Sat May 15 2021 | Matt DaSilva | College
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Come for the Pat Kavanagh spectacle. Stay for the Wheaton Jackoboice special.
Sixth-seeded Notre Dame took its first punch of the postseason, surviving a spirited second-half rally by CAA champion Drexel to win 10-8 in an NCAA tournament first-round game Saturday at Denver’s Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium.
The Fighting Irish (8-3) are hosting the quarterfinals next Sunday in South Bend, Ind., and advanced past the first round for the 10th time in the last 11 seasons. They’ll play the winner of Sunday’s game between Vermont and third-seeded Maryland.
Notre Dame survived. And advanced.
For Notre Dame, the No. 6 seed sent to Denver in the first round hosting the Quarterfinals at Arlotta Stadium, it was Wheaton Jackoboice who scored the goal-ahead goal with 1:19 remaining, and Morrison Mirer iced it late in a 10-8 win over Drexel on Saturday.
Jackoboice led Irish scorers with three goals, Mirer and Pat Kavanagh both scored twice, and Will Yorke added a goal and an assist. The Dragons’ Reid Bowering led all scorers with four goals, while Jack Mulcahy and Sean Donnelly both had a goal and an assist.
The Irish advance to play the winner of Sunday’s matchup between No. 3-seed Maryland vs. Vermont in College Park, Md. Drexel, the CAA champions, end their season 10-3.
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Tar Heels should roll in this one. UNC’s too deep and too potent on offense for Monmouth
#4 UVA v. Bryant
I think the long layoff will be a big factor for UVA. Bryant’s led by a true NCAAT general in Mike Pressler and I think his boys will have something special for the Cavs.
#5 Georgetown vs. Syracuse
I have been on the Georgetown bandwagon all year long and I won’t get off now. Hoyas get the win here.
The Dragons are going dancing with fire breath.
Drexel earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament with its ninth straight win, a decisive 15-11 CAA Championship victory at Hofstra on Saturday its first conference title since 2014 and second overall.
“It feels really good. We had a bit of a delay to start the season and then you don’t even know if you’ll get the thing done, but the kids worked really hard,” Drexel coach Brian Voelker said postgame. “Started off slow, had a couple tough games early in the year, and ever since then guys have played really well.”
Sat May 8 2021 | Patrick Stevens | College
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Vermont finally broke through.
In the Catamounts’ third consecutive America East championship game appearance, Chris Feifs’ team claimed its first tournament title and the program’s first-ever NCAA tournament bid.
The No. 2 seed in the conference tournament, Vermont (9-4, AE 7-2) used a balanced offensive attack and a dominant performance at the faceoff X to dispatch fourth-seeded Albany 15-10. The victory is Vermont’s third win this season and fifth straight against the Great Danes.
@UVMmlax pull away in the second half to down @UAlbanyMLax and clinch its first-ever NCAA tournament bid.