This column is directed to college lacrosse fans, especially those who are disappointed the college season is over. Whether you were at M&T Bank Stadium this past weekend or watched on TV, Championship Weekend is always a celebration of the sport. It’s the weekend many fans circle on their calendars and look forward to, only to have an empty feeling when it’s over. Leaving the stadium following Duke’s championship game…
MSL: Lakers Commence Season Against Brampton
Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) will kick off the 2014 season Thursday night when the Peterborough Lakers host the Brampton Excelsiors at the Peterborough Memorial Centre. The Lakers 2014 lineup features a crop of new faces, including former Excelsior Matt Vinc. The Rochester Knighthawks goaltender was acquired from Brampton in exchange for Pat Saunders, Jim Purves, and a pair of second round picks. Peterborough also bolstered their offense with the addition…
NLL Awards: Who Should Take Home Major Awards?
Photo Credit: Calgary Roughnecks After the NLL championship final this week, we will see the league’s major awards announced. We gathered our NLL staff to give their thoughts on who should win each award and why. Not all awards are agreed upon and it is majority vote, so the actual winner isn’t actually the opinions held by every writer. MVP: Shawn Evans, Calgary Roughnecks Agnes Reis: Aaron Bold—Out of 18 games,…
Burrards Battle Thunder After Dominating 15-3 Performance
Tonight the Maple Ridge Burrards travel to the Langley Events Centre to face off against the Langley Thunder. The Burrards have got off to a great start this season and will look for their third win of the season. The Thunder on the other hand have struggled so far this season losing three games in a row and are in desperate need to get their first win of the season….
Powell Has Powered Florida Launch in 2014
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…
NLL Champions Cup Game One Three Stars
Photo Credit: Calgary Roughnecks and George Foularis The Calgary Roughnecks are now one game closer to winning their third NLL Champions Cup, and preventing history. Saturday night the Roughnecks controlled the game and never allowed the two-time defending champions to ever get into a rhythm as they took Game 1 10-7. Game 2 is this Saturday night at 8 pm from The Blue Cross Arena in Rochester. The Knighthawks will…
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…