Saskatchewan looks to Repeat with a win tonight Tonight the 30th NLL Season can come to a close. Should the Saskatchewan Rush win tonight they would sweep the best of three and repeat as National Lacrosse League Champions. The Rush won game one in Buffalo 11-9. What would make this game special is the Rush won the title last year as the Edmonton Rush; now they are under the Saskatchewan Rush…
UNC Shocks Maryland 13-7 for Women’s National Title
Three years ago, the North Carolina women’s lacrosse team ended Maryland’s bid for a perfect season, beating the Terrapins in the 2013 National Championship Game. That game went to triple overtime and was played at Villanova University, just outside of Philadelphia. On Sunday, UNC ended the Terrapins’ 26-game winning streak at Talen Energy Stadium, home of the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer. In the end, the result was the…
Around the WCSLA: June 3
The WCSLA regular season is fully underway and already two teams are trying to pull ahead of the pack. Even though the Langley Warriors suffered their first loss of the season to the Nanaimo Timbermen on the weekend, Langley and the Ladner Pioneers sit at the top of the WCSLA standings. Although Ladner has only played five games, they have one of the best goal differentials in the league (28…
McDaniels: Galloway Gets Redemption on Sweeney Save
re·demp·tion (noun) the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil. There is an old saying that everyone loves a good redemption story. Good guy makes a bad mistake, people begin to doubt him or write him off, but he is able to overcome the issue and everyone feels good again. This type of situation occurred in Major League Lacrosse over the last couple of weeks. The…
Back To Normal In Philadelphia
For the past two years, and the last three of four, Philadelphia has hosted the Men’s and Women’s National Championship games (except Women’s Division II). It’s seemed that it’s been a staple for many locals, as well as many lacrosse fans, for Memorial Day Weekend. This year’s version had increases in attendance for all three days, and it shines a light on the topic about attendance and future venues for…
High Hopes for Brooklin in 50th Anniversary Season
The Brooklin Redmen have always been a lacrosse club built around home grown talent, but the 50th edition of the club will have an even more local flavour with 20 of 25 players hailing from the Durham Region. This also could be the strongest team the Redmen have assembled since the 2000 Mann Cup winner, the last time Brooklin were crowned Men’s Senior A Lacrosse National Champions. “I really want…
Kodiaks Fall to Oakville in First Cobourg Contest
The game result wasn’t what the Cobourg Kodiaks wanted but their debut at the Cobourg Community Centre was a night to be remembered. A crowd of 1217 new and seasoned lacrosse fans took in the home opener for the newly relocated MSL team as they lost to the Oakville Rock 10-5. Formerly the Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks, the team struggled with attendance and community support at the Waterloo Rec Complex. In January,…
NCAA Lacrosse Championship: UNC’s OT Win an Instant Classic
If there was ever an NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship game to see, it was this one. Maryland and North Carolina came down to the wire and then some. 1st Quarter Things got off to a hot start for the Tar Heels as they won the first face-off of the game and scored just over a minute into the game thanks to Luke Goldstock, his first of the game. Stephen Kelly…
Rattlers Win First Home Game, Take Down Bayhawks
It’s weird to say that we’re already in Week 6, but here we are, and what better way for the Rattlers to celebrate Memorial Day Weekend then taking down the 3 – 2 Chesapeake Bayhawks in a great matchup this past Saturday, in, even weirder, their home opener! While the College Lacrosse world prepared for a historic title game on Memorial Day, the Upstate New York pros took to the field…
North Carolina Tar Heels 2016 Mens Lacrosse Champions
This game started typical UNC/Maryland. The Tar Heels came out with four goals in the first 4:10, but then the Terps came back with a vengeance. Scoring four of their own with two of them coming from Dylan Maltz. The defense on both sides seemed to be invisible the first quarter as a total of 11 goals were scored. The second quarter seemed to start off the same way with North…