The 2024 NCAA season is upon us! Teams have been preparing since fall ball in August to hit the ground running once the second semester rolled around. Questions loom if anyone can compete with the ACC defending champion Notre Dame and finalist Duke Blue Devils… and we all know what Virginia can do. The Big Ten wasn’t quite the one trick pony in the years past of Maryland’s dominance, but…
NLL: Halifax hangs on to beat Philadelphia in OT
The Halifax Thunderbirds flew into Philadelphia and, once again, clipped the Wings with a thrilling 15-14 win in overtime last weekend. Thunderbirds captain Cody Jamieson found the back of the net 21 seconds into overtime to end Philadelphia’s hope for a home victory. The Wings fall to 2-5 while Halifax improves to 4-3. The Wings continued their pattern of starting slowly. Despite going up 2-1 in the first quarter with…
NLL: Bandits hold off Knighthawks to complete season sweep of crosstown rivals
There are a couple things in our lives that are for certain: death, taxes, and the inability for the Buffalo Bandits and Rochester Knighthawks to play a boring lacrosse game. For the second week in a row, the Saturday Night Showcase featured the Buffalo Bandits, this time with them on their home floor against Rochester in their second meeting of the season. In front of 15,000+ we can assure you…
NLL: Pivotal weekend ends in disappointment for Roughnecks
It was a pivotal weekend for the Calgary Roughnecks as they faced the ever-daunting back-to-back games on their home turf of Westjet Field. Win both and you’re a top eight team. Lose both and now you’re in quite a hole. Unfortunately, it was the latter for the Roughnecks as they dropped Friday night’s game 11-10 to the New York Riptide and then Saturday night’s game 9-7 to the Toronto Rock….
Rush Out-Dual PCLC to Earn 10-9 Victory
The Saskatchewan Rush had to come from behind late in a see-saw battle against the Panther City Lacrosse Club to earn a 10-9 win. The victory improves Saskatchewan’s record to 2-4 and vaults them from dead last in the NLL to 12th place. Meanwhile, PCLC drops to 3-4, in a three-way tie for eighth place. Nathaniel Kozevnikov opened the scoring for the Rush four-and-a-half minutes into the game. It took…
NLL: Oakes, Kew lead the way as Swarm win OT thriller
Gas South Arena played host to a solid matchup between the Vancouver Warriors and Georgia Swarm on Friday night. Going in, it was the tale of two different clubs as the Swarm were in playoff position and Vancouver was on the outside looking in. As we’ve seen this year, there is a lot of parody in this league, with any team being able to win or pull an “upset” on…
NLL: Wings fall to Seals in disappointing one-goal loss
The San Diego Seals came barking into Philadelphia and slid away with a 12-11 win. It was virtually all San Diego in the first quarter. Wes Berg started the scoring. Sam LeClair quickly answered back for Philadelphia. However, that seemed to send the Seals on the prowl as they scored four more before the quarter ended. Philadelphia knew it had to make changes. The second half saw more evenly matched…
NLL: Rock unbeaten no more as Fraser scores 4, Bandits explode for 16
Everyone loves a good rivalry game, right? The Saturday Night Showcase came to you from FirstOntario Center in Hamilton, as the Toronto Rock hosted the Buffalo Bandits. This was the tale of two sides, as Toronto came in as the league’s only unbeaten team left, and Buffalo was sputtering a bit. Earlier on in the day, Tom Schreiber was activated off IR for the Rock, so that was going to…
NLL: Thunderbirds snap a three-game skid in win over Knighthawks
Ryan Benesch became the fifth all-time leading goal scorer in NLL history as his five goals propelled him up the record books and helped the Halifax Thunderbirds defeat the Rochester Knighthawks 10-8 on Saturday night in Halifax, N.S. Benesch, who is in his 16th season, came into the game four goals away from passing Colin Doyle for fifth all-time with 527 goals. Not only did Benesch pass Doyle, but he…
NLL: Mammoth get much-needed home-floor win
Facing off against an old conference foe was just what the doctor ordered for Pat Coyle and the Colorado Mammoth. Backstopped by a dominant Dillon Ward and led up front by four goals from Connor Kelly, the Mammoth beat the visiting Calgary Roughnecks 13-10 on January 20. “Standings wise, you’re seeing other teams win and it feels like if we don’t start putting some wins together now, we’re going to…