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This one is for all the marbles. Tonight the Bandits face-off against the Rochester Knighthawks in both team’s final game of the regular season. With the Edmonton Rush winning last week, all Buffalo needs to do to make it into the playoffs is win, but Rochester should be a worthy foe as they themselves do not want to go from champions one year to missing the playoffs the next. After…
Syracuse takes on heated rival Hobart tonight in the Carrier Dome at 7pm. Last season, the Statesman almost pulled out the upset against the Orange, but fell short in their 13-12 loss. In 2006, Hobart took home a 9-8 win over John Desko’s squad, making it the first time they had won in the 2000 era. Syracuse has taken down the Statesmen every year since then, giving them an…
The Bandits season continued to spiral out of control last night as they were tripled on the score sheet by the Minnesota Swarm. The loss was mathematically the worst in Bandits history and the most goals scored in Minnesota Swarm history. With Colorado and Rochester winning last night, the Bandits now sit alone at the bottom of the league with their 5-9 record. Philadelphia also has 5 wins, but has played one…
It seems that every week the Bandits are in a situation where they need a win or else their playoff hopes become more and more unlikely. This week their challenge is Minnesota, a team that is also fighting to not be the odd team out but also a team that has beaten the Bandits already this season. Buffalo’s shown us that every game, no matter who its against, can be…
After getting off to a solid 3-1 record early in the season, the Bandits have seen their season slowly fall apart. Now tied for the worst record in the NLL, the Bandits seem to really be in that rebuild that it looked like they may endure. The problems with the Bandits have depended on the day. Sometimes the defense looks horrendous, other times it seems that the team just can’t…
If you were hoping for the Bandits to start turning things around, Toronto is probably the last team you’d want them to play. Unfortunately for Buffalo that’s exactly who they have to play tonight in hopes of beginning to move in the right direction. Both these teams have something in common, getting embarrassed by the Edmonton Rush a week ago. The Bandits lost to the Rush 14-7 on Saturday in…
Once again the Bandits played poorly at home, and once again they left the floor on the losing end of things. After seeming to be down in every aspect of the game, the Bandits fell to 5-7 with their 14-7 loss to the Rush. The Bandits were out shot 63 to 42 and out loose-balled 96 to 76. It seemed that the Rush just hustled a tad more than Buffalo…
No.4 ranked Syracuse (4-1) are traveling to unranked Providence (5-1) Tuesday in a Big East Conference match up set for 7 p.m. at Lennon Family Field in Providence, RI. Syracuse Orange are coming off a 13-8 victory over Johns Hopkins (5-2) on Saturday that propelled them near the top of the national rankings after a strong showing at the Carrier Dome.
The Patriot League took advantage of spotlight offer by the Metropolitan Classic yesterday at a frigid Citi Field. In the opener, Holy Cross midfielder Terry McKenna led the way with 4 goals as the Crusaders (4-3, 1-1) bested Navy 7-5 on Sunday. The teams battled back and forth in the first half, ending with Holy Cross ahead 4-3. Pat Durkin scored 2 goals for the Mids who are now 1-2…
This certainly wasn’t the way the Bandits had hoped their home and home with Colorado would go. Before last weekend, Colorado was a lowly 2-7. It was looking like they would certainly be the team to miss the playoffs this season. However, they won both their games against the Bandits and have jolted life into their season. The Bandits put up a fight last night, but were never able to…