The Edmonton Rush advanced to the Champions Cup to play the Toronto Rock in an All-Canadian final with a hard fought win over the Calgary Roughnecks on Saturday night. They certainly were pushed to the limit by the scrappy Calgary team, needing the 10-minute tie-breaking game to finally clinch the victory. It was a game where the Rush were thrown off their game by the Roughnecks and were never allowed…
OLA Jr A Power Rankings: Week Three
Week 3 of the OLA Junior “A” season showed us just how much parity there is this season. The Burlington Chiefs who started the season 1-2, which included a loss to now last place K-W beat both the Six Nations Arrows and Orangeville Northmen, arguably the top two teams in the loop this season. Also impressing early on is Orangeville who put a narrow loss to Burlington behind them quickly,…
Go Wes-t My Friend: Berg, Pioneers Send NCAA Championship To Denver
It was a feeling that many Denver players couldn’t describe. Some of them didn’t think that it was possible winning a national championship. But they did just that. For the first time in NCAA Division I Lacrosse history, the Denver Pioneers claimed their first ever National Championship with a 10-5 victory over the Maryland Terrapins. The victory gave Head Coach Bill Tierney his seventh national championship, his previous six came…
Audio: Bill Tierney Following Denver Win
The Denver Pioneers have won the NCAA championship, defeating Maryland from Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. After the game we caught up with head coach Bill Tierney to discuss the win and how Wes Berg performed all tournament, along with how it feels to bring the first ever championship title to the Denver Pioneers.
Outlaws Stay Hot, Stop Bayhawks
The evening was chilly with scattered rain starting around halftime, but the 6,700-plus fans in attendance walked out of the stadium with warm fuzzies and a home team victory. The Denver Outlaws rode off into the sunset on Sunday evening with a 17-10 victory over the visiting Chesapeake Bayhawks. The Outlaws were boosted by hat tricks from Cam Holding, Chris Bocklet, and John Grant, Jr., and the latter also contributed…
Simmons: How Maryland and Denver Arrived Here
Preseason Poll This has been an incredible year of lacrosse. For me, it is always interesting to look back at the start of the year and compare the results. I started looking back at the polls throughout the year and compare them to the end results. For simplicity’s sake, let’s just look at the Media Poll and leave the USILA Coaches poll out of the conversation. The preseason poll looked…
NCAA Championship: Maryland vs Denver
We’ve finally reached the finish line in the college lacrosse season, as Maryland meets Denver in the Division 1 Championship game Monday at Lincoln Financial Field at 1 PM. Maryland comes in as the #6 seed and has been impressive this season, especially at defense, led by goaltender Kyle Bernlohr, a 1st Team All-American. Denver comes in as the #4 seed and has dominated their opponents for the most…
MSL 2015 Pre Season Power Rankings
With the 2015 NLL season winding down it means two things, the NLL will see a new champion crowned, and summer seasons are getting ready to open up. The Major Series itself will get underway this coming week, when the K-W Kodiaks travels to Six Nations to take on the defending Mann Cup Champions on Tuesday night. With several key MSL player still competing with their respective NLL squads, you…
Denver Trying to Pioneer Lacrosse History Past Maryland
Two very different teams and back stories are the Big Show in this year’s NCAA D-I Lacrosse Championship. Both semifinals were the tightest games of the postseason, each game a one-point decider and one game a repeat OT thriller. Some argue it’s another east versus west game. I argue it’s an old school versus new school game. Both teams are surprisingly similar despite different approaches and playing styles. Both have…
NCAA Division III Championship: Tufts Toughs It Out, Defeats Lynchburg 19-11
At his postgame press conference, Tufts Head Coach Mike Daly used the word tough a lot to describe his program. Work ethic and toughness were two of the building blocks that past Jumbos used to build the program that it currently is today. His team needed some of that toughness today against Lynchburg. To begin the game, the Hornets scored the game’s first four goals and took the game’s first…