Saturday’s matchups in the NCAA will be an exciting day of lacrosse. Several teams are battling to stay in the top 20 rankings. No. 3 Denver vs No. 5 Loyola The Denver Pioneers (9-2) are travelling to Loyola (9-2) to take on the Greyhounds at 1 pm at the Ridley Athletic Complex in an ECAC matchup. The last time these two teams played each other, Loyola beat Denver 10—9 in…
April 13th, 2013, the #6 North Carolina Tar Heels head to Hempsted New York to take on the #20 Hofstra Pride. UNC is coming off a huge win, where they took down the Virginia Cavaliers 10-7, and is looking to improve their rank headed into the ACC and National tournaments. Do not just look at the ranks and call this a victory though, Hofstra is coming of a huge…
The Bellarmine Knights have been one of the stories of the season in the NCAA, and leading them all year long has been goaltender Dillon Ward. We talked to the top goalie prospect in lacrosse, and he said he has loved this season with the Knights. “Season has been great so far. The guys are really excited about our success so far and were striving for our season goal of…
The CLax playoffs are here and there are just two weeks left in the NLL season. Here are the top ten stories we learned about this week. Demons and Ironmen in Rematch Ohsweken’s regular season was book ended with two wins over Iroquois but they also suffered a loss against them mid-season. The Demons have had an up and down season and have probably been the most inconsistent team in…
11. Jason Noble- Transition L Cornell/Orangeville Noble was the second overall pick to the Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks in the MSL draft, and while a bit smaller than his brother, he can still put up the points as a lefty transition man. He was also named the OLA junior’s defender of the year. 12. Keegan Bal- Transition R Lake Erie/New Westminster Bal plays division two lacrosse with the Lake Erie Storm, but…
In this week’s MLL in the NCAA check in, draft picks from the Boston Cannons and Hamilton Nationals are profiled. Senior – Scott Ratliff – LSM – Boston Cannons – Loyola Greyhounds The Cannon’s ninth overall pick in this year’s collegiate draft had an outstanding performance on Saturday versus Fairfield (6-5) in ECAC league action. The Marietta, GA native tallied four goals in a 13-7 victory over the Stags. Ratliff…
Wings Road Woes The Philadelphia Wings lost this week in Rochester after suffering losses to Minnesota and Colorado on the road last week. They finally get a chance back at home today where they face the Swarm again, who by the way scored 21 goals against Buffalo last night. Ironmen Clinch The final Canadian Lacrosse League playoff spot was going to go to either the Iroquois Ironmen or the Barrie…
After starting off April by throttling the Marquette University Golden Eagles 15-4, the University of Denver Pioneers (8-2) wrap-up the weekend against the Bellarmine University Knights (7-2) at Denver’s Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium – in the Eastern College Athletic Conference’s game of the week. This is the first meeting between the two teams this season, with Bellarmine chasing Denver for the second spot in the ECAC – and Denver…
With 3 weeks to go to the Patriot League Tournament, the league is hitting full stride as each game becomes increasingly important: Patriot League Overall Team Wins Losses Wins Losses Bucknell 3 0 9 2 Lehigh 3 0 7 4 Army 2 1 6 3 Colgate 2 1 7 3 Holy Cross 1 3 5 5 Navy 1 4 3 7 Lafayette 0 3 3 7 Here is…
The Towson Tigers faceoff against the Massachusetts Minutemen on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Johnny Unitas Stadium. For the Minutemen, it is their fourth and final game of their current road trip and so far are 2-1. The Minutemen would like to finish the trip above with a winning record and they are very capable of doing so. So far this season the Minutemen’s strengths are having the ball in…