Top-Seeded Duke Headlines Men’s NCAA Championship Quarterfinal Action
ESPN2, ESPNU and WatchESPN’s exclusive coverage of the 2014 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship continues with quarterfinal action Saturday, May 17, and Sunday, May 18, from neutral sites in Hempstead, N.Y., and Newark, Del., respectively. With several top seeds faltering in the first round, Albany and the Thompson brothers will face No. 6 seed Notre Dame at 2:30 p.m. Saturday on ESPN2 and WatchESPN. Read More…
ESPN2, ESPNU and WatchESPN’s exclusive coverage of the 2014 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship continues with quarterfinal action Saturday, May 17, and Sunday, May 18, from neutral sites in Hempstead, N.Y., and Newark, Del., respectively. With several top seeds faltering in the first round, Albany and the Thompson brothers will face No. 6 seed Notre Dame at 2:30 p.m. Saturday on ESPN2 and WatchESPN. Top-seed Duke prevailed and will face Johns Hopkins at noon on Sunday on ESPNU and WatchESPN.
ESPN’s top lacrosse commentating team – play-by-play voice Eamon McAnaney, analyst Quint Kessenich and sideline reporter/analyst Paul Carcaterra – will call all four quarterfinal games.
Anish Shroff will host ESPN’s quarterfinal studio coverage with analyst Mark Dixon. University of Virginia head coach Dom Starsia will join Shroff and Dixon in studio all weekend. The Cavaliers bowed out of the tournament, a 14-8 defeat to Johns Hopkins in the first round.
Viewers can join the NCAA men’s lacrosse twitter conversation using #NCAALAX.
The National Semifinals and Championship game will be played Saturday, May 24, and Monday, May 26, from M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. The games will air on ESPN2 and WatchESPN, as well as a title game feed on ESPNU via the Spider Cam – an alternate viewing fan experience that in the past was integrated into the traditional telecast.
ESPN Network’s Coverage of the 2014 NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship Presented by Northwestern Mutual (subject to change)
Date
Time (ET)
Game / Commentators
Network(s)
Sat, May 17
Noon
Quarterfinal: Game #1 (James M. Shuart Stadium, Hempstead, N.Y.) – Bryant vs. No. 7 seed Maryland
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Predicting the PLL Protected Player Rosters (Pro Lacrosse Talk Podcast #129)
byPro Lacrosse Talk
On this episode of the Pro Lacrosse Talk Podcast, Hutton Jackson and Adam Moore are joined by Lacrosse Playground contributor Brian Andrews. They discuss the Atlas cutting Scott Rodgers, Jeremy Thompson, Kyle Hartzell and Callum Robinson, the trade that sent Rob Pannell to the Redwoods and Chris Hogan, Dalton Crossan and Garrett Thul joining the PLL. They also discuss the retirement of Matt Danowski and Brett Schmidt, provide their predictions for the protected rosters particularly with Dillon Ward, Connor Fields, Paul Rabil, Joe Walters and Kyle Harrison, and theorize what it would take for Coach Sean Quirk to trade the top pick in the PLL Entry Draft and presumably the chance to draft Lyle Thompson.
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Pro Lacrosse Talk is the flagship lacrosse podcast of the Lacrosse Playground network covering all three professional lacrosse leagues (NLL, PLL, Athletes Unlimited). Each week throughout the season we’ll recap the games, provide analysis on the teams and feature exclusive postgame and off-the-field interviews with professional lacrosse players, coaches and executives. If you’re a fan of lacrosse podcasts like the Unbuckled Chinstrap, The Inside Feed, Lacrosse Classified or The Crease Dive, then give us a listen.