If you didn’t make time to watch any NCAA lacrosse this past weekend, you need to sit down and figure out how you are going to change that in the next few weeks. The ACC and Patriot champs have been determined and next weekend will see everyone else fight it out. There was a ton of churn on the top six teams as all but two lost a game. By…
Last night the Rochester Knighthawks (12-5) defeated the New England Black Wolves (4-11) 14-6 in front of 8,535 fans at the Blue Cross Arena on Military Appreciation Night. A small part of the crowd came from Philadelphia in support of their former Wings players, and some others made the trip from Connecticut to support their Black Wolves. This game had a couple implications. The…
The Edmonton Rush played a textbook road game in Minnesota in front of 8,013 at the Xcel Energy Center as they continue to fine tune for the playoffs with a 16-12 win over the Swarm. The Rush started back up goalie Tyler Carlson in place of the resting Aaron Bold. Carlson made 30 saves en route to his first win of the season as a starter for Edmonton. The rest…
Two of the most storied programs in college lacrosse battled for the top seed in the upcoming Big Ten Tournament and the newly donned Rivalry Trophy. Johns Hopkins surged in the second half to a 15-12 win. Overcoming an early deficit and with junior Ryan Brown’s eight goals, Hopkins will be the top seed going into Thursday’s tournament. Maryland started early and often. Sophomore attackman Matt Rambo started the scoring…
The Buffalo Bandits will travel to Connecticut to take on the New England Blackwolves at 6 pm EST. The Bandits, following their thrilling 17-9 win over the Vancouver Stealth at home last night, have clinched a playoff berth. As a result, this also eliminated the Blackwolves from playoff contention. While New England has had an up and down season, on the bright side, they’ve beaten the Bandits in the two…
Tonight is the final home game of the regular season for the Rochester Knighthawks, and also military appreciation night. The teams have split the first two meetings. January 10 New England destroyed the Hawks 17-7, but the Hawks got revenge on April 4 with a 15-10 win. This is the only visit the Black Wolves will make to Rochester this season, and their will be some fans from Philadelphia making the…
A champion was crowned this afternoon when the Ladner Pioneers defeated the Green Gaels 9-6 to take home the 2015 Ales Hrebsky championship. Jason Jones led the way with three goals as the leading scorer for the winning team. Both teams were undefeated going in, but only the Pioneers remain without a scratch. Other goal scorers for the Pioneers included Ryan Kieth (2), Joel Vander Wilp, Travis St. Germain (2),…
Although the Edmonton Rush have secured a home game at Crystal Glass Field for the West Division Final they still have some unfinished business to take care of. The Rush still have a mathematical chance to clinch first overall in the NLL and have home field advantage for the Champions Cup if they happen to advance to the final. For them to do so, they must win their remaining two…
The Chesapeake Bayhawks and Denver Outlaws made a minor trade on Thursday, swapping away rookies. The Outlaws acquired soon-to-be Denver Pioneers grad Erik Adamson while the Bayhawks get Loyola Greyhound Nikko Pontrello. Adamson was the Bayhawks first draft pick this past January when they used the 14th overall pick to draft the Californian. Before his senior season, Adamson had 102 points on 76 goals and 26 assists during his three seasons…
Cleveland State is adding lacrosse, and that’s positive news for the lacrosse community. However, at first it seemed that it would be at the expense of another sport, wrestling. However, it was announced that the college will keep wrestling after originally decided to dump it. Now they will keep both sports, with lacrosse starting in 2016. “I can’t overstate how excited we are,” junior wrestling co-captain Riley Shaw said to…