We have a rematch this weekend of one of the best lacrosse games to ever take place that was last year’s Albany vs. Notre Dame playoff game. Now these to clubs meet at the same spot in 2015 looking to win and advance to the final four. Lyle Thompson leads Albany with 116 points. When Lyle teams up with freshman Connor Fields, who has 82 points, as a lefty attack…
Launch Taking Off As They Await Thompson
The Florida Launch ran their record to 1-3 following a victory last weekend against the Ohio Machine on home turf. The Launch stay at home this weekend as the Denver Outlaws travel from west to east for a Saturday night affair with the Launch. Launch head coach Stan Ross said his guys were more “motivated” than ever going into Saturday’scontest, and it showed. Florida was very sharp on offense, attackman…
NLL Rookie Report: Playoff Edition
Last weekend the Buffalo Bandits and Rochester Knighthawks kicked off the 2015 NLL playoffs on Saturday night in Rochester with the Knighthawks keeping the dream of four straight NLL championships alive with a 14-11 victory. The Colorado Mammoth and Calgary Roughnecks concluded the first weekend of NLL playoff action on Sunday, as the Roughnecks defeated the Mammoth by a score of 11-6. While three of the four teams competing in…
NLL Season Recap: Colorado Mammoth
After finishing in second place in the NLL West Division the Colorado Mammoth’s season came to an end last weekend with an 11-6 loss to the Calgary Roughnecks in the first round of the playoffs. Following two years where the Mammoth finished below .500, their 9-9 record was certainly an improvement, but the early exit from the postseason has to be considered disappointing. Colorado got off to a torrid start,…
NCAA Quarterfinals: Rematches Galore!
By the end of the afternoon on Sunday, we should know the four teams moving on Championship Weekend in Philadelphia for the semifinals. Three of these four matchups will be rematches from earlier in the season, while Albany-Notre Dame will be a rematch from last year’s quarterfinals. These should end up to be four of the best games of the lacrosse season, as Albany, Denver, Johns Hopkins, and North Carolina…
Onondaga Wins NJCAA Title As Dominance Continues
Onondaga Community College has won their seventh straight national title and tenth as a program. This is a team that has produced the likes of Cody Jamieson Sid Smith and the older Thompson brothers as well as many more amazing players. This year the team was led by its defensemen, Tyson Bell and Oakley Thomas, as well as young offensive players Brine Rice and Matthew Bennett who received MVP honors after…
Analyzing Ohio State’s Stunning Duke Upset
Hey ILWT readers! It’s another week, and there hasn’t been a need for an Ohio State lacrosse eulogy, so let’s continue with another week of talking about Buckeye lax. *Disclaimer: I won’t get into the nitty gritty of this week’s NCAA Quarterfinal matchup with Denver. I will do that in my preview coming Saturday. I’m just going to give you my simple thoughts after watching the OSU/Duke game from my…
Bradman and Bratton Brothers Remain Sidelined
Remember the growth or this game over the last 30 years, then remember how much bigger it has gotten in the last 10 years. Taken the United States by storm. Southern states, mid-western states, that never knew the game, now have the chance to play and compete. More division 1 teams than ever, but still the power houses remain. All divisions that are still playing come May, are elite. Remember…
NCAA Tournament: Profiling the Eliminated
This past weekend, the NCAA men’s lacrosse tournament field was trimmed from 16 down to eight. While the lacrosse community points to the teams still competing for a national championship, it’s also important to recognize the teams that were eliminated — the ones that didn’t even earn a shot to play for a final four berth and didn’t come close to the ultimate goal of a title. Even though their…
Pioneers Advance Past Brown, Get Homefield Opportunity
In a game between two of the most offensively productive teams in the NCAA, Brown flew out to Denver to be tested by the Pioneers. While the Pio’s punched their ticket to the NCAA Elite Eight, Brown was another victim of Denver’s prominence falling 15-9. Despite a six point goal differential, the game was very close statistically. Denver’s Trevor Baptiste won more face offs, but not by as many as…