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…
Quick Take: Duke’s Final Four Streak is Over
In the Saturday nightcap of NCAA action, Duke played host to the Ohio State Buckeyes. Ohio State had played some teams tough this year, scored some big upsets, but also had some real head scratchers in the their record. When the dust settled though, Ohio State would leave North Carolina with the biggest upset of the tournament so far. The first quarter was unsettling slow. Duke had really turned…
Quick Take: Notre Dame Survives Towson
The top seeded Notre Dame began their NCAA tournament by facing a Towson team who had to beat High Point earlier in the week just to make it to the first round. Notre Dame would wind up walking away with the 12-10 win, but it did not come easily. The first quarter in no way went to the expected script, although it started like it might. Notre Dame quickly…
Quick Take: Maryland Tops Yale
Yale was one of the few teams all year to say they could top Maryland. As luck would have it, they met again today for the first round of the NCAA tournament. This time though, the Terps defense would prove to be too much for the Bulldogs, and the Ivy champs are headed back home early. The first quarter was about as fast as most expected. Neither of these…
Roughnecks visit Mammoth in West Division Semifinal
The Calgary Roughnecks (7-11) travel to Denver on Saturday night to face the Colorado Mammoth (9-9) in the first round of the 2015 NLL playoffs. The two teams faced each other three times during the regular season, with the Mammoth winning twice. Calgary’s lone win also started a late-season hot streak that saw them win four of their last five games to squeak into the postseason. The Mammoth had more…
Launch Seek First Win Against 1-2 Machine
Ohio (1-2) looks to continue its momentum from last week against a Florida team that is trying to garner its own first win this year in Boca Raton on Saturday night. Peter Baum, Jimmy Dailey and Tom Schreiber all potted hat tricks in the 12-9 Machine win over Chesapeake. Baum and Schreiber in particular are off to great starts this season, as Baum leads the team with nine goals and…
Molnar Blog: Outlaws Off to Good Start
Week 4 of the Major League Lacrosse season brought upon the home opener for the Denver Outlaws. Coming off of the first championship in franchise history in 2014 meant the home opener would be a special weekend. After practice Saturday night, we were treated to a first class team dinner/championship celebration at Texas de Brazil. The evening was filled with 2014 highlight tapes, speeches (GM Tony Seaman stole the show),…
MLL Rookie Report: Play In Games Open
Kevin Rice, attack, Syracuse – Rochester Rattlers Without even playing a single MLL game, Kevin Rice has already been traded. About a week before being named a Tewaaraton Award finalist, the Florida Launch sent him packing. He was traded to Rochester with faceoff specialist Mike Poppleton and a 2016 supplemental sixth-round draft pick. All of that in exchange for Miles Thompson and a 2016 fourth-round pick. Rice will have the…
Knighthawks Open Title Defense Against Bandits
After clinching second place in the NLL’s Eastern Division during the regular season, the defending NLL champion Rochester Knighthawks (12-6) will host the Buffalo Bandits (11-7) 7pm Friday night at the Blue Cross Arena for the opening round of the 2015 NLL playoffs. It’s what we work for in the regular season to get into the playoffs and then obviously to have home floor as much as possible,” said Knighthawks…