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Behind a stellar defensive effort and six points from attackman Randy Staats, No. 4 Syracuse (9-2) retained the Kraus-Simmons Trophy with an emphatic 18-5 win against Hobart (7-4) on Tuesday, April 14 at the Carrier Dome. In his second game back from injury, Staats scored a game-high four goals and had two assists to lead an Orange offense that featured 10 different goal-scorers. At the other end of the field,…
Shayne Jackson had a five goal, six point effort in Saturday’s loss to the Buffalo Bandits. This set a personal best for Jackson, but with the loss, the Swarm are officially eliminated from playoff contention for the second year in a row. To make Saturday even more costly for the Swarm, they lost Callum Crawford to an upper body injury and Jordan Macintosh to a rolled ankle during the contest….
The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team jumped out to a 7-3 halftime lead and fought off Stony Brook’s early second-half charge to win its second straight one-goal thriller over a nationally-ranked foe, 12-11 on a sun-splashed Sunday afternoon. Senior Dan Taylor led the offense with seven points (two goals, career-high tying five assists), his fifth straight game with five or more points, while junior Reid Weber posted five points behind four…
The New York Lizards (1-0) put together an eight-goal second half to take down the Ohio Machine (0-1), 14-11, in the first game of the 2015 season for both teams. Despite Peter Baum’s eight career regular season hat trick, the Machine faltered in the second half after jumping out to a 3-1 lead to open the game. Baum rung in three straight goals in the first half to lead the…
The Rochester Knighthawks clinched a spot in the NLL playoffs on Saturday night thanks to a win over the Colorado Mammoth. After the game, several players discussed the feat. Paul Dawson Dan Dawson Jon Sullivan and Scott Campbell
The Charlotte Hounds haven’t had the best success in their Major League Lacrosse season openers, but they were just seconds away from ending that. However, a few mistakes proved costly to the Hounds, who lost to the Rochester Rattlers 10-9 in sudden-death overtime Sunday afternoon at American Legion Memorial Stadium. Jordan Wolf scored four times for the Rattlers (1-0), including the game winner just over two minutes into the extra…
Today is the opening day of MLL action. New York opens their season with Ohio coming to town. Gone from New York are Brian Karalunas and Max Seibald, but entering is Brian Spallina and Paul Rabil. Seibald speed and aggressiveness will be missed, along with Karalunas’ wealth of an LSM. With Rabil and Spallina, the Lizards gain veterans, both offensively and defensively, something I think they’ve been missing. Rabil adds…
Two of the most anticipated 2015 Major League Lacrosse teams will square off on Sunday evening to open their season. The New York Lizards, led by newcomer Paul Rabil, who play host to the Ohio Machine. Both the Machine and Lizards were bounced from the first round of the playoffs last season. After finishing in dead last in 2013, the Machine rebounded and made the semi finals last season. They’ve…
The Hofstra Pride hosted their final home game of the season at Shuart Stadium on Saturday, April 11th. This game also marked the final home game for seniors like Mike Malave, John Reicherter, Steve Romano, and Ryan Rielly, so Hofstra had some motivation to go out and beat tenth-ranked Cornell Big Red. In the end, however, the Big Red offense proved to be too much for the Pride as the…
Rochester Knighthawks fans knew it wasn’t going to be an ordinary night when Sid Smith opened the scoring just 22 seconds into the game. Smith’s goal sparked a 10-goal first half and the defense limited the Colorado Mammoth to a season-low five goals in a 14-5 win tonight. With the victory, the Knighthawks locked up a berth in the 2015 Champion’s Cup Playoffs. “It was another good team victory,” said…