On Friday, November, 7th, Providence College held an intra-squad scrimmage to give their players some live action as the fall calendar winds down. Rather than a typical scrimmage of likely starters vs. everyone else, the squad was split into two groups (black and white) that were established earlier in the fall, making the competition between teams much more balanced. This afforded us the chance to see plenty of players and…
NLL Off Season Recap: Calgary Roughnecks
The Calgary Roughnecks continue a busy off season as they look toward the 2015 NLL season. Coming one goal shy of hoisting the Champions Cup they didn’t need a ton of improvement but they have definitely made some big moves to get back to that chance to get the ultimate prize. Offense: The Roughnecks offense last year was extremely potent when firing on all cylinders they were nearly unstoppable. Scoring…
Photos: Providence Lacrosse Facilities
We were invited to a tour of Providence Lacrosse’s facilities following their scrimmage on Friday, November 7. We’ve included some photos below of their state of the art film, locker and weight rooms. This wing of the building is strictly built for the men’s lacrosse team, which is impossible to miss right as you walk in. In the common area for the coaches’ offices, a few of the program’s awards…
Checking in on Penn State Women’s Lacrosse
The Penn State Women’s Lacrosse Team has announced their 2015 spring schedule. This will be the Nittany Lion’s first step into the BIG10 play, and the team, along with Head Coach Missy Doherty, is excited for this level of competition to commence. Their schedule consists of eight home games and eight away games. They will face other BIG10 Women’s Lacrosse teams in five contests this season as follows: March 26-29…
Albany and Cornell to Play in Dallas
Photo Credit: Ian Neadle The UAlbany men’s lacrosse team will look to shine in the Lone Star State as it takes on Cornell on February 28th, 2015 in Dallas, Texas. The teams will meet on the campus of Southern Methodist University for the Saturday game. The time of the game is to be announced. This will be the second matchup of the in-state squads and first in the regular season. …
Swarm Re-Sign Mitch Belisle
The National Lacrosse League’s (NLL) Minnesota Swarm today announced that the team has re-signed D Mitch Belisle to a one-year contract. Belisle, 28, spent the 2012-13 seasons with the Swarm, but did not play last season. The Swarm also signed free agent D Pat Laconi to a one-year deal. “Mitch’s energy on the floor and in the locker room was certainly missed last season,” Swarm Owner and Governor John Arlotta…
Dube Blog: USA Camp Wraps Up First Week
Day 2 is in the books, we’re hitting the road a bit earlier than scheduled. It’ll be nice to get home before 2 am even though I could have scrimmaged for at least another hour. 7:30 am came pretty quick this morning but a coffee and a Red Bull later I felt alive again. We hit the floor for warmup a bit after 9 then got some shooting practice in….
Ohio Machine Players Turning Gears for NLL Season
There’s a particular aspect of professional lacrosse I have always noticed, and that is there’s multiple leagues with the same names participating. Numerous athletes play two different styles (indoor and outdoor) at opposing annual frequencies. Even more participate in Canadian leagues. This is the biggest attraction, and yet largest flaw, for lacrosse. For many, including myself, it is very challenging to follow a player across leagues, year round, who they’re…
NLL Offseason Recap: Minnesota Swarm
Like the majority of the other teams in the NLL, the Minnesota Swarm began looking for ways to improve, as soon as the offseason started, be it through the draft, trades, or free agency. Beginning in June, the Swarm and the Edmonton Rush worked out a deal that sent goaltender Brodie MacDonald and the third overall pick in the 2014 draft to Minnesota in exchange for Tyler Carlson and the…
Dube Blog: USA Indoor Tryouts Open
Its great to have a LAX weekend. Since we lost in the playoffs my weekends have been working on the house, chopping wood and getting ready for winter. While I like doing it and my wife likes to have me home there’s just something about a weekend of good intense lacrosse. Plus it’s a bye week for the Pats so I might as well hit the road. That being…