For the Fifth Consecutive Year, Cincinnati Opens Season With A Win

February 6th, 2010 | Written by: Kevin Bissmeyer | Posted in recaps |

The Cincinnati Bearcats Lacrosse Team opened their 2009/10 season with a 16-1 win against The Eastern Kentucky University Colonels at Nippert Stadium. This opening day win for Cincinnati marks the fifth consecutive season the Bearcats have started their year off with a win. Saturdays game was played on about three inches of snow which made for an extremely interesting game of lacrosse, to say the least.

The Bearcats came out somewhat sloppy to start the game and held a 4-0 lead by the end of the first quarter. The second quarter saw Cincinnati step it up as they extended their lead to 9-1 by the time the whistle blew at half. After warming up in the locker room the Bearcats stayed hot and racked up seven more goals while holding EKU scoreless for the rest of the game.

With this win the Bearcats will turn their attention  to Xavier and Purdue who they will be hosting at Nippert Stadium on Valentines Day. Come support the Bearcats as they look to improve their record to 3-0 next weekend!

‘Cats Are Back For Winter Practice

January 27th, 2010 | Written by: Kevin Bissmeyer | Posted in Articles |

!!!UPDATE!!! 2/6/10 UC vs. EKU GAME TIME CHANGED TO 3PM !!!UPDATE!!!

The Cincinnati Lacrosse team has resumed practice for the spring season, and have been thoroughly enjoying the winter weather! The Bearcats have resumed their regularly scheduled practices on Sheakley Lawn on Mondays and Thursdays, but have moved their Wednesday practices to The Armory.

Cincinnati would also like to announce the release of the 2010 roster which can be found in the team links. Along with this, the Bearcats have also released a tentative version of the 2010 spring schedule, but there are still a few games that have yet to be finalized and will be added to the schedule periodically.  Cincinnati will open their season at home, on February 6th at 3 PM against Eastern Kentucky.

Come along for the ride as Cincinnati begins what promises to be another great year of college lacrosse!

Bearcats Break for Winter

December 3rd, 2009 | Written by: Kevin Bissmeyer | Posted in Articles |

The Cincinnati Bearcats have finished their Fall Pre-season, and have taken their winter break. Cincinnati will resume practices for their Spring Regular-season on January 4th.

The Bearcats had a solid showing in Fall Ball as they were able to win the Capitol Tournament, while putting up quality wins against Dayton and Louisville. The teams only losses came against OU and in a scrimmage against a combined Mt. St. Joes and Cincinnati Mens team.

The Bearcats would like to wish all their fans a Happy Holiday Season and look forward to seeing everyone when the regular season begins in February.

Cincinnati Takes Down Dayton Once Again

November 10th, 2009 | Written by: Kevin Bissmeyer | Posted in recaps |

Just a week after suffering a tough loss against OU  in Athens, the Bearcats travelled to Dayton to take on the MCLA Division II National Champion Dayton Flyers, who have been unable to find a win against Cincinnati in their last few meetings. Last year the Bearcats took care of business against Dayton beating them twice, once in pre-season, and then once again in the regular season in OT. This time UD was fired up and ready for some redemption!

The game started off in the Bearcats favor as they scored three goals quickly and established a lead early in the game. For the remainder of the game the Cincinnati lead remained at two or three goals until the forth quarter. Once the fourth quarter arrived UD battled back like they always seem to do, and took a one goal lead with just under a minute to play. Cincinnati won the next faceoff, and drove the ball down for the game tying goal by Bobby Nagle. In overtime Cincinnati’s Mike Quinto continued his dominance on faceoffs and gave Cincinnati the ball first and the game winning goal was scored quicky by Jason Keck. Goalie Kyle O’Neal turned in his second straight greatgame in the nets, helping the Bearcats hold off the Flyers 14-13.

With this win, the Bearcats have once again proven they have the talent to play with anyone, and they are going to be a force to recon with this season. The victory over Dayton now pushes the Bearcats unbeaten streak against the MCLA to over 3 years and counting. While the pre-season is officially over, Cincinnati is still trying to set up scrimmages with Ohio State, Xavier, and Mt. St. Joes DIII team sometime during November, and welcomes any opportunities to play other college teams in the area!

Bearcats Win Capitol Tournament, Beat Miami in Championship!

October 29th, 2009 | Written by: Kevin Bissmeyer | Posted in recaps |

  The Cincinnati Bearcats opened the pre-season with an early game on Saturday, beating the Louisville Cardinals at Clark Montessori High School in Hyde Park. The game was a good opener for the Bearcats as they were able to run all five lines of midfielders all game long, and give a lot of game experience to new players. The game ended with a final score of 11-5 in favor of the Bearcats who needed to quickly turn their attention to the Capitol Tournament at the Bryn Du Mansion that awaited them in Granville the following morning.

   Because of travel complications one scheduled team was unable to make the tournament and the Bearcats had to split their team in order to facilitate proper bracketing. Cincinnati’s Freshmen team would take on Louisville in the first game of the tournament, while the veteran team Took on Capitol at the same time. The veteran team came away with a convincing 8-0 win, while the freshmen team played very well, but were unable to beat a bigger, and most  likely angry Louisville team looking to avenge their defeat from the previous morning; the final score was 4-3 Cardinals.

   In UC’s next couple games against Carnegie Mellon and ODU, they were able to combine their teams once again to play as a full unit, and the added depth paid off. The Bearcats would go on to rout their next two opponents CMU and ODU 14-1 and 11-0 respectively.

   In the Championship game the Bearcats would face their toughest obstacle in the Miami Redhawks, who also went through the tournament undefeated (the freshmen game did not count on the tournament record). Cincinnati grabbed the momentum early with 4 unanswered goals to start the game. Jason Keck and Bobby Nagle were crucial to the offensive success as they served as the major facilitators in what turned into a solid 12-4 victory for the Bearcats.

   While this was certainly a good start, the Bearcats know they have a long way to go to reach the level they hope to play at this season. Cincinnati will try to build on their early success in the Ohio University Halloween Tournament October 31st in Athens, Ohio.