One of the most highly touted prospects for the 2012 NLL draft is defender Brock Sorensen out of Ohio State. Sorensen played midfield with the Buckeyes for four years. He was the team captain for his last three years with the program. He has missed the entire summer box lacrosse season after tearing his ACL and MCL playing for Ohio State. He was on the roster of the Peterborough Lakers…
Major League Lacrosse on Saturday held its 2012 All-Star Game, Presented by Moe’s Southwest Grill, in front of a crowd of 4,841 at FAU Stadium in Palm Beach County, Fla. The game featured a Young Guns v. Old School format, with players who joined the league between 2001-08 competing for the Old School team while those who joined between 2009-12 represented the Young Guns. Old School edged out the Young…
Marisa Ingemi, Kyle Fletcher and Jack Goods will keep you updated tonight with all the latest from the MLL All Star game in Florida, which you can watch on ESPN2. Opening Thoughts- Marisa: The game starts in just about a half hour now, and we will see the best field lacrosse players on the planet duke it out. I like the Young Guns in this game. They have strong goaltending,…
After turning around Ireland’s 0-3 start with a win over Sweden and a thrilling overtime victory against Finland, it was time for the playoff rounds. Â In the play-in game, we would have to get by Slovakia to advance to the quarter-finals. Slovakia is one of the newer national teams on the international scene, and the difference in experience played a big part in the game. Â Ireland’s offense was able to…
So I’m on my way to the All-Star game! What a ride it has been to get to this point in my life. Doors are opening everywhere around me, and all I can do is say Thank You. There were numerous times in my career where I really didn’t think I would make it to where I am today. I think about all the disappointments of my life and the…
After starting the tournament 0-3, Ireland was hungry for a win, and we knew that our last 2 games would make a big difference in our chances to make it to the medal round. Â Fortunately, as members of the highest ‘Blue’ division, we would essentially be playing down from the top while the teams in the other divisions were playing to earn their way up in the standings. But it…
Press release The National Lacrosse League announced that Colorado Mammoth president & general manager Steve Govett has been named the Chairperson of the league’s Board of Governors. As such, his responsibilities include serving in a consultative role to NLL Commissioner George Daniel and evaluating new business and strategic opportunities for the league as a whole. “I am flattered that my peers have elected me to represent the NLL in this…
The debut of Israel’s men’s national lacrosse team in the European Lacrosse Championships came to an end, as No. 8 Netherlands rolled to an 18-3 quarterfinal win at Amsterdam Bos on Wednesday. Netherlands grabbed an early 2-0 lead, but Elan Daisudov and Ben Bretter answered back for Israel to tie the game at 2-2. Goaltender Hank Altschuler made several impressive saves to preserve the tie after one quarter of play. However, the Dutch scored seven straight…
Coaching overnight lacrosse camps can be exhausting. So I was not very happy when my phone rang at 4:30 in the morning last Wednesday while I was getting precious sleep at a Trilogy Lacrosse camp in Georgia. But you can imagine my surprise when the call turned out to be from the Director of the National Lacrosse Team of Ireland telling me I had been moved from an alternate to…
This morning at 2:00am Canadian lacrosse goalie Chris Sanderson passed away from his battle with brain cancer. Sanderson took a turn for the worse this Thursday after battling the disease for four years. Most people diagnosed with this are given a life expectancy of a year at the most. Sanderson played in the 2010 world games through the disease, and since has undergone several surgeries and this past March he experienced a…