Marquette Lacrosse

[strobl2]

Marquette has a really great shot at the NCAA tournament in lacrosse now which I believe was expanded last year to 20 teams. It all depends how they do against the rest of the big east teams they play but their early season out of conference games couldn't have gone any better. They've gotten a lot of help from a graduate student transfer Jordan Greenfield from Fairfield.

[Groin_pull]

Let's hope this doesn't mirror MU women's volleyball. Taste some success...and the coach takes off for greener pastures.

[Jables1604]

Latest NCAA poll is out.  Lacrosse team is up to #13 in the country.  Ahead of traditional powerhouses like Loyola-Maryland, Towson, Harvard and Johns Hopkins. 

This really is a huge accomplishment.

[Brewtown Andy]

Marquette has a really great shot at the NCAA tournament in lacrosse now which I believe was expanded last year to 20 teams.

18, with 10 automatic bids.  I think it's the same this year, with the Big 10 taking the place of the ECAC.

[Jables1604]

Men's lacrosse (#13 in the country) remains unbeaten by knocking off Jackonsville 12-10 late this afternoon. Team is now 6-0.  They play Mercer on Sunday then after a few weeks break start the Big East schedule against Georgetown and Villanova.

[Blackhat]

Men's lacrosse (#13 in the country) remains unbeaten by knocking off Jackonsville 12-10 late this afternoon. Team is now 6-0.  They play Mercer on Sunday then after a few weeks break start the Big East schedule against Georgetown and Villanova.

Where does the LAX team play home games?   And do they move outdoors here as the spring come along?

[Litehouse]

Where does the LAX team play home games?   And do they move outdoors here as the spring come along?

They play at Hart Park in Tosa.

[onetime]

This is likely a dumb question, but wondering why they don't play home games in the Valley? Is it because Hart has Turf?

[Lacrosse218]

This is likely a dumb question, but wondering why they don't play home games in the Valley? Is it because Hart has Turf?

I think it has more to do with available seating. Not many bleachers in the valley.

[Jables1604]

There are 3 home games scheduled for this season. April 4th we host St. John's. April 18th we host Duke (currently ranked #5 in the country) and the following week we host #4 Denver who is a playing member of the Big East.

Right now we are up on Mercer 11-1, with about 10 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.

[Jables1604]

Marquette 14, Mercer 6. Final.

Team is now 7-0.

[bradley center bat]

https://twitter.com/muathletics

MU ranked 10th.

[Groin_pull]

I think it has more to do with available seating. Not many bleachers in the valley.

Seriously? So the team has to truck out to 'tosa when Valley Fields is right there? That needs to change, no?

[Jables1604]

They are building a new indoor practice facility on campus.  That will allow is to host games, on campus, during the early spring.

To be ranked 10th in the country during what is the infancy of the program is pretty much unheard of.  We have definitely beaten some quality teams in THE Ohio State University, Lehigh and Hofstra.  However, it's quite possible that a lot of the teams we've beat have underestimated us.

The real test in going to be at the end, however. Our three last games are against Notre Dame, Duke and Denver.  They are currently ranked #4, #5 and #3 respectively.

Regardless of how they finish I think we should all be very proud of the job the team has done this year.  I mean, think about it.  #10 in the country.  Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined we would be where we are now.  A very exciting time, indeed.

[Groin_pull]

They are building a new indoor practice facility on campus.  That will allow is to host games, on campus, during the early spring.

To be ranked 10th in the country during what is the infancy of the program is pretty much unheard of.  We have definitely beaten some quality teams in THE Ohio State University, Lehigh and Hofstra.  However, it's quite possible that a lot of the teams we've beat have underestimated us.

The real test in going to be at the end, however. Our three last games are against Notre Dame, Duke and Denver.  They are currently ranked #4, #5 and #3 respectively.

Regardless of how they finish I think we should all be very proud of the job the team has done this year.  I mean, think about it.  #10 in the country.  Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined we would be where we are now.  A very exciting time, indeed.

Extremely impressive. Just hope MU can build on this initial success. Add quality recruits...and most importantly, hold on to the head coach.

[bradley center bat]

Seriously? So the team has to truck out to 'tosa when Valley Fields is right there? That needs to change, no?

Maybe. When Duke played at Hart Park there was about 4,000 at the game.

[Macallan 18]

This is a photo from Morgan State's Lacrosse wikipedia page. An HBCU. Why are you saying its Whitney Young's team? Is it possible that you typed in "all black lacrosse team" into google but couldn't find any high schools so you took the first picture you saw and said it was from a random CPS school? All to try to say Chick is wrong? C'mon man. Plus, this picture is from 1975, not 2008. Do you see the haircuts and outfits?

Here's the search results from googling "all black lacrosse team" https://www.google.com/search?q=all+black+lacrosse+team&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS565US565&espv=2&biw=1536&bih=777&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=ajLrVJTcJ8O5ggSAroDAAQ&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg

Here's the wikipedia page the picture is taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_State_Bears_lacrosse

And here's a picture of Whitney Young's actual LAX Team:

This season Hampton University became the 1st HBCU with a D1 Lacrosse Team.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/how-a-grieving-mom-achieved-her-sons-dream-a-black-college-lacrosse-team/2016/02/11/946fe286-d0e4-11e5-90d3-34c2c42653ac_story.html

Morgan State was the last HBCU to field a men’s team, but that squad disbanded 35 years ago. While Howard and Delaware State feature women’s programs.

Interesting to read that African American participation has been slowly increasing in lacrosse. According to the NCAA’s participation data, nearly 86 percent of men’s college lacrosse players last year were white, compared with 3.5 percent black. Five years ago, 91.4 percent of men’s players were white and only 2.2 were black. All of the Hampton players are African American.

[LloydsLegs]

Not sure how this topic isn't Superbar, but anyway....

At the Nova game, I met a kid (wearing MU gear-one of the very few) and his dad from Maryland who is an MU Lax commit.  It was his 4th MU bball game of the year.  No family or other prior allegiance to the school.  Very cool to see that kind of total buy-in to MU.

[Litehouse]

Maybe. When Duke played at Hart Park there was about 4,000 at the game.

Home games are at Valley Fields this year.
http://www.gomarquette.com/sports/m-lacros/sched/marq-m-lacros-sched.html

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

What an odd thread bump. Thanks for sharing Macallan

[Herman Cain]

This season Hampton University became the 1st HBCU with a D1 Lacrosse Team.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/how-a-grieving-mom-achieved-her-sons-dream-a-black-college-lacrosse-team/2016/02/11/946fe286-d0e4-11e5-90d3-34c2c42653ac_story.html

Morgan State was the last HBCU to field a men’s team, but that squad disbanded 35 years ago. While Howard and Delaware State feature women’s programs.

Interesting to read that African American participation has been slowly increasing in lacrosse. According to the NCAA’s participation data, nearly 86 percent of men’s college lacrosse players last year were white, compared with 3.5 percent black. Five years ago, 91.4 percent of men’s players were white and only 2.2 were black. All of the Hampton players are African American.

It takes a long time to become a talented lacrosse player. The skills required to use the stick do not come overnight even if a guy is a great athlete. Thus is becomes a multi year very expensive proposition to do what it takes to become a high level lacrosse player. It is also an equivalency sport . Most good athletes want to be in full scholarship sports. Hampton actually has very good facilities and if their administration is willing to stick with it over the long term they could probably be a decent program and my sense is that they will actually end up with a diverse team.

[T-Bone]

Looks like there will be a couple televised games on FS1 (G-Town) and CBS Sports Network (Denver - the other side of the BE).  I just may watch my first lacrosse games.

[bradley center bat]

Home games are at Valley Fields this year.
http://www.gomarquette.com/sports/m-lacros/sched/marq-m-lacros-sched.html

I know. You were quoting me from something from March of 2015.

[bradley center bat]

Let's hope this doesn't mirror MU women's volleyball. Taste some success...and the coach takes off for greener pastures.

Bond Shymansky did go to Iowa.

[bradley center bat]

fox sports go:
Men's Lacrosse
Saturday, April 9 at 3 p.m.            Providence at Georgetown

tv schedule:
Sunday, Feb. 28 at 3:30 p.m.                      Dartmouth at DENVER, Men's Lacrosse                         ALT
Saturday, March 5 at 11:30 p.m.                  DENVER at North Carolina, Men's Lacrosse                   ESPNU*
Sunday, March 13 at 5:30 p.m.                    DENVER at Notre Dame, Men's Lacrosse                      ESPNU
Saturday, March 19 at 3 p.m.                       Ohio State at DENVER, Men's Lacrosse                        FCS
Saturday, March 26 at 1 p.m.                       GEORGETOWN at MARQUETTE, Men's Lacrosse        FS1
Saturday, April 2 at 11 a.m.                         DENVER at GEORGETOWN, Men's Lacrosse               CBSSN
Saturday, April 9 at 12 p.m.                         DENVER at Villanova, Men's Lacrosse                          FCS
Saturday, April 16 at 3 p.m.                         ST. JOHN'S at DENVER, Men's Lacrosse                      ALT
Saturday, April 16 at 5 p.m.                         GEORGETOWN at VILLANOVA, Men's Lacrosse          CBSSN
Saturday, April 23 at 12 p.m.                       VILLANOVA at ST. JOHN'S, Men's Lacrosse                  FCS
Saturday, April 23 at 7 p.m.                         Virginia at GEORGETOWN, Men's Lacrosse                   CBSSN
Saturday, April 30 at 3 p.m.                         MARQUETTE at DENVER, Men's Lacrosse                    CBSSN
Thursday, May 5 at 6:30 p.m.                      BIG EAST Men's Lacrosse Championship Semifinal 1     CBSSN
Thursday, May 5 at 9 p.m.                          BIG EAST Men's Lacrosse Championship Semifinal 2     CBSSN
Saturday, May 7 at 2 p.m.                           BIG EAST Women's Lacrosse Championship                 FS2
Saturday, May 7 at 4:30 p.m.                       BIG EAST Men's Lacrosse Championship                       FS2