Four teams. Three Locations. Two Games. One Champion. History was made this year with the Ohio Machine finally breaking through to the MLL playoffs for the first time in program history. Rochester will get another shot at the Steinfeld Cup after taking a few years off from playoff contention. New York will take a lick at hoisting the cup for the first time since YEAR. Finally, Denver… again… can the…
Conshohocken, PA – American Indoor Lacrosse Association and the Junior Wings Organization are thrilled to announce the rosters for the 2014 Jr. Wings Pee Wee, Bantam and Midget teams. The three squads, representing the Philadelphia Wings, will compete in the Junior NLL Champions Cup at the Toronto Rock Athletic Center in Oakville, Ontario over Labor Day Weekend (Friday, August 29 – Monday, September 1). Below are the rosters for each…
With lacrosse taking off around the world, the sport has finally made its way on to the professional scene down South as the Florida Launch prepare to make their organizations inaugural MLL debut this season. Based out of Boca Raton, the Launch is made up of the Hamilton Nationals who made it all the way to the 2013 MLL Semi Finals. After some really interesting off-season moves like the…
USA Profile: Marcus Holman Position: Attack College: North Carolina MLL Team: Ohio Machine Young, hungry and ready to go. Marcus Holman has proven that he can play with the big boys. He can bring it from the outside while shifting his way through the defense to put in a lay-up goal too. Marcus has vision and speed to add to his arsenal as well. After playing with two of the…
First round pick from the 2013 MLL Collegiate Draft and former 2012 Tewaaraton Trophy winner, Peter Baum has selected to sign with his team, the Ohio Machine. The former Colgate star had his rights retained by Ohio even though he elected to play LXM, signing with Adrenaline, a sponsor of LXM. He is also a sponsored athlete by STX, which became an Official Equipment Partner to the MLL along with…
USA Profile: Joe Fletcher Defender Professional Team: New York Lizards College: Loyola 2014 There’s many things every coach looks for in a player. Physicality, I.Q., vision, foot work, stick skills are just a few. When you hear the names Lee Zink, Tucker Durkin, Michael Evans, Brian Spallina and Nicky Polanco, you think heavy hitters, physical, beasts, animals and more. Names like Kyle Sweeney, Kyle Hartzell, Ryan Flanagan,…
Loyola @ Virginia Game Time: 7:00 pm Date: February 6, 2014 Location: Charlottesville, Va 2013 Teams change and great players graduate, leaving behind an empty spot for someone to fill. Loyola and Virginia both have shoes to fill. Virginia is coming off one of their more disappointing seasons after a long run as one of the top teams in NCAA men’s lacrosse. They started off strong going 5-1 in the…
With about five months to go until the FIL World games in Denver, Team USA put its remaining 50 or so guys to the test in the Blue & White Champion Challenge down in Florida. They showed up with fresh hair cuts to hopefully help impress Coach Richie Meade. Fans could hear Coach Dave Pietramala all the way back at Homewood Field and the players put on a good show….
The Big East will have a new champion come this spring. Both Syracuse and Notre Dame have left the conference for the very dangerous and competitive ACC. Villanova has a very good chance of taking the conference crown but has newly added Denver standing in their way. Schools Remaining from 2013 Georgetown–The Hoyas, led by second year coach Kevin Warne, finished 2013 6-9 overall with a conference record…
The MLL is unpredictable. Yes, the Outlaws have been very good during the regular season, along with the Bayhawks to round out the top two teams. Number three and four spots over the past couple seasons have varied. Hamilton moving, FIL on the horizon and the new NLL format will all effect this year’s outcome. Last year, we saw Charlotte take down the undefeated Outlaws in a spectacular performance as…