Canadians in the NCAA – Week 14 – May Madness Edition

submitted by Jason Donville May Madness – Its Playoff Time in the NCAA The NCAA lacrosse season now heads into its final headlong rush to crown national champions. This edition of “Canadians in the NCAA” focuses on those teams and match-ups where there is a significant Canadian influence to a team in terms of players, [...]

Canadians in the NCAA – 2012 – Week 13 – Heros Edition

submitted by Jason Donville Canadians in the NCAA – Week 13 The past two weeks have witnessed some extremely exciting late season lacrosse games that are having an amazing affect on the probabilities that a team may or may not make the final tournament.  With most regular season games now played, teams generally know where [...]

Canadians in the NCAA – Week 11 – Big House edition

submitted by Jason Donville Lacrosse in the Big House!  I’ve never been to a Michigan Wolverines vs. Ohio State Buckeye football game in the Big House (the Wolverines massive stadium) so I sure as heck wasn’t going to miss the first game in NCAA Division I lacrosse history between these two storied rivals.  Of course, [...]

Canadians in the NCAA – week 9 – Jamieson Kuhlmann Edition

submitted by Jason Donville Let the second season begin!  Believe it or not the NCAA lacrosse regular season is roughly 70% complete. For most teams, if they are not currently ranked in the top 10 nationally, then their post season chances now rest on conference play and playoffs. Thus, April represents a second season of [...]

Canadians in the NCAA – Week 8 – No Doubt About (aboot) it!

submitted by Jason Donville (please excuse the formatting in the charts below)  Hopkins and Mercyhurst are #1  – No Doubt about it! One of the most exciting occurrences in any sports league is when the top teams get an opportunity to play head to head. This of course happens in NCAA lacrosse at the end [...]

Canadians in the NCAA – Week 5 – Oh Little Team From Bethlehem!

Oh Little Team from Bethlehem! Lehigh is one of the prettiest university campuses in the US and the school enjoys a superb reputation for both scholastic and athletic achievement. But this week it is known in lacrosse circles as the home of the GIANT KILLERS.  For those not paying attention, in another week of NCAA [...]

Canadians in NCAA – Week 4 – Welcome to Painesville!!

Imagine this story. A lacrosse coach from Nanaimo moves to the US Midwest somehow convinced that he can build an NCAA contender in a small college town in Ohio. No, not in Maryland or upstate New York where there is lots of lacrosse talent but in Ohio. The college town is called Painesville. It’s the [...]

Canadians in the NCAA (2012) – Week 3

submitted by Jason Donville Let the upsets begin! Week 3 of the NCAA lacrosse season has been a blast and while there were not a large number of games played this past weekend there were several exciting upsets. Ohio State’s win over #5 Denver was the highest profile upset but Notre Dame’s win over Duke [...]

Canadians in the NCAA (2012) – Week 2

submitted by Jason Donville Polar Bear Edition While much of the north east has been blanketed in cold weather of late, lacrosse season has slowly come to life with a couple of important early season games already in the books. These include Delaware’s upset win over Bucknell and Detroit’s win over Michigan in its inaugural [...]

Canadians in the NCAA (2012) – Week 1

submitted by Jason Donville Here we go for another year! It is once again that magical time of the year and that of course means it is lacrosse season. While lacrosse is played all year round in different jurisdictions, it will always be a spring sport to me and spring is just around the corner. [...]

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