Syracuse defeated St. John’s with a score of 14-6. While that may seem like what many expected, the way that score came about matched nobody’s expectations. The first half of lacrosse had echoes of last year’s NCAA opener against Bryant for Syracuse’s offense. St. John’s picked up right where they left off in their last game where they took a great Yale squad down to the wire to lose in…
Brown Looks to Stay Undefeated, Faces Michigan
Brown is 3-0 after beating Quinnipiac, Hartford and UMass now today they will look to make it four straight wins after playing Michigan. In the last three games the Bears have not scored less then seventeen points and Dylan Molloy is leading the way with twenty points, eleven points ahead of the next players who are tied for second. Hennery Blynn, Kylor Bellistri and Brendan Caputo all have nine points so far….
Miller’s Late Goal Leads Denver Past Notre Dame
For a prime match up in Saturday’s lineup, the Pioneers (3-1) hosted 3-0 Notre Dame. Coming into the game, there was a lot of hype behind Irish Junior Matt Kavanagh and Sergio Perkovic, Notre Dame’s tower of a player who stands a head taller than the majority of his team. Denver had much hope as well, as they could secure home field advantage for the BIG EAST Tournament. The game…
Roughnecks Look for Second Win, Face Rush
The heated rivalry of the Battle of Alberta round two for 2015 takes place tomorrow afternoon at Rexall place between the slow start Calgary Roughnecks (1-7) and the surging Edmonton Rush (4-3). After winning their first game of the year versus the Vancouver Stealth the Roughnecks went down the same style last week in another one goal loss in Champions Cup finals rematch with three time defending champ Rochester Knighthawks who…
North Carolina Steamrolls Manhattan
Fifteen different Tar Heel men’s lacrosse players scored Saturday as second-ranked UNC defeated Manhattan 26-6 at Navy Field on a sunny morning before 418 fans. Sophomore Luke Goldstock had career highs for goals in a game with five, assists in a game with four and points in a game with nine. His five goals were the most by a Tar Heel since Joey Sankey scored five against Johns Hopkins on…
Ohio State Tops Hofstra Behind Jesse King
Pride junior Sam Llinares recorded his second hat-trick of the season but senior Jesse King tallied four goals, including two in the fourth quarter, to give the Buckeyes of Ohio State a 9-8 victory over Hofstra at Ohio Stadium Saturday afternoon. The Buckeyes improved to 5-2 on the season while the Pride, which dropped their second consecutive contest, slips to 1-4 in 2015. In addition to Llinares’ three goals, senior…
Hopkins Cruises Past Navy
The Johns Hopkins Blue Jays cruise to a 13-8 win over the visiting Naval Academy Midshipmen at Homewood Field. With the win the Jays are back at .500, as next week they travel to Syracuse to take on the top-ranked team in the nation. Navy falls to 3-3 as well on the season. Hopkins had command of the game from the start. Reversing their fortunes from last week, the Jays…
Rush and Roughnecks Reignite Rivalry
No matter the situation, who’s in first or who’s the worst, a game between the Edmonton Rush and the Calgary Roughnecks is going to be one of elevated emotions and extra special importance. Though it is unusual to see the Rush at the top and the Roughnecks at bottom of the NLL’s West Division, that reality really doesn’t affect how much this Sunday’s matinee means to both teams. It’s still…
Syracuse Battles Red Storm in Georgia
Syracuse is playing St. John’s in the Cobb County Classic in Georgia. The event is the brainchild of former Orange attackman Liam Banks as part of his LB3 lacrosse organization. These teams played each other in the same event last year with Syracuse being the victors 14-8. All signs point to a similar outcome as Syracuse has looked the part of a team on a mission to overcome their NCAA…
NLL Announces Top Players of February
The National Lacrosse League has announced Player of the Month and Rookie of the Month award winners for February of the 2015 NLL regular season.Toronto Rock forward Rob Hellyer, tied for second in the NLL with 60 points (23+37), third in assists (37) and fourth in goals (23), won NLL Player of the Month. Hellyer led all NLL players with 29 points (10+19) in February and recorded five or more…