Bear Lax Trax Fax by John Nichols

D-I Tournament Wrap Up

In the season’s final Bears vs. Bears contest, Maryland (Kellen Miller) beat Duke (Josh Offit) 16-10 in the second game of the NCAA Men’s D-I Lacrosse Tournament semi-finals in Foxborough,  MA.  Josh scored one goal and got 2 ground balls for the Blue Devils.  I would go into greater detail, but the picture below shows what I was doing at the time of the faceoff.  In the first game, Loyola beat Notre Dame.

[author is the guy with the big smile next to his beautiful daughter]

The Terrapin’s big win got them to the championship game for the second year in a row.  Maryland and Loyola had a tight, back and forth contest early on and Maryland had a 3-2 lead with 10:40 left in the second quarter, but the Greyhounds scored 7 unanswered goals to capture the school’s first-ever NCAA D-1 Men’s Lacrosse Championship.

D-III—All American Honors—Nick Rhoads of Tufts was named the USLIA 2^nd team All-American squad this year, a fitting honor to cap a great season and a great career at Tufts.