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The Buffalo Bandits (8-4) and the Georgia Swarm (4-8) will face off in their third and final divisional showdown of the 2016 NLL regular season Saturday night at the Infinite Energy Arena. In their first matchup of the season, the visiting Buffalo Bandits came away with the 21-14 victory over the Swarm on February 14. In their second showdown of the season, the visiting Georgia Swarm returned the favor with…
Alright, so some conferences have already started their conference schedule. But this weekend, nearly every team that’s playing will have a conference game, including the CAA, which opens up conference play on Saturday. For some teams, it’s a chance to get that top seed in their respective conference tournaments en route to a possible automatic bid. For other teams, the road to the postseason begins now. One loss might be the…
The Rochester Knighthawks made two moves at the Trade Deadline, acquiring lefty forwards Josh Gillam and Joe “Haodias” Maracle from the Georgia Swarm in exchange for a second-round selection in the 2018 NLL Entry Draft and Rochester’s highest third-round selection in the 2016 Draft. “These are guys who we expect to come in and make us better,” said Knighthawks head coach Mike Hasen. Originally selected with the 18th…
Shawn Evans Leads his Team with 18 Points in a Pair of Victories. Saturday night the Rochester Knighthawks looked for revenge against the New England Blackwolves after losing Friday 16-13. Unfortunately for the Knighthawks and their fans they fell again, but in a much closer game 10-8. New England now sits in second place, only a half game behind Buffalo for first and hold a two game lead over the…
Following a hard-fought 12-7 defeat to Navy on Saturday, the Lehigh men’s lacrosse team remains home on Tuesday for a nonleague showdown against No. 12 Stony Brook. Opening faceoff is set for 7 p.m. at the Ulrich Sports Complex. The Mountain Hawks struggled to gain possession on Saturday and were outshot 50-28, which proved too much to overcome. Lehigh enjoyed a strong start on Saturday, taking a 2-1 lead after one…
The Hofstra Pride men’s lacrosse team took a heart-breaking 13-5 loss against their in-city rivals, the Stony Brook Seawolves. In every aspect of the game, the Pride was outplayed. The first quarter really set the tone for the rest of the game. The Seawolves offense came out firing on all cylinders with seven goals, and leading the way was Challen Rogers and Brody Eastwood, each scoring two goals. The Pride…
This past weekend the Rochester Knighthawks (5-5) could not afford to lose both games. Friday night they fall to the Bandits (7-4) on Johnny Tavares Night 13-10, so they game Saturday versus the BlackWolves (5-4) was even more of a desperation win, which they did in com from behind fashion 17-13. As the first quarter ended, the Knighthawks were buried in a hole that nobody thought they could get out…
An 8-5 victory against 20th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes was what the Hofstra Pride needed after losing to Georgetown the previous week. Head coach Seth Tierney knew how important the victory was for Hofstra. “It’s not an easy game to win. They’re a Big Ten team with some guys that are big, strong, and fast and play a canadian-like offense but defensively, we were up for the challenge. It goes back…
After coming away with two huge Western Division victories over the Saskatchewan Rush and Vancouver Stealth in recent weeks, the Buffalo Bandits were faced with the difficult challenge of making it three wins in a row when they faced off against their Thruway rivals the Rochester Knighthawks at the First Niagara Center Friday night. In their first of three important regular season matchups on the schedule with Rochester, the Bandits…
The third-ranked Orange return to the Carrier Dome for their only home game of the month to take on in-state rival St. John’s at 4 PM. The Orange enter the game with a 4-0 record, with their last game coming off of a win against Virginia 14-13 last week in Charlottesville. Meanwhile, the Red Storm are 1-5, but gave Yale a run for their money, as they were up 7-1…