NEW YORK, NY – The United States Lacrosse League (USLL) is pleased to announce Jeremy Lisch as the first Executive Director in league history. The Executive Director’s duties will include exploiting the USLL as a premier professional lacrosse association while working to secure market and territory expansion, as well as develop key relationships that will serve vital to the leagues long term growth plans. “I am excited to be working…
Team USA Profile: Michael Evans
Position: Defense College: Johns Hopkins University Professional: Chesapeake Bayhawks Michael Evans worked his way to the highest levels of lacrosse and has brought a fierce determination to be one of the best in the game. Walking into Hopkins, he was a part of a class that had to replace long time starters on defense. Chris Watson, Tom Garvey, and Greg Raymond had anchored the defense for years and were…
Division III USILA Poll Week 4: Salisbury Jumps to No. 2, Union Debuts
This week’s USILA Top 20 has seen some upheaval thanks to RIT’s win over Cortland in its second No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup of the season. The Tigers remain No. 1 in the country after beating the Red Dragons and Western New England this week while Cortland slides all the way down to No. 6. Taking their place in the top pairing are the Seagulls of Salisbury who improved…
NCAA Preview: Hofstra Takes On St. John’s
Number 17 Hofstra will put its Colonial Athletic Association schedule on hold for a non-conference matchup against the St. John’s Red Storm this Tuesday in Queens, New York. Taking a look at the numbers for both teams so far this season, Hofstra (4-2, 1-0 CAA) has a 9.07 gpg average while St. John’s (3-3, 1-0 BIG EAST) has scored 11.54 gpg and is ranked 23rd in the nation in scoring offense….
Wings Clipped; Losing Streak at 6, Trade Deadline Tuesday
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,…