbie Yow. Moreover, in terms of lacrosse, people believed the historic tradition of Maryland lacrosse would be tainted. Read More…

September 24, Lacrosse Playground posted an awesome UNC Lacrosse Fall Ball training video, which was the first part of what’s soon to be a completed documentary. Today, we have Part Duex. Read More…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia head men’s lacrosse coach Dom Starsia announced that midfielder Chris LaPierre has been selected as team captain for the 2013 campaign. Read More…

The Atlantic Coast Conference Council of Presidents has unanimously voted to accept the University of Notre Dame as a new member. The Irish will compete as full members in all conference sponsored sports with the exception of football which will play five games annually against league programs. To say the least, the lacrosse coaches are pumped to join the ACC. Read More…