The Bandits are hoping their home opener tonight goes better than their season opener last night. After dropping their first game 13 to 8 to Philadelphia they look to get on the right path tonight against the Minnesota Swarm. The game is the first time we’ll see the Minnesota Swarm rookies suiting up in the NLL, including Brock Sorenson, Kiel Matisz, and Shayne Jackson. Minnesota is looking like a team…
Coming off their most successful season in team history, the Edmonton Rush are looking to once again make it to a Champions Cup. This time, however, they have a new big name leading the charge, first overall pick Mark Matthews. Matthews leads an offensive unit that is without Shawn Williams and Aaron Wilson, who were both traded to Buffalo this offseason. However they still have the likes of Corey Small,…
This week the NLL season kicks off; however there is only one game featuring only one eastern conference team. The Rochester Knighthawks head out west to start defending their title by facing the Washington Stealth. Rochester’s roster features many story lines that should be interesting to watch. The debuts of Dan Dawson and Casey Powell will be highly talked about. How these two players fit in is still unknown, especially…
The Eastern Conference is almost always close, and this year is no exception. It’s hard to predict how things will go down, as each team has a very strong roster. Many of the teams are also boasting very different rosters from last year, making it even harder to decipher which will have success on the floor this season. The favorite has to be the defending champions, the Rochester Knighthawks. Rochester…
When Steve Dietrich joined the Buffalo Bandits as general manager he said he was prepared to bring change to the organization. With the completed 23 man roster that came out earlier this week he stuck to his word. There are eleven players on the roster that weren’t on the team last year, nearly half the squad. Three of these new players are rookies playing for a team that is usually…
The Jacksonville Bullies foiled the Charlotte Copperheads home opener celebration Saturday night by beating Charlotte by a 12-9 score. The Bullies big guns stepped up to the plate, helping the team to their first ever franchise victory. Charlotte started off the games scoring a little over four minutes into the game thanks to Nick Cotter, but Jacksonville started to get on a roll afterwards. Elliot Bender kicked off a three…
Today we take a little different approach than normal. Usually here on InLacrosseWeTrust we normally talk about the news that’s happening in lacrosse or give you opinions on happenings in the sport. Today I present you my own idea when it comes to the future of lacrosse in video games. First, a little history lesson. The first ever lacrosse video game was made in 2001 for the Play Station. Blast Lacrosse…
The University at Richmond is set to announce the addition of men’s Division I lacrosse according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. In order to follow Section XI regulations the school is dropping men’s soccer and track to make room for the lacrosse team that is expected to be announced later today. Richmond belongs to the Atlantic-10 in all sports but football, however the Atlantic-10 currently is not a lacrosse conference. Richmond,…
This weekend the two teams that started it all face-off once again. The Jacksonville Bullies home opener was spoiled by a 19-14 loss to Charlotte, and they are hoping to return the favor. The Copperheads are hosting their first game at the Bojangles Arena since the St. Patrick’s Day Exhibition. Charlotte is hoping that they can solidify their top spot in the PLL standings with another victory. The player to…
The PLL season started with a bang this weekend as the Charlotte Copperheads defeated the Jacksonville Bullies on the road by a score of 19 to 14 in front of 1,850 fans at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. The big guns for both sides stepped up to the occasion, but the Bullies in the end fell just short. The first goal in PLL history belongs to Copperheads forward Ethan Farrell…