Photo Credit: Di Miller The Colorado Mammoth (5-7), head east for the first time this season to First Niagara Center in Buffalo on March 15, 2014 to face the Bandits who sit atop the NLL Eastern Division with a record of 7-2. During the last meeting of the two teams at The Pepsi Center on January 18, the Bandits beat the Mammoth by the score of 16-9. Will the Mammoth…
FIL Team Preview: Israel
As the FIL World Championships in Denver approach closer and closer, teams are beginning to compile their rosters. ILWT will continue to look into these exciting teams. Israel has an approach in training and member selecting a little different from USA’s. Whereas Team USA recently held their Champions Challenge in Florida to finalize their 23-man roster for their final preparations, Israel is waiting until the very last, legal minute. Israelis…
Rush Rout Roughnecks, Extending Undefeated Streak to 10-0
A six-goal run in the first half gave the Edmonton Rush a lead they would not relinquish as they cruised to a convincing 15-7 victory over the Calgary Roughnecks last night. The win keeps Edmonton’s undefeated season intact at 10-0, the longest winning streak in NLL history. Calgary drops to 6-5 after their second straight loss but retain second place in the West Division. Curtis Dickson essentially was Calgary’s offense,…
NCAA Preview: UNC goes to Durham
Alex Urquhart The North Carolina Tar Heels are making their way to Durham to take on the Duke Blue Devils. This is one of the biggest rivalries in college sports. There is only, roughly, 10 miles between the two campuses and that has sparked one of the greatest bubbles of animosity between two schools, just look at college basketball when these two play each other. Now lacrosse is a bit…
Virginia and Notre Dame Meet Up As Both Look to Rebound After Losses
WHERE: @ Notre Dame WHEN: Sunday March 16 @ 5:00 Both teams enter Sunday’s game coming off losses to Top 25 teams. Virginia dropped its first game of the season against Cornell while Notre Dame lost a tight game to Denver in a special game played in California. Both teams also match up against each other in each others second ACC game. Virginia stands at 1-0 in the conference while…
Hopkins, ‘Cuse: Two Powerhouses Face Off at Noon
At 12:00pm, the No.3 John Hopkins Blue Jays take on the 10th-ranked Syracuse Orange. John Hopkins (5-0) looks to continue their success and take down the Orange. Attackman Wells Stanwick, brother of Steele Stanwick, leads the Blue Jays with 27 points (9G, 18A). His two other attack partners, Ryan Brown and Brandon Benn are right behind him, sitting at 2nd and 3rd on the team in points, respectively. Syracuse University…
Staff Debate: Should the NCAA Have a Shot Clock?
One of the longest raging debates in college lacrosse is that of a shot clock. Both professional leagues use it, and stall warnings can be a mess in college, so why not? Four ILWT staff members (Brendan Staudt, MLL Roundtable co-host; Joe Keegan, MLL Talk panelist; Brendan Chamberlain, ILWT NCAA Lead Writer; James Simmons, ILWT NCAA Columnist) go at it with their opinions on the matter. Brendan Staudt: YES. There’s shot…
NLL Staff Picks: Week Twelve
The game picks for this week are in from the ILWT NLL writing staff. This week only Ian has the Roughnecks winning, only Di and Rocco have the Mammoth, and only Ian has Toronto winning both games. Rocco and Jim are the only ones to pick Philadelphia to defeat Rochester as well. Week 12 v v v v v Dan Pattison Marisa Ingemi Ian…
Video: MLL Talk Episode Three
Last night on MLL Talk, NCA GameDay and MLL Roundtable host Andrew Goldberg hosted a panel of ILWT writer Alex Urquhart and College Lax Report host Dave Giancola to talk about the MLL off season thus far.
Demons look to stay perfect
On Saturday the Oshweken Demons will look to stay undefeated as they face the second last Barrie Blizzard. The Demons have been on fire thanks to the strong play of Chris Attwood and Wayne VanEvery while the Blizzard have been ice cold thanks to a lack of offense. The Demons come into this game having already secured a playoff spot while the Blizzard will be trying to keep their playoff…