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Maple Ridge look to continue their winning streak against New Westminster

June 6, 2013
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Tonight in the WLA the New Westminster Salmonbellies (2-2) host the red hot Maple Ridge Burrards (3-1). The Salmonbellies are coming off a 14-6 win over the Coquitlam Adanacs and will be looking to move up in the WLA standings with a win over the Burrards. The Burrards come into this game after notching their biggest win of the season so far as they handed Victoria their first loss of the…

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Big Ten Lacrosse Will Be Huge

June 5, 2013
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Big Ten lacrosse; did anyone think it would happen this soon? Suddenly a new powerhouse in lacrosse has been formed; a conference that could truly change the landscape of the sport. Most thought it was a few years down the road, but the Big Ten has shown that they have a real interest and passion about the sport. The Big Ten announced earlier this week that it would be making…

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Why Was Cordingley on the Hot Seat?

June 4, 2013
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It came as a surprise to many in lacrosse last week when the Toronto Rock fired their head coach Troy Cordingley. General manager Terry Sanderson said it was time for new voices behind the bench, which makes sense except Cordingley was the coach of the year and Toronto had the best record in the NLL. In the team announcement, they say they relieved Cordingley of his duties, so this wasn’t…

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WLA Power Rankings: Shamrocks Remain on top

June 3, 2013
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With another week of WLA action in the books here are this week’s Power Rankings: 1. Victoria Shamrocks: The Shamrocks suffered their first loss of the season this weekend to Maple Ridge but they are still the best team in the WLA. The Shamrocks notched a huge win over Langley 8-7 on Friday night. The Shamrocks though still have the best offense in the WLA which allows them to retain…

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MLL Heads To Atlanta Friday

June 3, 2013
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The MLL put their grand expansion plan in motion last season with the additions of the Charlotte Hounds and the Ohio Machine. If everything goes as planned and the MLL adds their two new expansion teams every other year, fans should be getting prepared for two new teams next season. All signs seem to point towards Atlanta being the host of one of those two new teams. For the second…

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ACC Still the Dominant Conference

June 2, 2013
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The ACC in Men’s Lacrosse is often compared to the SEC of collegiate football. Nothing but the best. With the ACC holding teams such as Duke, North Carolina, Maryland, and Virginia only got better when they added Notre Dame, and Syracuse. Out of the 13 weeks the Coaches Poll was available, an ACC team held 1st place in 11 of them falling as low as second in the other two….

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Pannell Dominates MLL Debut

June 1, 2013
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Going into the fourth quarter of the matchup between the Charlotte Hounds and New York Lizards, it wasn’t looking good for Charlotte. Their only lead of the game was the first goal of the game; since then, they’d been playing catch-up. But the relentless Hounds didn’t give up then. Despite a rough night at the face-off X the Hounds (2-3) got a lot of help from their young gun offensive…

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MSL: Lakers Take on Chiefs

June 1, 2013
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The defending Mann Cup champion Peterborough Lakers (2-1) will travel to the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena to take on the Six Nations Chiefs (1-1) for a Sunday afternoon game.   Reigning NLL MVP Shawn Evans, who led the league in points (112) and assists (80), has continued his offensive momentum with Peterborough. Evans leads the Lakers in scoring with five goals and six assists for 21 points. Evans’ has not only…

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Burrards look to keep momentum against winnless Adanacs

June 1, 2013
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At the beginning of the season no one would have believed that Coquitlam would be 0-4 and that Maple Ridge would be 2-1. These two teams have already met once this season with Maple Ridge taking the game 14-12 in overtime.  Expect Coquitlam to come into this game with desperation to get their first win while Maple Ridge will want to continue their winning ways. In the last meeting between…

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ECAC Lacrosse Season Recap

May 31, 2013
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Three teams this season made the NCAA Tournament for the Eastern College Athletic Conference. Defending champs Loyola Greyhounds, Bill Tierney’s Denver Pioneers and black horse squad Ohio State Buckeyes. This is starting to turn into one of the most competitive conferences in college lacrosse, as one team from the ECAC has made the NCAA Final Four the past three years running. Unfortunately or fortunately, if you’re an ECAC team, Denver…

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