Ah, May… the best time of the year; birds are chirping, flowers are blooming, shorts and flip-flops are becoming regular… oh, and there’s the NCAA LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIPS! This Saturday morning we welcome the NCAA Lacrosse Championships to our televisions, and one of the first games will be the Duke Blue Devils (11-7) vs the seventh ranked Loyola Greyhounds (12-3). The teams met earlier in the season, back in March, when Duke…
NCAA Lacrosse Tournament: Denver Begins Defense Against Towson
In Wednesday’s play-in game, Towson lit up Hobart. That’s the only way of saying it when Hobart barely touched the ball offensively and the Tigers had 33 shots on goal in the first 31 minutes of play. The win has earned Towson a trip west to the Rockies to take on the defending NCAA Division-I Champs: the DU Pioneers. If this matchup weren’t filled with controversy, then it wouldn’t be…
NCAA Lacrosse Tournament: Marquette Hosts First Playoff Game, Faces UNC
The Marquette Golden Eagles will host the first NCAA tournament game played in Wisconsin after clinching the six seed in this year’s road to Philadelphia. No easy task for the Golden Eagles as University of North Carolina, one of four ACC teams in the tournament, rolls into Valley Fields for faceoff, Saturday, May 14, 1:30 p.m. Central Time. North Carolina (8-6) makes its 31st appearance in the NCAA tournament, looking…
NCAA Lacrosse Tournament: Brown Hosts Hopkins
When: Saturday, 5pm, Stevenson-Pincince Field Johns Hopkins earned an at-large berth in the NCAA tournament and earned a road game versus the high scoring, fast paced Brown University Bears. This game has a similarity to another game that Hopkins faced in recent memory, 2008 National Final Four versus Duke University. Brown comes into the contest after losing in the Ivy League Tournament Semi-Final against Harvard. The Bears come into the…
McDaniels: Early Retirements a Reality of MLL
Retirements are part of sports. In Major League Lacrosse, they hold two different meanings. The traditional hang it up after a lengthy career is what we know in most professional sports. The other retirement only seen in newer leagues such as the MLL is when a young, emerging star calls it a career while still at the top of their game. We saw that last week when Mike Sawyer of…
Toronto Rock Fire Coach John Lovell
Toronto Rock owner, president and general manager Jamie Dawick announced today that he has relieved John Lovell as head coach of the Toronto Rock. Lovell was named head coach of the Rock following the 2013 season and had a 28-26 regular season record over three seasons as the Rock’s bench boss. The veteran coach was also named NLL coach of the year after guiding the Rock to a 14-4 regular…
Rodgers Sparks Machine in Overtime Rematch Against Outlaws
The Ohio Machine defeated the Denver Outlaws 14-13 this past weekend on the strength of 3 critical saves by Scott Rodgers during overtime. Denver defeated visiting Ohio two weeks ago in the last minutes of that game so the Machine returned the favor in the rematch. This time it was Marcus Holman scoring the game winning goal on an assist from Steele Stanwick. This season’s games between Denver and Ohio…
NLL 2016 Recap: Vancouver Stealth
It took the Vancouver Stealth too long to find its feet under new head coach Jamie Batley and a change in philosophies, presenting a missed opportunity to make the playoffs. In retrospect, questions remain going forward, but the overall forecast for the team is trending up with a lot going for them moving forward. This was billed as a season of opportunity, with heavy marketing and renewed optimism surrounding the…
Duke Advancing to the NCAA Tournament after win in Boston
Boston, Massachusetts – Deemer Class ended 2016 with 49 goals, five coming in today’s contest. Duke would enter in the NCAA Tournament after a 15-8 win over the host Boston University Terriers. Boston University came on strong to begin the contest, taking the first four shots of the game. Duke’s goalie Danny Fowler had to be strong from start and was able to come up with the first save of…
Roughnecks Outlast Mammoth 11-10 in West Division Semifinal
After tying the game with less than 30 seconds remaining in regulation, the Calgary Roughnecks finally sealed the deal more than 11 minutes into sudden death overtime, defeating the Colorado Mammoth 11-10. The win advances the Roughnecks to the West Division Finals against the Saskatchewan Rush next weekend. For the Roughnecks, it was the eighth time they’ve beaten the Mammoth in the postseason, with their only playoff loss to Colorado…