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The Chesapeake Bayhawks traded for New York Lizards defenseman CJ Costabile on Wednesday night. In return the Lizards receive the Bayhawks second round pick in the 2014 collegiate draft. Costabile was drafted by the Bayhawks in 2012 as the fifth overall pick. He was shipped to the then Long Island Lizards in exchange for defenseman Nicky Polanco, who helped the Bayhawks to a title. “It was a tough decision to trade CJ,” said…
It all goes down this Sunday. The Syracuse Orange men’s lacrosse team will go toe-to-toe with the Bryant Bulldogs in the first round of the 2014 NCAA Tournament. Central New York’s own Carrier Dome will be host to the showdown as the Orange hope to continue riding the lightning of their 2014 season, and Bryant hopes to follow up on their almost-too-close-for-comfort victory over Siena. 7:30 pm Sunday, Carrier Dome…
Sudden death overtime means one shot, one opportunity for both teams to be named champions. Unfortunately the odds were not in Hofstra’s favor as the Drexel Dragons defeated the Pride in the third overtime 11-10 on Saturday in Hempstead. “Defense stood on their heads in overtime, they made great stops, kept giving us another chance to win the game,” Hofstra senior co-captain Torin Varn said. “In the third overtime it…
After losing their previous eight games, the Buffalo Bandits were finally able to come through when it mattered most in their opening round playoff matchup against the Toronto Rock. With the Bandits able to secure the victory tonight against the Rock, they will advance to the Eastern Division finals to face the back-to-back defending NLL Champion Rochester Knighthawks. The Bandits were able to score two goals in the final five…
Tonight at James M. Shuart stadium, the first-seed Hofstra takes on second-seed Drexel University in the Colonial Athletic Association title game. Hofstra Starters: A: 17-Varn, 2-Yapor, 5-Llinares M: 7-Malave, 12-Coholan, 21-Hendrickson D: 23-Caputo, 34-Satterthwaite, 44-Sullivan GK: 33-Selva Drexel Starters: A: 1-Boudreau, 15-Shafer, 22-Trizano M: 5-Raucci, 9-McIntosh, 13-Belka D: 11-Dusek, 33-Houchins, 35-Thomas GK: 8-Gabrielsen First Quarter: HU GOAL: 1-0 Hofstra’s Torin Varn opens up scoring off of a…
When: Saturday, May 3 – 7:00 pm (ET) Where: Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium TV: ESPN3 Everyone circled this matchup on their calendars when the schedules were released earlier this winter. Both teams added big names this offseason. The Bayhawks added Joe Walters, Brendan Mundorf, Pete Poillon and Brian Megill in the offseason. Meanwhile, the Lizards added Kyle Hartzell, Matt Striebel and Ned Crotty. As the two face off later tonight, what can…
The Rochester picked up their first win of the season in their first home game as they defeated the Boston Cannons 8-7. Last week the Cannons scored 15 and Rochester made a point to hold the Cannons down this week, and they did, holding them to just eight goals and just one at the half. The player of the game was John Galloway who made 11 saves to stop the…
Tonight the Boston Cannons look to open their season 2-0 as they travel to Rochester to take on the Rattlers. Rochester lost last weekend in New York and this is their home opener. Last year the Rattlers beat the Cannons twice as they finished one game above Boston in the standings. Everything went right for Boston last week as Kevin Buchanan scored seven goals, Will Manny a hat trick and…
The Colonial Athletic Association will finish its championship series on Saturday as top-seeded Hofstra and second-seeded Drexel University battle for the conference title at James M. Shuart Stadium in Hempstead, NY. Hofstra has been the number one seed in the CAA tournament four times and has only one championship win in 2006 as the top-seeded team. The Pride’s most recent CAA title was a 10-9 overtime victory against Drexel in…
Two eastern division rivals will battle on the turf of the Air Canada Centre Saturday, May 3, when the Toronto Rock host the Buffalo Bandits in the division semi-final. Buffalo took the season series versus the Rock 2-1, capturing a pair of early wins during their 5-1 start. Despite dropping the season series against their division foes, Toronto was able to defeat the Bandits with a 13-9 Week 16 win…