In the Catamount Classic yesterday, we got to see some Division One teams face off and we have some early scores in, via Inside Lacrosse. Quinnipiac picked up two wins in the tournament. They defeated the Providence Friars 11-10 and then they topped the Holy Cross Crusaders 13-5. Providence lost both of their games. Their other loss was a 9-7 fall to the Hartford Hawks. Hartford also lost to the…
Earlier last week, we took a look at where the NLL draftees came out of the most. But today we are going to do something a little bit different. What about the top college system overall at creating pros? We took a look over the last two drafts of the NLL and MLL, and came up with a ranking for the top prospect developing program. Something we also took a…
As Fall Ball kicked off this week, there were plenty of storylines to follow. The scores are normally the last thing we look at, and that is once again the case this year. The big story is obviously the new rules and how the teams and referees handle them. In the Play for Parkinson’s tournament in Virginia, there was some confusion as far as the stall warnings. According to Inside Lacrosse,…
The 2013 BIG EAST Lacrosse Championship sites have been announced by the league. The BIG EAST Men’s Lacrosse Championship, in its second year, will return to the site of the inaugural tournament, Villanova University. The BIG EAST Women’s Lacrosse Championship will be held at the Multi-Sport Field on the campus of Georgetown University. Both championships will take place May 2 and 4. The men’s tournament was originially slated for Syracuse….
Most of the players in the NLL draft come from the Canadian junior ranks. But some come from more places than others, and some have played in college, MSL, WLA, MILA and other leagues. Below is a chart of where the most players come from throughout North America. Top College Hartford University 3 Robert Morris University 3 Simon Fraser University 2 Duke University 2 Denver University 2 Limestone University 2…
You’ve heard of LXM Pro, but probably don’t know a ton about it. You know some guys who were drafted by Major League Lacrosse are in it, but really, what is LXM Pro? It’s a tour of professional lacrosse players. It’s just two teams that play each other. On Saturday they were in Salt Lake City, Utah and Team STX beat Team Sole, 16-14. Who are some big names in…
Fall Ball season is here with Michigan State playing Albion yesterday, and there are some really good games in this year’s edition of college lacrosse in the fall. What are some of the top games? Fall ball sees some great teams, some club teams and honestly, sometimes teams you never heard of. Which exhibition games are the best? Read on. Princeton vs Virginia- Virginia- October 6th As a part of…
September 30th, 2012— Lacrosse is still a long way behind sports such as football in the line of American sports powerhouses, but there is no doubt advantages to lacrosse. Football plays only in the fall, making fans and youth players transition to other sports throughout the rest of the year. Youth players in lacrosse get to attend summer camps at high-profile colleges, travel in the fall, expose themselves to a…
In the 1990s, the fastest growing sport had been soccer. To this day, people might tell you it is soccer. Almost every kid plays soccer, and Major League Soccer is a league that people like to follow and some teams make profit. But this week, the Richmond Spiders added a lacrosse program. They already had a women’s team, so they had to get rid of another men’s program to add…
The Brock Badgers suffered their first loss of the 2012 season in front of a rowdy homecoming crowd as the Western Mustangs upended the Badgers 11-10 to remain undefeated in 6 games. The Mustangs improve their record to 6-0 are the only remaining undefeated squad in the East. “It was a great game and it could have gone either way†said Sophomore Dylan Ham who scored two goals and recorded…