Casey Powell has been putting on clinics for years and as for this Major League Lacrosse season, four games in for each team, Casey has been doing just that. On a team that is showing they have a balanced attack on offense, with a strong veteran defense, Casey Powell is fitting right in at his new home with the Launch. Casey returns to his old stomping grounds this weekend in…
Simmons: Tewaaraton Trophy And Other NCAA Thoughts
The Trophy will be awarded on Thursday, at the Smithsonian, National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC. The Tewaaraton Trophy is awarded annually to the most outstanding male and female college lacrosse players in the country. Since 2001, the year of the trophy’s inception, just two players from a non-blue blood school have ever won the award. In its 13 years of existence, just seven schools have been represented:…
NLL Rookie Report: Leung and McIntosh Lead Calgary
The Calgary Roughnecks rookie duo of Karsen Leung and Garrett McIntosh are on the brink of a Champion’s Cup title after the Riggers took Game One of the NLL Finals 10-7 over the Rochester Knighthawks. Playing in front of a hometown crowd, both Leung and McIntosh made their presence felt on the Scotiabank Saddledome turf actively assisting in the Calgary transition game. Leung is largely depended upon to move the…
Game Notes: What We Can Take Away From D-I Championship
Setting Following a lacrosse season that competed the majority of the 2014 season in winter elements, the field at M&T Bank Stadium was somewhere between 95 and 100 degrees Fahrenheit real-feel temperature. An occasional breeze was noticeable but most likely not to the players moving on the field in equipment. As every year, semifinals games are a mere two days before the championship. This gives the two winning teams a…
Maryland beats Syracuse 15-12 for National Championship
Maryland jumped out to a 5-0 lead less than five minutes into Sunday night’s National Championship Game and it looked like the Terrapins would run away with the title. Lacrosse is a game of runs, so that thought was quickly dispelled by the Syracuse Orange. Syracuse answered with the next four goals to pull right back into the game. The Terrapins went on a 6-1 second-half run to take a…
Wilson Traded to Lakers for Diruscio
Peterborough Lakers announce trade to acquire veteran right sniper, Aaron Wilson, from Kitchener Waterloo Kodiaks for Laker drafted goalie David Diruscio. The Peterborough Lakers have added great scoring depth to their right side by acquiring veteran sniper Aaron Wilson. Wilson is well known as a power play specialist in the past with the Brampton Excelsiors and more recently with the Kitchener Waterloo Kodiaks. Wilson finished this past NLL season with…
Photo Gallery: Duke Takes Home Back-to-Back Championship Titles
In a match that seemed to be in Duke’s control up until the fourth quarter that brought Notre Dame’s late game run, the action was nonstop. Here’s some pictures to highlight moments of the thriller: Photo Credit: Ian Neadle
Maryland Women’s Team Captures Championship Trophy, Tops ‘Cuse
Maryland captured their 11th National Title Sunday night. There was a record-breaking 10,311 fans in attendance for Sunday’s match. The Terps had an extremely successful season, being ranked first or second in polls across the board. Syracuse also had a great season, and these two teams going head-to-head in the championship match was definitely a game to watch. Four of the five Tewaarton finalists took the field, Alyssa Murray and Kayla…
Carey: Myles Jones, Jordan Wolf Led Devils
What a game it was. It was all it was hyped up to be. The machine that is the Duke Blue Devils against the team from “out west,” but really from up north in Indiana. Many wanted to see a team off the east coast bring home a ring, but today that was not the case. The players that were expected to play well did, such as Myles Jones, Matt…
WLA: Shamrocks, Burrards, Timbermen Get Wins
This past weekend there were three games on the WLA schedule. The first was on Friday night as the Victoria Shamrocks and Nanaimo Timbermen faced off in a rematch from earlier in the week when the two teams tied 13-13. Victoria Shamrocks (0-0-1) vs. Nanaimo Timbermen (0-1-1) The Shamrocks would come out running against the Timbermen on Friday night as George Westwood scored just 22 seconds into the game. The Shamrocks would push their…