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NLL: Thunderbirds spoil Sowers’ debut game in hometown

February 8, 2025

The Halifax Thunderbirds came into Philadelphia and soared to a 14-10 victory on Saturday afternoon. They dominated the Wings with strong physical play, a barrage of shots and ground ball victories. Both teams wore Marvel-inspired jerseys to celebrate Marvel SuperHero Day. In the first quarter, with a 5-2 lead by the Thunderbirds, the boos began filling the Wells Fargo Center. The Wings’ seemed to be struggling like it did…

NLL: Knighthawks split the season series against the Thunderbirds

Rochester Knighthawk's defender Matt Gilray wraps his arm around Halifax Thunderbirds's forward Clarke Petterson as Petterson tries to make an offensive play.

January 19, 2025

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The Rochester Knighthawks outscored the Halifax Thunderbirds 5-1 in the fourth quarter to win 11-10 at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. “Our defensive unit played a great game and held us in it, and that gave us a lot of confidence to know we have that defence and (Hutchcraft) in net,” said Rochester forward Connor Fields, who led the game with four goals and six points. “Once we started to…

NLL: Philadelphia Roughs Up ‘Necks

January 12, 2025

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The Philadelphia Wings came from behind to beat the Calgary Roughnecks in a Saturday afternoon physical battle. The Wings snatched the 13-11 victory out of the hands of Calgary in the final minutes of play due to the heroic efforts of Mitch Jones and company. Blaze Riorden got things started by crashing the crease to start the game. The fans roared to life. Brayden Mayea quickly quieted them down. Mitch…

NCAA: Virginia’s kryptonite continues streak, Duke wins again

April 20, 2023

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Sure, Lars Tiffany has two National Championships since taking over for Dom Starsia in Charlottesville. Sure, the ‘Hoos have won three National Championships since 2011. And sure, they are considered one of the top teams this year, and almost every year. But three things guaranteed in life include, death, taxes and Duke beating Virginia in the regular season. This weekend was no different as Duke beat the Cavs yet again…

NCAA: A cavalier win for UVA in semi-finals

May 26, 2019

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The first game of the NCAA Division I semifinals at Lincoln Financial Field In Philadelphia seemed like more of a preseason game than a semifinal game for a championship, with a lot of unsettled play and a tremendous amount of turnovers. Either one can cause a team to be eliminated from championship play. The University of Virginia was fortunate to have solid goaltending that allowed them to be victorious in…

PLL: 24 players taken during inaugural draft

April 25, 2019

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The 2019 Premier Lacrosse League draft was held on Monday but was held until 2 a.m. when it was shown on tape-delay on NBC Sports Network. With four rounds and six teams the PLL draft only featured 24 picks so there really isn’t much room to error, no matter how stacked every roster is already. Archers LC had the first overall pick and they went with the bonafide favourite and…

Press Release: Machine activate Guterding, Puskldijan

June 7, 2018

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Machine have announced the activation of their 2018 MLL Draft first round pick Justin Guterding from the Collegiate Inactive List. Also returning to the Machine’s roster is faceoff specialist Greg Puskuldjian, who is activated from the IR. Guterding, an attackman out of Duke, was picked ninth overall by the Machine at this year’s MLL draft. He has been activated from the collegiate inactive list following his…

PHOTOS: Duke vs. Maryland, NCAA quarter finals

June 3, 2018

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The Duke Blue Devils took down the defending NCAA champion Maryland Terrapins 13-8 on May 26th to earn the right to play for the championship, which they subsequently lost to the Yale Bulldogs. Against Maryland, Joe Robertson, Justin Guterding and Nakeie Montgomery each scored three goals, while Danny Fowler made 12 saves in goal. The Terps were led by Jared Bernhardt and Logan Wisnauskas with two goals each. Dan Morris…

NCAA: Duke dethrones defending champions

May 27, 2018

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Duke outlasts Terps 13-8, advance to play Yale on championship Monday The second semifinal game on NCAA championship weekend in Foxboro featured two teams and coaches very familiar with playing during Memorial Day weekend as ACC powerhouse Duke met Big Ten rival, and defending champion, Maryland. Duke started fast, jumping out to a 4-0 lead in the first quarter, blanking the slow starting Terps through the first 15 minutes. They…

Pioneers Hold Off Blue Devils 14-9

February 20, 2017

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In what shaped up to be a game-long thriller, it was not until the last few minutes of regulation that the Denver Pioneers pulled ahead for a 14-9 win over the Duke Blue Devils. Duke battled out the entire game with the Pioneers, keeping the score tied or within two points. Exchanging fast breaks, hard hits and offensive possessions kept the match-up fierce and exciting the whole way through. Connor…

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