Lizards Acquire Brian Spallina

February 17, 2015

The Lizards have executed a trade with the Chesapeake Bayhawks that will bring former Lizard, Brian Spallina, back to New York. In exchange for Spallina, the Bayhawks will receive the Lizard’s 2016 third round MLL Collegiate Draft pick. Spallina, who has been a part of Major League Lacrosse since it’s inaugural season in 2001, played with the Lizards for the 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010, and 2011 seasons. He played with…

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Knighthawks Win Second Of Weekend, Beat Black Wolves

February 16, 2015

On Sunday evening, the Rochester Knighthawks were able to snag their second victory in two days as they defeated the New England Black Wolves 15-10 at Mohegan Sun Arena. In a game that saw a total of 85 penalty minutes, Rochester was able to frustrate New England many times while being on the penalty kill. The Black Wolves gave up two short handed goals over the course of the game…

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Knighthawks Storm Past Bandits

February 15, 2015

After coming away with a huge Western Division victory over the Calgary Roughnecks in overtime last week at the Scotiabank Saddledome, the Buffalo Bandits were faced with the difficult challenge of making it two wins in a row when they faced off against their Thruway rivals the Rochester Knighthawks at the First Niagara Center Saturday night. In their second of three regular season matchups on the schedule, the Bandits would…

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Marquette Comes Back to Top Hofstra

February 15, 2015

Pride sophomore Brier Davis scored three goals but Golden Eagle junior Blaine Fleming scored his second goal of the game with just 1:18 remaining to give Marquette an 11-10 come-from-behind victory over 17th-ranked Hofstra at James M. Shuart Stadium Saturday afternoon. In addition to Davis, Hofstra received two goals and one assist from Sam Llinares and two goals from senior Mike Malave. Freshman Brendan Kavanagh recorded two assists in his…

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Black Wolves Return Home Against Hawks

February 15, 2015

The Rochester Knighthawks and New England Black Wolves are set for a rematch, once again at the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut. The last game on January 10 saw the Black Wolves finish with a dominating win, 17-7. That sent Rochester to a 0-2 start while New England beat most expectations to start the season 2-0. Since then, things have changed. New England was on the wrong end of lopsided losses…

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Bandits and Knighthawks Reignite Rivalry

February 14, 2015

The Buffalo Bandits look to reignite the thruway rivalry when they take on the visiting Rochester Knighthawks tonight. The Bandits narrowly escaped with a win in their game last week against Calgary, winning it 15-14 in overtime. The Knighthawks weren’t as lucky last week; they too played into overtime, but thanks to heroics from the Swarm’s Callum Crawford, the Swarm pulled away with the W over the Hawks 7-6, dropping…

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NCAA Game Picks: Week Two

February 14, 2015

Staff Member Duke v Denver Syracuse v Cornell UNC v UMass Hopkins v Villanova Loyola v PSU UVa v Drexel Hofstra v Marquette Rutgers v Richmond Delaware v Ohio State Ryan Zunner     Chris Vale     Ian Neadle   Brendan John Andrew Goldberg Ryan Conwell Pete Crowley   Marisa Ingemi   Ohio State

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Syracuse and Cornell Meet for 100th Time

February 14, 2015

When Syracuse and Cornell face off on Sunday, it will mark one of the few times in NCAA lacrosse that two teams will have met 100 times.  While Syracuse owns the series with 63 wins, 35 losses and one tie, it has been an extremely competitive match up over the past few seasons.  This always is a great game, no matter who is having the better year.  Just looking at…

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Knighthawks to Send Casey Zaph to Team Hall of Fame

February 11, 2015

Ten years after playing his final game for the Rochester Knighthawks, Casey Zaph will return to Connors & Ferris Field at The Blue Cross Arena. On Saturday, February 28th, the Knighthawks will honor “Zapher” by enshrining him into the team’s Hall of Fame. “I wasn’t sure it would ever happen because it has been 10 years,” said Zaph, who will become the Hall of Fame’s 13th member. “I really appreciate…

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