The Canadian Lacrosse League is pleases to announce Toronto Shooting Stars GM / head coach Glenn Clark as the 2013 CLax Coach of the Year. In their first season in Toronto, Clark led the Shooting Stars to an 8-6 overall record good for second place overall. The Shooting Stars will now battle the Durham TurfDogs in the CLax semi-finals with their goals set on winning the 2013 Creator’s Cup. “Glenn…
The National Lacrosse League has announced Player of the Week awards for Week #14 of the 2013 NLL regular season, which featured six games this past weekend as the postseason race heats up. For the second-straight week, the Minnesota Swarm had three players win awards in their respective categories, as they helped a resurgent Swarm team get back into the playoff mix with a weekend split, including a franchise record-setting…
Major League Lacrosse (MLL) announced today the ESPN television schedule for the 2013 season. ESPN2 and WatchESPN will show six nationally televised games on ESPN2 in addition to 25 games on ESPN3. “ESPN has been a strong partner for the last decade,” said MLL Commissioner David Gross. “We are thrilled to continue this partnership bringing some of the best league matchups to the world’s leading sports network.” The first game…
The National Lacrosse League has announced Player of the Month and Rookie of the Month award winners for March of the 2013 NLL regular season. Toronto Rock forward Colin Doyle, the league’s second all-time leading scorer with 1,260 career points who ranks third in the NLL with 82 points (25+57) this season, won the Player of the Month award as the Rock’s captain helped lead the team to the top…
After guiding the Rochester Knighthawks to their third National Lacrosse League championship in franchise history, the team’s eldest player and captain has decided to go out on top. Pat McCready, a veteran of 17 seasons in the NLL, held off retirement to make his return to the Knighthawks’ lineup. His storied career came full circle when he hoisted the Champion’s Cup in same city as he did 15 years prior….
The National Lacrosse League has announced Player of the Week awards for Week #13 of the 2013 NLL regular season which featured five games this past weekend. Three Minnesota Swarm players won awards in their respective categories for their performances in a decisive 20-11 home win over the Philadelphia Wings that improved their position in a tightly-contested playoff race. Swarm forward Callum Crawford, ranked fifth in the NLL with 41…
Junior attackman John Scioscia tallied six goals and one assist as the No. 4 Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team defeated Marquette, 17-5, in non-conference action Tuesday afternoon at Loyola Academy. The game was the first-ever meeting between the two programs. The six goals from Scioscia, who entered Tuesday’s contest with two career tallies, were the most for a Notre Dame player since Ryan Hoff had six against Ohio State during…
The Yale men’s lacrosse team broke open a close game in the first period by scoring 11 of the final 14 goals on the way to a 13-6 win over Providence College at Reese Stadium. It was the Bulldogs’ second straight win. The Friars, under the tutelage of a new head coach, had won seven of their first nine games this season, two more than the previous three seasons combined,…
Effective as of Monday, April 1st, 2013 the Ontario Lacrosse Association (OLA) Board of Directors has approved the move of the Ajax-Pickering Rock to become the Oakville Rock in the OLA Major Series Lacrosse League (MSL). The OLA has received letters of support and approval from the Oakville Titans Senior B Lacrosse Club, the Burlington Chiefs Junior A Lacrosse Club, the Oakville Buzz Junior B Lacrosse Club and the Oakville…
Unbeaten Boys’ Latin (Md.) received all eight first-place votes to maintain the No. 1 ranking in the latest Nike/US Lacrosse High School Boys’ Lacrosse Top 25 poll, released today by US Lacrosse. The poll appears as part of Lacrosse Magazine’s bi-weekly report on high school boys’ lacrosse at laxmagazine.com/hsb25. Two other Maryland schools have also caught the attention of the voters. Unbeaten St. Paul’s climbed to the No. 5 spot…