Archive | February, 2009

Men’s Lacrosse: #16 Loyola commences conference play with an 8-7 win at Penn State

Posted on 28 February 2009 by Chris Bonetti

Loyola started its ECAC title defense in a successful way this afternoon with an 8-7 win against Penn State, in State College, Pennsylvania.  Shane Koppens, playing in his first game of the season after being granted a 5th season by the NCAA, had a dominant debut as he and teammate Cooper MacDonnell each registered hat-tricks. [...]

Terps Topple Duke in the Face-Off Classic

Posted on 28 February 2009 by Alex Thomas

In the final game of the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic, Maryland beat Duke 11-8 in front of a crowd of 17,000+ at M&T Bank Stadium. The story of the game was the play of Terps middie Jeff Reynolds, who was responsible for two goals in 5 seconds late in the second half to break a [...]

Is There a Ngata Factor?

Posted on 28 February 2009 by Glenn Clark

You can’t help get the feeling that the Ravens might be already thinking about the next contract for Haloti Ngata. Ngata signed his rookie deal in 2006; and will be eligible for free agency following the 2010 season. However, his agent will certainly be looking to get him a new deal following the 2009 season. [...]

Why are the Ravens waiting on Stover?

Posted on 28 February 2009 by Drew Forrester

If there’s any Ravens free agent with a legitimate reason to say, “Why are you looking to replace ME?”, it’s Matt Stover. After all, Stover remains one of the league’s most consistent kickers.  And, despite a slow start in ’08 when a new special teams coach altered the team’s snap-hold-kick sequence, Matt Stover came through [...]

Caps Beat Bruins , 4-3 in OT (Updated with Post Game Analysis)

Posted on 28 February 2009 by Ed Frankovic

The top two teams in the Eastern Conference faced off for their last meeting in the regular season at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston and the game lived up to the hype going into overtime for the second straight time. Alexander Semin, who has really been performing at a top level lately and has [...]