Yesterday, the UMass-Lowell Riverhawks announced they would be going division one in all sports (they only had division one hockey). Today, they announced they would be adding men’s and women’s lacrosse to their program, also in division one. They will be joining the America East Conference. They will have lacrosse for the 2014-2015 season, and are officially a division one school for 2013-2014. UMass-Lowell will be the 68th division one…
MSL Draft Recap: Northmen Dominate
Just like in the regular season, the late arrival of the Six Nations Chiefs delayed the evening. The Major Series Lacrosse draft was slated to begin at 7pm Wednesday night but representatives from the Chiefs did not arrive until closer to 7:30pm, pushing the draft back to 8pm. You can’t really blame Six Nations; they only had two picks in this year’s MSL draft so we’re lucky they even graced…
NLL: Roughnecks Try To Extend Streak in Toronto
The Calgary Roughnecks will try to extend their four-game winning streak this weekend as they take to the road for two games. The first is against the Toronto Rock Friday night in the Air Canada Centre. This is a battle of the two first place teams, with the Roughnecks currently leading the West Division at 4-2 and the Rock leading the East at 5-2. Calgary is coming off a 9-8…
NLL Names Week Six Players of the Week
The National Lacrosse League has announced Player of the Week awards for Week #6 of the 2013 NLL regular season which featured five games this past weekend. Rochester Knighthawks forward Cody Jamieson won Offensive Player of the Week after helping his team get back to .500 with two decisive road wins, Minnesota Swarm transition player Tyler Hass was honored for his three-goal performance, which included the game-winning goal in overtime,…
Knighthawks Starting to Roll
The 3-3 Rochester Knighthawks are finally figuring it out. Since a horrendous 0-3 start, the Hawks are on a three-game win streak and are finally looking like the Championship team they became last season, with the potential to be much better than last year’s squad. The player I’ve been most surprised by and impressed with is #23, Cory Vitarelli. Knighthawks fans knew the player known as “The Dog” was a…
Knighthawks Offense Back in Rhythm
The NLL champion Rochester Knighthawks were not happy with their 0-3 start that left them with 32 goals. However in their last three games, all wins, Rochester has picked up 40 goals including 33 this weekend when they outscored opponents 33-17. “Our offence is extremely talented with players like Cody [Jamieson], [Casey] Powell, and [Dan] Dawson up there it’s pretty incredible to watch what they can do with the ball.”…
Major Series Lacrosse Hosts 2013 Draft Tonight
The Major Series Lacrosse league will hold its annual draft on Wednesday night in Brooklin Ontario. A lot of Junior A players cannot be drafted due to their rights being protecting by their city’s Senior A squad but two eligible big names in the draft are the Noble’s, Jeremy and Jason who are expecting to go first round. Kitchener and Brampton each have three picks in the first round while…
NCAA: Manhatten Takes on Army
For the first time in 15 seasons, the Manhattan Japers has hired a new coach. Coach Steve Manitta who was successful with helping other high schools and college programs succeed, needs Manhattan to play at a higher level than they have been playing. This game will start a new chapter for Manhattan. The Jaspers bring back a lot of experience and have 11 newcomers that look hungry to succeed in…
Resteraits Enjoying First Season as a Roughneck
The Calgary Roughnecks have climbed the western conference’s standings to now sit at 4-2 and in first place after they lost their first two games of the season. The Roughnecks have scored more than any team in the league, along with Washington, and many of those goals come in this streak. “Just keep playing the way we know how to play.” said ‘Necks rookie Joe Resetarits. “We know its not…
Wings Bye Week Report: Looking at Goaltending
As the Wings enter another bye week, they must let another loss stir and fester inside of them. This just wasn’t a regular loss. This was an embarrassing defeat to the Rochester Knighthawks which brought back memories of the 2012 season opener, a 22-12 loss. This was also a 10 goal defeat 20-10, but it made it two home losses in a row that the Wings where doubled up on…