Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, has announced this year’s 2014 MLL All-Pro Team. The roster is voted on by MLL coaches and general managers, and is comprised of some of the best talent in the league, all of whom stood out at their respective positions. This year’s Championship participants, Denver and Rochester, both have three players on the roster. New York and Florida have two representatives,…
Stealth Re-Sign McMichael, Henderson and O’Dougherty
The Vancouver Stealth have announced the re-signing of defensemen Chris O’Dougherty and Tim Henderson along with transition player Mitch McMichael, all to one-year contracts for the 2015 National Lacrosse League season, pending league approval. O’Dougherty has spent his entire five-year NLL career with the Stealth recording 9 points (1+8), while collecting 134 loose balls in 49 games. The 27-year-old from Kinneton, New Jersey was selected in sixth round of the 2009 NLL…
Rush Extend Lafontaine and Sorichetti
Edmonton Rush General Manager/Head Coach Derek Keenan announced today that the club has signed transition players Adrian Sorichetti and John Lafontaine to three-year contracts starting with the 2014 National Lacrosse League season. Sorichetti will be entering his second season with the Rush while Lafontaine begins his fifth campaign in the black and silver. “I am very happy to have both Adrian and John signed for 2014 and beyond as they…
Bandits Intensify Goaltending Battle
Less than one month ago, Buffalo Bandits General Manager Steve Dietrich announced that the team had re-signed starting goaltender Anthony Cosmo to a new one year deal. With the Bandits locking in their 2014 finalist for NLL Goaltender of the Year for another season, the team’s focus shifts now to who will be backing up Cosmo for the 2015 season. With only one open position and three solid potential backups…
Swarm Sign Greg Downing for One Year
Photo Credit: Dan Brodie The National Lacrosse League’s (NLL) Minnesota Swarm today announced that the team has re-signed defenseman Greg Downing to a one-year contract.Downing, 29, appeared in all 18 games with the Swarm in 2014, and ranked second on the team with 28 forced turnovers. The 6-foot-1, 185-pound lefty defenseman also notched eight points(3g, 5a) and collected 69 loose balls in his third full season with the Swarm, sixth in the NLL. Downing has totaled 51…
Shamrocks and Burrards Battle for WLA Title
With the Victoria Shamrocks disposing of the New Westminster Salmonbellies in a series sweep 4-0 and the Maple Ridge Burrards beating out the Burnaby Lakers 4-2 we have our WLA finals set. Coming into this series the Shamrocks took two of three games in the season series (7-4/8-7) and tied the last game 9-9 with Curtis Dickson scoring 7 points for the Burrards in the last affair and what I…
Rattlers Staying in Rochester Beyond 2014
Good news for Rochester Rattlers fans; the team is in their second MLL championship. Even better news? The team isn’t going to move afterwards. Commissioner David Gross said on Wednesday afternoon that the Rattlers are not going anywhere. “We have every intention that the team is going to be in the Rochester area for the long term,” Gross said. “We’re still a young league. If I were to sit here and…
Parity Proven by MLL Championship Game
What about sports gets fans hooked and makes them come back? I believe the number one reason is the drama of a game, the unpredictability of not knowing which team will win and how they’ll win. It’s unscripted, genuine, emotion-filled drama. Lacrosse’s unpredictability makes the sport so addicting. Every sport has drama, but that drama seems to be magnified in lacrosse, especially due to the increased parity across college lacrosse…
Bear Davis Promoted to Vice President of Machine
The Ohio Machine, Ohio’s Major League Lacrosse team, announced today that Bear Davis has been promoted to Vice President & Head Coach. As part of the promotion, Davis will join the front office on a full-time basis. In addition to his responsibilities as head coach, Davis will help expand the Machine’s ticket sales and community relations efforts. “Bear has made a profound impact on our team and community in a…
Lehigh Mountain Hawks Lacrosse a Special Program
As Assistant Director for Sports Media Relations at Lehigh University, time will be limited during the school year. Unfortunately, so will my writing for In Lacrosse We Trust. I hope to still contribute over the coming months, but it will be in a much smaller capacity since the focus will be on my Lehigh teams, (which include men’s and women’s lacrosse). I hope to be back full-go next summer. As…