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Add another chapter to the epic Duke-Loyola postseason series.  With the game tied 9-9 and about :60 remaining in the first overtime period, Duke attackman Joe Robertson gathered the ball for his team’s second OT possession. He squared up Kyle LeBlanc, a Loyola defender who’d been injured since the Hounds’ game vs. Army on April 10, turned down a screen from Michael Sowers, got topside and sold out. Falling down, he put a sidearm shot into the ground. It bounced over Loyola goalie Sam Sh...

Shafer was benched April 10 but came back to reclaim the starting job the next week.

For about 74 days, 2021 had not treated the Loyola Greyhounds very well. Their season started Sunday a.m., Valentine’s Day in the Ridley Athletic Complex parking lot. That, in and of itself, wasn’t wrong; theoretically they should’ve been hosting Virginia. Instead, they were boarding two busses to Richmond to take on the Spiders, a traditional preseason scrimmage converted into a game for a host of COVID-related reasons. Typically, Charley Toomey — like almost every DI coach — preferr...

(Inside Lacrosse Photo: Chris McNulty) Kevin Lindley picked up the ball behind the net, backing up a wide Loyola shot. He showed to his left, then cut to his right to the near side of the net, then with his right hand fed up to Aidan Olmstead, who buried a high shot to give the Greyounds the lead early in the fourth quarter. On Loyola’s next offensive possession, Matt Benus followed up his shot to the endline, forcing an Army defender out of bounds to keep possession for the Hounds. He ran li...

Inside Lacrosse Photo: Chris McNulty) There are four ways to examine Loyolas 11-9 win over Georgetown at the Ridley Athletic Complex on Thursday night: through a 10-year lens, through a three-month lens, through a 60-minute lens and through a 60-second lens. From 2008 through 2019, the Greyhounds won 11-of-12 matchups in the series, through the one-sided nature was reflected in the final scores — eight of those games were decided by two goals or fewer, including 2011’s epic four-OT matchup....

(Photo Courtesy of Syracuse Athletics) After taking down ACC rival Virginia Cavaliers by ten goals last week, the Syracuse Orange had to hold off a feisty Vermont Catamounts squad. The Catamounts dominated the faceoff dot with Tommy Burke going 24-for-34 (70%) on the day. They also won the ground ball battle (42-29) and went 20-for-22 in the clearing game while Syracuse went 23-for-28. Vermont also outshot Syracuse 55-32 and put 33 of their shots on cage. Syracuse put 29 shots on cage. Despit...

The action perks up significantly this week with the majority of DI teams in action. Tuesday is for the hunter with North Carolina hosting High Point on the ACC Network at 2 p.m. Saturdays action is robust — currently 19 games on the docket, but some of those are likely to be postponed. Check the www.insidelacrosse.com calendar for the complete listing and have your head on a swivel for postponements and changes, which will become standard operating procedure in 2021. The Big Ten debuts with ...

Monday February 1st, 2021 8:00am (Photo by Natalie Ledonne/Duke Athletics) You’ll be provided lots of excuses in 2021. The storyline of "who didn’t play because of COVID" will be a weekly lede. It’s everybody’s headline, but you’ll hear it conveniently used by losers, those that came up short. On gameday, you have all you need. Adapt. Be flexible. Overcome. Enjoy. A trio of games will be televised this weekend — 3 p.m. Friday, Denver at Duke;  4 p.m. Saturday, Towson at Virginia; a...