Men's Lacrosse 2015

The Cougars remain at #2 in the latest poll.



They will travel to USU Thursday to take on the Aggies, then they'll host Simon Fraser at SOUTH FIELD STADIUM @ 7 pm on FRIDAY, APRIL 3 (great chance to see some good lacrosse).

Schmoe almost got tossed from his HS lacrosse game today. His team lost 9-8. The opposing team had a goal that bounced the goalie's helmet down his back and into the net.



Schmoe's team was being pushed around all over the field and then his team got called for a lot of ticky-tack fouls. I thought I was watching Jimmer play UNLV for a while there.

The Cougars played like the best MCLA team in the country this week (which they are), rolling over Division-II #19 Utah St, 24-7, and then pummeling #25 Simon Fraser, 20-9.



Up next: The Cougars face their toughest weekend of the season when they play conference foes and MCLA powerhouses #11 CSU and #6 Colorado back-to-back this Thursday and Friday, respectively.



Colorado was ranked #1 for most of the season before inexplicably dropping three games in a row. CSU has been in the top five all season long before a four game skid at the beginning of March. The Cougars will need to play their best both days if they want to stay undefeated in conference play. The pressure's on as wins this weekend likely would vault the Cougars into the No. 1 spot with only three games left to play.

I will be at the CSU game tomorrow night (Thursday) if anyone would like to join me, just shoot me a PM.

Cougars Drop Heartbreaker to Rams: http://www.utahlacrossenews.com/2015/04/cougars-drop-heartbreaker-to-rams/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



"In the waning seconds of the game with CSU up one, BYU came out of a timeout and got a great look at the cage, sending a shot that the CSU goalie couldn’t get to, but the ball ricocheted off the pipe and bounded back up field, eventually making its way out of bounds and the officials awarded the ball to the Rams. CSU was then able to bleed the last thirty seconds away and secure the 12-11 upset victory."



BYU will play No. 6 Colorado tonight. The Buffs also lost by one goal yesterday playing at No. 19 Westminster.

The Cougars drop another one-goal game against a Colorado opponent: http://www.utahlacrossenews.com/2015/04/colorado-edges-byu-in-rmlc-classic/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



"The No. 6 Colorado Buffaloes escaped from Provo with a 16-15 win over No. 2 BYU Cougars on Friday night. The game was close throughout with with each team taking turns with a lead."

The Cougars drop to No. 5 in the latest MCLA coaches' poll: http://mcla.us/polls/2015/week_8/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



BYU will host Boise State this Friday, 7 pm at North University Field.

Schmoe, old buddy, old pal, old friend!!!!



What is the difference level if play of the NCAA lacrosse and the MCLA lacrosse?



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Schmoe, old buddy, old pal, old friend!!!!



What is the difference level if play of the NCAA lacrosse and the MCLA lacrosse?



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AHHHHHHHHHH!!! Why twice!?!?!?!?!?!?



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urroner wrote:
Schmoe, old buddy, old pal, old friend!!!!



What is the difference level if play of the NCAA lacrosse and the MCLA lacrosse?



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The big difference is that MCLA teams are technically club teams that fall under the clubs umbrella of the school and players generally have to pay to play with exception of NAIA schools (though most of the top-level teams run what's known as "virtual varsity," putting in the same hours as a varsity program and have access to weight rooms and film rooms, etc.).



The MCLA is its own league with two divisions in each of its ten conferences. The league runs their own national championship tournament for both divisions every year (this year it's in So-Cal) and takes the conference tournament champion from each conference (like NCAA basketball) and six at-large bids. BYU plays in the RMLC, which could be considered the SEC of the MCLA as it takes two or three of the six AL bids each season.



Recently Michigan, who was a top-level MCLA team, made the jump to NCAA Division-I and Westminster College, who currently plays in the same conference as BYU, is looking at a move to NCAA Div-II in the coming years.

Thanks.



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The Cougars will be playing as the #5 seed in the national tournament. They'll take on Stanford tonight in the first round and you can watch it LIVE at 8:30 pm MT here: http://mcla.us/national_tournament/2015/2/live.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Dat face you make

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when Greg Wrubell retweets you.

Awesome!

BYU fell just a little bit short last night.


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Lost a total of six games this season by a total of six goals (6 one-goal losses). Tough way to go. Also, I think that Coach Schneck is a stand-up guy and is doing well with the team overall, but the Cougars haven't won the conference tournament since he took over and they've lost in the first round of nationals the last two years as the higher seed. He needs to tweak something when it comes to post-season play.