Ohio State came into the season ranked 14th. After a 1-4 start, they have not been able to hold that high ranking. After five games they have dropped out of the Warrior D1 Media Top 20. The Buckeyes have lost close games to Hofstra, Umass, Penn State, and Johns Hopkins. Luckily for OSU, their schedule gets a little easier. They still have a chance to make to the NCAA tournament…
MLL Offseason Grades: Rochester Rattlers
The Rochester Rattlers take the field this season in hope they can find some success in the MLL. Last year, the Rattlers finished with a 6-8 record. The team didn’t reach their full potential, which left many disappointed. Rochester started making moves early on in the offseason, as in November the Rattlers sent Ned Crotty to New York for Grant Catalino and draft picks. The main focus with this trade…
NCAA Preview: Hartford vs. Quinnipiac
This Wednesday, the Quinnipiac Bobcats will make the short trip from Hamden to Hartford, Connecticut to take on the Hartford Hawks in midweek collegiate lacrosse action. Both teams are currently sitting one game below .500 and could each even out their record with a win come Wednesday. Hartford is coming off of a tough 10-11 loss against Siena this past Saturday, a game that saw four overtimes and undoubtedly fatigued…
Tuesday Division III Notebook: Defense Wins Championships, But Faceoffs Might Too
It has become increasingly obvious over the last few years that faceoffs are becoming one of the most important facets of the modern game of lacrosse. Teams with a good faceoff guy can control the ball, get consecutive possessions, create fastbreak opportunities and–perhaps most importantly–reduce deficits in a much more efficient manner. That was on display Saturday afternoon at Springfield College as the Pride came back from a 7-4 deficit…
NCAA: Who To Watch This Week
Week of 3/10/2014 The middle of March is upon us and that can only mean one thing: college lacrosse is HERE. Tuesday, March 11 Bucknell vs. North Carolina 4 pm The action gets started later today when Bucknell travels to Chapel Hill, North Carolina to face a Tar Heels unit that rebounded from their only loss of the season against Notre Dame by beating a strong Princeton team this past…
MLL Draftees Stock Report
The one thing that the MLL has over every other professional sport is the unique ability to select college players before their respective final seasons on college campus. It has its advantages as well as its disadvantages. A team could pick a diamond in the rough and pick the player that breaks out in his final year on campus. On the other hand, a team could pick a player that…
St. Catharines Wolfpack Named NIFL Fourth Franchise
National Indoor Field Lacrosse is pleased to announce the St. Catharines Wolfpack as the newest member of the league that will begin play in 2014-15. “We are very excited to announce St. Catharines as the newest NIFL franchise,” said Director of Operations Walter Gatt. “It is great to have a team in a city that is known for its rich tradition of lacrosse history. We are looking forward to announcing our…
PSU vs Denver: Monday Night Under The Lights
Denver University and Penn State will meet for the sixth time in program history, and Denver has won three of the previous matches, while the Nittany Lions have won two. The Nittany Lions are amidst the highest ranking that the program has ever had, and are only looking to increase their ranking. The team is coming off a road win at Ohio State last weekend, and they are hoping to…
Division III USILA Poll Week 3: Top Tier Holding Steady
This past week was, when compared to the previous week, a fairly pedestrian one. The best teams took care of business and the top six of the USILA Top 20 seems to have taken its permanent shape. RIT, Cortland, Salisbury, Tufts, Stevenson, and Cabrini have been on a whole other level than the rest of the country and it will take a major shakeup for any other teams to crack…
Speck Blog: Cyclops Fall to Demons
This week our team went out and lost a tough game to the Niagara Lock Monsters in a relatively low scoring 11-7 final. Our goaltender Jay Preece made several outstanding saves to keep us in the game and give us extra chances to try and close the gap near the end, but we couldn’t find a way to beat Dave DiRuscio when it mattered as he was solid all night….