The Arena Lacrosse League announced today that they are preparing to launch a new summer Elite indoor league for 2016 with teams slated to be in state of the art venues across the United States as the league aims to become the lead provider of indoor lacrosse (also known as box lacrosse) in the U.S. from the Elite level down to the grassroots. American players will be front and center…
Machine Notes: Ohio Excited for Karalunas
On today’s MLL conference call, Ohio Machine head coach Bear Davis discussed several topics leading up to their first game. On team chemistry coming out of training camp… We feel that last year, we had some missing pieces to the puzzle, whether guys were in the NLL or still in college and all of them having a hand in our team later in the year. So having those keys guys…
Ohio State Achieves First Win Over Johns Hopkins in Program History
After losing to Johns Hopkins five times, including a heartbreaking triple overtime loss a season ago, the Buckeyes finally achieved their first win over one of college lacrosse’s legendary programs by a 15-12 final score. Boy, did they ever earn it. The energy in The Shoe was intense, you could feel the emotion of the game from high atop the field in the press booth. It was the type of…
Bill O’Brien Just Guaranteed the Black Wolves Would Make the Playoffs
The New England Black Wolves are currently in last place in the eastern division standings. After going 2-0 to start the season they’ve struggled mightily. They are two games out of a playoff spot behind a Buffalo Bandits team with a lot of talent. So it makes sense to question if they will be a playoff team, right? Not to Bill O’Brien. “Are you’re joking? That’s a joke, right?” he…
Baker: Lacrosse Is a Sport Divided
Many of my friends ask me how I can compare the brief history of the MLL to other more established sports leagues. Perhaps it is my love of lacrosse and their lack of familiarity with the sport that has us at such divergent views. The “traditional” sports fan friends tell me that football, basketball, and baseball are American institutions while lacrosse is a sport reserved for boarding school cream puffs…
MLL Roster Review: New York Lizards
The New York Lizards are coming into the 2015 season with a lot of hope and potential. The Lizards made a number of moves in the off season to make them better and give them a great chance to dethrone the Denver Outlaws. The Lizards made moves to get Paul Rabil in a trade that sent Max Seibald and Brian Karalunas to the Boston Cannons. The Lizards also traded away…
MLL Roster Review: Charlotte Hounds
With the 2015 MLL season starting this weekend, the teams have announced their final 25 man rosters. Unfortunately, 19 of the 25 listed will only be allowed to dress. For the first time since the start of his career in 2011, Adam Ghitelman will not start between the pipes for Charlotte, nor will he dawn a Hounds uniform. Other top players in the league that are unable to put on…
NCAA Mid Season Surprises
Now that we have made it through a large part of the NCAA regular season and conference tournaments are just around the corner, we can take a broader look at what’s happening. Here are my top surprises so far this season, both good and bad, in no particular order. Good Surprises ACC Out of Conference Everyone knew the ACC would be good, even though they lost Maryland this year to…
The Mess of the Ivy League
Ivy League The Ivy League is a mess once again. Entering last week, Cornell and Brown looked like the only two teams that had a clear advantage over the rest of the conference. Harvard appeared like it was dead in the water and Princeton was losing ground fast. Fast forward to Sunday, Harvard beat Cornell in Cambridge and Brown lost to Penn. Princeton continued to slide with a loss at…
Hofstra Drops to 4-6 Following Drexel Loss
The Dragons of Drexel University traveled to Shuart Stadium in Hempstead, NY on Saturday, April 4th for a rematch of last year’s CAA men’s lacrosse championship against the Pride of Hofstra University. This game was back and forth and would take a last minute goal to give the Pride an 8-7 loss at the hands of their conference rivals. They would never gain the lead. Prior to the matchup against…