Syracuse Visits Colgate in Regular Season Finale

May 2, 2015

In an interesting turn of events, two NCAA tournament teams will be facing off a week before the round of 16 begins.  Syracuse is coming off an ACC tournament championship while Colgate just won the Patriot League.  Those two wins lock up the first two automatic qualifiers available while the rest of the country plays this weekend to figure things out.  What this means is that you are going to…

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Back It Up! First Team to One Hundred Wins

April 28, 2015

Week three provided some intriguing storylines as well as entertaining games.  Chesapeake won its one hundredth game, the first MLL team to reach this milestone.  Florida attempted a comeback in this game with backup goalie Adam Fullerton but fell short.  The loss leaves the Launch 0-2 and with more questions now than ever before.  Boston almost failed in their comeback bid and their hundred victory milestone must wait till next…

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McDaniels: New York Domination

April 28, 2015

After three weeks, the one absolute in Major League Lacrosse is New York is by far the best team in the league. For the first time in the early season, they had to grind out a win against Rochester, but the balance on offense has been impressive. The Lizards are spreading the ball well and have 12 different players score at least a goal. They also have three players with…

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Simmons: Looking at the Championships

April 27, 2015

Here’s what we know so far: Colgate earned the Patriot League automatic qualifier and a trip to the NCAA Tournament Syracuse won the Atlantic Coast Conference and will also be guaranteed a spot in the NCAA Tournament Ivy Seeding: 1. Brown, 2. Cornell, 3. Princeton, 4. Yale B10 Seeding: 1. Johns Hopkins, 2. Maryland, 3. Ohio State, 4. Penn State America East Seeding: 1. Albany, 2. Stony Brook, 3. Vermont,…

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MLL: Three of a Kind and a Few of Many

April 21, 2015

Down by four goals in the fourth quarter and your goalie has over twenty saves.  There is another save and he takes a pass back from one of his defensemen and carries the ball into the other team’s zone and dishes it.  Typical hustle play in a tough game to try and shift momentum and close the gap and win.  Except the goalie cuts to the goal after dishing the…

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McDaniels: Florida Disappointing, Lizards Hot

April 21, 2015

Every team has seen the field now in Major League Lacrosse and a few story lines are starting to take shape. New York is head and shoulders above all other teams after two weeks. The Lizards spread the ball so well and had eight different goal scorers, six with multiple goals. Greg Gurenlian has dominated face-offs once again establishing himself as the gold standard in the MLL. Drew Adams is…

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Simmons: Figuring Out the AQs

April 20, 2015

Tournament time is quickly approaching folks. Let me give you a quick run down of who I have in and which teams will fall short. There are some big assumptions with the conference champions, but assuming every current, conference leader goes on to win its league. These are my projected AQ teams: ACC: Notre Dame; AmEast: Albany; Big East: Denver; Big Ten: Maryland; Colonial: Towson; Ivy: Princeton; MAAC: Marist; NEC:…

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NCAA Power Rankings: April 20

April 20, 2015

The ACC seedlings are officially set while most other conferences still need a few more games to take shape.  The Patriot League also locked up their seeding, with Navy, Colgate, Bucknell, Loyola, Army, and Lehigh all getting some extra games.  If it is anything like last year or any of the games during the season, get in front of a TV on Friday.   While most other conferences have a clear…

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Getting a Grip On Opening Weekend in MLL

April 14, 2015

View image | gettyimages.com Opening weekend is in the books and it provided us some fun games and a glimpse into what the season holds.  The grippy ball is back in use and this much anticipated return makes the two point shot more achievable.  In an effort to make the ball more visible to the television audience last year, the MLL switched for the textured “grippy” ball to a smoother…

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McDaniels: MLL Season Underway

April 14, 2015

View image | gettyimages.com The 2015 Major League Lacrosse season is underway! This year, the regular season begins two weeks earlier than usual. The first four weeks of the schedule has all games played on Sunday’s, which should give the MLL good exposure seen as their indoor counterparts play on Friday and Saturday nights. Also, the league signed a deal to have all games air on ESPN3 with select games…

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