Denver wins a memorable game, will face Maryland on Championship Monday. In what is sure to go down as a NCAA classic, the Denver Pioneers defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 11-10 in overtime and will advance to Championship Monday for the National Championship. Wesley Berg scored three times including the game winner just 2:03 into overtime. “I was thankful that…
Timing in the NLL seems to not matter to anyone, with the Division Finals this weekend and the Championship round coming up fast the Edmonton Rush claimed earlier this week that they may not return to the city of Edmonton and then last evening the Minnesota Swarm announced their intentions to move the franchise to an undisclosed market. This comes after the Swarm fired their coaching staff following the end…
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – The National Anthem is done and we are about to get underway in the first of two today at Lincoln Financial Field. The weather could not be better as it is a sunny day in the 70s. Both Denver and Notre Dame have come out of the locker room and are ready to compete for a spot in Monday’s Championship Game. Denver is in their away uniforms…
Lyle Thompson begins his MLL career for the Florida Launch tonight in Ohio as the 1-4 Launch take on the 2-3 Ohio Machine. The Launch begin a three game road stand following a 15-12 home loss to Denver a week ago. The Machine have had an up and down year having beat Charlotte and the Bayhawks on the road, the Machine lost the first two contests this year to Denver,…
The moment every lacrosse fan has been waiting for has arrived – the NCAA Final Four Weekend in Philadelphia, PA. The road to the big show this season took numerous turns, twists, roundabouts and off-road trails. Surprise upsets, two different top ranking games in one season – it was all there, and culminates its impact this weekend. The two oldest of the four programs are representing the youngest, newest conference….
As NBC Triple Crown announcer Larry Collmus says at near the end of every horse race, “down the stretch they come!” We’re at the home stretch of the NCAA Lacrosse season with Memorial Day Weekend finally here. Not only do we have Division 1 semifinals and the championship game, but we’ll also have the Division 2 and 3 Championship games as well. Here’s one player from each participating team to…
The Minnesota Swarm today announced that the team has applied to the National Lacrosse League (NLL) to relocate to a new market for the 2016 NLL season. “At the end of every season we conduct a complete review of our entire franchise. Our lease at Xcel Energy Center ended this year, and it became obvious that the economics would not lend themselves to a sustainable business model for an independently owned NLL franchise,” Swarm…
NCAA Championship Lax Eve Day has arrived. We are only 24 hours from the start of the Division 1 Championship weekend. So what better way to start then to have practice. The #1 overall Fighting Irish of Notre Dame were first to take the field. The Irish finished the regular season at 12-2 (loses to Duke and Denver). The Irish defeated Towson 12-10 and Albany 14-10 to make it to…
The Vancouver Stealth took a blow on Friday morning as their goaltender Tyler Richards announced via Twitter he would retire from lacrosse. Made the difficult decision to retire from lacrosse. Feel very blessed to play with so many great players. — Tyler Richards (@TylerRichards00) May 22, 2015 Unfortunately after multiple concussions I have to make the best decision for my health long term. — Tyler Richards (@TylerRichards00) May 22, 2015…
Season previews seem to be the most objectionable piece of sports writing out there these days (I’ll concede that a lot of the time it’s true), but they do provide a framework for a season preview. It’s somewhat easier to do so given there’s only seven teams in the WLA – not to mention the fact that Shamrocks have been the benchmark for the past couple seasons – but given…