The Philadelphia Wings (3-7) hoped to take advantage of a Swarm team(2-7) that played just finished playing 19 hours ago. But it was not to be. The Swarm stung the Wings with a 15-14 victory. The Wings started off quick scoring four times and chasing starter Zach Higgins. Tyler Carlson didn’t fair much better as the Wings took a 7-3 lead after the first quarter. As the second quarter started,…
Salisbury Dominates Weidener 11-3
Photo Credit: Salisbury The No. 4 Salisbury University men’s lacrosse team dominated No. 19 ranked Widener University on Saturday afternoon, 11-3. The Seagulls started off quickly scoring three goals in the first five minutes. Then the top defense in the country took over. Senior attackman Luke Phipps got the offense going, running from the right side towards the middle of the box and ripping a low shot for the score. Then…
Handicapped Lacrosse Players Growing in Numbers
Derrick Coleman is possibly the most well-known NFL football player following the Seahawks stomping of the Broncos. It is because he is the first professional football player to win a championship and be legally deaf. Many stories of handicapped professional athletes are cropping up. Many lacrosse followers know Paul Rabil is 90% deaf in his right ear. Though Rabil does not use a hearing aid, Coleman does. He…
RIT vs. Stevenson: Tigers Comeback To Knock Off Top-Ranked Mustangs 15-14
Full disclosure: I missed the end of this game. I had to head out the door at the end of the third quarter and with No. 2 RIT trailing No. 1 Stevenson 13-7, I felt OK about the decision. Later, while browsing Twitter, I found out how the game ended and was not just shocked, but incredibly angry with myself. RIT had come back from six goals down to top…
Roughnecks Come From Behind To Upset Knighthawks
Photo Credit: Calgary Roughnecks The Calgary Roughnecks overcame a 5-1 first quarter deficit to beat the two-time defending champion Rochester Knighthawks 11-10 Saturday night. Both teams are now 5-3 on the season and both remain in second place in their respective divisions. After trading goals early, Rochester scored three goals in two-and-a-half minutes, causing Calgary head coach Curt Malawsky to pull starting goalie Mike Poulin in favour of Frankie Scigliano….
Rock Survive Late Swarm Comeback, Win 14-12
Photo Credit: Buffalo Bandits On Saturday night the Toronto Rock (3-4) took on the Minnesota Swarm (1-6). The Swrm opened the scoring as Brock Sorensen found the back of the net to put the Swarm ahead 1-0. The lead would be short lived as Stephan Leblanc had the answer for the Rock just minutes later to tie the game at 1-1. The Swarm would regain the lead just 15 seconds…
Barrie and Durham Swap Players
On Friday the Barrie Blizzard acquired Wes McDonald, Scott Gamble, and Geoff Griffiths from the Durham Turfdogs in exchange for Jason Mainer and Cal Kitson. With these three acquisitions, Barrie significantly toughens up on defense. 6’3”, 215 lbs Wes McDonald is a Toronto Beaches Jr. A product and graduate of the Hobart College lacrosseprogram. Scott Gamble is a fellow Beaches player and brings a wealth of CLax experience to the Blizzard. Gamble is now in his third CLax season…
Game Preview: Wings vs Swarm. Wings Aim to Swat the Swarm
Today the Philadelphia Wings (3-6) will face the Minnesota Swarm (1-7). The Swarm are coming off a 14-12 loss last night to the Toronto Rock. After three quarters the Swarm were down 13-4 before putting eight goals in the final quarter. So the question here is did the Swarm shoot their load, or was this a start of momentum coming into this afternoon? The Swarm all season have either had…
Maryland Runs Past Syracuse, Win 16-8
In front of 5,283 at Syracuse’s Carrier Dome, the fifth-ranked Maryland Terrapins defeated the No. 2 Syracuse Orange 16-8 on Saturday afternoon. The Terrapins second quarter 10-goal charge led them to an impressive victory over the Orange. Freshman Midfielder Connor Cannizzaro and Attackman Jay Carlson led the Terrapins in scoring with four points each, on three goals and one assist. Matt Rambo also contributed to the Terrapins’ win tallying two…
Syracuse Face off Struggles Downfall in Loss
A record 30 games were played in NCAA Division 1 on Saturday in the last weekend of play in February. Below is a quick recap of my observations from today’s Syracuse vs. Maryland game. The Terps came into the Carrier Dome for the first time since 1983 and won 19 of 27 face offs and outshot Syracuse 55-32 to double up Syracuse 16-8. Junior Charlie Raffa was the man of the…