Cincinnati Ends The Season On The Road

April 20th, 2010 | Written by: Zach | Posted in Articles |

The Cincinnati Bearcats will be traveling to Youngstown State University on Friday night to play their NCLL regional qualifying game against YSU. The winner of this game will advance to the NCLL “Elite 8″ in Maryland the weekend of May 1st. In a game that was originally scheduled to be played at a neutral site in New York, due to scheduling conflicts beyond the Bearcats control, they will now have to travel to Youngstown State and play the Penguins at home. The game will be played at Stambough Stadium at 8:00PM.

Following the game against Youngstown State the Bearcats will travel to Buffalo State to finish their regular season games against Buffalo State and Canisius on Saturday. The games will begin at 2:00PM and will be played at Nichols High School Stadium, located at 1250 Amhurst St. Buffalo, New York. 14216.

If the Bearcats are able to pull off a win against YSU on Friday night they will qualify for their second NCLL “elite 8″ in the last three seasons. Dont miss your last opportunity to see the Bearcats play in Ohio when they face off in the NCLL regional qualifier Friday night, at Youngstown State.

Bearcats Come Home With The Championship

April 11th, 2010 | Written by: Zach | Posted in recaps |

The Cincinnati Bearcats Travelled to Ohio State University where they participated in the two day Midwest Lacrosse Festival on Friday and Saturday, and came home with their first MLF Championship, as well as the good feeling of avenging their earlier losses to Ohio State and Ohio University. Cincinnati has never won this tournament before, finishing second in ‘08 and third in ‘09, but this year the Bearcats got hot at the right time and were able to make the victorious drive back to Cincinnati for the first time. The tournament started off at 7:00PM on Friday and concluded with the Championship game at 4:30PM Saturday evening.

In the Preliminary rounds of the tournament The Bearcats faced off against Kent State, Ohio University, and Bowling Green going 2-1 with a 3-2 loss to Ohio University. Cincinnati got solid contributions from the entire team as every player was counted on to contribute through the preliminary rounds in order to keep the team fresh for the elimination rounds. UC won their games against KSU and BG 12-5 and 8-4 respectively.

The first round of elimination had the Bearcats facing off against a familiar foe, the Louisville Cardinals, whom the Bearcats have already faced once in the regular season, and twice in the pre-season. Well, a familiar foe produced familiar results as the Bearcats picked up a 5-0 shutout victory and advanced to the Semi-Final round of the tournament against OSU.

In the Semi-Finals Cincinnati got caught up in a hard fought battle with the Ohio State Buckeyes that went into overtime where the Bearcats Sophomore midfielder Andrew Murray was able to win the face-off giving UC the ball. Cincinnati quickly found the back of the net for the 6-5 sudden death victory and advanced to the Finals against Ohio University for the second time in the last three years.

The MLF Championship game was not very much different from the Semi-Final as the teams were tied or within one goal of each other for the entire game.  And just like the previous game, regulation was not enough time to decide the winner and the game would go to overtime. However, in this overtime both teams had opportunities to end the game, but a big save by Goalie Kyle O’Neal, and a huge game winning goal from midfielder Zach Fehr sealed the 4-3 win for the Bearcats as the bench stormed the field to celebrate their first MLF Tournament Championship!

The Bearcats had an outstanding tournament from senior Goalie Kyle O’Neal who denied, rejected, and stuffed almost every shot that came his way posting a shutout and frustrating the other teams to no end. The Bearcats defense got hot at the right time as they were able to control their opponents and keep the crease clear holding their final three opponents to a combined total of 8 goals.

Cincinnati will be playing their last home game of the season on Wednesday night at 8:00PM when they face off against cross-town rival Xavier Musketeers. Dont miss this last chance to see the Bearcats before they begin their NCLL Tournament run.

Bearcats Headed to Columbus

April 9th, 2010 | Written by: Zach | Posted in Articles |

Today the Cincinnati Bearcats will head up to the Midwest Lacrosse Festival in Columbus, Ohio to compete with some of the top area teams in one of the final weekends before NCLL tournament play begins. The Bearcats have had a reasonable amount of success in years past as they have made the final four of the MLF in both 08 and 09, but they are hoping this will be the year they win the whole thing. The first three games will be against Kent State and Ohio University on Friday, and then Saturday against Bowling Green. After this preliminary round of play the teams will be seeded and the elimination rounds will begin. The tournament should culminate with a championship game around 8PM.

Cincinnati would also like to announce a few schedule changes that have occurred recently. The games against Miami and Western Michigan scheduled for the 11th have been cancelled due to unavoidable field issues in Miami. The Bearcats final home game will be against Xavier on April 14th at 7PM as they look to finish off their year undefeated at home. The Bearcats are also close to finalizing the game times and locations for their New York trip on April 23rd and 24th, and would also like to announce that the NCLL Regional Final game against Slippery Rock has been moved up to April 25th. The game will be played at Slippery Rock and the game time will be posted in the near future.

Be sure to check the schedule to stay up to date with schedule changes!

Schedule Changes

March 31st, 2010 | Written by: Zach | Posted in Articles |

The Bearcats would like to announce a few changes to their end of the season schedule. They have scheduled an inter-squad scrimmage for Friday night at 7:00PM at Nippert Stadium, and they have also agreed with Buffalo State to take an end of the year trip to New York to play a few of the area teams. The times, teams, and terms are still being negotiated, but the schedule will be updated as soon as the teams have reached an agreement. UC is also in the process of setting up a wednesday night game with their cross-town rival Xavier University. This game will be played at XU and will take place on either April 7th or 14th.

After a tough loss to Ohio University before heading on Spring Break, the Bearcats will look to fine tune their game in the scrimmage against the Mens Team and then travel to Ohio State the following weekend for the Midwest Lacrosse Festival. The MLF will conclude on April 10th, and on April 11th Cincinnati will travel to Oxford, Ohio to take on Western Michigan. This is a tough stretch of upcoming games and the Bearcats will need to perform well to secure their place in the NCLL Tournament. Come out and support the Bearcats as they look to qualify for the tournament for their fourth consecutive year.

‘Cats to Scrimmage Xavier Wednesday Night

March 8th, 2010 | Written by: Zach | Posted in Articles |

The Cincinnati Bearcats would like to announce that they will be hosting Xavier University at Nippert Stadium on Wednesday March 10th. This scrimmage will be the first time the Bearcats have hosted a night game at Nippertand it should serve as a great opportunity to prepare for their upcoming meeting with Ohio University. The scrimmage will be played at 7PM under the lights and will end around 9. Come out and support the Bearcatsas they welcome their rival Muskies in the “lacrosse-town showdown”.

Cincinnati would also like to announce that they are now selling team gear and apparel on a limited basis. If you are interested please contact Coach Bissmeyer at bissmeyer@bearcatlacrosse.com. The merchandise offered will be; black UC lax hoodies, black UC lax sweatpants, grey UC lax t-shirts, black game jerseys, and white game jerseys.