After not scoring a goal in last week’s loss to Rochester, Brett Hickey made up for it in a big way by scoring a new team record 7 goals in the Rock’s (12-4) convincing 14-7 win over the Vancouver Stealth (4-10) at Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Friday night. “I didn’t even know,” Hickey told the Air Canada Centre crowd after being named the game’s first star and being…
Swarm Battle For Playoff Lives Against Bandits
The Buffalo Bandits (7-7) and the Minnesota Swarm (5-9) will face off in their final of three 2015 NLL regular season matchups on Saturday April 11th at the Xcel Energy Center in Minnesota. The last time these two teams met was a 2015 week 12 battle at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo where the Bandits clinched the season series against the Swarm with the hard fought 12-8 victory at…
NCAA Weekend Watch: Galasso, Neubauer, Molloy
Nicky Galasso, Syracuse midfielder (No. 2 Syracuse vs. No. 4 North Carolina, 4 p.m.) This is Galasso’s moment. After transferring from North Carolina following his sophomore year, Galasso finally makes his return to Chapel Hill — the place where he earned Atlantic Coast Conference Freshman of the Year back in 2011. The No. 1 recruit in the country in the Class of 2010 according to Inside Lacrosse battled through injuries…
NCAA Weekend Watch: Teams Fight For Their Lives
It’s a huge weekend in college lacrosse. Entering the final stretch of the regular season, these games mean life or death to some teams. Here are some games to put a star next to: SATURDAY Marquette vs. Providence: 12 PM This will be a huge game for the Golden Eagles. They’ve started the season undefeated before a close game to Georgetown gave them their first blemish on the year. Ever…
Rock Face Falling Stealth
Tonight’s game is a case study of two teams going in complete opposite directions. The Toronto Rock host the Vancouver Stealth tonight at the Air Canada Centre, but the rest of the season may just be a formality for the East Division leading Rock. Toronto sports the best record in the league at 11-4, but Vancouver has lost five straight, allowing the Calgary Roughnecks to overcome an 0-6 start to…
Molnar Blog: Opening of The Season
Hello, In Lacrosse We Trust! My name is Noah Molnar and I am a midfielder for the Denver Outlaws. I played at Lehigh University from 2009-2013 and this is my second year with the Outlaws. I am very excited to be blogging for In Lacrosse We Trust this season and can’t wait to give all of you a behind the scenes look into life in the MLL. For a player…
Rory Smith Suspended Two Games
The National Lacrosse League has issued a summary of discipline following the league’s official review of NLL Week 14 for games played on Friday, April 3 and Saturday, April 4. Vancouver Stealth defenseman Rory Smith has been assessed a two-game suspension for a high-sticking incident on Edmonton Rush forward Jarrett Davis at approximately the 8:53 mark of the fourth quarter of their game on April 4. No call was made on the…
Five Underrated MLL Stories of 2015
Matt Poskay Back in MLL There is a lot of talk about the New York Lizards roster. They added Paul Rabil; Ned Crotty and Rob Pannell are in year two of working together; Cody Jamieson will be there at some point. But what is going overlooked is the fact the Lizards have also added another former MLL MVP. Matt Poskay. Poskay was the MVP of the 2010 season with the…
Bandits Sign Mitch Jones, Kurtis Wagar
Buffalo Bandits General Manager Steve Dietrich today announced the team has agreed to terms on one-year deals with transition player Mitch Jones and goaltender Kurtis Wagar. The Bandits acquired Jones (6’2”, 205 lbs., 12/12/1991) on Sept. 16, 2013 in a trade with the Washington Stealth. He played four games for the Bandits last season, finishing with five points (2+3) and 22 loose ball recoveries. Wagar (6’0”, 240 lbs., 11/5/1985)…
Rush and Roughnecks Open 2-Game Weekend Series
The Edmonton Rush (9-4) and Calgary Roughnecks (4-10) resume the Battle of Alberta on Friday night when they face each other in Calgary. The Rush are trying to lock down first place in the West Division while the Roughnecks are fighting just to make the playoffs. With only four games left on their schedule, Calgary needs to catch fire to take that last playoff spot from the Vancouver Stealth, who…