The NXT Lacrosse Philly Showcase is happening this weekend. The event kicked off Friday night in South Philadelphia at the fields on 10th & Bigler St. Due to frost and the cold weather it had to be moved from the grass field at Citizens Bank Park. It started off with a seventh grade All-Star game with kids from Philadelphia and New Jersey, followed by another All-Star game with the eighth…
The Penn State Women’s Lacrosse Team has announced their 2015 spring schedule. This will be the Nittany Lion’s first step into the BIG10 play, and the team, along with Head Coach Missy Doherty, is excited for this level of competition to commence. Their schedule consists of eight home games and eight away games. They will face other BIG10 Women’s Lacrosse teams in five contests this season as follows: March 26-29…
During the preseason the National Lacrosse League will be experimenting with the shootout to see if it may be of some interest in the future. Immediately following all preseason games this December, no matter what the score a shootout will be held. For those familiar with the NHL, the shootout rules are the same. The teams will not change ends for the shootout. The home team shall have the choice…
Being teammates and being competition have the same influence on individuals. They drive an individual to become bettter at what they do. Now from high school to college, Conor Cunningham and Brock Turnbaugh have gone from teammates to opposition on the game’s largest stage. Cunningham is a redshirt freshman transfer to Maryland from Hofstra. He is a graduate of Hereford High School in Parkton, Maryland where he won four state…
Yesterday the National Lacrosse League announced that they are going to experiment with shootouts during select preseason games. The NLL has never used shootouts before, so, naturally, there have been some pretty strong reactions. “I feel its gonna be a shooters paradise, if it was to decide a game a big time save or even a shooters mistake could be huge,” said undrafted rookie goalie Rance Vigneux, recently signed by…
In 2012 the Stealth drafted the 6’3” 220lb defender Tim Henderson with the 23rd overall pick. With a highly decorated college-playing career Tim was able to make the transition to the Stealth roster with ease, playing in 11 games in the 2013 season. It was a unique dynamic for Tim as he was still active military with the U.S. Army. Tim was an impact player for the Stealth is rookie…
Transition is an interesting position in the NLL. Every team approaches it differently as some make them glorified defenders or just forwards that won’t get yelled at if they are stuck in the back end of the floor. Others such as Minnesota and Buffalo make them a large part of how they want to act as a team by causing turnovers, pushing the ball up the floor and creating mismatches…
Entering his ninth season in the NLL Kyle Sorenson will not even step foot on the field, at least not competitively. It was announced by Vancouver’s front office that the team Captain would miss the entire 2015 season due to rehabilitation from knee surgery. Sorenson, who has spent his entire career with the Stealth since being drafted in 2006, is no stranger to spending time on the injury list. Where…
With the 2014 NLL draft becoming a distant memory, it’s important we don’t overlook players that went undrafted, as there are simply tons of talented players with elite level skill who were passed over in the draft. Every year we see a handful of kids who should have been selected in the draft, that some how slipped by every team, only to “come out of nowhere” and post respectable numbers at the…
In the first week of the “Best of the Rest” series we took a look at two recent Mann Cup winners in Scott DeFrancesco and Tom Montour. This week will take a look at one of the most potent point producers Ontario has to offer in lefty offensive threat Chris Attwood. Then will take a look at two guys who have a huge impact on the defensive side of the ball…