Wings Sweep Weekend and Defeat Colorado Mammoth

February 25, 2013

The two oldest franchises in the NLL faced off Sunday afternoon at the Wells Fargo Center in a classic battle that had the Philadelphia Wings defeat the Colorado Mammoth 14-12 in front of 8,606. After a hard fought 10-8 win in Rochester Saturday night, the Philadelphia Wings hopped on an early Sunday morning flight that took 1 hour to return home to prepare for the Mammoth.   Saturday night the Wings…

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NLL: Wings Face off with Mammoth

February 24, 2013

This afternoon the two oldest franchises in NLL history take the field in NLL action.  The Philadelphia Wings (3-3), flying high after defeating the Rochester Knighthawks last night 10-8 ending an eleven game losing streak will face the Colorado Mammoth.  The Mammoth are led by 2012 MVP John Grant Jr and Rookie of the Year Adam Jones. All time the Wings are 30-14 against Colorado, 16-6 in Philadelphia.  This includes…

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Interview Transcript: Jim Stagnitta

February 21, 2013

Every week we will bring you an interview transcript from around the Lacrosse Radio Network. Today we have Denver Outlaws head coach Jim Stagnitta on LaxWorm Radio from last week. (I)What does verbally committing mean? If I’m a freshman and I’m verbally committing to Princeton, what does that mean? (J) Unfortunately that’s probably not the right one to use because they’re not going to take a commitment from a freshman….

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Matthews Shines Again, Roik Struggles as Rush Win

February 17, 2013

The Colorado Mammoth fell to 2-4 and are currently tied for last place in the western division after suffering a 14-7 home loss to the Edmonton Rush. The win gives the Rush a 3-4 record on the year after a 2-0 weekend. Rookie Mark Matthews led the Rush with 5 goals and 1 assist. The former University of Denver Pioneer currently leads the league in goals with 23. Fellow Edmonton…

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NCAA: Syracuse Opens Against Albany

February 17, 2013

D1:   Denver vs Penn State Noon @Jacksonville, fl – Moe’s Southwest Grill Lacrosse Classic takes place today and leading off the two game spree is Penn State versus Denver. Each team is 1-0, with the Pioneers coming off an impressive 14-12 victory over Duke and the Nittany Lions downing Michigan 11-6. Coach Tierney and Denver are led by sophomore attackman Eric Adamson, who put up 6 points (5G, 1A)…

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NLL: Rush Face Off With Mammoth

February 16, 2013

The Edmonton Rush are coming off of their first win of the season last night after they defeated Washington. Now they face a Colorado Mammoth team on the road looking for their third win to get to .500. Edmonton could find themselves just a half game out of first place if they win and Calgary falls to Minnesota tonight. However, they focus has to be on a Mammoth team that…

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NCAA: Denver Looks for Second Win, Faces Penn State

February 16, 2013

This should be a spectacular game. Both teams are coming of wins last week; Penn State had beaten Michigan and Denver had won a nail biting game against Duke. Both teams utilizes their strength and speed to bread down opponents. Last season Denver suffered a bruised ego despite the 9-7 record that they had. Denver was faced with a lot of concern; How in the world would this team contend…

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Mammoth Succeeding with Roik Between the Pipes (For Now)

February 11, 2013

The Colorado Mammoth went into the 2013 season with a tough goaltender situation, with veteran Chris Levis coming in as the starter and Matt Roik as the backup. Roik had been coming off a terrible season starting with the Toronto Rock while their other backup Tye Belanger is out with a knee injury. Colorado resigned Dan Lewis who had played in a few minutes of action last season, but Roik…

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Blue Devils Unable to Avenge NCAA Tourney Loss to Pioneers

February 10, 2013

Durham, NC-There was a lot of concern on how the Denver Pioneers would find offensive firepower after attackmen Mark Matthews (47g, 17a) and Alex Demopoulos (20g, 27a) graduated last year after losing to eventual champion Loyola in the NCAA tourney. However, Saturday’s game against the Duke Blue Devils proved that getting an offense going wouldn’t be a problem in 2013. Denver exceeded their 2012 average goals per game (12.31) as…

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Stealth Trounce Mammoth to Get Back on Track

February 10, 2013

The Washington Stealth defeated the Colorado Mammoth in Everett last night to start the season 2-0 against their western rivals. Washington was led by Tyler Richards in net who made 51 saves on 57 shots in the 13-6 win. Richards is now 8-0 all time against Colorado, and this is the second game he has allowed seven goals or less in a row after he lost to Rochester 7-6 last…

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