USA Profile: Matt Abbott Position: Midfielder College: Syracuse University Professional: Chesapeake Bayhawks. Syracuse hit a gold mine with their Class of 2009, winning two championships and producing a number of professionals. Not many people would have thought that the last one standing in the professional ranks would have been Matt Abbott. The midfielder out of Nottingham, New York became an entity in college sports that many coaches would do…
MLL Trade Value: Part 1
Over a decade ago, Bill Simmons began ranking basketball players in his annual ‘NBA Trade Value’ column. The rules are simple: Talent, salary and age all matter. If two equally talented players earn different amounts, then the cheaper one has more ‘trade value.’ Similarly, younger players are often viewed as more valuable. The idea of the list is that if the general manager of Team A calls the general manager…
NCAA Preview: Denver Opens 2014 Home Season, Griffins Fly to Mile High
WHO: Canisius at Denver WHERE: Denver, CO WHEN: Sunday February 23 1:30 pm MT DENVER Having a balanced start to the season, the Pioneers won their season opener at Air Force. Then, in the second week traveled to Durham, N.C. and lost to Duke. For starters, they opened their season with two road games. Come this weekend, Denver will finally open their home crowd to the 2014 season. Air…
St. Mary’s vs. Roanoke: Seahawks Top Maroons, 12-8, For Second Consecutive Opener
The Sehawks got right back to work in 2014 after a 2013 full of upsets by knocking off the No. 8 Roanoke Maroons 12-8 on Tuesday in a tilt that was pushed back a day due to the snow storm that crushed the east coast over the last week.
NLL Rookie Report: Wilde Debuts, Digby Collects 9pts.
Rush rookies remaining unbeaten, Digby’s scoring prominence, and a Wilde debut highlight Week 8 of NLL rookie action. The Edmonton Rush maintained their perfect record with a 14-9 win over the Minnesota Swarm thanks to help from their rookie tandem of Riley Loewen and Robert Church. Loewen had two goals, including a third quarter tally that proved to be the game winner for Edmonton. Robert Church continued his steady production…
Trend of Defensive Play Highlights Americans in 2014 NLL
Going into the 2014 season, we expected to see a down year for American players with so many of them opting to instead play just MLL and with Team USA. However, those few Americans who have played this season have been very impressive. Still, with so few Americans left in the NLL, let’s take a look at how they have all fared. Philadelphia consistently has the most Americans in the…
Princeton Eager to Get Started Against Hofstra
WHERE: @ Princeton WHEN: Saturday February 22 @ 11:00 Princeton gets to start its season against the Hofstra Pride who are coming off an 11-9 loss to the Marquette Golden Eagles this past weekend. The loss gives the Pride an early record of 0-1 on the season and they will look to stop it from becoming a losing streak as they travel to Princeton to take on the Tigers in…
NCAA Preview: Nittany Lions @ Fighting Irish
The Penn State men’s lacrosse team will travel to South Bend, Indiana to face the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The last time the two met was in mid-March of 2013. Notre Dame came out with the W in a close 10-9 game that resulted in overtime. Last week, the Nittany Lions faced a tough, overtime loss, to Loyola. Erik Myers and Kyle VanThof both had a great game. VanThof earned…
Bandits, Stealth Face Long Breaks
Both the Buffalo Bandits and Vancouver Stealth are facing an oddity in the National Lacrosse League as both teams will not play for three weeks, not back in action until March 8. Vancouver this weekend is coming off of a win and a loss while Buffalo is coming off of a blowout win over Philadelphia. Both teams are heading in drastically different directions as they head to this break. Buffalo…
NLL League Leaders Week Eight: Mammoth Have Good Week
After two weeks out, Adam Jones still holds the lead in goals. John Grant Jr. took his point total from 45 to 53 to maintain the top spot in points. Rhys Duch has moved into second place; the Stealth forward added 15 points in two games over the weekend to bring his total to 50. Despite the addition of five points, Garrett Billings dropped to the third spot at 49….