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The Rochester Knighthawks face-off against the Calgary Roughnecks for the first time in 9 months. The last time these teams met, the Knighthawks made NLL history by becoming the first team to ever three-peat after coming from behind in the mini-game after being down 2-0 by scoring the final three goals in just over a minute. But now things are a bit different. Calgary comes into the game at…
The Buffalo Bandits (4-5) and the Colorado Mammoth (4-3) will face off in their only 2015 NLL regular season matchup Saturday February 28th, 2015 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York. The last time these two teams met was a 2014 week 4 battle at the First Niagara Center where the Bandits emerged victorious with the 12-9 win at home. In the previous two weeks, the Bandits were…
According to Steve Bermel from NLL.com, Buffalo Bandits goaltender Anthony Cosmo sustained a lower body injury in a non-lacrosse situation. He will be out tonight against the Colorado Mammoth and rookie Dave DiRuscio will make his first career NLL start. Cosmo’s injury has been announced to be a knee injury while shoveling snow this week. DiRuscio has only played in one NLL game, saving ten shots and giving up four…
So far the 2015 college lacrosse season has had to deal with a lot of weather issues, causing delays in action but there has been no delay in some of the freshmen emerging as go-to players for their teams. With the talent being spread through more teams in Division I, there is a lot of opportunity for underclassmen to make their presence felt. This weekend is that start of March,…
Week 8 of the NLL season saw a number of rookies make their NLL debuts, with Mike Burke in Colorado, Matt Bennett in Buffalo and Josh Johnson in New England all appearing in their first NLL games this season. While Burke has the most noticeable impact on paper, both Bennett and Johnson faired well in their NLL debuts, proving they deserve more playing time moving forward. With the NLL moving…
Junior Sam Llinares recorded career-highs of six goals and eight points and 11 Pride players tallied goals as Hofstra recorded its first men’s lacrosse shutout since 1970 with an 18-0 victory over the Jaspers of Manhattan College at James M. Shuart Stadium Tuesday evening. Hofstra, which recorded the 10th shutout in school history, posted the first since a 27-0 whitewash of CCNY on April 7, 1970. Hofstra also notched their…
When Army and Syracuse play on Sunday evening in the Carrier Dome, they are restarting one of my favorite series on the Syracuse schedule. This rivalry took a year off because of the Orange’s move to the ACC last year, which put Maryland into the weekend typically reserved for Army’s visit. With Maryland’s departure from the ACC, the Army date is back on. Army and Syracuse both are typically loaded…
Junior Sam Llinares had two goals and five assists and senior Mike Malave added four goals for the Pride but Mike MacDonald tallied five goals and four assists to lead Princeton to a 14-12 victory over Hofstra at snowy Class of ’52 Stadium Saturday afternoon. Llinares set career-highs with the five assists and seven points, topping four assists against Marist and Penn State last season and five points done several…
Duke was supposed to play their fourth game of the season on Sunday as they were set to play against Stony Brook University over the weekend. However, due to the messy weather conditions in the northeast, Duke is unable to make the trip up north. Here is the full press release from the Duke lacrosse website: The Duke men’s lacrosse game at Stony Brook originally scheduled to be played Feb….
The Rochester Rattlers have announced the naming of team captains for the 2015 MLL season. Returning in a co-captain capacity for the second year will be All World Goalie and the 2014 Goalie of the Year John Galloway. Galloway led the league in 2014 in wins (10) and GAA (11.16). The Syracuse grad also backstopped the Rattlers to the MLL’s best record and an appearance in the MLL Championship game…