After the round of 16 in the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Tournament featured three upsets, “chalk” prevailed in the quarterfinal round. After 22 tournament games, we are down to the top four seeds in the tournament. 1. Maryland 2. North Carolina 3. Duke 4. Syracuse It’s an ACC theme with three current members of the conference against long-time ACC member Maryland program in its first season in the Big Ten. Last…
McDaniels: MLL Rookies Fall Into Roles
The eagerly anticipated welcome to this year’s rookie class is upon us. With the Final Four set this weekend, all but a few college players are eligible to sign Major League Lacrosse contracts.Lyle Thompson may the most talked about incoming rookie this year, but there are many others you should know before they touch the orange ball this weekend. Let’s start with Florida’s Connor Buczek. He was the second overall selection out…
What To Watch in NLL Game Twos
From my perspective as an NLL fanatic the opening volley of the Division Finals was nothing short of spectacular. Both Game Ones were decided in the final three minutes of play, both featured hard hits, spectacular goals, spectacular saves, everything a sports fan could want. The Edmonton Rush withstood a big comeback from the Calgary Roughnecks to win 10-8…
Edmonton Mayor: Rush “Disrespectful” and “Disappointing”
When the Edmonton Rush released their statement earlier today, they essentially put it on the city of Edmonton to ensure that the team stays. Well, the city wasn’t exactly thrilled with that approach. Owner Bruce Urban said in a story in the Edmonton Journal that the city hasn’t been very helpful towards the team.Some of his quotes are as follows: “City Hall has basically said there is no place for…
Edmonton Rush Release Statement Regarding Future
Over the last ten years, The Edmonton Rush Lacrosse Club has proudly represented Edmonton in major cities across North America. We love the city, our corporate partners, and most of all our fans; however a sports team needs an arena to play in. Amongst all of the new arena discussion, The Edmonton Rush has never been offered any kind of solution or consideration by Mayor Iveson or the City of Edmonton. Similar to…
NCAA Final Four Preview: Who Expected This?
At the beginning of the season, many people had Denver and Notre Dame in Philadelphia for Championship weekend. But Maryland? Some people may have picked them, but the absence of Goran Murray, the availability of Matt Rambo, and the uncertainty in net were big question marks. Turns out that the defense has been the strength of the Terps all year, which has them against….Johns Hopkins. Oh the Blue Jays, a…
Minnesota Swarm in Jeopardy of Moving
First the Edmonton Rush. Now it seems like the Minnesota Swarm have played their last game in the twin cities. The Minnesota Swarm have had a tumultuous past few years. From letters begging fans to come to games, to the team trading away the majority of their roster, things have not been good in Minnesota. This past trading deadline they traded away two faces of the team in Logan Schuss…
Rush Unlikely to Return to Edmonton
The Edmonton Rush have been in flux it seems for the past year. It sounds like the official downfall of the franchise, which is competing in the NLL’s western conference finals currently, could come down soon. The Edmonton Journal posted a story today with quotes from owner Bruce Urban, and things do not look good for the Rush. In fact, it sounds all but official that the team won’t be…
Ohio State’s Season Comes to a Close
Early in their game against Denver, it appeared that I would be writing about Ohio State’s first ever trip to championship weekend. Alas, it was not meant to be, as the Pioneers overcame a 7-1 deficit early in the second quarter and tallied nine unanswered goals en route to a 15-13 win. Without further delay, here lies the 2015 Ohio State Buckeyes lacrosse season. This was a team… That could…
Arrows Season Opens Against Lakers
The Six Nations Arrows opened up their regular season at home during the annual Bread and Cheese game, which takes place on the Canadian holiday, Victoria Day. The Arrows took on the Perterbourgh Lakers, a team that Six Nations beat in the OLA playoffs last summer. Before the first faceoff took place the 2014 championships banners were revealed, while some of the players that aged out of junior were honored….