FANN CUP enters its 15th Year of Raising Money for Charity. Every year lacrosse fans gather to watch their professional teams play. Some go on road trips to support their team, others watch faithfully online or on their network television stations. But when the month of July comes up on the calendar it only means one thing, FANN CUP!! The one time of the year where the fans of the…
Saskatchewan looks to Repeat with a win tonight Tonight the 30th NLL Season can come to a close. Should the Saskatchewan Rush win tonight they would sweep the best of three and repeat as National Lacrosse League Champions. The Rush won game one in Buffalo 11-9. What would make this game special is the Rush won the title last year as the Edmonton Rush; now they are under the Saskatchewan Rush…
This game started typical UNC/Maryland. The Tar Heels came out with four goals in the first 4:10, but then the Terps came back with a vengeance. Scoring four of their own with two of them coming from Dylan Maltz. The defense on both sides seemed to be invisible the first quarter as a total of 11 goals were scored. The second quarter seemed to start off the same way with North…
When people talk college lacrosse it’s usually the big universities in division one, Denver, Maryland Notre Dame, etc. But when Memorial Day weekend hits, there is plenty of action in divisions two and three. Such was the case today in Philadelphia. The LeMoyne Dolphins (20-0) defeated Limestone Saints (21-1) 8-4 to win their fifth National Championship. LeMoyne is about 10 minutes from downtown Syracuse, while Limestone is in Gaffney, SC. …
Colin Heacock scores game winner 1:19 in overtime to vault Maryland back to Title Game In the second game of the semi final, Maryland Terrapins (17-2) defeated Brown Bears (16-3) by a final of 15-14 in overtime. Colin Heacock scored the game winner 1:19 into overtime out in front off a feed from Matt Rambo to beat Brown goaltender Jack Kelly. Heacock had the hat trick on the afternoon along…
In the opening game of the NCAA Final Four weekend, we had the U.N.C. Tar Heels defeat the Loyola Greyhounds 18-13. This game was not as close as the score indicates. Chris Cloutier (So.) scored nine goals overall, tying the all time mark for goals in a playoff game. Six of the nine were scored in the first half alone as the Heels led 14-5. Pontrello, Kelly, Goldstock all scored…
Last night the Buffalo Bandits (15-5) advanced to the Champions Cup after defeating the BlackWolves (11-10) 20-15 and winning the series 2-0. This will be the Bandits first appearance since 2008, when they defeated the Portland LumberJax 14-13. It didn’t take long for the Bandits to get the ball rolling. Jay Thorimbert won the opening draw and took a pass from Mitch Jones to net the first goal of the…
Following the Saskatchewan Rush’s victory on the road against the Rochester Knighthawks, we caught up with forwards Ben McIntosh and Robert Church, and head coach and general manager Derek Keenan. It was the last regular season game for the Rush, who head to the playoffs looking to defend their league title. Ben McIntosh and Robert Church Derek Keenan
On Saturday night, we caught up with Buffalo Bandits and National Lacrosse League great John Tavares to discuss his storied career, the Bandits 25th season in the NLL, and his first year behind he bench as one of their coaches. Buffalo defeated the Rochester Knighthawks 15-13 on Saturday night, and will be heading to the post season.
Knighthawks Face Must WIN and Need Help in Final Weekend Saturday night the Rochester Knighthawks had a chance to move into third place and the final playoff spots by percentage point. They received some help from New England who swatted the Swarm 21-11. But the ‘Hawks (6-10)failed to take advantage as they fell to Buffalo (12-5) 15-13 For the first three quarters the Knighthawks led the game and wouldn’t…