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Pandemic restrictions, injuries and moving pieces have impacted the Penn State offense thus far.

Thu Mar 11 2021 | Patrick Stevens | College PHOTO BY JOHN STROHSACKER Tommy Lingner made 16 saves in nearly 75 minutes of action in a 13-12 quadruple-OT win over Stony Brook UMBC was in the midst of what would become the longest game in program history Saturday when the Retrievers and Stony Brook entered a fourth overtime. It still wasn’t close to the longest game in coach Ryan Moran’s career. Moran was an assistant at Maryland during a seven-overtime loss at Virginia in 2009, and the echoe...

Fri Mar 5 2021 | Patrick Stevens | College PHOTO COURTESY OF HOFSTRA ATHLETICS How good of a start is Hofstra’s offense off to? Well, it connected on 40 percent of its shots in Tuesday’s 18-6 rout of Wagner — and its season shooting percentage went down. The Pride (3-1) is fifth in the country in scoring (17.25 goals per game) and third in shooting percentage (.418), superb early returns for a veteran-laden attack unit that is both new and plenty familiar. Ryan Tierney, whose name was al...

The duo provides a much-needed one-two punch on faceoffs, especially with COVID protocols

A few days after Albany opened with a 15-9 victory over Colgate, coach Marr didn’t hesitate when asked.

Mon Mar 1 2021 | Patrick Stevens | College PHOTO BY JOHN STROHSACKER Blowouts were the name of the game this weekend in Division I. There were 11 games over Friday and Saturday involving at least one team in the top 15 of last week’s Nike/US Lacrosse Division I Top 20. The average margin of victory? 11.64 goals. The closest of the bunch? Maryland’s 13-7 triumph at Penn State on Friday in a game the Terrapins had firm control of by the end of the third quarter. There were romps on the road...

Fri Feb 26 2021 | Patrick Stevens | College PHOTO BY JOHN STROHSACKER Gibson Smith is one of Division I’s top defensemen. Georgetown’s long-awaited season opener was three days away last week when Hoyas coach Kevin Warne and assistant Michael Phipps discussed a scary reality. As encouraged as they were by their team’s effort in the preseason, they had no idea what to expect when Georgetown visited Villanova. “There’s no fall ball,” Warne said. “You usually get a feeling when you...

Thu Feb 25 2021 | Patrick Stevens | College Navy’s 8-5 opening defeat of Mount St. Mary’s provided some unmistakable echoes to the Midshipmen’s debut under Joe Amplo last season, a 9-4 victory over Manhattan. The Mids opened big early leads in both games, were probably sloppier than they would have liked and found a way to get a bunch of players into the game. The most interesting commonality was the emphasis on the ride, which became more effective as last year’s opener unfolded. This ...

Wed Feb 24 2021 | Patrick Stevens | College PHOTO COURTESY OF JOHNS HOPKINS ATHLETICS Connor DeSimone knows all about position changes. He played midfield his first two years of high school at Smithtown East on Long Island, then switched to attack. The change suited him. He scored 60 goals and added 54 assists as a senior and was the MVP of the Under Armour All-America game. When he got to Johns Hopkins, the Blue Jays already had Kyle Marr, Shack Stanwick and Cole Williams as a starting attack...

Mon Feb 22 2021 | Patrick Stevens | College PHOTO BY RICH BARNES Syracuse didn’t lose in 2020 before the pandemic brought things to a halt, and the Orange wasn’t a likely candidate to get blown out at all this year. And then Sunday’s season opener happened. Army drubbed Syracuse 18-11 in the most jolting result of the young 2021 campaign. It wasn’t that the Black Knights won; they’re smart, tough and schematically sound. Army usually creates headaches for Syracuse and has pulled off ...