Tonight is for all the marbles. Will Calgary win their third title? (2004, 2009)? Or will the Rochester Knighthawks be the first team to three-peat in the league’s 28-year history? Here is what to look for in tonight’s finale of the 2014 season. Calgary—For the Roughnecks to accomplish their mission they must play a carbon copy of Game 1. They never allowed the Knighthawks to get into any type of a…
PHOTO CREDIT: IAN NEADLE This Sunday the Drexel Dragons (13-4) will travel down Interstate 95 to Newark De. and face the No. 5 seed Denver Pioneers (15-2) in the Quarter Finals of the NCAA Lacrosse Tournament. The winner will punch the ticket to Championship Weekend in Baltimore. The Dragons are coming off a 16-11 victory over the Penn Quakers in round one last week in Philadelphia. The win was the…
PHOTOS: IAN NEADLE On a absolute gorgeous day in the City of Brotherly Love, the Drexel Dragons faced off against their neighbors the Penn Quakers in round one of the NCAA Lacrosse Tournament at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. The contest was billed as “The Battle of 33rd St.” as the Universities are separated by only a few blocks. The teams lived up to the hype that the local media was…
Back on October 19, 2013 Drexel and Penn faced off in the Innagural Headstrong Classic at Penn Field. No score was kept but it was a very competitive game as both teams were looking for bragging rights as they are only seperated by a few blocks. Sunday is Mothers Day; it is also the start of the NCAA LAcrosse Tournament. Drexel Dragons (12-4) will face the Penn Quakers (11-3) at…
The regular season is over and it was very exciting, no matter who your favorite team is. We saw the Edmonton Rush flirt with perfection. Two goaltenders with below 10 GAA, and we saw the Two-Time defending champion Knighthawks take control of the East and show they are still the team to beat. Playoff Seeding 1 (1W) Edmonton Rush 16-2 2 (1E) Rochester Knighthawks 14-4 3 (2W)…
After two successful years in the Canadian Lacrosse League (CLax), the Durham Turfdogs took a major step back with a disappointing 2014 season. The Turfdogs finished the year with a dismal 1-7 record, leaving them outside of the playoffs for the first time since their inaugural season in 2012. After starting the year at 1-1, Durham dropped six straight games to close out the substandard year. A major factor to…
Week 16 One spot remains for the playoffs EAST DIVISION Rochester Knighthawks (12-4) – clinched East Division title. Buffalo Bandits (8-7) -clinched a playoff berth. -Can clinch at least one home playoff game with: Win a win in their remaining games or one Toronto loss. Toronto Rock (7-9) -clinched playoff berth. Can host one playoff game by winning remaining two games and Buffalo looses remaining games Philadelphia Wings (5-11)…
Last night the Edmonton Rush (11-0) made it 11 in a row by dominating the Buffalo Bandits (8-3) by a score of 14-5. With the win, the Rush have now defeated every team in the NLL this season. After trailing 3-2 at the end of the first quarter, the Rush took the lead just 4-3 at 2:58 of the second quarter, but 17 seconds later the Bandits tied it at…
Yesterday afternoon the Wings had a chance to end two streaks. First was a five game losing streak; that failed. What also failed was a losing streak at home to the Rochester Knighthawks dating back to January 18, 2008. The Wings (3-9) fell 11-7 to the Knighthawks (9-3) yesterday afternoon making them 1-16 the last 17 meetings including playoffs. What the loss also did was put the Wings (3-9) two…
This afternoon the Wings (3-8) will look to end one of the longest home losing streaks, as they look to defeat the Rochester Knighthawks (8-3) at 4pm. They have not defeated the Knighthawks since January18, 2008 by a score of 15-14. Last weekend the Wings fell 13-8 after playing hard the first 45 minutes, the wheels seemed to fall off the last 15 as the Knighthawks outscored the Wings 5-1….