I’m not a huge fan of recapping Fall Ball events, mainly because it doesn’t really show anyone anything about what to expect. So take this with a grain of salt. Syracuse participated with the Naval Academy and Towson on Sunday to wrap up their Fall Ball slate. It was a tale of two teams, but we’ll take it slowly. First, the Orange took on Navy early in the morning, which…
Indoor lacrosse fans don’t have to wait long to watch professional action. Nope, the National Lacrosse League did not move their regular schedule up from January to October. Instead, Premier Series Lacrosse will kick off its opening series this week, starting on October 24th, bringing semi-professional lacrosse to enthusiastic lacrosse consumers. The PSL, which will consist of three regular season weekend series, is the newest American indoor lacrosse league. All three regular season…
Third Star: Alex Wright—Queen’s University Senior attackman Alex Wright led Queen’s University to a 14-8 victory over Ottawa this past Sunday. The Newmarket, ON native netted a hat trick while dishing out five assists for eight points. Wright currently leads the Gaels in scoring with 34 points in eight games played. Second Star: Paul Rakoczy—McGill University It’s tough to find a defender in the CUFLA ILWT Three Stars, but it’s…
Earlier this year, Major League Lacrosse announced the expansion to a ninth team as Atlanta, Georgia will become the host to a professional lacrosse team. With the addition of the Atlanta Blaze, the MLL has seen two new teams in each of the past two years, the other being the move of the Hamilton Nationals down to Florida as they became the Florida Launch. Where does the MLL go from…
The 2015 NLL draft was held on Monday evening at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville. To nobody’s surprise, Lyle Thompson was chosen first overall by the Georgia Swarm. With the first draft pick in their team’s history, the Swarm chose the youngest Thompson brother, who will be the fourth of four to play in the NLL, preceded by Jeremy (Saskatchewan), Jerome (Buffalo), and Miles (also Georgia). Thompson just…
The Georgia Swarm were the big winners at the 2015 NLL draft held Monday night in Oakville. With four picks in the first round, the Swarm added a multitude of talent to a roster already deep with young, talented players. The Swarm took Lyle Thompson first overall. Lyle will join his brother Miles and is happy to be reunited with former teammates Randy Staats (taken sixth) and Johnny Powless. “I…
Casey Powell and Drew Snider scored four goals a piece as USA cruised to a 22-2 victory over Ireland to vault them into a semi-final matchup against the Iroquois Nation. The Iroquois defeated the USA 13-9 in the preliminary game earlier in the tournament. This was total domination by the USA. Ireland would finally get on the board eight minutes into the game to trail 4-1. That’s as close as…
The United States came out strong, keeping their game against the Iroquois close. They then went on to gain two victories over England and Czech Republic. Unfortunately they received the other side of the sword when they went up against Canada and were dismantled by their northern neighbors. Tony Resch’s group sits at 2-2 and looks to make the semi finals. Ireland has had a strong presence at the WILC’s….
In a game that USA was heavily favored, England goalie Nick Rose had different ideas as he stood on his head to keep his team in range, but the firepower from USA was too much as USA (2-1) defeated England (0-2) 13-9. USA opened up a 3-0 just ten minutes into the contest with goals from Casey Powell (2G/4A), Garrett Thul (3G/2A), and Joe Walters (2G/6A), but England battled back…
The Iroquois National Team opened their quest for the gold in the 2015 FIL World Indoor Championships with a 13-9 victory over Team U.S.A. at the War Memorial. Iroquois was led by Jeff Shattler (3G/4A) and Lyle Thompson (3G/2A). The game started with a number of scoring chances by both teams, but stingy defense prevailed until the 3:15 mark when Johnny Powless (2G/3A) scored the first of his two goals…