Tyler Richards may be having one of his worst season statistically in his National Lacrosse League career, but the goal he scored in Saturday’s win over the Minnesota Swarm may make up for any troubles he’s faced this year between the pipes. Richards has played a heavy workload during the NLL seasons and that does explain some of the deterioration of his game. However, Richards has never really been an…
CLax Power Rankings: Week Eight
Week 8 of Canadian Lacrosse League action was certainly an interesting one, as the Durham Turfdogs, who had been struggling as of late, knocked off the powerhouse Ohsweken Demons, while the Barrie Blizzard dropped the last place Niagara Lockmonsters to claim sole possession of first place in the Canadian Lacrosse League. In the last couple weeks Barrie has really emerged as CLAX’s top team, and this past week’s 11-6 domination of the Niagara Lockmonsters proves the…
Would a Team Make RFA Offer to Billings?
While Garrett Billings remains unsigned by the Toronto Rock, and it seems like they won’t sign him to as general manager Jamie Dawick calls his “demands”, it’s a good time to give a reminder that the Rock don’t need to trade Billings. He’s still a restricted free agent. What does that mean? It means that any team could sign him if the Rock don’t match that offer. So, potentially, if…
NLL MVP Race Leaders: Week Nine
For three of the nine teams in the NLL, the 2015 season is half over; the remaining teams are on;y a game or two shy of the mid-point. With that in mind, it’s time to have a look at the frontrunners for the MVP award this year. Josh Sanderson, Toronto Rock—At 37 years of age, Shooter Sanderson is on pace to have the best year of his career. That’s saying…
Lax Library: College Outside-In Pick & Roll Offense
This has already been our most popular article to date! Thanks again to In Lacrosse We Trust for partnering with LaxLibrary.com to bring you all the best plays and drills for coaching youth, high school and college lacrosse! Now you can run the same plays college coaches are using with their teams! We’ve seen several top college teams using this play a lot already this season–Cornell, Syracuse and Yale have all…
NCAA Power Rankings: Marquette and Michigan Arrive
Now with a few weeks of games under our belts, we are unveiling the new InLax NCAA Power Rankings for Men’s Division 1. Full disclosure: I have been doing my own personal poll, including preseason, but not publishing it. In that time I have noticed something that during Sunday’s telecast of the Syracuse vs. Virginia game, Eamon McAnaney emphasized so well. The top 10 is pretty easy, the 10-20 are…
MCLA Report: South Carolina Stays Hot
SELC DI- South Carolina 3- 0 overall 1-0 in conference. Scott Will is leading the scoring with eleven while Russell Coulter has nine. Dimitri Percunes has twenty-three saves and John Clark has eleven. The Gamecocks have beat UNC-Charlotte, South Florida and ECU to start things off in 2015. Next weekend they will take on both Houston and LSU. University of New Hampshire 9 vs. 8 Tennessee- UNH took down the…
Detroit Looks to Beat Winless Mercer
Detroit – 3-2 Mercer – 0-3 Detroit started out the season with a huge statement win over Ohio State, followed by a loss to state rival, Michigan. The Titans squeaked out a one goal win over Robert Morris and fell by six to Marquette. Just three days ago, they took home a three goal win over Bellarmine. Mercer is in its fifth year as a program, starting back in 2011….
Potomac State Adds Players Have Box Impact
Potomac State is a new Junior College lacrosse program out of West Virginia. For years West Virginia just had Wheeling Jesuit as the state’s lone college lacrosse program but since have added a few more Division II schools such as Alderson-Broaddus and Ohio Valley. Now they have a new program in town looking to make its mark on the lacrosse world. Michael Gernatt is PSC head coach and did a great…
Machine Hire St. Laurent as Assistant Coach
The Ohio Machine has added Nat St. Laurent to its coaching staff, it was announced today by Machine Vice President & Head Coach Bear Davis. St. Laurent will serve as a volunteer assistant coach. “I am very excited to add a coach of Nat’s caliber to our staff,” Davis said. “The energy and enthusiasm Nat brings to the table will help our team at practices and in games. His vast…