Players and teams in the NLL have been victims of scheduling for years due to the league’s popularity being less than other big name sports (football, basketball, baseball). Spectators are more aware of it this year, especially after the Mammoth had a huge weekend of travel and only four hours of sleep. On the weekend of January 10-12: The Colorado Mammoth had a Friday game in Calgary and then a…
2014 NCAA Season Preview: University of Maryland (Men’s) The University of Maryland Men’s Lacrosse team hasn’t played a meaningful game since last May, a game in which they fell 8-16 to perennial contender Cornell in the NCAA First Round. Their next meaningful game is less than two weeks away when they welcome Mount St. Mary’s Saturday, February 8 to College Park. The Terps are coming off last year’s 10-4…
With about five months to go until the FIL World games in Denver, Team USA put its remaining 50 or so guys to the test in the Blue & White Champion Challenge down in Florida. They showed up with fresh hair cuts to hopefully help impress Coach Richie Meade. Fans could hear Coach Dave Pietramala all the way back at Homewood Field and the players put on a good show….
Imagine at the end of the summer, lacrosse was just about to start instead of it ending with the MLL Championship Weekend. Instead of battling in scorching heat all season, the athletes would have a true training camp and would be battling each other in cooler weather. While it may be a possibility, would it be a good change for the sport of lacrosse? Would it bring more popularity and…
Lacrosse has skyrocketed in popularity; this is reiterated countless times a day by players, coaches and fans. Unfortunately, not many people outside the sport understand quite what it takes to be a topnotch competitor. There are so many professional lacrosse leagues that it would be impossible to hold professional league recruitment combines. The events would overlap too many leagues’ seasons and events, and therefore comes down to college players competing…
A lot can happen in the course of nine months. In between the Buffalo Bandits last home game on April 20 2013 (where they were eliminated from the playoffs by Rochester) to the current success they are achieving five games into their current 2014 season, a major feeling of change was definitely in the air. During the off-season, the Bandits let go of head coach Darris Kilgour and acquired the 2013…
The Big East conference will have quite the competition this year and sees a lot of change as well. Gone are Big East powers in Notre Dame and Syracuse. Welcome, Denver, yes Denver to the Big East. While Denver may be the favorite, Rutgers and St. Johns are two teams that could give Denver a run for its money in 2014. St. Johns When talking about St. Johns, the conversation…
Another exciting weekend of action in the NLL. Junior’s overtime winner, Tyler Richards’ unbelievable save and the Bandits showing they are for real. This week looks just as exciting with five games on the schedule. Power Rankings Week 6 (2) 1—Edmonton Rush (4-0) Fell behind 7-2, but outscored the Stealth 7-1 in the final 30 minutes to win 9-8. Matthews, Greer, Knight all with two goals. Bold was pulled…
The Edmonton Rush are off to their best start since entering the National Lacrosse League in 2006. Four straight wins to start the season has them atop the league standings after Week 5 and even though Head Coach and GM Derek Keenan has stated that it is too early to get excited about any team’s successes or failures, we are still going to take a look at what has the…
The Buffalo Bandits (4-1) seized sole possession of first place in the Eastern Division by holding on to an 11-10 home victory over the two-time defending NLL champion Rochester Knighthawks (3-1) before the 13,339 Banditland faithful at First Niagara Center. After beginning the 2014 season with an embarrassing 17-13 home loss to the Philadelphia Wings, the Bandits refocused on their game strategy and are now flying high on a four-game…