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The Rochester Knighthawks are coming off a bitter sweet 2015 NLL season which saw them get eliminated in the NLL Eastern Division finals at the hands of the Toronto Rock. The dynasty had to come to an end at some point, the Knighthawks of course were the reigning NLL Champions for three straight seasons (2012, 2013, and 2014). While the 2015 season was far from a failure, they still did…
The 2008 New England Patriots. The 2013 Denver Outlaws. The 2014-15 University of Kentucky’s Men’s Basketball. What does all these teams have in common? All of them achieved a perfect regular season. The New York Lizards had a chance to add their name to this prestigious list when they went undefeated through the first half of the 2015 season. However, following the All-Star game and a couple bad defeats at…
The Rochester Rattlers fell to the Ohio Machine 17 – 12 yesterday evening in front of a home crowd at Eunice Kennedy Shriver Stadium in Brockport, NY. Led by Marcus Holman who had five and rookie Jimmy Bitter, who was in just his third game with a hat-trick, the Machine’s “well-oiled” offense looked efficient and dominant throughout the contest, particularly in the first and final quarters. Ohio exploded in the…
The Ohio Machine (6-4) used five goals from Marcus Holman and an 11-goal first half to hold off an attempted comeback from the Rochester Rattlers (5-5) to escape Eunice Kennedy Shriver Stadium with a 17-12 win on Sunday afternoon. The Machine came out in the first half ready to avenge last week’s loss to the Chesapeake Bayhawks by scoring seven goals in the first quarter thanks to two apiece from…
In the first of back to back meetings between the two teams, Ohio (5-4) will travel to Rochester (5-4) to take on the Rattlers at Eunice Kennedy Shriver Stadium on Sunday. Each game becomes more pivotal as we head into the final five weeks of MLL play, as there were five teams that had a record of 5-4 heading into Saturday night’s Denver/Charlotte contest. This will be a rematch of…
The once undefeated, untouchable, invincible New York Lizards are now heading into a spiral free fall. The Lizards dropped yet another game to a bottom-of-the-standings team. Last week, it was the Charlotte Hounds who beat the Lizards, and this time it was Florida Launch claiming victory 16-12. Once again, injuries played a huge role in the game as the several key players were missing from both teams. The Lizards were…
For the better part of four months, many of us watched some exciting college lacrosse, whether it was on TV, online, or in person. There were good games, which included all of Championship Weekend, and there were bad games, such as low scoring affairs and of course, the horrendous winter weather. I take a look back at all 69 Division I teams and how they fared this season and what…
With a perfect season now out of the question, the New York Lizards will look to avoid falling to another team and complete the season series sweep as they visit the Florida Launch this week. The Lizards (8-1) and Launch (1-8) sit on opposite ends of the standings with reciprocal records. Last week, The Lizards, who were looking to become the second team in MLL history to achieve a perfect…
The Season Thus Far: Wins: 5 Losses: 4 Games Back: 3 HOME: 3 – 1 AWAY: 2 – 3 After a wild ending at Denver, the Rochester Rattlers are currently one of the five teams that are log-jammed in the middle of the League Standings as we approach the last four weeks of the 2015 MLL season. Coming off a dominant 13 – 6 defensive victory over the Cannons, the…
While the Buffalo Bandits ended their 2015 NLL regular season on a positive note with their respectable 11-7 finish and making the playoffs, it was their abrupt exit in the first round to the defending NLL champion Rochester Knighthawks (who also swept the season series with the Bandits) that left Banditland fans scratching their heads and asking what happened? Offense: The Buffalo Bandits offensive efforts this season was truly a…