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…
2016 Major Seres Lacrosse Season Preview
The 2016 Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) season kicks off on Sunday, May 29. Six teams throughout Ontario will battle each other this summer for the right to host the Mann Cup, the Canadian senior lacrosse championship. Last season the Peterborough Lakers travelled to British Columbia, where they lost to the WLA champion Victoria Shamrocks. This year the MSL champion will host the series and the winner will hope to bring…
Photo Gallery: D2 and D3 Lacrosse Championships
Yesterday Salsbury and Le Moyne took home national championships in division three and division two, respectively. We captured some mages of the teams celebrations and action, all photos by Brian McLoughlin.
LeMoyne Dolphins DII National Champions
When people talk college lacrosse it’s usually the big universities in division one, Denver, Maryland Notre Dame, etc. But when Memorial Day weekend hits, there is plenty of action in divisions two and three. Such was the case today in Philadelphia. The LeMoyne Dolphins (20-0) defeated Limestone Saints (21-1) 8-4 to win their fifth National Championship. LeMoyne is about 10 minutes from downtown Syracuse, while Limestone is in Gaffney, SC. …
Rush Outlast Bandits 11-9 in Game 1 of Champion’s Cup
The Saskatchewan Rush are one huge step closer to repeating as NLL champions with last night’s 11-9 win over the Buffalo Bandits. The win puts Saskatchewan in the driver’s seat in the best-of-three series as the two teams head west to Saskatoon for Game 2. In spite of a combined 26 shots on goal in the first quarter, both goalies frustrated the opposition offenses with rock solid performances. Aaron Bold…
NCAA Lacrosse Final Four: Brown’s Run Comes to an End
PHILADEPHIA, PA – Junior Dylan Molloy watched from the sidelines last week as his fellow teammates won an 11-10 thriller over Navy at home during the NCAA Division I Quarterfinals. Molloy, who was considered by many to be sidelined for the remainder of the season, surprised the nation by warming up versus Maryland Saturday afternoon. Molloy wasn’t a chess piece for the Bears, but contributed with two goals including bringing…
NCAA Lacrosse Final Four: Heacock’s OT Goal Sends Maryland to Championship
With 115 degree heat down on the field and over 33,000 in attendance, the Maryland Terrapins ended the miraculous Brown Bears’ season thanks to Colin Heacocks overtime goal. Maryland started out hot, going up 4-1 midway through the first quarter with goals from Heacock, Isaiah Davis-Allens beautiful step down shot, Matt Rambo’s only goal of the day and Dylan Maltz’s first. Brown answered with four straight goals to take a…
Terps Return to Championship Monday; Win 15-14 Overtime
Colin Heacock scores game winner 1:19 in overtime to vault Maryland back to Title Game In the second game of the semi final, Maryland Terrapins (17-2) defeated Brown Bears (16-3) by a final of 15-14 in overtime. Colin Heacock scored the game winner 1:19 into overtime out in front off a feed from Matt Rambo to beat Brown goaltender Jack Kelly. Heacock had the hat trick on the afternoon along…
Tar Heels Advance To Title Game; First Since 1993
In the opening game of the NCAA Final Four weekend, we had the U.N.C. Tar Heels defeat the Loyola Greyhounds 18-13. This game was not as close as the score indicates. Chris Cloutier (So.) scored nine goals overall, tying the all time mark for goals in a playoff game. Six of the nine were scored in the first half alone as the Heels led 14-5. Pontrello, Kelly, Goldstock all scored…