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Annual college lacrosse double-header in Baltimore, Maryland, US
The Smartlink Day of Rivals is an annual
college lacrosse double-header event played in
Baltimore ,
Maryland , USA, between two pairs of traditional
rivals . The event takes place in
M&T Bank Stadium , the home field of the
Baltimore Ravens of the
National Football League . The first event took place on April 11, 2009, between the
Johns Hopkins–Maryland and
Army –
Navy games, the two most intense and storied lacrosse rivalries.
[1] The 2010 event featured the same match-ups with a total attendance of 20,911.
[2]
Johns Hopkins declined to extend its contract with the event for the 2011 edition, and will instead play Maryland at
Homewood Field .
[3] Similarly, the Army–Navy game will be held at
Annapolis in 2011 instead.
[3]
Results
Army and Navy in action during the 2009 Day of Rivals.
Date
Winning team
Losing team
April 11, 2009
12
Navy
8
Army
4
9
Johns Hopkins
10
13
Maryland
9
April 17, 2010
Army
7
Navy
6
4 Maryland
10
16 Johns Hopkins
9
See also
References
^ John Jiloty,
Lacrosse's Day of Rivals ,
The New York Times , April 10, 2009. -
Smartlink Day of Rivals: Army and Navy's love-hate relationship
Archived 2016-02-01 at the
Wayback Machine ,
Inside Lacrosse , April 7, 2009.
^
"Smartlink Day of Rivals: By the Numbers" .
Inside Lacrosse . April 17, 2010. Archived from
the original on April 20, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2010 .
^
a
b
Johns Hopkins opts out of Face-Off Classic and Day of Rivals , The Baltimore Sun , June 15, 2010.
External links
Day of Rivals official website
Lacrosse's Day of Rivals ,
The New York Times , April 10, 2009.
Johns Hopkins Renews Commitment to Face-Off Classic, Adds Day of Rivals to Schedule
Archived 2009-04-14 at the
Wayback Machine ,
Johns Hopkins University , July 14, 2008.
Day of Rivals: History on Display [
permanent dead link ] ,
NCAA , April 9, 2009.
Navy: Day of Rivals to include Army-Navy Men's Lacrosse Battle , NCAA, July 14, 2008.
Smartlink Day of Rivals: Johns Hopkins-Maryland the Grandaddy of them all ,
Inside Lacrosse , April 8, 2009.