The addition of Cleveland State to the foray of Division 1 Men’s Lacrosse has been rumored since January. It turned out to be official Monday afternoon, as the Vikings will be the 70th Division 1 team beginning in the 2017 season, which is a little less than two years from now. With Cleveland State adding lacrosse, what teams may be next? There are some very good club teams that should…
Working in the restaurant business has ups and downs, much like any other job. This past week had more of the latter with one of the other managers covering a shift at another location, last minute schedule changes, cold weather and rain shutting down the deck, and the realization that all of this cut into my usual writing time. After a certain amount of self pity and I hate my…
The ACC gave us two huge games this weekend: #1 Syracuse at #2 Notre Dame and #4 North Carolina at #6 Duke. Both games lived up to the billing. The Syracuse game got off to a slow start, with the Orange falling behind early. On the back of Dylan Donahue’s seven goal performance SU would finally gain its first lead of the game with just over a minute remaining in…
There was quite a bit of action this weekend that had big impacts on the rankings. Syracuse had their first loss, Duke lost to North Carolina, Albany won 25-0, Georgetown lost after finally getting into the list, and the Patriot league happened. The Patriot league continues to be the most confusing thing in the lacrosse world right now. Navy sits at the top with the best league record,…
And then there was one. Four teams entered the week unbeaten. Only Syracuse would avoid a loss. They also showed that they completely deserve that top ranking by routing Duke 19-7. Maryland gave North Carolina their first loss behind a stellar defense once again. Speaking of defense, Notre Dame shut out Ohio State for the second goose egg in Division I this season. There was a…
In my last column I discussed how the foundation of Major League Lacrosse provided field players with the opportunity to play professionally after graduation. The league is entering its fourteenth season despite naysayers predicting the dissolution every year. Fourteen years may appear to be the miniscule compared to the history of the NFL, NBA, NHL, or MLB. The MLL proves that it is the league that just will not fold….
Every year we fill out NCAA brackets based on the teams in the games. That’s boring, right? It’s much more fun to do it based on the OTHER sports at the school. So, why not lacrosse? Here we go. Midwest- 64 Bracket Kentucky vs Hampton/Manhattan Manhattan has to take this one since they are a Division One team, albeit the worst Division One team. Also, Kentucky is 0-3 in the…
Geoff Snider Prior to the supplemental draft the Outlaws shipped the every-reliable Terry Kimener to Charlotte in exchange for faceoff guru Geoff Snider. Some may remember that the Outlaws drafted Snider as the 17th overall pick (2nd round) in the 2006 college draft so this is Snider’s second tour of duty with the team. Snider is no stranger to the Denver area, having played college ball at the University of…
This is my first column about the MLL and since every journey starts with a single step it seems fitting to start at the beginning of the league. The league was founded by Jake Steinfeld, Dave Morrow, and Tim Robertson seemingly out of thin air and will power. These gentlemen pulled together and even though it took three years before the first official season they never gave up and the…
This was quite a week in the lacrosse world which will lead to some shakeups in the standings. Over the week, nine games saw a ranked team lose. While most of these were due to other ranked teams, the two exceptions were #20 Holy Cross taking a day off against Bucknell and #3 Denver falling to Ohio State. Other big games were Brown topping Harvard, Notre Dame holding on against…