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Colgate Men’s Lacrosse 2012 Player Blog: The Terps Are Coming

By Lacrosse Playground | May 4, 2012 |
The Terps are coming to town on Saturday. It’s our senior day, the school’s springcoming, and the weather is supposed to cooperate. What better way could we as seniors ask to end our home careers other than beating Maryland at home and setting ourselves up for an at-large bid in the NCAA tournament. Of course we know it’s going to be a tough game coming at the end of the last week of classes, but who cares? Come Saturday the only thing that will matter is that all 47 guys on the roster go out to Andy Kerr and leave it all on the field. I can think of no better way to end my career here at Colgate than with this group of guys going up against an ACC powerhouse. Read More...

Game Highlights and Photos: Lehigh Soars Over Colgate, Wins First Patriot League Tournament Title, 16-14

By Lacrosse Playground | April 30, 2012 |
HAMILTON, N.Y. - The eighth-ranked and second-seeded Lehigh men’s lacrosse team put together one of its strongest offensive outbursts of the season, tying a season-high 16 goals to beat the #10 Colgate Raiders, 16-14 and win its first-ever Patriot League Tournament Championship on Sunday. The Mountain Hawks (14-2) jumped out to a 5-0 lead then held off a Raiders’ (12-3) charge to earn the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Junior Dante Fantoni earned Tournament MVP honors after posting nine points over the two games (five goals, four assists). Read More...

Colgate Men’s Lacrosse 2012 Player Blog: Who Needs Avicii When We Get to See Baumvicii

By Lacrosse Playground | April 25, 2012 |
Going into the fourth quarter it was tied 6-6. Coach’s message to us in the huddle was, “win this minute, then the next one, and the one after that until there are zeros on the clock!” Because of Rob Grabher’s performance at the X during the second and third quarters, Bucknell came out with three poles on the face-offs and it turned into a hard-fought battle each time. Read More...

Colgate to Host Patriot League Men’s Lacrosse Tournament

By Lacrosse Playground | April 22, 2012 |
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - For the second straight season, hosting responsibilities for the Patriot League Men's Lacrosse Tournament came down to the final contest of the season between Bucknell and Colgate. A year ago, Bucknell went into Hamilton, N.Y., and picked up a victory on the road to clinch the tournament's top seed and hosting responsibilities. The Raiders paid that back Friday night. Read More...

Colgate Men’s Lacrosse 2012 Player Blog: Lunch Has Been Cancelled Today Due to Lack of Hustle

By Lacrosse Playground | April 17, 2012 |
After coming off a big Lehigh win, we couldn’t let ourselves get complacent for Lafayette. Coach reminded us consistently throughout the week how he doesn’t care about their record, but about the fact that if we win this game, we’re in the Patriot League Tournament. Read More...

Colgate Men’s Lacrosse 2012 Player Blog: American Reunion

By Lacrosse Playground | April 11, 2012 |
When "Danza Kuduro" came on in the locker room yesterday around 4 pm, it was one of the best feelings any of us have had so far this season. We had just knocked off the #7 team in the country, and taken down the #1 defense. It didn’t stem from just showing up on Saturday, but from all the hard work we put in during the week leading up to it. Read More...

Colgate Men’s Lacrosse 2012 Player Blog: Best Day Ever

By Lacrosse Playground | April 4, 2012 |
Our team’s character is exactly what would be tested this week coming into Army. How would we respond to a Patriot League loss? We’d come ready to play in each day’s practice. Read More...

Colgate Men’s Lacrosse 2012 Player Blog: “Call Me Maybe” Flu Hits the Team

By Lacrosse Playground | March 27, 2012 |
Legacy is a word that has been repeated a lot to us this season by Coach Murphy, mainly to the senior class. He has asked us on multiple occasions, “Seniors, what kind of legacy do you want to leave behind?” Coming off a strong Fairfield win, Navy would be a game that would add to that legacy. We just didn’t know in what way at the time. Read More...

Navy Lacrosse Upsets Colgate, 12-11

By Lacrosse Playground | March 26, 2012 |
HAMILTON, N.Y. (3/24/12) - Despite coming back from a five-goal deficit twice in the game, tying the score twice in the final quarter, and holding a 42-27 shooting advantage, the No. 12/13 Colgate men's lacrosse team could not push past Navy, which was able to secure the 12-11 win in the final four seconds of the penalty-free game. Read More...

Colgate Men’s Lacrosse 2012 Player Blog: Sun’s Out, Guns Out

By Lacrosse Playground | March 19, 2012 |
Coming off a great Patriot League win against Holy Cross, our sights were immediately set on Binghamton to continue a strong spring break. They’re a team we hadn’t beaten in two years, and always proved to be a tough adversary. We practiced on Sunday a bit to go through our fundamentals along with an intro to Binghamton’s offense. Following the practice we went back to the locker room to go over the scouting reports. Read More...

Colgate Men’s Lacrosse 2012 Player Blog: Better Ingredients, Better Pizza

By Lacrosse Playground | March 13, 2012 |
Right after we changed out of our wet clothes, we got into our jackets and ties for the bus ride to Worcester, MA. The movie chosen for the bus was The Departed, which starts with the song, “I’m Shipping Up to Boston.” Another fun fact about it is that it unofficially stars former team member Frank Coughlin as cop/not cop William Costigan. Then, upon arriving at our hotel, we watched film and had some Papa John’s pizza ordered in. Read More...

Colgate Men’s Lacrosse Battles to Beat Holy Cross, 13-9

By Lacrosse Playground | March 11, 2012 |
WORCESTER, Mass. (3/10/12) – The Colgate men's lacrosse team was able to battle its way past Holy Cross on Saturday afternoon, improving its winning streak to three games after securing its first Patriot League win of the season over the Crusaders, 13-9. Read More...