Great day in Annapolis on Saturday
as the USNA hosted 20 women’s D-1 college lacrosse programs for a day of fall
pre-season games. Add the annual Annapolis boat show and the Navy college
regatta and you had a very busy Naval Academy.
You may think you are prepared for a day of shooting and then your
back-up battery and back-up camera all are acting up. A few trips back to the car and finally get
up and running, still in time to shoot 6 games avert eh afternoon. See more game photos here;
Quick flight from BWI to Indy to shoot the NCAA quarter-finals at Lucas Oil Stadium. Southwest should have labeled the flight the LAX Flight, almost all on-board were going to Indy to for the NCAA's. Great trip and overall was happy with the game photos. What a great stadium and the NCAA staff were all very helpful. Guess it helps since the NCAA Hq is about 2 blocks from the stadium. Here are a few from each game.
Lacrosse NCAA playoff time
and the brackets just announced. Looking forward to the next few weeks. Also, the May issue of Inside Lacrosse was
just released and I have a few photos featured, including the cover (well 1/2 a
cover..). Coincidence with Cornell and Maryland on the cover and this is the
first round match-up.
Great crowd at College Park (10,223) to see the Blue Jays 7-4 victory over the top-ranked Maryland Terrapins. This was the 1,000th lacrosse game for the University of Maryland and the game had a playoff atmosphere at Byrd Stadium. See more of my game photos here. Mike Bahniuk, Washington DC sports photographer.
My weekend of games
started Friday evening in DC with the Georgetown Prep vs. Gonzaga game. This is
always a good rivalry game between the two Jesuit boy’s high schools in the
area. Not much of a game this year with
Gonzaga walking away with the win.
Overall, I was happy with my photos and this field has some clean backgrounds
and not much to clutter-up the shots.
Saturday started at
the St Stephen’s & St Agnes Spring Fling in Alexandria. This event brings some of the better girl’s
high school teams from around the country to start the beginning of the high
school season. Four games with Good
Counsel, New Tier (Chicago), Georgetown Visitation, Radnor (Philadelphia),
Academy of the Holy Cross, Collegiate (Richmond), St. Stephan’s & St Agnes
and John Carroll.
Check out more of the
games photos at PowerPlay Photography.
Mike Bahniuk, DC Sports Photographer.
My
day started in College Park with UNC vs. Maryland at noon and then to Baltimore
to catch the second game of the Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Classic with UVA vs.
JHU. The MD-UNC game was at noon and I was struggling with finding the right
settings and the right position on the field. The second game in Baltimore was much
better with the later afternoon sun allowing for some great shots.
Great weather in DC and the first warm day of the year with everyone outside and thinking Spring is here. College Park was busy with softball, wrestling and lacrosse games all at the same time. Great to get out and get my first lacrosse game in. Check out more of the Penn State vs University of Maryland women's lacrosse game at Inside Lacrosse.com
