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The energy was high at one of the first games of Big Ten Play over the weekend, as The Penn State Nittany Lions beat the Vermont Catamounts in an exciting opening match 15-8. PSU started out strong, leading the Catamounts 5-0 until the end of the first period. Redshirt Sophomore Connor Darcey had his first win with the Nittany Lions, and it was well deserved as he stopped 15 shots…
Week 5 of the NLL season saw the usual suspects in the Rookie Report have big games, Ben McIntosh, Miles Thompson, Eli McLaughlin and Robert Hope continue to shine for their respective teams, showing little to no indication they are only a month into their first NLL campaign. Week 5 also saw the likes of Mark Cockerton and Matt Crough make their NLL debuts, while rookies Colin Boucher and Brandon Clelland picked up…
Vermont will travel to Happy Valley this weekend to take on the Penn State Nittany Lions in their first match of the season. The two teams have not met since 2008, which ended in a Penn State victory. Vermont boasts of a sophomore with an incredible scoring ability. Ian Mackay was responsible for 42 points last year for the Catamounts. Vermont’s captains, Bryan Capone and Andrew Bucknavage, bring an experienced…
The New England Black Wolves had the best defense in the league going into week four, and with a 2-0 record, shared the top spot in the eastern division. Fast forward just two weeks into the future, and the ‘Wolve are 2-2 and a game and a half out of first place. What went wrong in New England? First, they gave up 19 goals to a Minnesota Swarm offense that…
Joseph Nardella College: Rutgers 5’10, 190 pounds Drafted by Boston Cannons 5th Round, No. 36 overall 2014: Nardella continued his strong play at the ‘X’ for Rutgers in his junior season. He posted his second consecutive season with a faceoff win percentage above 62 percent and developed into more of a threat in transition than the previous season. In 2014, he won 63 percent of his faceoffs which ranked…
John Glesener Attack Army Bio: 6’3, 214 pounds 2014 stats: 57 points, 43 goals 13 assists, USILA Third Team All-American and First Team All-Patriot League for the second-consecutive year 2015: Inside Lacrosse Second Team Preseason All-American, enters 2015 on a 28-game point streak Recapping 2014: John Glesener was an absolute, bonafide stud for Army last season. Glesener was one of the best scorers in the nation last season as his 43 goals ranked…
The Edmonton Rush are 2-0 since the return of head coach Derek Keenan behind their bench and are now 2-2 on the season. The Rush pounded the New England Black Wolves 18-9 last night at Crystal Glass Field in Edmonton. The story lines were plenty but none stood out more than the performances of Edmonton star Mark Mathews and rookie sensation Ben McIntosh who both had eight-point performances. Mathews had…
This weekend will be the first road trip for the New England Black Wolves as they venture up to Edmonton to face the Rush. The Black Wolves are coming off a rough loss, their first of the season, to the Minnesota Swarm. The Rush are coming off their first win, a dominant showing over Calgary, with their coach Derek Keenan returning to the bench for this first time this season. …
Uncasville, CT — Maybe it was the one week break, but the Black Wolves did not look like themselves last night against the Swarm from Minnesota. From the first faceoff, New England appeared to be slow defensively. More importantly, Black Wolves goalie, Evan Kirk, finally came back down to earth after allowing 16 goals on 43 shots. The Swarm handed New England their first loss of the season with a…