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ALBANY Fun’s over for the UAlbany men’s lacrosse team.
The Great Danes grabbed footballs instead of sticks when they took to the practice field last Friday for an hour and a half of spirited two-hand touch, then got the weekend off to play golf some performing well, others “personally, not that great,” senior attack Ron John said, referring to himself with a laugh.
But fun time is over, and crunch time has started for UAlbany, with three games in eight days to close the regular season, by virtue of the big rematch game at Vermont having been postponed from April 16 to April 28.
UAlbany men’s lacrosse shrugs off Colgate 15-9 | The Daily Gazette
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UAlbany men s lacrosse head coach Scott Marr s team won its season opener 15-9 over Colgate on Saturday.
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The man and boy responded in kind.
On a gray, clammy day at Fallon Field, this is how the UAlbany Great Danes introduced themselves to the 2021 men’s lacrosse team season, with some new faces in front of almost no faces.
Playing for the first time in almost a year, UAlbany shrugged off Colgate 15-9 at Fallon Field, fueled by a familiar performance from post-graduate attack Jakob Patterson, who had four goals and four assists.
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UAlbany men’s lacrosse without 11 players for opener because of COVID protocols | The Daily Gazette
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Tehoka Nanticoke will be among the players unavailable for UAlbany s opener on Saturday because of COVID-19 protocols.
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ALBANY The UAlbany men’s lacrosse team will head into its season opener on Saturday without 11 of its players, including star attack Tehoka Nanticoke, because they’re in COVID-19 quarantine.
Head coach Scott Marr on Wednesday said that if all goes well as the players come out of quarantine in the next few days, the Great Danes should have their full complement of players available for the start of America East play on March 6.