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] [ 2]
Johns Hopkins declined to extend its contract with the event for the 2011 edition, and will instead play Maryland at Homewood Field .[ 3] 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 Hopkins9
See also
References
^ John Jiloty, Lacrosse's Day of Rivals , The New York Times Smartlink Day of Rivals: Army and Navy's love-hate relationship Archived 2016-02-01 at the Wayback Machine , Inside Lacrosse
^ "Smartlink Day of Rivals: By the Numbers" . Inside Lacrosse 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 websiteLacrosse's Day of Rivals , The New York Times 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
