In an interesting turn of events, two NCAA tournament teams will be facing off a week before the round of 16 begins. Syracuse is coming off an ACC tournament championship while Colgate just won the Patriot League. Those two wins lock up the first two automatic qualifiers available while the rest of the country plays this weekend to figure things out. What this means is that you are going to…
No disrespect to team President Jim McPhilliamy, but I think we all can agree that in a perfect world the ideal owner for the Charlotte Hounds would be Montgomery Burns if not just for the fact that he could say “release the hounds” before every game. Luckily for Charlotte they don’t need a cartoon tycoon to motivate them to score goals. The Hounds will visit the Mile High City…
The Buffalo Bandits (10-7) and the New England Black Wolves (4-12) will face off in their final of four 2015 NLL regular season matchups on Saturday May 2nd at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo. In their first two meetings of the regular season, the Black Wolves defeated the Bandits by scores of 12-8 and 12-11. In their third meeting between these two teams, the Black Wolves were looking to…
The second wave of conference tournaments began on Thursday, with the Ivy League tournament beginning later this afternoon. Many dreams were shattered, while others kept their season alive and will play for a chance to get an AQ into the NCAA Tournament. Big Ten Johns Hopkins beats Penn State 14-9 Ohio State upsets host Maryland 9-6 What does this mean: Hopkins and Ohio State still have a shot of making…
Ohio State (11-5), on the strength of six unanswered goals, defeated Maryland (12-3) in College Park, MD, 9-6 in front of 1,328 on Thursday night at Byrd Stadium. It was a rematch of a thrilling contest at Ohio Stadium less than two weeks ago as two top 15 teams in the nation put on a show once again. The Buckeyes and Terrapins showed why they were among the best in…
The fine-tuning continues for the Edmonton Rush and the Colorado Mammoth as they square off at The Pepsi Center in Denver on Saturday night in what may possibly be a preview of the Western Division Final. Coach Derek Keenan would like to see his team put forth the same effort as they did last week when the pounded the Minnesota Swarm 16-2 at the Xcel Energy Center. The Rush played…
Dan Taylor entered Lehigh as a good high school player with enormous potential. He’s leaving a champion, All-American and one of the best collegiate players on the continent. “When he was recruited, we knew he was going to be a very good player,” said current Saint Joseph’s head coach and former Lehigh assistant Taylor Wray. “He’s put a lot of work into developing his game, which has made him an…
Victories over the Florida Launch have helped Chesapeake get off to a 2-0 start on the season as they get set to host Ohio in Annapolis on Sunday. The Machine have lost both of their games this season to New York and Denver. Midfielder Matt Mackrides caught fire last Sunday against the Launch, tallying four goals and adding three assists for seven points. His feeding ability as well as stellar…
NJCAA playoffs have shaped up to be a great one. In Region III Onondaga, Genesee, Herkimer, and Dean College were the last four remaining. Onondaga had a big 27-1 victory over Herkimer while Genesee took down Dean College and the Region III Championship match up was set. On Sunday Onondaga took it to Geneses’ and won its eleventh straight Regional championship. Freshman attack man Matt Bennett had 19 points including…
The New England Black Wolves acquired former Minnesota Swarm captain Andrew Suitor at the NLL trade deadline. While he didn’t help them make it to the NLL playoffs, he is signed long term and was projected to be a contributing factor. It looks like that might not be the case for a while as Suitor tore his ACL in last week’s game against the Toronto Rock. What looks just as bad…