ELL Playoff Preview: Custodes
The Custodes have arguably the most talented and diverse roster in the European Lacrosse League. Will that be enough to lead them to a playoff victory?
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England Invades NCAA Fall Ball
Team England is about to invade US lacrosse with a series of fall ball games in the North East. The series will open Saturday October 19th against Dartmouth University. From there, Team England will take on the likes of UMass, Harvard, Boston University, Brown, with a closing match against Bryant University on October 26th. The game against Dartmouth this weekend will be played in Manchester, New Hampshire. They travel to…
Ohio State Battle Alumni in Fall Ball
The Ohio State men’s lacrosse team will be wrapping up their fall ball season this weekend as they get set to face off against a group of “younger alumni.” The official team name of the alumni will be the Classic Buckeyes. The game coincides with Ohio State’s homecoming weekend. The classic team will also be featuring members of the 2003 squad that earned the Buckeyes’ first NCAA berth as well…
Projected Protected Roster: Hamilton Nationals
It may not even be Christmas yet, but its that time of year again where MLL teams must announce their 23 man protected roster. The Hamilton Nationals are going to want to keep their most talented players for 2014 after finishing in third place with a 9-5 record and losing in the MLL semi-finals. The No 1. Player that will be on their list will be midfielder Kevin Crowley who…
How does Johns Hopkins replace Tucker Durkin?
As fall ball ends, teams across the nation got their first look at their respective players. They saw how returning players improved upon their games from previous years and how their incoming freshmen can make an impact on the squad. Most teams also look for players who will replace departed seniors who filled big roles on the team. None of those shoes will be bigger to fill than those left…
Meet an NLL Prospect: Ethan O’Connor
For almost every GTA born Lacrosse player their dream is to one day pull over the red, blue and white of the Toronto Rock. For the 2013 Major Series Lacrosse Rookie of the Year Ethan O’Connor, that dream became a reality as the Rock selected the Milton,ON native in the first round, ninth overall pick of the 2013 National Lacrosse League draft. The Hobart College grad is an outstanding transitional…
ConnectLax Acquires LaxTrainers
ConnectLAX.com, the leader in private lacrosse instruction, has acquired LAXTrainers.com. LAXTrainers was founded by Connecticut-natives Harley Brown and Jack Vaughan, and operates as a lacrosse-targeted search engine to help players find private instructors.LAXTrainers’ instructors will join ConnectLAX and the largest network of private instructors in the US. Harley will be joining the ConnectLAX team to build on their health and nutrition blogging platform and social media strategies. Harley and Jack felt that by combining with ConnectLAX, they could…
USA Can Build Off of Bowhunter Cup
The United States Developmental Team struggled against the Iroquois powerhouse, but there are some positives the players can take out of the loss.
Hall of Famer O’Toole Made Huge Impact with Knighthawks
Former Rochester Knighthawks goalie, Pat O’Toole is set to be inducted into the NLL Hall of Fame the night of the Knighthawks preseason game. O’Toole is the only player being inducted into the hall of fame this year. He will be joining Russ Cline, Chris Fritz, Gary Gait, Paul Gait, Les Bartley, Tom Marechek, Darris Kilgour, Mike French, Tom Borrelli, Sal LoCascio, Johnny Mouradian, Tony Resch, Neil Stevens, Dallas…
Is Hayes a Fit with Roughnecks?
Jake Hayes took the road less travelled on his route to being drafted in the 5th round by his hometown Calgary Roughnecks. The Calgary native reversed the trend by playing back east this year year with the Brooklin Redmen in Major Series Lacrosse in 2013. Normally you see many eastern guys moving west for more playing time, greener pastures, or to experience different scenery, but Hayes took on the challenge…