Week 16 is completed and the playoff picture is starting to take shape. The Edmonton Rush have clinched first in the west. Colorado is the number two seed, and will face the winner of Calgary vs Vancouver on May 2. In the east, Toronto’s magic number to clinch best overall and the east title is one. Rochester is a No. 2 seed and can move up by winning their final…
Every team has seen the field now in Major League Lacrosse and a few story lines are starting to take shape. New York is head and shoulders above all other teams after two weeks. The Lizards spread the ball so well and had eight different goal scorers, six with multiple goals. Greg Gurenlian has dominated face-offs once again establishing himself as the gold standard in the MLL. Drew Adams is…
On some level rankings are a necessary evil. It makes you wonder is “power” more than just a fitting adjective in these exercises? Unlike college football, for example, where pre- and early season rankings can bias a team’s place in the national conversation in Major League Lacrosse these rankings simply function as an armchair coach’s perspective of where teams sit in regard to the other teams in the league. Just…
Five games are on tap for Tuesday, with two of those games belonging in the Patriot League. We’ll get to those later, but here are two games worth focusing on (besides UMass Lowell vs. Dartmouth): Albany vs. Siena: 4 PM The Great Danes had a very important two game stretch last week, edging Bryant and Yale in hopes of gaining a first round NCAA game to be played at Albany….
The Outlaws claimed a 14-13 victory over the Ohio Machine on Sunday afternoon amidst cold, wet, windy, Midwestern weather in Ohio. Team Bocklet… I mean the Outlaws were paced by Mike Bocklet, who tallied four goals, a hat trick from Jeremy Sieverts, and a dominating performance at the faceoff dot by Anthony Kelly. Bookends Every good story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Clearly Mike Bocklet got the…
Tournament time is quickly approaching folks. Let me give you a quick run down of who I have in and which teams will fall short. There are some big assumptions with the conference champions, but assuming every current, conference leader goes on to win its league. These are my projected AQ teams: ACC: Notre Dame; AmEast: Albany; Big East: Denver; Big Ten: Maryland; Colonial: Towson; Ivy: Princeton; MAAC: Marist; NEC:…
The ACC seedlings are officially set while most other conferences still need a few more games to take shape. The Patriot League also locked up their seeding, with Navy, Colgate, Bucknell, Loyola, Army, and Lehigh all getting some extra games. If it is anything like last year or any of the games during the season, get in front of a TV on Friday. While most other conferences have a clear…
It may be week two in Major League Lacrosse but Ben Rubeor is in mid season form. The seven year pro out of University of Virginia tallied five goals as Chesapeake hosted Florida for a Sunday afternoon matinee, in front of a crowd over 4,000 patrons. After trading goals in the early going, the Bayhawks took a one goal advantage into half at 5-4, but it was Chesapeake that came out…
With their playoff hopes still alive the Vancouver Stealth (5-11) were looking to clinch the West’s final spot with a victory over the 3 time defending champs the Rochester Knighthawks (11-5). The first quarter got under way and the Stealth looked to former K-Hawks Joel McCready to get things going. Cory Vitarelli would answer right back to tie things up for Rochester. Having many practices against his old teammate Matt…
After beating Denver 23-22 in last season’s highest scoring game of the season, the Machine’s 2015 home opener at Selby Stadium matchup proved to be just as exciting. A combined three goals scored with under a minute to play in the game made for an exciting finish as Denver edged out the Machine 14-13. Jeremy Sieverts scored four goals for the Outlaws, and Mike Bocklet netted the game-winner that came…