The NLL trade deadline is on March 31, 2015, at 3 pm. Unlike the recent NHL trade deadline, we’ll be lucky to see two or three trades. Especially since the league shortened rosters, there are more free agents available for teams who don’t want to trade away assets. However, this season seems to have more potential for trades than in recent years. Jeremy Noble was already sent to Colorado and…
Tuesday NCAA Previews: Harvard Faces Albany
Today is loaded with games at the Division I level. A lot of opportunities for teams to make big statement wins. Brown v Marist After starting the season 5-0, Brown fell to Bucknell but bounced back triumphantly against Manhattan. They are going to have their hands full today with Marist, who sits at 5-2 on the season. Harvard v Albany Harvard has fallen to 4-4 this season, with their most…
Baker: In MLL Pick Your Spot…Carefully
In my last column I discussed how the foundation of Major League Lacrosse provided field players with the opportunity to play professionally after graduation. The league is entering its fourteenth season despite naysayers predicting the dissolution every year. Fourteen years may appear to be the miniscule compared to the history of the NFL, NBA, NHL, or MLB. The MLL proves that it is the league that just will not fold….
Fairfield Crushes #20 Villanova
Fueled by 16 saves from goalkeeper Tyler Behring, the Fairfield University men’s lacrosse team earned an 11-4 win over No. 20 Villanova on Dedication Day at Rafferty Stadium. TJ Neubauer led the Stags’ offense with four goals in the victory, which was broadcast live to a nationwide audience on ESPN3 and SNY. With its third consecutive victory, Fairfield (5-4) has now defeated at least one ranked opponent (in the USILA…
Green Gaels Reacquire Will Petschenig
The Green Gaels Junior B Lacrosse Club is pleased to announce that it has reacquired Will Petschenig from the Nepean Knights in exchange for Junior B rights to Jeremy Osborne. After playing for the Green Gaels in 2014 on a one year conditional release, Petschenig’s Junior B rights reverted back to the Nepean Knights at the end of the calendar year. This transaction will permanently add the 19 year old transition player to…
NLL Power Rankings Week 12: Rock Still on Top
Not much of a change in the rankings. We had four games this past weekend. Calgary thrashed New England 20-9, Edmonton won a defensive battle 11-9 over Toronto, Buffalo swatted the Swarm 12-8 to give them space for the final playoff spot in the East, and Colorado won 14-11 over Vancouver. Four games this weekend, the last before trade deadline next Tuesday. College Basketball has March Madness; This year the…
NCAA Weekend Wrap: Albany Explodes, Dartmouth Upsets
It was another exciting weekend of college lacrosse in the division 1 end of the NCAA. Upsets, beatdowns, entertaining close games all packed into two days as we are heading into the homestretch of March. Here were some of the highlights: Georgetown 10, #9 Marquette 9 The Hoyas had an 8-2 lead at halftime before the Golden Eagles stormed back to tie it up. Freshman Craig Berge had a…
Syracuse Storms Past Duke 19-7
Kevin Rice pumped his arms above his head with two hands on his stick as if he was performing a bench press. And then he did it again. And again. It was an homage to Randy Staats, who missed No. 1 Syracuse’s (7-0, 2-0 Atlantic Coast) 19-7 win over No. 4 Duke (7-2, 0-1) with a lower-body injury and usually celebrates goals with this hand gesture. And even without its…
Bandits Get Over .500
The Buffalo Bandits defeated the Minnesota Swarm 12-8 on Saturday night at the First Niagara Center. This marks the second time the Bandits have defeated Minnesota, as the Bandits pulled out the W in a January matchup. The Bandits controlled the game from the very start. Mark Steenhuis opened the scoring for the game with a nice shot while driving through the middle. That was all the momentum the Bandits…
Week 12 NLL Three Stars
Its not often this happens. We had some great performances in the games this weekend, both on offense and defense. We even had some milestones reached. Rhys Duch became the All-Time goal scorer for the Stealth with 251 after netting a hat trick. And John Grant Jr., moved into second place in All-Time points with 1,335 after a one goal, five assist performance Saturday night. But this week the three…