Rattlers Defeat Outlaws in Championship Rematch

May 11, 2015

Sunday saw a rematch of the 2014 MLL championship game when the Denver Outlaws visited the Rochester Rattlers. What a difference a year makes though. The Rattlers handed the Outlaws their second defeat of the season by a score of 15-12. Attackman Jordan Wolf tallied a hat trick for the Rattlers, and five other players had at least two goals for Rochester. Mike Bocklet and Greg Melaugh led the Outlaws…

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NCAA Second Round Preview

May 11, 2015

Now that the first round of the NCAA has wrapped up, we can take a look at who moved on, who didn’t, and what to expect this weekend.  There are going to be four excellent games as teams are fighting for those four coveted spots at Championship weekend in Philadelphia.  Every one of these games is a can’t miss affair since every single one is a rematch of a game…

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NCAA Playoffs: Colgate vs North Carolina

May 10, 2015

The start of the NCAA Tournament has been absolutely spectacular with upsets, tight games and every position on the field scoring. This evening, UNC will meet Colgate on Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill at 5:15pm in the first round of the tournament. Carolina comes in as the third seed, highest since being seeded number one in 1993 and Colgate enters unseeded but has the Patriot League title under their belt….

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Analysis: Launch Finally Take a Victory

May 10, 2015

The 2015 Florida Launch got in the win column with a, 15-12 win Saturday night at FAU Stadium. David Earl opened the score at the 12:17 mark of the first quarter for the Florida Launch(1-3) as they hosted the Ohio Machine(1-3) Saturday night. Following the Earl goal, the teams jogged into their locker rooms as lighting struck in the area. After a lighting delay that ran from, 7:17 to 8:30,…

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Knighthawks Advance to Eastern Finals

May 10, 2015

The Buffalo Bandits have been eliminated from the playoffs at the hands of the Rochester Knighthawks. Rochester controlled much of the temp of the game game, and lead for all but a couple of minutes early in the 1st quarter, and as a result, came away with the 14-11 win. “We did not play good tonight” said Bandits Head Coach Troy Cordingley. “Especally considering how well we played down the…

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NCAA First Round Sunday Preview: More Chaos?

May 10, 2015

In a Saturday filled with a ton of excitement, controversy, big goalies running coast-to-coast scoring and setting Twitter ablaze, and upsets, there’s only one thing to follow that up: more excitement!  The first half of the first round saw Albany destroy Cornell, Maryland edge out Yale with controversy, Notre Dame coming back against Towson, and Ohio State upsetting Duke.  We have four more games on tap today, and here they…

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MLL Rookie Report: Play In Games Open

May 9, 2015

Kevin Rice, attack, Syracuse – Rochester Rattlers Without even playing a single MLL game, Kevin Rice has already been traded. About a week before being named a Tewaaraton Award finalist, the Florida Launch sent him packing. He was traded to Rochester with faceoff specialist Mike Poppleton and a 2016 supplemental sixth-round draft pick. All of that in exchange for Miles Thompson and a 2016 fourth-round pick. Rice will have the…

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Knighthawks Open Title Defense Against Bandits

May 8, 2015

After clinching second place in the NLL’s Eastern Division during the regular season, the defending NLL champion Rochester Knighthawks (12-6) will host the Buffalo Bandits (11-7) 7pm Friday night at the Blue Cross Arena for the opening round of the 2015 NLL playoffs. It’s what we work for in the regular season to get into the playoffs and then obviously to have home floor as much as possible,” said Knighthawks…

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NLL Playoff Bye Week Report: Edmonton Rush

May 8, 2015

The Edmonton Rush have the week off as they sit back and enjoy a well-earned break from action. They will resume their season and prepare for the winner of this Saturday’s Semi-Final playoff between the Colorado Mammoth and the Calgary Roughnecks at the Pepsi Center in Colorado. While the Rush do not have any serious injuries, the time off will give the players time to rest and heal from the…

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Hampton Adds Lacrosse for 2016: A Change On The Horizon?

May 8, 2015

The past couple of weeks in the college lacrosse world have been dominated by conference tournament and NCAA tournaments in all three divisions of college lacrosse. It’s a great time in the season to watch the best teams and the best players try to fight it out for bragging rights on Memorial Day weekend in Philadelphia. But there’s been one story that hasn’t been discussed a lot this week. On…

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