The Barrie Blizzard have announced the addition of Garrett Billings to the team’s coaching staff. The Toronto Rock standout has committed to act as the team’s offensive coordinator until he is able to reach a new deal with the Toronto Rock of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). “Garrett’s extensive experience is going to be very beneficial for this organization, and our players.” said Rob Blasdell, Barrie Blizzard General Manager. “We…
NLL Goaltender Watch: Rock Solid
We’ve just completed Week 10 of the NLL season and the playoff picture is starting to take shape in the East Division while the West is still wide open. The player awards picture is still pretty open as well with a number of people making strong bids in the first half for special recognition. Let’s have a look at how the goaltenders are doing at the midpoint of the season….
Conwell: NCAA Rankings Rise Denver, Duke
Well that was an interesting week! All sorts of big games caused some chaos in the standings this week. Most conferences will be starting their conference play this week if they haven’t already. Let’s check in a few: ACC: The ACC is 23-Denver in non-conference play. Things are about to get really interesting as these heavyweights gear up to fight for those four conference tournament seats. My personal opinion is…
NLL Three Stars: Week Ten
With only two games this past weekend, you would think picking three stars would be easy… WRONG! We had some great performances again. Players performing as expected, along with a performance to really build up the confidence. Week 10 Three Stars 1—Rob Hellyer (Tor—3G/8A) Hellyer figured in on 11 of the teams 17 goals as the Rock won 17-9 over Colorado. Hellyer ranks in the Top 5 in goals, assists,…
Maryland Rolls Past Princeton
Maryland had a convincing 11-4 win over Princeton Saturday which put their record at 4-1 while giving Princeton their first loss after they started the season out with three wins. Sophomore Matt Rambo had another strong game scoring three goals for the second time this season. Rambo is leading the Terps with fifteen points in 2015. In this game Rambo started off the goal scoring after getting the pass from…
Simmons: Pioneers Huge Win
Denver-Notre Dame It took just 42 seconds into overtime for Denver’s Zach Miller to punch the game winning goal. Miller had four goals and an assist while midfielder, and recent Maryland transfer, Connor Cannizzaro had four goals of his own. With Randy Staats, Kevin Rice, and Dylan Donahue Syracuse has the best starting attack in college lacrosse, but Denver is not far behind with Zach Miller, Wesley Berg, and Jack…
Marquette Crushes Mercer 14-6
The No. 15/13 Marquette University men’s lacrosse team jumped out to a 10-goal lead and picked up its NCAA-leading seventh victory, 14-6, over Mercer on Sunday afternoon at Mercer University Stadium. The Golden Eagles (7-0) topped their win total from last season with the victory and are the only team in NCAA Division I with seven wins in 2015. Graduate attackman Jordan Greenfield and sophomore midfielder Ryan McNamara led the…
MLL Prospect Watch: Lyle Thompson returns in a big way
The college lacrosse season is in full swing and believe it or not, is almost halfway done with many teams having played as many as seven game so far this year. There have been huge scoring outbursts and fantastic games and the seniors on each squad are heading towards the halfway mark in their final seasons as college lacrosse players. Here is a MLL team-by-team look to show how each…
Freshman Sean Tyrell Paces Riverhawks
Photo Credit: UMass Lowell Paced by four, first-half goals by freshman Sean Tyrrell (Calgary, Alberta), The UMass Lowell River Hawks held on for a historic first Division I victory defeating NJIT, 9-7, Saturday afternoon at Lutbekin Field. “It’s great to get our program’s first ever Division I win,” said Head Coach Ed Stephenson. “It was a great battle between two brand new programs. We did well enough in the first…
Joe Lang Leads Harvard Past Penn State
The No. 13/16 Harvard men’s lacrosse team led from beginning to end as it upended Penn State Saturday afternoon at Soldiers Field Lacrosse Stadium, 12-9. Freshman Joe Lang was the story once again for the Crimson attack, scoring four goals for his second straight hat trick. Sean McDonagh turned in a career-high four points with one goal and three assists, while Deke Burns and Ian Ardrey added two goals apiece….