Towson ended the season putting Notre Dame against the ropes before losing 12-10 to the National Semifinalist. The Tigers return a number of important pieces, but to take the next step in the national picture they need for their youngsters to grow up quickly. Coach Nadelen’s team was 12-6, 2-2 in the CAA, and looked for consistency at a number of intervals during the 2015 campaign. The one thing that…
2015 NLL Awards Preview: Months Later, We Get Our Winners
Tuesday night at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville the NLL will hand out their 2015 season awards, along with naming their All-Pro and All-Rookie teams. The ceremony, honouring the best of the best, begins at 7:00 p.m. ET. The night will also feature a tribute to Terry Sanderson as he is inducted into the NLL Hall of Fame, the lone member to be inducted in 2015. Sanderson is…
2015 NLL Draft Review: Buffalo Bandits
After being bounced out of the opening round of the 2015 NLL playoffs by the Rochester Knighthawks and the retirement of Bandits captain John Tavares, Buffalo Bandits General Manager Steve Dietrich and head coach Troy Cordingley headed into the 2015 NLL Draft searching for that certain missing ingredient to their success. After the draft was over, it was pretty clear that the messing ingredients that Dietrich and Cordingley believed to…
USA Wins Bronze Medal, Defeats Team Israel 15-4
When the final buzzer sounded Team USA once again was the winner of the bronze medal in the FIL-World Indoor Lacrosse Championships as the defeated Team Israel 15-4. USA controlled the game from start to finish as Marcus Holman would score just fifty four seconds into the game. Holman would score his second of his three goals before the first quarter ended to put USA up 5-1. The score wouldn’t…
2015 NLL Draft Review: Big Names Selected in Oakville
The Georgia Swarm were the big winners at the 2015 NLL draft held Monday night in Oakville. With four picks in the first round, the Swarm added a multitude of talent to a roster already deep with young, talented players. The Swarm took Lyle Thompson first overall. Lyle will join his brother Miles and is happy to be reunited with former teammates Randy Staats (taken sixth) and Johnny Powless. “I…
Week 3 CUFLA Three Stars: Fitzhenry Aids Voyageurs To Big Win
Third Star: Spencer Bromley—McGill Redmen Junior attackman Spencer Bromley exploded offensively this weekend, netting nine points in two victories to help extend the McGill Redmen’s regular season winning streak to 34. The Surrey, BC native leads McGill in goals with 15 and is third among all Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association goal scorers. Second Star: Danton Miller—Laurier Golden Hawks Danton Miller was outstanding in a pair of Laurier Golden Hawks…
Lyle Thompson Selected First Overall by Georgia Swarm
The Georgia Swarm made their first draft pick in the history of the team in Gwinnett with the first overall pick in the 2015 NLL draft, selecting Lyle Thompson out of Albany and the Onondaga Redhawks. It’s no surprise to have Thompson land in Georgia, a team looking to get a face of their relocated club. They already have Miles, who is Lyle’s brother. Thompson has been one of the…
2015 WILC Recap: Team USA
Team USA might not have won gold or played in the championship game but they showed that they were capable of winning games and won some in blowout fashion. Yes ,Canada and Team Iroquois are still steps ahead of the United States in box lacrosse and both those teams were able to handle USA fairly easy but in all three of those games USA never did give up. The likes…
Rock Acquire Mike Grimes From Swarm
The Toronto Rock have completed a trade with the Georgia Swarm just hours before the 2015 NLL Draft. The Rock have acquired defenceman Mike Grimes along with the Swarm’s 4th round pick, 34th overall in the 2015 NLL Draft in exchange for the Rock’s 3rd round pick, 29th overall in the 2015 NLL Draft and Toronto’s 2nd round pick in 2018. The 29-year old Grimes was acquired by the Swarm in the summer of 2014…
2015 Complete NLL Mock Draft
FIRST ROUND 1. Georgia Swarm- Lyle Thompson, Onondaga Redhawks, Albany Great Danes If there was ever an obvious first overall pick, this is it. A team in a new location, the Swarm have an opportunity to pronounce Thompson as the face of the team- and it doesn’t hurt that his brother Miles, who was the second overall pick last season, is also a member of the Swarm. Add Johnny Powless…