Hi there! Allow me to introduce myself to the readers of ILWT. My name is Miles McQuinn. I am the play-by-play voice for Ohio State Buckeyes lacrosse on our student visual broadcasts, otherwise known as Buckeye Vision. I want to take a moment to thank Marisa for a tremendous opportunity in allowing me to have a weekly spot on the site. I’ll be bringing you my thoughts every Wednesday on…
The only thing more difficult than building a championship team is sustaining a championship team. Don’t be surprised if the Steinfeld Cup casts a long shadow in Denver. It will be interesting to see whether the team will step out into the light or wilt under the pressure of being the reigning MLL champions. The road to back to Atlanta started back in September when the team announced their 23…
Well that was an interesting week! All sorts of big games caused some chaos in the standings this week. Most conferences will be starting their conference play this week if they haven’t already. Let’s check in a few: ACC: The ACC is 23-Denver in non-conference play. Things are about to get really interesting as these heavyweights gear up to fight for those four conference tournament seats. My personal opinion is…
Denver-Notre Dame It took just 42 seconds into overtime for Denver’s Zach Miller to punch the game winning goal. Miller had four goals and an assist while midfielder, and recent Maryland transfer, Connor Cannizzaro had four goals of his own. With Randy Staats, Kevin Rice, and Dylan Donahue Syracuse has the best starting attack in college lacrosse, but Denver is not far behind with Zach Miller, Wesley Berg, and Jack…
Buffalo Bandits Record: 5-5, 3.5 games out of first place. What’s Happened: The Bandits have had a very up and down season to this point. At 5-5, they are certainly in a secure playoff spot, but are very behind the 8-1 Toronto Rock. Dhane Smith has become the player they hoped for and leads the team with 57 points. Ryan Benesch has also been a leader with 51 points. Free…
Tyler Richards may be having one of his worst season statistically in his National Lacrosse League career, but the goal he scored in Saturday’s win over the Minnesota Swarm may make up for any troubles he’s faced this year between the pipes. Richards has played a heavy workload during the NLL seasons and that does explain some of the deterioration of his game. However, Richards has never really been an…
For three of the nine teams in the NLL, the 2015 season is half over; the remaining teams are on;y a game or two shy of the mid-point. With that in mind, it’s time to have a look at the frontrunners for the MVP award this year. Josh Sanderson, Toronto Rock—At 37 years of age, Shooter Sanderson is on pace to have the best year of his career. That’s saying…
This has already been our most popular article to date! Thanks again to In Lacrosse We Trust for partnering with LaxLibrary.com to bring you all the best plays and drills for coaching youth, high school and college lacrosse! Now you can run the same plays college coaches are using with their teams! We’ve seen several top college teams using this play a lot already this season–Cornell, Syracuse and Yale have all…
Now with a few weeks of games under our belts, we are unveiling the new InLax NCAA Power Rankings for Men’s Division 1. Full disclosure: I have been doing my own personal poll, including preseason, but not publishing it. In that time I have noticed something that during Sunday’s telecast of the Syracuse vs. Virginia game, Eamon McAnaney emphasized so well. The top 10 is pretty easy, the 10-20 are…
We had another great weekend of college lacrosse. Let’s start with the big game on Sunday, #3 Syracuse vs. #5 Virginia. The Orange took the game 15-9, but the game was all Syracuse for the first three periods. Syracuse got off to a 7-0 start, led by Nicky Galasso. The Virginia attack had few possessions and when they did get the ball UVA’s attack and midfield took quick and poorly…