When Syracuse and Cornell face off on Sunday, it will mark one of the few times in NCAA lacrosse that two teams will have met 100 times. While Syracuse owns the series with 63 wins, 35 losses and one tie, it has been an extremely competitive match up over the past few seasons. This always is a great game, no matter who is having the better year. Just looking at…
Crawford Blog: Swarm Win Over Knighthawks
Another game, another flight, another delay and another missed connection. I love flying from Ottawa (sarcasm). Usually I deal with these issues on my own as I never fly with anyone from the team. This time I’m lucky enough to have my brother Ian who’s coming in for the game to fly with. That means he get’s to take all my pissing and moaning, complaining and terrible attitude. We get…
NLL Rookie Report: Week Six
Week 6 of the NLL season was another light one, as there where just two games on the schedule. None the less, five rookies saw action this past weekend. Shane MacDonald saw his return to the Minnesota Swarm lineup, as the Swarm pulled off the upset of the defending champion Rochester Knighthawks. Connor Goodwin and Jerome Thompson continued their stellar starts to the season with the Bandits, and Miles Thompson continued his offensive assault…
Mammoth Look for Fourth Win Against Rush
After the bye-week, the Rush are getting ready to kick off a home and home series this coming weekend against divisional rivals, the Colorado Mammoth. With a strong 3-1 record, the Mammoth sit in first place among the West Division. The Edmonton Rush trail close behind with a respectable 2-2 record leaving them in second place. This series of games could be very telling for the future of the West…
NCAA Women’s: Lehigh Opens Season at #10 Penn State
Live Stats Game Time – Saturday, 1pm BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Lehigh women’s lacrosse team opens its season on Saturday at 1 p.m. when the Mountain Hawks travel to Penn State to face the 10th-ranked Nittany Lions. Lehigh is coming off a strong 2014 season which included a 4-4 Patriot League record and berth into the league tournament. The Mountain Hawks and Nittany Lions will square off for the sixth…
Clash of the Titans: Denver v Duke
Talk about a Cinderella story! To progress forward, one must pick up where they left off. That’s very literal for the DU Pioneers, who after ending their 2014 run with a loss to the Duke Blue Devils will consecutively open their 2015 season against that same opponent. This is ‘Clash of the Titans’ for a few reasons. For one, Duke is traditionally a powerhouse of lacrosse. In all 2015 preseason…
MLL Rookie Focus: Carson Cannon
On January 23, the Denver Outlaws used their fourth round pick (30th overall) to select Carson Cannon from the University of Denver. The 6’4”, 200 lb. Cannon plays defense for DU and was named as one of the three team captains on February 11. Prior to playing for DU, he played six years of lacrosse; was team captain in his senior year of high school; and a member of the…
Loyola Meets Penn State at Ridley Athletic Complex
The Penn State Nittany Lions are headed to Maryland this weekend to take on one of the best Collegiate Men’s Lacrosse teams in the nation. Penn State kicked off their 2015 season play against Vermont last Saturday, and came out with a 15-8 victory over the Catamounts. They are hoping to transfer their high morale over to Saturday’s match. JP Burnside, TJ Sanders, and Michael Richards will need to bring…
MCLA: BYU and North Dakota State Open Seasons
Simon Fraser vs. Dominican – Simon Fraser is a school from western Canada which competes in the MCLA and is the only school north or south of the boarder to play in any American College lacrosse league. So far they are 1-0 on the year after beating Western Washington 10-7 last weekend. Senior Sam Chase leads them with four points on the year,Burnaby B.C native Jeremy Lashar made sixteen saves…