Over the next nine days, we will be looking at the top nine stories of the year in lacrosse, based off of our most read and covered stories. Today is #3 with the Duke Blue Devils NCAA championship. Duke lacrosse won their second title in the last five years when they defeated the Syracuse Orange this year to win the 2013 NCAA lacrosse championship. Their road was not an easy…
After the final horn had sounded and the game concluded against the Wings, the scoreboard told the final tale of the contest. The Philadelphia Wings emerged victorious with a 17-13 victory over the Buffalo Bandits last night before a crowd of 13,564 at the First Niagara Center. What occurred last night for me seemed to bring up feelings of déjà vu, especially from those late games in the 2013 season…
The Rush overcame a slow start and a good initial push offensively by the Mammoth but came alive in the second quarter, outscoring Colorado 6-2 to to take an 8-6 lead at half time. Even though their offence had to make last minute substitutions for rookie Robert Church (illness) and Dane Stevens (unexpected family matter), they continued to roll in the third, opening the quarter with three straight goals to…
It was déjà vu all over again as the Buffalo Bandits were defeated in their season opening game by the Philadelphia Wings, 17-13. Jordan Hall led the Wings to their first victory of the season and was the recipient of the game’s first star honor as he recorded seven points on five goals and two assists. Buffalo Bandits head coach Troy Cordingley was not happy with his team’s results this evening. “We were taught…
The Philadelphia Wings open the 2014 season with ten new faces . Evan Kirk (Goalie via trade), Ryan Ward, Tracey Kelusky, and Kyle Buchanan (free agents) lead the list of key additions to the team. The departure of the American players from last season, Rabil, Reynolds, Seibald, Kevin Buchanan to name a few take away some experience in the roster. Drew Westervelt was another key loss, but that landed a…
The 2013 lacrosse season has come to a close with the 2014 NLL season opening tomorrow and the 2014 MLL draft a few weeks away. But now is a time to reflect on 2013 and what has come of it, and we are giving the fans a chance to vote on who was the best of 2013. Results will be announced on Tuesday, December 31st.
With the NLL season opening this weekend and next, its time to take a look at whom is likely to have big seasons this year. There is a theme that is going come across is that the stars are going to remain the stars. Cody Jamieson will have a big season, so will Garrett Billings, Ryan Benesch, Shawn Evans, and Rhys Duch should all too. The complimentary scoring is going…
With back-to-back Champion’s Cup titles to their name, the Rochester Knighthawks will be hoping a “Rule of Three” scenario will unfold during the 2014 season. To ensure such a favorable outcome, the team is practicing another familiar mantra of “Don’t Mess with Success”, returning the majority of their 2013 championship squad for the upcoming NLL season. The Knighthawks offense features a tandem of clear leaders to patrol each side of…
With the NLL season quickly arriving, us here at ILWT made our season predictions, so check them out! Champion Marisa Ingemi- Rochester Knighthawks Alex Urquhart- Minnesota Swarm Ian Neadle- Calgary Roughnecks David Ashby- Vancouver Stealth Dan Pattison- Calgary Roughnecks Jim Flannery- Toronto Rock Brendan Staudt- Rochester Knighthawks Rocco Granato- Rochester Knighthawks Agnes Reis- Minnesota Swarm Brian Davies- Toronto Rock
The 2014 season gets underway in just two short days. In two short days a ton of stories will start to develop.One big story will be can the Rochester Knighthawks do what no other team has been able to do ever, THREEPEAT. Here is week ones Power Rankings. 1–Rochester Knighthawks. The Knighthawks will once again raise there championship banner as they open up against the Swarm. Very few changes for…