During playoffs for any sport, it is well-documented that anything can happen. In the past, we have seen sub-par teams defeat top-seeded ones for national championships. In the Ivy League women’s lacrosse championship, this could not have been less true. As most people expected and predicted, the final for this conference featured Princeton and Penn, the two best teams in the league. Penn came into the game with a 12-4…
Speck Blog: Six Nations Slash Season Opens
What’s up ILWT readers? I’m back blogging again, this time for the Six Nations Slash Sr. B lacrosse team as we compete for supremacy in the Can-Am Sr.B loop this summer. So far, we are 2-1 on the young season after we posted an opening day win over the defending Can-Am champs and last summer’s league rep at the Presidents Cup Onondaga Redhawks 16-14 on home floor. Winning that game…
Division III Lacrosse Tournament: RIT, Salisbury Take Top Seeds
All of the games have been played, all the trophies have been handed out, and we are now left with 30 teams vying for the 2014 Division III Men’s Lacrosse National Championship. Leading the way are the usual suspects with RIT getting the top seed and bye in the North Region, while Salisbury sits atop the South. Let’s dive right into this by looking at the best first-round matchups, top…
Montreal Junior Lacrosse League Makes Several Signings
After the first two weeks of signings by both of the Montreal teams in the MJLL, both followed up with multiple signings this weekend. The Montreal Shamrocks signed 6 more players in Cole Byfelds, Cameron McMillan, Matthew Collard, Branden Desormeau, Ian Hebert and Olivier Cater. Cole Byfelds is a solid transition player who played for the Kingston Kings last year in the OLA. Cole attends McGill and will be spending…
Launch First Victory A “Great Feeling”
The Florida Launch took off yesterday with an 11-8 win over the Charlotte Hounds for their first win of the season, and the first win in the young franchise’s history. Led by veterans Casey Powell and Kevin Crowley, the Launch found a way to take the victory. “It is a great feeling getting the first win in Launch history,” head coach Stan Ross told us. “It is an exciting time…
NCAA Brackets Set: Duke Takes Top Seed
#1 Duke and #2 Syracuse The NCAA Tournament field was announced on Sunday night. Duke will be your #1 seed while Syracuse earned a No. 2 seed. The Blue Devils will face the winner of Richmond/Air Force. The first play-in game features two underdog teams. The Richmond Spiders are in their first season at the Division I level, and a league championship was wholly unexpected. High Point had been the…
Team STX Hosts Girl’s Lacrosse Clinic
STX Lacrosse Clinic Includes Tickets to the NCAA® Division I Women’s Lacrosse Semifinals and Championship Game Baltimore, MD – Baltimore-based STX, LLC, a global sporting goods leader, today announced that Women’s Team STX is hosting a girls’ lacrosse clinic during the NCAA Lacrosse Championship weekend. Team STXathletes including Josie Owen, Sam Farrell and Kitty Cullen will be coaching the clinic and teaching lacrosse skills just in time for summer club…
Outlaws Win Their 22nd Consecutive Regular Season Game
Photo Credit: Di Miller Under the sunny skies of Denver, Colorado, and in front of a hometown crowd of 6,944 fans, the Denver Outlaws hosted the Ohio Machine who were hoping to stop the Outlaws’ 21 consecutive game winning streak. It was Star Wars night for Denver, and the game was called “May the Fourth Be With You.” Both teams wore Star Wars jerseys which will be auctioned on Monday…
Recapping May Madness and Previewing the NCAA Selection Show
My, my, my what an absolutely thrilling weekend to end another regular season of great lacrosse. A total of eight automatic bids were up for grabs this weekend in the NEC, America East Conference, Ivy League, MAAC, Big East, CAA, Atlantic Sun and ECAC. With the tournament field ready to be announced later tonight at 9 pm, here is a recap of all the conference championship action and how it…
Drexel Crowned CAA Champs For The First Time
Sudden death overtime means one shot, one opportunity for both teams to be named champions. Unfortunately the odds were not in Hofstra’s favor as the Drexel Dragons defeated the Pride in the third overtime 11-10 on Saturday in Hempstead. “Defense stood on their heads in overtime, they made great stops, kept giving us another chance to win the game,” Hofstra senior co-captain Torin Varn said. “In the third overtime it…