Photo Credit: Dan Brodie There are always critics, but there is no doubt that the Vancouver Stealth has a gem in President/GM Doug Locker. Entering his 11th year with the Stealth Doug also entered his new role as President. This dual role with the Stealth would seem impossible for some, but Locker’s work ethic and expertise in lacrosse management gives him the edge to take on the task. Doug’s knowledge…
Speck Blog: Cyclops Tough Loss to Barrie
First off it’s best for me to give a little intro myself so you all know who I am. My name is Jamie Speck (known to most as simply “Speck”) and I play for the Southwest Cyclops in the Canadian Lacrosse League. My hometown is Toronto but I currently live in Mississauga and attend Humber College where I study Sport Management and will be graduating in April. As far as…
Simmons: Quality Wins From Penn, Loyola
Tewaaraton Trophy Watch List Last week the Tewaaraton Foundation posted its list of the top 50 players in NCAA men’s lacrosse. While a very early release, the committee left off a few notable names. Although Virginia had four players included on the list, one player was conspicuously left off: James Pannell. One would think after awarding the Trophy to James’ brother Rob, the Foundation would remember the Pannell name. All…
Division III USILA Poll Week 2: Four Teams Enter, Top 10 Gets Two New Teams
The first full week of Division III lacrosse is in the books and the warts of preseason polls are beginning to show themselves. Gone are teams like Western New England, Middlebury, Stevens and Roanoke—all good teams off to slow starts—while teams like Springfield College and Endicott have shot towards the top 10. The top end has stayed true, but the rest of the poll has proven to be an inexact…
Cornell Looks for an Easy ‘W’ Before Long Road Ahead
The 15th ranked Cornell Big Red (3-0) hosts #44 Canisius (2-1) tomorrow at Schoellkopf Field. The Golden Griffins lost at #5 Denver last weekend while Cornell squeaked by #39 Michigan in OT to move up in the standings from last week’s rank of 19th. This is Cornell’s last game against competition outside of the Top 25 before facing top 5 Virginia and top 20 Yale. That being said, this is a…
NCAA: Maryland, Virginia Come Up Big
NCAA Weekend Recap #1 Duke 6 #2 Maryland 10 This was a third quarter game changer as Maryland scored three in the third and held Duke to none. After that, the Blue Devils seemed to lose all momentum. Maryland totaled 44 shots, 32 ground balls, 17 saves and won eight of 19 face offs. On the other side, Duke totaled 36 shots, 26 ground balls, 15 saves and won…
Can Rutgers Stop Army’s Winning Streak?
WHERE: @ Army WHEN: Tuesday March, 4 @ 12:00 Rutgers got their season off to a strong start by blowing out their first two opponents. However, now they find themselves on a two-game losing streak heading into West Point on Tuesday night. While heading to West Point is tough enough, they will be facing an Army team that is on a three game winning streak after losing their season opener…
Cabrini’s Corey Elmer, Stevens’ Tim Culloty 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—Corey Elmer, Cabrini The preseason player of the year in many people’s eyes, Elmer has helped kick off Cabrini’s season in the best of ways. With two big games on the schedule this…
Chamberlain: Behind the Box Score Rutgers vs Stony Brook
Behind Chris Hughes four goals and Kyle Rowe’s 16 for 24 faceoff performance, the Stony Brook Seawolves defeated Rutgers 12-9 at a cold LaValle Stadium on Saturday Night. Below are my observations that go beyond the box score. Stony Brook’s Faceoff team. (It’s more than just the FOGO Kyle Rowe) had a very strong game, with Long Stick Dylan Curry and SSDM Lucas Rock boxing out Rutgers wing players, for…
Roughnecks Rout Reeling Rock 19-13
Photo Credit: Brad Watson/Calgary Roughnecks The Calgary Roughnecks grabbed a decisive 19-13 victory over the Toronto Rock Saturday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary. The Roughnecks improve to 6-3 on the season while the Rock fall to 4-6. Calgary opened the game with their best quarter of the season, scoring seven times—including four goals from Curtis Dickson—while shutting the Toronto offence down completely After staking themselves to a seven-goal…