Sunday saw a rematch of the 2014 MLL championship game when the Denver Outlaws visited the Rochester Rattlers. What a difference a year makes though. The Rattlers handed the Outlaws their second defeat of the season by a score of 15-12. Attackman Jordan Wolf tallied a hat trick for the Rattlers, and five other players had at least two goals for Rochester. Mike Bocklet and Greg Melaugh led the Outlaws…
Simmons: Albany, Maryland, Notre Dame Prove Themselves
What an excellent weekend. While there were a lot of great moments including a nice hidden ball trick goal from Hopkins, for me, the best had to have been watching Albany’s Blaze Riorden make a very nice save before trucking down the field and putting away a goal. Although I picked Albany to win, I did not expect the Great Danes’ defense to show up like it did. If the…
NCAA Second Round Preview
Now that the first round of the NCAA has wrapped up, we can take a look at who moved on, who didn’t, and what to expect this weekend. There are going to be four excellent games as teams are fighting for those four coveted spots at Championship weekend in Philadelphia. Every one of these games is a can’t miss affair since every single one is a rematch of a game…
NCAA Playoffs: Colgate vs North Carolina
The start of the NCAA Tournament has been absolutely spectacular with upsets, tight games and every position on the field scoring. This evening, UNC will meet Colgate on Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill at 5:15pm in the first round of the tournament. Carolina comes in as the third seed, highest since being seeded number one in 1993 and Colgate enters unseeded but has the Patriot League title under their belt….
Lizards Storm to 5-0 With Win Over Boston
The New York Lizards and Boston Cannons match ups always produce some of the closest games, and Friday’s game was no different. Both teams played competitively, but in the end, the Lizards claimed a 15-12 win over the Cannons at James M. Shuart Stadium, sweeping the Cannons for the second time in the last two seasons and remaining undefeated in the regular season. The Cannons and Lizards last met up…
Analysis: Launch Finally Take a Victory
The 2015 Florida Launch got in the win column with a, 15-12 win Saturday night at FAU Stadium. David Earl opened the score at the 12:17 mark of the first quarter for the Florida Launch(1-3) as they hosted the Ohio Machine(1-3) Saturday night. Following the Earl goal, the teams jogged into their locker rooms as lighting struck in the area. After a lighting delay that ran from, 7:17 to 8:30,…
Knighthawks Advance to Eastern Finals
The Buffalo Bandits have been eliminated from the playoffs at the hands of the Rochester Knighthawks. Rochester controlled much of the temp of the game game, and lead for all but a couple of minutes early in the 1st quarter, and as a result, came away with the 14-11 win. “We did not play good tonight” said Bandits Head Coach Troy Cordingley. “Especally considering how well we played down the…
Pioneers Face Brown to Open Playoffs
The Denver Pioneers are ranked third in the nation for their offensive productivity this season. They’re also the No. 4 seed for the tournament beginning this week. On the other side of the field forthis Sunday’s matchup at DU is Brown University, seeded No 13/10 and ranked tenth in the nation for offense. Many of the Pioneers’ opponents this season weren’t able to match the offensive productivity as mentioned. DU…
McArdle leads Launch past Machine
After a lightning delay just two minutes into the first quarter that postponed the game for an hour and 15 minutes, the Machine fell to the Florida Launch 15-12 despite hat tricks from Peter Baum and James Daily. The game got off to a quick start in favor of Florida as David Earl fired home the first goal of the game at the 12:17 mark in the first quarter. Immediately…
NCAA First Round Sunday Preview: More Chaos?
In a Saturday filled with a ton of excitement, controversy, big goalies running coast-to-coast scoring and setting Twitter ablaze, and upsets, there’s only one thing to follow that up: more excitement! The first half of the first round saw Albany destroy Cornell, Maryland edge out Yale with controversy, Notre Dame coming back against Towson, and Ohio State upsetting Duke. We have four more games on tap today, and here they…