Friday night in Oshawa the Durham Turfdogs and Ohsweken Demons face off against each other at the General Motors Centre in the Creator’s Cup final game to determine the 2016 Canadian Lacrosse League champion. The Turfdogs are playing for the cup for the first time in the league’s five year history. The Demons are playing in their third straight Creator’s Cup, but lost their previous two attempts to Niagara and…
Lehigh Looks to Get Back on Track Against Lafayette
Coming off a hard-fought 13-10 loss at Army West Point, the Lehigh men’s lacrosse team looks to get back on track when the Mountain Hawks head to archrival Lafayette on Saturday. Opening faceoff in Fisher Stadium is set for 1 p.m. Lehigh will be searching for its sixth straight win over Lafayette. The Mountain Hawks enjoyed a strong first half against the Black Knights, taking a 6-4 lead after 30…
Bellarmine Faces Jacksonville in SoCon Battle
The Bellarmine University lacrosse team travels to Jacksonville on Saturday to take on the Jacksonville Dolphins. The first Southern Conference road game for the Bellarmine Knights, as the dolphins are coming off a conference road loss at Richmond last weekend. Face off set for noon at D.B. Milne Field on the Jacksonville University campus. Bellarmine enters the contest 3-4 on the season with a 1-0 mark in SoCon play after…
Stony Brook Dominates Hofstra Behind Rogers, Eastwood
The Hofstra Pride men’s lacrosse team took a heart-breaking 13-5 loss against their in-city rivals, the Stony Brook Seawolves. In every aspect of the game, the Pride was outplayed. The first quarter really set the tone for the rest of the game. The Seawolves offense came out firing on all cylinders with seven goals, and leading the way was Challen Rogers and Brody Eastwood, each scoring two goals. The Pride…
NCAA March Madness As Lacrosse: Part Two
Last year around this time, I took the schools who made the NCAA basketball tournament and decided to look at it from a lacrosse perspective. Several websites and sports blogs will do this for football or other sports, because most of those schools have division one or at least varsity programs. Lacrosse is different, and most of these will be club teams, which certainly makes this an interesting exercise. This…
Stealth Make Coaching Change, Hire Jamie Batley
Dan Perreault was relieved of his coaching duties with the Vancouver Stealth this morning, with general manager Doug Locker working quickly to announce his replacement behind the bench, Jamie Batley. Batley has been credited as a major force behind the rejuvenation of the MSL’s Peterborough Lakers and has had various head coaching experience in the NLL. He was most recently the head coach of the Toronto Rock and has also…
Knighthawks Bite Back, Defeat BlackWolves 17-13
This past weekend the Rochester Knighthawks (5-5) could not afford to lose both games. Friday night they fall to the Bandits (7-4) on Johnny Tavares Night 13-10, so they game Saturday versus the BlackWolves (5-4) was even more of a desperation win, which they did in com from behind fashion 17-13. As the first quarter ended, the Knighthawks were buried in a hole that nobody thought they could get out…
Hofstra Tops Ohio State, Prepares for Stony Brook
An 8-5 victory against 20th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes was what the Hofstra Pride needed after losing to Georgetown the previous week. Head coach Seth Tierney knew how important the victory was for Hofstra. “It’s not an easy game to win. They’re a Big Ten team with some guys that are big, strong, and fast and play a canadian-like offense but defensively, we were up for the challenge. It goes back…
MLL’s Decision to Use Neutral Site Games Adds Market Possibilities
As the college lacrosse season is in full swing, the pro lacrosse world continues to buzz with excitement. Several days ago, Major League Lacrosse, the premier outdoor professional lacrosse league, announced the two locations for the 2016 MLL Steinfeld Cup Tournament. The semi-final games in this year’s postseason will be hosted on two neutral sites: Rafferty Stadium at Fairfield University, and the National Sports Center Stadium in Blaine, Minnesota. The…
Rose Leads Toronto to Win Over Vancouver
Toronto has fallen back in love with the Rock and it’s all thanks to Nick Rose. A dismal opening to the 2016 has been erased with the great play of Rose, who made 46 saves Sunday afternoon en route to defeating the visiting Vancouver Stealth 9-6 at the Air Canada Centre. Vancouver and Toronto are both last in their respective divisions. The win was just Toronto’s third of the season,…