The Chesapeake Bayhawks finish the All Star break on the doorstep of a grueling stretch to make a return to the playoffs. Sitting at .500 currently with a record of 4 wins, 4 losses, the Bayhawks are tied with three teams. They are within one game of another two, so it will be a dogfight until the last weekend. Some of the usual names have come and gone from the…
NLL Trade Grades: Johnny Poweless for Jeremy Noble
This NLL offseason, we will be examining some of the trades that shaped the 2015 season. The biggest blockbuster of the NLL season came at the draft. The Rochester Knighthawks, coming off of three championships in a row, decided to shake up their roster. Johnny Powless, who has been in the NLL since he was 18 years old, had been an important piece for the Hawks but hadn’t been the…
MLL At the Break: Ohio Machine
While team captains Kyle Harrison and Marcus Holman, along with Peter Baum, Brian Karalunas, Tom Schreiber and Dana Wilber are coming back to the Buckeye state from Houston, let’s step back and take a look at Ohio as they head into the final six games of the regular season. First off, the Machine were one of the hottest teams in the league heading into the all-star break, having won their…
Bill Tierney: A Legend of the Sport
There may be no figure in the sport of lacrosse that has contributed more to the growth of the game than University of Denver head coach Bill Tierney. Tierney’s surprise move west in 2009 was capped off last month when his Pioneers won the 2015 National Championship. The preseason #1 team in the nation, Denver had a couple roadblocks (losses to North Carolina and Ohio State), but ended the season…
NCAA Year In Review: End Of Season Awards
In the final part of my Year In Review series, it’s time to give out awards to honor the best of this college lacrosse season. So let’s get started. Best Team: Denver Pioneers Need I explain for the National Champions? Best Team Besides Denver: Notre Dame Fighting Irish If it weren’t for a Matt Kavanagh injury that made him probably slow down during the NCAA Tournament, they probably would have…
2015 Houston MLL All Star Game Rosters
This season’s “MLL Ultimate Fan” winners, Hayden MacArthur and Ethan Sorkin, participated in a playground style draft earlier today (Friday night), which determined both the team names and the opposing rosters for Saturday’s MLL All-Star Game. Just before the draft the Ultimate Fans revealed that they wanted to both name the teams after their hometown high school mascots of Coppell, TX (Cowboys) and Alpharetta, GA (Gladiators). Here are the results of the draft……
2015 MLL All Star Game: What to Watch For
When you take a moment to think about it, what can really be said to preview an All-Star game? Almost regardless of the sport under examination, All-Star games are an exhibition of offensive skill. Sure, defenders are invited to show up, but really this is their moment to shine on the other half of the field. I’ll admit to writing this on Friday afternoon before the teams have been picked…
MLL At the Break: Rochester Rattlers
With the MLL All-Star break coming up, now is a time to look back at the Rochester Rattlers’ opening half of the 2015 MLL season. Last year’s runner up in the 2014 MLL Championship game against the Denver Outlaws in Kennesaw, Georgia, the Rattlers (5 – 3) are currently tied for second overall in the league with the Ohio Machine (5 – 3). Six Rattlers will be representing the team…
MLL All-Stars: Breaking Down the Attack
The MLL All-Star game always comes at a strange time in the lacrosse calendar. Several NLL stars have yet to log significant minutes, and most rookies have done the same assuming they have even seen the field. But, the great thing about the MLL is there is so much talent on the field that it is hard to argue that the All-Star selections do not represent the best in the…
NCAA Year In Review: Top Ten Goaltenders
In part four of my year in review series, we take a look at the top goaltenders in the 2015 NCAA season. Goaltenders, in my opinion, are the most important player on a lacrosse team. They are the last line of defense, and a great one can decide if teams win close games or not. Tom Carey – Ohio State Ohio State was an up-and-down team for most of the…