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From Sun staff reports | May 3, 2012
Loyola long-stick midfielder Scott Ratliff scored right off the faceoff to open overtime, erasing a nightmarish fourth-quarter collapse by the Greyhounds and lifting them to a 14-13 win over host Denver in an Eastern College Athletic Conference men's lacrosse semifinal Wednesday night. The top-seeded Greyhounds, who defeated No. 4 seed Denver on its home field for the second time in 2 ½ weeks, advance to Friday afternoon's ECAC championship, where they will face No. 3 seed Fairfield, which defeated No. 2 seed Ohio State, 8-7, in Wednesday's other semifinal.
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May 17, 2012
Jeremy Noble, Denver Sophomore, Orangeville, Ontario, midfielder Noble had a record-setting performance in the Pioneers' 16-14 upset of No. 8 seed North Carolina in a NCAA tournament first-round game Saturday night. The 5-foot-8, 165-pound midfielder collected a career-best 10 points on three goals and a career-high seven assists. The point total was a single-game Denver record. Noble posted one goal and four assists in a pivotal third quarter in which the Pioneers turned a 10-8 halftime deficit into a 13-12 lead heading into the fourth quarter; he then added two assists in the final period.
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By Edward Lee, The Baltimore Sun | May 19, 2011
Each week, The Sun has published a Q&A with an area college lacrosse player to get you more acquainted with the player and his/her team. Friday's guest isn't local, but Denver junior attackman Mark Matthews has been drawing attention nationally for his personal success this season, which includes finishing the regular season ranked fourth in Division I in points per game (4.13) and fifth in goals per game (2.73). The sixth-seeded Pioneers meet No. 3 seed Johns Hopkins in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament on Saturday.
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By Edward Lee | May 19, 2012
Loyola and Denver will meet in the NCAA tournament for the first time, but it's the third contest in five weeks between the Eastern College Athletic Conference rivals. The top-seeded Greyhounds (15-1) won the first two meetings and have absorbed just one loss at the hands of Johns Hopkins on April 28, but this is their first appearance in a tournament quarterfinal since 2001. The Pioneers (9-6) experienced this stage of the tournament last May when they stunned the Blue Jays to advance to their first Final Four in school history.
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By Edward Lee | May 1, 2012
As the top seed in the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament, No. 3 Loyola is the favorite to survive the two rounds, capture the tourney, and earn the league's automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament. But in Wednesday night's semifinal, the Greyhounds (12-1) must first get past No. 9 Denver (8-5), which upset No. 5 Duke, 15-9, last Friday. Coach Charley Toomey said there are no plans to review the Pioneers' win against the Blue Devils with the team. “We really don't have to show that film to talk about respecting Denver,” he said of the two-time reigning conference champion during a conference call Monday of the four coaches participating in the conference tournament.
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By Edward Lee | April 10, 2012
This Saturday, No. 8 Loyola will visit No. 7 Denver in a key showdown that could determine the top seed in the coming Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament. It will mark the third consecutive year that the Greyhounds will have traveled to the metropolitan area affectionately called The Mile High City, and the team is still seeking its first win there. The Pioneers beat Loyola, 12-4, at what used to be known as Invesco Field - the home of the NFL's Broncos - in 2010, and Fairfield delivered a similar result with a 10-9 decision in the semifinal round of last year's league tournament.