NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

St. Mary's graduate Dominic Lamolinara anchoring Syracuse's run to Final Four

2013-05-22 09:50:00

Dominic Lamolinara’s journey from Arnold to Philadelphia – the site of this weekend’s Final Four at Lincoln Financial Field – has gone a circuitous route, graduating from St. Mary’s to spending one year at Maryland to...

Patient Syracuse will not shy away from its run-and-gun past vs. Denver

2013-05-22 06:00:00

Of the four teams left in the NCAA tournament semifinals, it is top-seeded Syracuse – the architect of a Division I-best 10 national championships – that is bringing up the rear in the offense department. The Orange are averaging 11.7...

Denver not budging on goalie rotation for national semifinal vs. Syracuse

2013-05-21 14:30:00

Hardly anyone would second-guess Denver coach Bill Tierney if he elected to start Saturday’s NCAA tournament semifinal against top-seeded Syracuse with junior goalkeeper Jamie Faus in the cage rather than opening with sophomore Ryan LaPlante as he...

Despite loss, Salisbury defied doubters en route to final four appearance

2013-05-21 05:00:00

This was supposed to be the year that Salisbury fell from the top of the Division III mountain – hard. After graduation had sapped the team of six starters, two more 20-goal scorers and two short-stick defensive midfielders, the team limped to a 1-2...

Mock, Pannell send Cornell past Ohio State, 16-6

2013-05-18 15:48:00

The Cornell men's lacrosse team is on a mission. After being unseeded in the 16-team NCAA Division I tournament, the Big Red wants to prove that it was slighted and is one of the best teams in the country. After Cornell defeated No. 3 seed Ohio State,...

Donahue's last-minute goal lifts top seed Syracuse past Yale, 7-6

2013-05-18 16:37:00

Dylan Donahue scored just one goal, but it might have been the most important one of the season for the Syracuse men's lacrosse team. The redshirt freshman attackman converted a feed from senior midfielder JoJo Marasco with 13 seconds left in the fourth...

Stevenson tops Salisbury, 12-6, to advance to Division III men's title game

2013-05-19 19:28:00

In a year when the Stevenson men's lacrosse team had already achieved its first 20-win season, it only seemed fitting that the Mustangs would get to enjoy another breakthrough: their first trip to the national title game. Senior attackman Tyler Reid and...

Stevenson, Salisbury find it fitting they meet again in Final Four

2013-05-18 07:00:00

For the third time in the last four seasons, Stevenson and Salisbury will meet in the NCAA Division III tournament semifinals and at stake is a spot in the championship final at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on May 26. Both sides took...

Could experience give Salisbury the advantage vs. Dickinson?

2013-05-15 05:00:00

Dickinson, the top seed in the South region, will make only its second appearance in a NCAA tournament quarterfinal when Salisbury visits Carlisle, Pa., on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Sea Gulls, a 10-time national champion, will play in their 16th...

With repeat title in sights, Loyola has chance to join elite club

2013-05-10 06:00:00

Only five programs have repeated as national champion – most recently in 2009 when Syracuse collected back-to-back NCAA titles. Loyola may have been one of the last teams to earn an at-large berth in the upcoming NCAA tournament, but the team has...

Navy's DePompeo a specialist in field intelligence

2013-05-09 13:37:00

Working in naval intelligence seems a perfect fit for Jasmine DePompeo's first assignment when she graduates later this month from the Naval Academy. For years, she's seen things on the lacrosse field that others don't pick up on. The playmaker for...

From bubble resident to third seed in NCAA tournament, Ohio State enjoying the ride

2013-05-08 08:39:00

When the 16-team bracket for the NCAA tournament was unveiled Sunday night, Ohio State scooped up the third seed, leapfrogging teams like Eastern College Athletic Conference rival Denver and Atlantic Coast Conference tournament champion North Carolina for...

Teams that don't garner a league AQ are thrown into a pool for the eight at-large selections. The Atlantic Coast Conference doesn't have enough teams ? for now ? to award an automatic qualifier in men's lacrosse, but its four members are usually in the running for an at-large berth.

2013-04-13 00:00:00

Huge Duke University fan Matt Losey of Bethlehem sits with a large photo of Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski as he watches the NCAA basketball games at lunch time at Revolutions. SEE LANDAUER STORY BETHLEHEM DONNA FISHER/THE MORNING CALL Pic made FRIDAY,

2013-03-22 00:00:00

ARCHIVE PHOTO: Kenyatta Smith, a Flintridge Prep graduate, helped the Harvard basketball team win its first NCAA Tournament game with a huge upset win over third-seeded New Mexico, 68-62.

2013-03-21 22:19:00