Victories over the Florida Launch have helped Chesapeake get off to a 2-0 start on the season as they get set to host Ohio in Annapolis on Sunday. The Machine have lost both of their games this season to New York and Denver. Midfielder Matt Mackrides caught fire last Sunday against the Launch, tallying four goals and adding three assists for seven points. His feeding ability as well as stellar…
NJCAA Playoffs: Onondaga Rules Again
NJCAA playoffs have shaped up to be a great one. In Region III Onondaga, Genesee, Herkimer, and Dean College were the last four remaining. Onondaga had a big 27-1 victory over Herkimer while Genesee took down Dean College and the Region III Championship match up was set. On Sunday Onondaga took it to Geneses’ and won its eleventh straight Regional championship. Freshman attack man Matt Bennett had 19 points including…
Will Manny On Two Week DL; Mitch Belisle Activated
New England professional lacrosse has taken a hit in the past few days as Black Wolves transition man Andrew Suitor tore his ACL. Things got even worse today when the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse announced that Will Manny will miss the next two weeks with a hand injury. Taking his roster spot was taken by defenseman Mitch Belisle, who is presumed likely to play for the Cannons with…
Andrew Suitor Tears ACL; Out for MSL Season
The New England Black Wolves acquired former Minnesota Swarm captain Andrew Suitor at the NLL trade deadline. While he didn’t help them make it to the NLL playoffs, he is signed long term and was projected to be a contributing factor. It looks like that might not be the case for a while as Suitor tore his ACL in last week’s game against the Toronto Rock. What looks just as bad…
Peterborough Lakers Acquire Curtis Dickson
The Century 21 Lakers of the Major Series Lacrosse league has grabbed one of the world’s top lacrosse players from the west. In a major acquisition transfer move, pending the expected Canadian Lacrosse Association approval, that he had been working on for awhile GM Paul Day got Curtis Dickson, presently playing with the National Lacrosse League’s Calgary Roughnecks, a player described by Indoor Lacrosse magazine as one of the top…
Hellyer Moved to Active Roster
ROB HELLYER MOVED TO ACTIVE ROSTER Brandon Benn Moved To Injured Reserve With Lower Body Injury Oakville, ON – When Toronto Rock forward Rob Hellyer went down with an upper body injury on March 21st against the Edmonton Rush, he was on pace to break the NLL’s single season scoring record and finish the season with somewhere around 127 points. The NLL veteran, in his 5th season with the Rock,…
Ohio State Provides Lackluster Effort in Loss to Rutgers
What a series of events for this Ohio State team over the past two weeks. The Buckeyes were less than five minutes from a share of the first ever Big Ten Conference regular season title a week ago, now they limp into the conference tournament as OSU takes on a Maryland team that was upset by their rival Johns Hopkins last weekend. Let’s break down the Buckeyes 17-10 loss to…
Denver, Georgetown Highlight Big East Tournament
After last week’s games wrapped up, the BIG East Tournament Championship is now seeded. Denver comes in at No. 1, Georgetown No. 2 (win over St. John’s), Marquette No. 3 (loss to DU) and Villanova at No. 4. The real matchup to watch is Marquette against Georgetown. Both teams are similar in caliber and playing style. Marquette was on track to be a second-half cinderella team by out-shooting and out-scoring…
ACC Tournament: Cuse Conquers
The conference tournaments started off with a big bang this weekend, with Colgate defeating Army 11-8 to win the Patriot League Championship, followed seconds later by nearby power Syracuse holding off Duke 15-14 to take the ACC Championship. Both of these teams play Saturday at Colgate at 3:30. The ACC Tournament began Friday with Duke defeating #1 Notre Dame 13-8. The game was scoreless for the entire first quarter, before…
Back It Up! First Team to One Hundred Wins
Week three provided some intriguing storylines as well as entertaining games. Chesapeake won its one hundredth game, the first MLL team to reach this milestone. Florida attempted a comeback in this game with backup goalie Adam Fullerton but fell short. The loss leaves the Launch 0-2 and with more questions now than ever before. Boston almost failed in their comeback bid and their hundred victory milestone must wait till next…