Is it too early to start predicting brackets? Some may say yes, others the opposite. Joe Lunardi already has a way too early 2017 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracketology, and we just got done the hoops tournament last week! Teams don’t know if they’ll lose someone to either the NBA Draft or to transfers or even who they might gain via transfers and commitments. But in lacrosse, we have less than…
Bandits Continue Playoff Race Against Knighthawks
The Buffalo Bandits (9-4) and their Thruway rivals the Rochester Knighthawks (6-7) will face off in the second of three divisional showdowns during the 2016 NLL regular season Saturday night at the First Niagara Center. In their first matchup of the season, the Buffalo Bandits came away with the 13-10 victory at home against the Knighthawks on March 11. Coming up big offensively for the Bandits on the score sheet…
Black Wolves Take on Banged Up Rock
Saturday night the 8-5 New England Black Wolves will pay their first visit of 2016 to the Air Canada Centre to take on the 4-9 Toronto Rock. In their only meeting this season, New England defeated Toronto 17-16 in overtime on Valentine’s Day in Connecticut. New England was led by Shawn Evans (as always) with 12 points while Rob Hellyer led the Rock (also as per usual) with 10 points….
College Lacrosse Weekend Preview: T-Minus 29 Days Until Selection Sunday
We’re starting the final stretch of the season with under a month until Selection Sunday for the NCAA Tournament. Unlike last year, it’s a very wide open field, with only two ACC teams in the top 15 in RPI. Some early Bracketology projections have Notre Dame and Syracuse in, with some even including Virginia. Except for Notre Dame, the ACC is on the bubble for some spots, with UNC and…
Tigers Roar Past Dragons 11-7
Drexel faces Fairfield, while Towson travels to face UMass in CAA action this weekend. This past weekend the Drexel Dragons (4-6) traveled about 100 miles south to face the #10 ranked Towson Tigers (9-1). Unfortunately for the Dragons they fell 11-7. For the first three quarters the Dragons looked as if they would pull off the upset of their season. But a six goal run by the Tigers was the…
Charlotte Hounds Name Jim Stagnitta Head Coach
The Charlotte Hounds of Major League Lacrosse today officially introduced Jim Stagnitta as the team’s new Head Coach for 2016. He becomes just the second coach in the Hounds’ five-year history, as former Head Coach Mike Cerino recently transitioned into the General Manager role. The Hounds today also announced their assistant coaching staff, which will see the team retain Brad Touma and add Tony Resch. “The front office has spent…
Hofstra Opens Conference Play With Fairfield Loss
The Fairfield Stags continue to break the hearts of Seth Tierney and his Hofstra Pride men’s lacrosse team as they defeated the Pride 9-8 in the CAA opener. Hofstra fans can recall last year where it came down to the final game in the regular season to determine if Hofstra would make the CAA tournament or not. Fairfield crushed any hopes of Hofstra making it to the tournament with a…
NCAA Midseason Top Five MLL Prospects
We are just over halfway through the 2016 campaign so it seems appropriate to check in on some of the 2017 MLL draft prospects. Specifically, I want to look at this years draft-eligible midfield group. Last season, I don’t think it was much of a question that Duke midfielder, Myles Jones, was the best midfielder and would be drafted #1 overall. Is Sergio Perkovic that guy this year? It is still…
Rock Blast Past Stealth Despite Injuries
It was a battle of last place teams but you’d never know it from the intensity on the floor Saturday night as the Toronto Rock took down the Vancouver Stealth 13-11 at the Langley Events Centre. The Rock move into a tie with the Georgia Swarm for fourth place in the East, two games back of the Rochester Knighthawks for the last playoff spot with five games remaining. Vancouver remains…
Roughnecks Look to Stay in West Race Against Rush
The Saskatchewan Rush watched the NLL trade deadline come and go without making any changes to their lineup for the remainder of the 2016 NLL season. GM Derek Keenan feels his lineup is as good as any in the league and rightly so. Going into tonight’s game against the Calgary Roughnecks the Rush have won five in a row, including a weekend sweep of the Toronto Rock and sit tied…