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Loyola, Colgate, Lehigh and Navy all place five or more players on All-Patriot League team

By Lacrosse Playground | April 22, 2014 |
Loyola University Maryland will have plenty of hardware to hand out when they host the Patriot League Men's Lacrosse Championships this week, as the Greyhounds were well represented on the All-Patriot League teams and major awards announced on Monday by the League office. Read More...
2014 Colgate Lacrosse Player Blog: Responsible to the Element, Accountable to the Mission

2014 Colgate Lacrosse Player Blog: Responsible to the Element, Accountable to the Mission

By Lacrosse Playground | February 25, 2014 |
“Responsible to the element, Accountable to the mission.” This quote is the 2014 Colgate Lacrosse mantra and is printed on the back of every team members practice shirt. Coach Murphy took this quote from Toughness by Jay Bilas; our team's mandatory summer reading. Read More...

Ohio Machine selects Colgate’s Peter Baum No.1 overall in 2013 MLL Collegiate Draft

By Lacrosse Playground | January 12, 2013 |
Major League Lacrosse, The premier outdoor lacrosse league held its 13th Collegiate Draft on Friday night at the U.S. Lacrosse Convention in Philadelphia, Pa. Read More...

Mets’ Citi Field to Present Metropolitan Lacrosse Classic

By Lacrosse Playground | December 17, 2012 |
FLUSHING, N.Y., December 17, 2012 – The New York Mets today announced they will host the first-ever NCAA Division I lacrosse games at Citi Field in 2013. The inaugural Metropolitan Lacrosse Classic will feature the University of Michigan playing Colgate University, and the College of the Holy Cross battling the United States Naval Academy on Sunday, March 17 at Citi Field. Read More...

Colgate Men’s Lacrosse Welcomes 15 in the Class of 2016

By Lacrosse Playground | August 29, 2012 |
HAMILTON, N.Y. – Head men's lacrosse coach Mike Murphy and the Colgate men's lacrosse program have added 15 new members to the squad in the Class of 2016. Read More...

Raiders Defeat #1 UMASS In NCAA First Round

By Lacrosse Playground | May 14, 2012 |
The No. 9 Colgate men's lacrosse team became the first team to defeat No. 1 Massachusetts on Saturday afternoon, securing a 13-11 win in the First Round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament. The Raiders were able to come back from a five-goal deficit in the second quarter to tie the game and take their first lead of the game in the final quarter. Read More...

Colgate Defeats Maryland On Senior Day

By Lacrosse Playground | May 6, 2012 |
HAMILTON, N.Y. - The No. 11/12 Colgate men's lacrosse team gave its seniors a reason to celebrate after defeating No. 6/9 Maryland 13-11 on Senior Day at Andy Kerr Stadium. The win was the second-straight for the Raiders over the Terps in program history. Read More...

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...

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...

If The Season Ended Today….

By Lacrosse Playground | April 16, 2012 |
It’s almost May, which means it’s time for endless speculation about who will make the NCAA tournament. We’ve analyzed tournament resumes and have put together our best guess as to what the tournament would look like if the season ended today. 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, Remembering Tyler Kopp

By Lacrosse Playground | February 16, 2012 |
The second thing was when we found out about the death of Tyler Kopp. Tyler was a twelve-year-old lacrosse player, and son of Brian and Julie Kopp (both Colgate grads; Brian was a lacrosse player while here). This news struck our entire team pretty hard, and we signed a card to have sent to the Kopp family. Read More...