Lacrosse Playground

If JHU doesn’t beat Maryland, then the team will secure its fate of possibly not making the NCAA Tournament. The Terps rolled over the Blue Jays twice last season. Two years ago Hopkins was able to come from behind in an electric game in Byrd Stadium to defeat the Hardshells. Read More…

BALTIMORE – No. 10 Johns Hopkins (6-2) scored nine goals in a row to pace the Blue Jays’ 15-8 triumph over the No. 10 Virginia Cavaliers (5-4) on Saturday afternoon, inside M&T Bank Stadium. Not only did the Blue Jays win the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic, but also won the quest for the Doyle Smith Cup for the third year in a row. From 2006-10, Virginia won the first five meetings the cup was awarded to the regular season winner of the UVa and Johns Hopkins series. The Blue Jays current streak began in 2011. Read More…

This past weekend Johns Hopkins Senior Zach Palmer went behind the back against UMBC (video). It’s a common occurrence for the Canadian attackman and we have two other clips to prove it. Read More…

Forry Smith from Haverford School (Pa.) has verbally committed to play for Johns Hopkins University. 4OneTwoLax first reported that the 6-2, 175-pounder committed. Smith, who plays for Dukes LC, Mesa Fresh, and other club teams, reminds me a lot of JHU’s Bobby Benson. Read More…

The Lacrosse Network brings you the second stop on the 2012 LXM Pro Tour, LXM 619, on Coronado Island. The crew captured Team STX take on Team Sole in its entirety. And, along the way they caught Kyle Harrison stinging a shot through the net and popping into the air like a bra at a Skid Row concert. Read More…

The Loyola Men’s Lacrosse team stays true to its roots. This past week, the team received an enormous amount of support from Under Armour athlete and Baltimore Ravens legend Ray Lewis. Lewis has become famous off the field for his hair-raising speeches. Unlike Johns Hopkins, who had New England Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick give a speech prior to this weekend’s NCAA Quarterfinal game, the Greyhounds sought inspiration from their backyard. Read More…

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Senior goalkeeper RJ Wickham (Penn Yan, N.Y.) turned away 18 shots, while sophomore attackman Sam Jones (Annapolis, Md.) pitched in three goals and an assist as the Navy men’s lacrosse team (6-6) dominated sixth-ranked Johns Hopkins (9-3), 8-2, Saturday afternoon at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. The six-goal victory by the Mids marked their largest margin of victory in the series since 1965 when Navy scored a 15-6 win over the Blue Jays on their home field. Read More…

BALTIMORE – A dominating defensive performance and four goals from junior Owen Blye propelled the No. 10 Maryland men’s lacrosse team to a 9-6 victory over No. 3 Johns Hopkins in the 108th meeting of Lacrosse’s Greatest Rivalry Saturday evening in front of a sold-out crowd at Homewood Field. Read More…

Hopkins and Virginia battled for the Doyle Smith Cup this past weekend. UVa won the Doyle Smith Cup the first five seasons it was awarded before losing it at Homewood Field during a 12-11 setback last season. The game is the seventh annual battle for the Doyle Smith Cup, a spoil since 2006 that goes to the regular season winner in the series. Read More…

A big helmet-to-helmet hit in the Johns Hopkins vs. Virginia game last weekend occurred when Blue Jay Rob Guida got bopped by Virginia’s Pat Harbeson. The Referees called it a one minute non-releasable penalty, but Quint Kessenich wanted an ejection. Read More…