I am very close to completely jumping on the Atlanta Blaze bandwagon. It is hard to figure out how an expansion team will do in their first year, but so far, the Blaze look to be fighting for a playoff spot. Now that some of the pieces are coming together, you can see that this is not your ordinary first-year franchise. Also, when you realize Myles Jones, the #1 overall…
The Saskatchewan Rush completed a series sweep of the Calgary Roughnecks in the Western Division Finals last night by a score of 12-9. The victory gives the Rush the opportunity to defend for the Champions Cup against the Buffalo Bandits next weekend beginning in Buffalo and back to Saskatoon on June 4. The 15,192 Saskatchewan fans in attendance were treated to a close hard fought game between two long time…
Last night the Buffalo Bandits (15-5) advanced to the Champions Cup after defeating the BlackWolves (11-10) 20-15 and winning the series 2-0. This will be the Bandits first appearance since 2008, when they defeated the Portland LumberJax 14-13. It didn’t take long for the Bandits to get the ball rolling. Jay Thorimbert won the opening draw and took a pass from Mitch Jones to net the first goal of the…
After earning a decisive win in Game 1 of the West Division Finals, the Saskatchewan Rush will seek to move on to their second straight Champion’s Cup when they take on the Calgary Roughnecks in Saskatoon tonight. Game 1 was tied 8-8 after three quarters, but the Rush went on a three-goal run to open the fourth and build up a lead the Roughnecks had no answer for en route…
Just a couple of days ago, there was a report that the University of Virginia would not renew Dom Starsia’s contract when it expired in January. In a complete 180, Starsia, the team’s coach for the past 24 seasons, has been offered a new contract, with Ty Xanders reporting that it is a three-year deal. No word on whether or not Starsia has accepted the offer. On Tuesday, an email…
Multiple sources have reported that the University of Virginia will not renew head coach Dom Starsia’s contract at the end of his deal in January 2017. A reported email circulating around the Virginia Lacrosse Alumni Network stated the news, although a source has said that two prominent UVA alums know nothing about the circulating email. Starsia has coached the Cavaliers for 24 years, going 274-103 with four national championships, 13 final four…
Intensity was the focus of the Tigers upset of the defending National Champions Denver Pioneers. There were multiple aspect playing into Towson’s win in the Mile High City, but intensity is what made it all happen. To start, Trevor Baptiste may have won 20 of 22 face offs, but that didn’t necessarily guarantee Denver coming up with the possession and offense. Towson in actuality came up with the majority of…
By this time last year, the New York Lizards were 3-0, and taking the MLL by storm with talks of going undefeated. This year, those talks have been put to rest, at least for the Lizards, as they were handed their first loss of the season by the Ohio Machine 22-10. The first quarter can best be summarized as a two-man show. The scoring for both teams was done by…
Brodie Merrill led the Boston Cannons to a victory on Saturday night from Harvard Stadium after scoring one of the craziest goals in Major League Lacrosse this season. Merrill’s 85 yard shot sent the game into overtime, where Davey Emala scored on a feed from Will Manny to win. On the call on MLL Radio was ILWT’s own Marisa Ingemi along with James Mattone. The audio clip above follows the…
The Saskatchewan Rush have taken a 1-0 lead over the Calgary Roughnecks in their best of three Western Division Final series with a convincing 16-10 victory in front of 12,211 disappointed fans at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary. The game was a close battle until the Rush turned their play up a notch and broke open a 8-8 third period tie and outscored the Roughnecks 8-2 in the final frame….