The Minnesota Swarm can finally say this rough season is over. Unfortunately for them it is over. The Swarm have finished the season with a 6-12 record and five games back of the Buffalo Bandits. The Swarm did finish the season on a high note toppling the three- time NLL Champion Rochester Knighthawks, in overtime, and taking two out of the three games they played. The Swarm started the…
Six Nations Rebels Off to 3-0 Start
The Six Nation Rebels took on the St. Catherine’s Spartans in some Junior B OLA action Friday night. The Rebels, who are looking for their fifth straight Founders Cup championship and eighth since 1997, were 2-0 going into Friday’s game. They opened up the year beating Welland 21-4 and cross-town rival the Hamilton Bengals 12-4. After a week off the Rebels came out strong but St.Catherines stuck around. For the Rebels, Garret…
Rush Close Season With Win in Colorado
The Edmonton Rush played their final game of the season on the road against the Colorado Mammoth and 16,239 Mammoth faithful last night at the Pepsi Center in Denver. They came away with a 13-10 victory to send them into the playoffs firing on all cylinders. The Rush had first place in the West locked up weeks ago and were looking to finish off the season playing solid Lacrosse. They…
NCAA Conference Tournament Recap and Bracketology 1: Waiting On You Ivy League
Seven of the NCAA’s ten Division 1 conferences decided their conference champion and AQ qualifiers Saturday, joining the ACC and the Patriot League, who decided their champion last Sunday. The Ivy League Final between Yale and Princeton is today at noon. Before watching that, here’s what happened yesterday, which might have been more entertaining than that Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight (hopefully you didn’t pay $100): American East Final: Albany crushes…
Johns Hopkins Captures First Ever Big Ten Title
Just another trophy in the case. After defeating Penn State in the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament on Thursday, Johns Hopkins (9-6) put a beatdown on Ohio State (11-6) Saturday night at Byrd Field in College Park, MD by a final score of 13-6 to claim the first ever Big Ten Tournament championship. The Blue Jays got off to a quick start, outscoring the Buckeyes 4-0 in the first…
Selection Sunday: Who’s In?
With Selection Sunday at our doorstep, the pieces have fallen into place. There are several questions remaining, but even more been answered over the last few days as the picture has become much clearer. In the end, nine of the 10 automatic qualifiers are set with eight at-large selections to be announced during Sunday evening’s Selection Show. Let’s break it down. Automatic Qualifiers Albany – America East Bryant – NEC…
Syracuse Visits Colgate in Regular Season Finale
In an interesting turn of events, two NCAA tournament teams will be facing off a week before the round of 16 begins. Syracuse is coming off an ACC tournament championship while Colgate just won the Patriot League. Those two wins lock up the first two automatic qualifiers available while the rest of the country plays this weekend to figure things out. What this means is that you are going to…
Outlaws Face Confident Hounds in Home Opener
No disrespect to team President Jim McPhilliamy, but I think we all can agree that in a perfect world the ideal owner for the Charlotte Hounds would be Montgomery Burns if not just for the fact that he could say “release the hounds” before every game. Luckily for Charlotte they don’t need a cartoon tycoon to motivate them to score goals. The Hounds will visit the Mile High City…
Bandits, Black Wolves Seasons Come to an End
The Buffalo Bandits (10-7) and the New England Black Wolves (4-12) will face off in their final of four 2015 NLL regular season matchups on Saturday May 2nd at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo. In their first two meetings of the regular season, the Black Wolves defeated the Bandits by scores of 12-8 and 12-11. In their third meeting between these two teams, the Black Wolves were looking to…
Black Wolves Have Chance to Play Spoiler
In their last meeting in Toronto on April 17, the Toronto Rock beat the New England Black Wolves 15-12. Friday evening will be the team’s third meeting of the season and Toronto’s first trip to Mohegan Sun. Playing for the first time in an unfamiliar arena may provide a slight advantage to the Black Wolves over the Rock, but Toronto is having an unstoppable season. With a win, the Toronto…