Yesterday afternoon the Wings had a chance to end two streaks. First was a five game losing streak; that failed. What also failed was a losing streak at home to the Rochester Knighthawks dating back to January 18, 2008. The Wings (3-9) fell 11-7 to the Knighthawks (9-3) yesterday afternoon making them 1-16 the last 17 meetings including playoffs. What the loss also did was put the Wings (3-9) two…
NCAA Preview: Dartmouth @ PSU
The Nittany Lions will host Dartmouth on Tuesday night, hoping to redeem themselves after a tough loss to No.14 UMass on Saturday. Dartmouth has not had a game since March 1st, when they came out with a win over Sacred Heart. Last match, the score was tied in the middle of the fourth. Senior Attackman, Mike Olentine scored the eventual game winning goal, after a huge rally by Dartmouth. Freshman…
NCAA Weekend in Review: Irish Upset Virginia For Holiday Win
This weekend was about as close in performance NCAA games have been thus far in 2014. I don’t mean scores… I speak of statistics and in-game situations. Many games this weekend were neck and neck until teams took advantage of opportune situations. Virginia – 9 Notre Dame – 18 The Fighting Irish came out with a very mobile and inclusive offense full of assists, offensive rotation and off-ball movement. They…
Men’s Dutch National Team Announce North American Tryouts
AMSTERDAM, NL- March 17, 2014- Today, the Men’s Dutch National Lacrosse Team announced North American based tryouts for any players interested in being a part of the 2014 World Championship Team. Tryouts will take place on the weekend of April 5th and 6th at two separate locations. April 5th will be held in Syracuse at Christian Brothers Academy (6245 Randall Road, Syracuse, NY) from 3-7 PM. On April 6th, the tryouts will…
MLL Off Season Grade: Ohio Machine
As a newer team added during the expansion 2 years ago, the Ohio Machine looks to continue to improve this summer. With the first game of the MLL season closing in, 4/26, the Machine is gearing up for an improvement on last year’s record, (2-12). After being the worst team in the MLL for the past two years, they are looking for a serious turn around. They decided…
RIT’s Kyle Aquin, Union’s Stefan Basile Earn D3 Players of the Week
Mixed in with all of the action over the last week were some outstanding individual performances. Those individuals will be recognized in this space each week as the D3 Players of the Week. Offensive Player of the Week – Kyle Aquin, RIT Aquin is one of the best players in the country and he looked the part this weekend as RIT poured in a combined 36 goals in two games,…
Team USA Profile: David Lawson
Position: Midfield College: Duke University Professional: Rochester Rattlers David Lawson has been involved in high-level lacrosse since his arrival on campus at Duke University. His first year at Duke, Lawson was a defensive midfielder for an offensive-minded team, which means that he was used in a variety of roles and situations in his inaugural season in Durham. He saw action in all 20 games that season and ended it in…
Knighthawks demolish Rock 17-12
Last night the Toronto Rock (4-6) hosted the Rochester Knighthawks (7-3). The Rock coming into this game had lost their last two games and were looking to end their losing streak. The Rock got off to a good start as Rob Hellyer and Colin Doyle beat Matt Vinc to give the Rock a 2-0 lead. Dan Dawson would get the Knighthawks on the board making the score 2-1. The teams…
NCAA: Hofstra Defeats Delaware In CAA Battle
Senior co-captain Torin Varn scored a career-high three goals while fellow seniors Drew Coholan and Lance Yapor netted two goals and one assist to help Hofstra earn an 11-9 victory over the Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens in game one of the Colonial Athletic Association slate. The win for the Hofstra Pride (4-2, 1-0 CAA) was their fourth straight and ended Delaware’s season high four-game win streak. The Fightin’ Blue…
Game Preview: Wings vs Hawks
This afternoon the Wings (3-8) will look to end one of the longest home losing streaks, as they look to defeat the Rochester Knighthawks (8-3) at 4pm. They have not defeated the Knighthawks since January18, 2008 by a score of 15-14. Last weekend the Wings fell 13-8 after playing hard the first 45 minutes, the wheels seemed to fall off the last 15 as the Knighthawks outscored the Wings 5-1….