Denver takes its talent to South Beach on Saturday. Well, an hour or so north of South Beach, really, but you get the idea. Florida is coming off their first win of the year. If the MVP is understood as the individual who is the most important to their team, is Kieran McArdle not that person? Most people’s knee-jerk response would be Paul Rabil, but put him on a different…
Hounds and Machine Both Need Rebounds
A pair of 1-3 teams are set to square off Saturday night at Selby Stadium in Delaware, OH, as the Ohio Machine and the Charlotte Hounds are both coming off of losses in their games last week. Ohio was dealt their loss at the hands of the Florida Launch in Boca Raton last Saturday by a 15-12 final score. The Machine were led once again by Peter Baum and Jimmy…
All Eyes on Denver in Quarter Finals
BUILD UP Denver, the Lacrosse Capital of the West, is going nuts this week. As are we media personnel due to the movement in the last week. As Bill Tierney once told me in an interview, “The entire west region kind of looks to DU as their ‘home’ team.” Families are taking off weekend work, players asking for early birthday presents as tickets, and coaches preaching for their teams to…
NCAA Quarter Finals: Denver vs Ohio State
Denver (14-2, 5-0 Big East), looking to advance to its fourth NCAA Tournament semifinal in the last five seasons on Saturday, will have to go through an Ohio State team that beat them 13-11 in Columbus in mid-March. This time around, Denver will be the home team, with the game set to take place at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. The Buckeyes (12-6, 3-2 Big Ten), are trying to…
Logan Schuss to Miss MLL Season
Bad news for Ohio Machine fans as today the team announced their star Logan Schuss will miss the entire MLL season due to work related issues. Ohio Machine attackman Logan Schuss will miss the remainder of the 2015 Major League Lacrosse season, it was announced today by Ohio Machine Vice President & Head Coach Bear Davis. “Logan has been an integral member of our team since we drafted him out…
Arrows Take Down Calgary in Jr A Clash
The Six Nation Arrows might have lost the great Johnny Powless along with Quinn Powless and a few other players who aged out. As well they lost Brandon Mountur to the NHL, but it looks like it will not stop the Arrows from defending its crown as Minto Cup champs. This team is still stacked with talent much of it was on display during the Arrows exhibition meeting with the…
OLA Junior A Season Preview: Can Whitby Keep Pace?
The 2015 OLA Junior A lacrosse league season got underway just over a week ago, as the Kitchener-Waterloo Braves welcomed the Burlington Chiefs to town. The Braves went on to win the season opener by a score of 10-5, and since then every team except the Brampton Excelsiors and defending Minto Cup Champion Six Nations Arrows have seen at least one game of action. With many players still trickling back…
NLL Playoff Preview: Toronto Rock
Nobody’s discounting the Rush or Roughnecks, but with the Toronto Rock’s determination and the Rochester Knighthawk’s history, the two game east semi-final is shaping up to be a true epic. The Rock have played this season for Terry Sanderson, their former General Manager who passed away last November. Their determination to bring a championship to Toronto for Terry has been evident in every game they’ve played, and led them to…
Roughnecks and Rush Begin Rematch of Last Year’s Division Finals
The Calgary Roughnecks travel up the road to Edmonton to face the Edmonton Rush in Game 1 of the West Division Finals on Friday night, beginning a rematch of the 2014 Division Finals. Last year the Roughnecks upset the odds-on favourite Rush, splitting the two full games and then convincingly winning the tie-breaking mini-game. This year Edmonton is once again the favourite, but Calgary is looking to once again win…
NCAA Women’s Playoffs: Syracuse and Loyola to Face Off
It’s not about how you play in February or March, but how you play in May. The 2015 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Tournament is proof that getting hot at the right time leads to NCAA Tournament success. Following an action-packed weekend, three unseeded teams have advanced to the National Quarterfinals. Those teams have combined to win 35 of their last 36 games. Loyola is riding a nation’s best 16-game winning streak,…