{"id":154583,"date":"2026-02-13T17:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/154583\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T17:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:36:08","slug":"preview-jacksonville-prepares-for-duel-of-the-dolphins-against-le-moyne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/154583\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW | Jacksonville Prepares For Duel Of The Dolphins Against Le Moyne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                    Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. &#8212; For the first time in the history of Division I college sports, the Dolphins will be facing the Dolphins. The Jacksonville Dolphins open their home lacrosse slate against the Le Moyne Dolphins this Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first ever meeting between the two teams, not only in lacrosse, but in any sport as Le Moyne is in just its third Division I season.<\/p>\n<p>The Week Before<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJacksonville took another ranked team to the wire, losing an 11-10 thriller to No. 6 North Carolina this past Saturday. The Dolphins were led by ASUN Defensive Player of the Week <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/mens-lacrosse\/roster\/ryan-della-rocco\/7453\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7453\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Della Rocco&#8217;s<\/a> 15 saves between the pipes.<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville kept an elite North Carolina offense at bay, and the Dolphins faceoff unit won over 50% of draws against an All-American faceoff specialist. Jacksonville enters its third game of the season looking to turn strong performances into strong results.<\/p>\n<p>The Match-up<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nOpponent: Le Moyne<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHead Coach: Dan Sheehan (29th Season)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nRecord: 0-1<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n2025 Record: 9-6<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nPlayers To Watch: G Lucas Winger, A Thomas Berry, FO Sam Getty<\/p>\n<p>Le Moyne was a Division II powerhouse for decades, winning three National Championships most recently in 2021. The Dolphins are in their third season of Division I lacrosse, winning the NEC regular season crown last year.<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins return an All-American goaltender in junior Lucas Winger, one of the best mid-major shot-stoppers in the country. They also return their leading scorer from a season ago, Thomas Berry, and the reigning second-team All-NEC faceoff man in Sam Getty.<\/p>\n<p>Le Moyne lost the season opener to ASUN foe Queens (NC) 13-3 in a neutral site tilt.<\/p>\n<p>One Key Stat<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n15.67 Goals Per Game At Home in 2025<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJacksonville was excellent on home turf last season, posting a 5-1 record and scoring at least 15 goals in all but one game at Rock Stadium. The Dolphins are 26-8 at home since 2020 in the regular season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Game Information<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nWhen: 12 PM<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nWhere: Rock Stadium (Jacksonville, Fla. | 2800 University Blvd. N)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHow To Watch: ESPN+<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nTickets: Free Admission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; JACKSONVILLE, Fla. &#8212; For the first time in the history of Division I&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-154583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}