Athletics

Below is a link to a reflection by Loyola basketball alum James Davenport ('08) and his thoughts on playing at the Division III level.

http://www.smcmathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/releases/20130410t71yhl

Senior Mitch Cross has signed a national letter of intent to attend and play basketball for West Virginia Wesleyan College. A Division 2 school, the West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats compete in the very competitive WVIAC conference. Congratulations to Mitch!

Former Loyola Don James Davenport ('08) has helped the St. Mary's College basketball team reach the Division III Elite Eight with their win over Morrisville State College on Saturday. James contributed 15 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists in the win. James and his St. Mary's teammates attempt to punch their ticket to the Final Four this Friday, March 22.

Click here for a link to the game story: http://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/men/2012-13/contrib/20130317sjnf22

As former Loyola standout Matt Rum concludes his career at William & Mary, here are a couple of articles showing how Matt has embraced his role on that team. He went from being a 1,000 point scorer at Loyola Blakefield to someone who does all of the little things for W&M.

 Article 1 - http://www.timesdispatch.com/sports/college/basketball/w-m-s-rum-inconspicuous-and-indispensible/article_16b66e58-2aaa-55d0-b99c-0670c66f1729.html#.UTsmeYoWApM.mailto

 Article 2 - http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2013/rum-blends-in-to-help-tribe-win.php

Baltimore Catholic League Tournament Schedule

Friday, February 22^nd – Qrtrs @ Mt. St. Joe at 6:00

Sunday, February 24^th – Semis vs. John Carroll or Calvert Hall at 8:15 @ Loyola University

Monday, February 25^th – Finals at 7:00 @ Loyola University

 FINAL BCL STANDINGS 2013

Senior Mitch Cross pours in 31, Freshman Cole Williams added 20 points and senior Bennett Bradley contributes 7 points and 11 assists.  Read story here from Varsity Sports Network....

Former Don (class of 2009) and current William and Mary basketball player Matt Rum talks about his summer internship at the University of California Berkeley.

Click here for the video.

Read full story here... (Varsity Sports Network)

Mitch Cross scores 25 points and added 4 steals, Ryan Fields added 14 points and 5 rebounds and Bennett Bradley added 9 points 6 rebounds and 3 assists in the victory.  Read more here (Baltimore Sun)

Loyola held a 4 point lead in the fourth quarter but couldn't hold on falling to #4 John Carroll 64-57.  Read more here... (from Varsity Sports Network)

Loyola beat Boys' Latin last night 61-45, and Coach Josh Davalli earned win # 100 in his coaching career.  Mitch Cross poured in game high 20 points and Billy Plunkett adds 16 in the win!  Read More Here (from Varsity Sports Network)

Two former Loyola Don Basketball players recieved some recognition recently. 

Mike Fitzpatrick ('10) finished 5th in the Middle Atlantic Conference in cumulative GPA. Rankings on this website: http://gomacsports.com/documents/2012/3/22/12_winter.pdf?id=129

Matt Rum ('09) received 3 end of season awards for the William and Mary basketball team:
... Most Improved Player
Statistical award for assists (who would have thunk it)
Voted a team captain for next season (2012-13)

Matt's info on this website: http://www.tribeathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=25100&ATCLID=205414704

Congrats to Matt and Mike! 

Former Loyola Don Basketball player Sal Schittino ’08 was featured in a documentary done by a Maryland filmmaker entitled “A Season in Division 3 Basketball.”  Sal is featured in the five minute segment entitled “Among Giants.”  Sal just finished his senior year at Washington College and averaged nearly 11 points per game and shot 45% from behind the three point arc as the 2^nd leading scorer for the Shoreman. 

http://washingtoncollegesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/201111103nhkp3  link to article

http://kurtcorner.com/category/d3-basketball/ link to “A Season in Division 3 Basketball

Two former Loyola Dons are enjoying the moment with college teams as they take part in the NCAA College Basketball Tournament otherwise known as "March Madness." Eddie Bradley '10 and Patrick O'Connell '06 are both taking part in the NCAA Men's College Basketball Tournament this week with their respective teams. Patrick is a graduate manager at Florida State University for the basketball team. Patrick was a four year letter winner in Men's basketball at Johns Hopkins University, a 2007 member of the Centennial Conference Championship Team (24-5) and is second all-time in career steals at Hopkins. At Loyola, O'Connell was a three-year varsity letter winner and a member of the First Team All Baltimore Catholic League his senior season. The photo (left) shows O'Connell holding the ACC championship trophy, and wearing the championship t-shirt and hat following last Sunday's victory over North Carolina that earned the Seminoles their first ever ACC Basketball Tournament Championship.
 
Eddie Bradley '10 also will be taking part in this year's NCAA College Basketball Tournament as a sophomore student manager for the Georgetown men's basketball team. Bradley who joined the Hoyas staff this season as a sophomore has quickly proven very valuable. Sophomore Markel Starks recently credited Bradley for his role in preparing him for a career high 18-point scoring effort. “I told our manager Eddie Bradley - before every game he and I go out and shoot and I just told him, that 'I'm loose. I feel good today,” Starks said. The photo below shows Eddie with three Georgetown players as their number three seed was announced during the nationally televised CBS broadcast of the NCAA Men's Tournament Selection Show.

Stay tuned to the NCAA tournament and cheer on our Dons!

Three Loyola Dons were honored at the Annual Baltimore Catholic League Dinner that took place tonight (2/20/12).  Senior Dan Vigus was selected as 2nd Team all BCL, Senior Jordan Floyd recieved Honorable Mention recognition and Senior Taylor Janoskie won the Never Never Quit Award. 

Click here to read more from the Baltimore Sun...

Click here to read more from Varsity Sports Network...

The players, managers, and coaches from the varsity basketball team participated in the Baltimore Catholic League service day with adults from Gallagher Services.  The Loyola players joined forces with the Calvert Hall Cardinals who hosted the experience.  Everyone involved enjoyed a few hours of playing basketball as well as lunch.  This was the second year in a row that the Dons and Cardinals worked together with the nice folks from Gallagher Services. 

Read more about it on Varsity Sports Network...

Loyola beat Glenelg Country School 47-46 Friday night.  Matt Dunn hit a huge 3 pointer with 35 seconds on the clock to put the Dons up by 1 point, 47-46.  Junior Mitch Cross led the Dons with 11 points and 4 assists and Matt Dunn added 10 points on the evening.  Senior Dan Vigus added 8 points 6 rebounds and 4 assists for Loyola and senior Jordan Floyd added 8 points and 8 rebounds including 2 huge offensive rebounds during a lengthy late possession one of which lead to Matt Dunn's game winning three pointer.  The team played tenacious defense all night as they held the talented Glenelg Country School team to 33% shooting on the night 21% from 3 point range. 

The Dons are next in action Sunday at 2:00 pm as they travel to Goretti for a Baltimore Catholic League match-up. 

You can read more about the game and see videos courtesy of Varsity Sports Network here...

Please join us Friday, January 6th, 2012 when we recognize the 40th Anniversary of the 1971-1972 Baltimore Catholic League Champion Loyola Dons.  Players, managers, and coaches from the ‘71-’72 team will be on hand and honored in a ceremony prior to the tip-off of the varsity game vs. Glenelg Country School, which is slated for 7:00 pm. 

1971-1972 Varsity Basketball Yearbook

The Dons lost to Georgetown Prep 53-48 Thursday night in the semifinal of the National Christmas Classic.  Loyola was led by Dan Vigus who had 11 points and 7 rebounds.  Mitch Cross added 10 points for the Dons and Jordan Floyd contributed 9 points and 9 rebounds in the loss. 

The Dons will play in the 3rd place game tonight (Friday 12/30) vs. Tampa Jesuit who fell to Nationally ranked Loyola of Los Angeles 63-43 in the other semifinal matchup. 

Loyola advances to the second round of the National Jesuit Christmas Classic with a 58-47 victory over Jesuit New Orleans and will now take on the host Little Hoyas of Georgetown Prep at 8pm on Thursday (12/29) night. 

The Dons were led by Mitch Cross who had 17 points and 5 rebounds.  Dan Vigus contributed with 12 points and Matt Dunn chipped in with 11 points.  Jordan Floyd had 5 points and 4 assists for the Dons. 

The host Dons beat the visiting Greyhounds 55-49 Friday night.  The Dons were led by Dan Vigus who poured in a game high 21 points.  Jordan Floyd played tenacious defense on Cyrus Jones holding him to 11 points on the night.  Floyd contributed on both ends as he scored 15 points and had 8 rebounds for the Dons.  Senior Center Jon Moran did a great job for Loyola gathering 10 rebounds on the night. 

Read more about the game in the Baltimore Sun Here.

Read more about the game on Varsity Sports Network Here.

The Dons are next in action Wednesday, December 28th at 6:15 at the National Jesuit Christmas Classic being held at Georgetown Prep. The Dons will take on the Blue Jays from Jesuit New Orleans.  For more on the National Jesuit Christmas Classic you can visit the website: http://www.jesuithoopsclassic.com/.

The visiting Dons pulled away from the Host Mustangs of Meade High School for a 67-52 victory.  The Dons defense held Meade leading scorer Aaron Brown to just 3 second half points after he scored 19 first half points.  Senior Matt Dunn and Senior Jordan Floyd, along with Junior Eugene Williams worked hard all night defending the dynamic scorer. 

Junior Mitch Cross led all scorers with 25 points including 5 three pointers and a perfect 6 fro 6 from the free throw line.  Senior guard Dan Vigus added 18 points and 5 rebounds for the Dons in the victory.  Senior Center Jon Moran added 9 rebounds for Loyola.  Senior Taylor Janoskie tallied 5 rebounds and 7 points and two assists also for the Dons.  

The Dons are next in action Thursday night as they travel to Winters Mill.  Tip-off is set for 7:00 pm. 

Loyola lost to Mt. St. Joe Friday night 57-34.  The Dons were led by Dan Vigus who had 10 points in the loss.  Jordan Floyd added 8 points and 6 rebounds.  The Dons who only had 6 turnovers for the game shot just 29% for the game. 

Loyola led 45-19 at the half after a blistering shooting performance in the first half by the Dons.  Loyola won easily 73-36.  Mitch Cross added 16 points and 4 assists, Dan Vigus added 13 points and Dan McManus chipped in with 11 points in the win. 

Loyola will host the undefeated Gaels from Mt. St. Joe on Friday evening.  Tip-off is set for 7:00 pm.  All Loyola fans are asked to wear "White" for the "White Out!" 

Guard Danny Vigus led all scorers with 19 points and Jordan Floyd and Matt Dunn locked down the Lions leading scorer Will Darley as the Dons cruised to a 63-45 victory at Dulaney Friday night.  Read more from the Towson Times here...

Images from the Towson Times

Loyola lost 49-45 to visiting John Carroll Tuesday night.  The Dons were paced by 11 points each from senior guard Dan Vigus and junior guard Mitch Cross.  The Dons are in action tonight (Wed. 12/7) home vs. Pikesville.  Tip-off is set for 4:00 pm in this varsity only contest. 
Read more here from Varsity Sports Network....

Loyola beats Friends 70-40 Saturday afternoon in a home contest for the Dons.  Senior Dan Vigus lead Loyola with 15 points and added 6 steals.  Junior guard Eugene Williams chipped in with 11 points and added 6 rebounds for the Dons.  Loyola is now 1-1 and takes on John Carroll Tuesday at home, tip-off is 5:45. 

Late comeback falls short as Loyola falls to Georgetown Prep 66-60.  Read more on Varsity Sports Network...

The 8th Annual Loyola Blakefield Shootout will take place Saturday and Sunday, November 19th and 20th, 2011. 

This premiere early season tournament is for 7th and 8th graders as well as 12 & 13-and-under boys teams (CYO / Rec / AAU).  There will be two divisions based upon age for 7th and 8th graders.  The cost per team is $225. 

You can download the Registration Form by Clicking Here. 

If you have any questions you can contact Coach Josh Davalli at jdavalli@loyolablakefield.org .

Loyola Blakefield will be hosting two weeks of summer basketball camps run by head coach Josh Davalli the weeks of July 11th-15th and July 18th-22nd .  For more information and to download the camp registration form, please click the link below.   

Basketball Camp Summer Brochure (pdf)

Read more here... (Catholic Review)

Read more here... (Baltimore Sun)

Read more here... (Towson Times)

Junior guard Dan Vigus was recognized as Second Team All-BCL.  Senior point guard Dave Marsh and junior forward Jordan Floyd were recognized as Honorable Mention All-BCL.  Dave Marsh also received the Dave Kropfelder, Never Never Quit Award for Loyola. 

Read More Here...

Johns Hopkins senior guard and co-captain Pat O'Connell '06 is having a great senior year for the Blue Jays.  O'Connell was featured in a recent article on MIAASPORTS.NET. 

O'Connell is making his mark on the Johns Hopkins record books.  He is just 20 steals shy of setting the all time steals record. 

500-200-100 ~O'Connell joining some elite company from the Hopkins program history.   On Wednesday night, O’Connell dished out four assists to push him over the 200 mark for his career. That also made him just the fifth player in program history with atleast 500 points, 200 assists and 100 steals for his career. He now has 776 points, 210 assists and 159 steals for his career. 
  
O’Connell:
• Needs 8 three-point field goal attempts to move into 12th and 36 to move into 11th (has 201)
• Needs to make 4 three-point field goals to move into 14th, 5 to move into 13th and 11 to move into 12th (has 67)
• Needs 6 free throw attempts to rank 12th, 7 to rank 11th and 8 to rank 10th (has 304)
• Needs 4 free throws to rank 9th and 16 to rank 8th (has 231)
• Needs 22 defensive rebounds to move into 12th (has 288)
• Needs 2 assists to rank 12th, 7 to rank 11th and 10 to rank 10th (has 210)
• Needs 20 steals to become JHU’s all-time steals leader (has 159)

Stats and information courtesy of Johns Hopkins Mens Basketball Weekly Notes: http://www.hopkinssports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/020210aaa.html

With his recent 33 point game in a win vs. Cardinal Gibbons senior guard Matt Mathias became the fourth player under Coach Davalli to score 30+ points.  Pat O'Connell did it once with 31 vs. St. Frances during the 2005-2006 season; Brett Keller did it once with 30 vs. McDonogh also during the 2005-2006 season; Matt Rum did it three times with 30 vs. Curley (06’-07’), 31 vs. Towson Catholic (08’-09’), 32 vs. MSJ (08’-09’).

Mathias over the last six games coming into Friday nights game vs. McDonogh has averaged 24.5 points per game for the Dons. 

The Towson Times recently featured an article highlighting the Top 10 Prep Sports Moments of 2009.  The Loyola defeat of Calvert Hall in the Balitmore Catholic League Semifinals last year was listed among the great performances.  Click here to read full article from the Towson Times: Prep Sports: Top 10 Moments of 2009, When it Mattered Most, These Teams and Players Came Through

William and Mary freshman Matt Rum '09 has helped the Tribe get off to a hot start this season.  Read full story from MIAASPORTS.NET here...

Rum's William and Mary team will be playing locally on Wednesday, December 30th @ 7:30 as they take on the Maryland Terps at the Comcast Center. 

Matt Rum '09 tallied 23 minutes of playing time for the visiting William and Mary team in Saturday's game vs Wake Forest.  The freshman added four points (all four from the free throw line), 2 rebounds, an assist and a steal as the visiting Tribe went into Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem, NC and got the huge win 78-68.  View complete game recap here. 

View box score here.

Recent Loyola grad, and basketball player Matt Rum '09 made his college debut for William and Mary on Friday night as his Tribe team took on the Connecticut Huskies.  William and Mary battled the host Huskies all night before losing 66 - 75.  Rum logged 12 minutes of playing time in his first collegiate game.  Click here for more info...

Trevor Dauses '09 former center for the Loyola Basketball team was named the Towson Times Athlete of the Year for 2009.  Read more here...