The Notre Dame womens lacrosse team will travel to Chapel Hill, North Carolina this weekend for a matchup against the Tar Heels. The Fighting Irish are 2-1 overall this season, and are looking to improve their record this weekend. They are going to bring their best game against North Carolina, because they know that the competition will be fierce. They have a few standouts this season, including freshman attacker, Cortney…
MLL Draft Review: Rochester Rattlers
1st Round Jordan Wolf Attack Duke University The Rochester Rattlers selected Jordan Wolf second overall in the Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft. Wolf has compiled 201 points (120 G, 81 A) in 61 career games so far in his run with the Blue Devils. Fifty-seven of his career goals came in the 2013 season, leading Duke to the NCAA Division 1 Championship. He also received USILA All-American Second Team Honors…
Team Canada Player Profile: Garrett Billings
Today our Team Canada player profile will be on a player that has succeeded in every league he has played in and has won numerous scoring titles. Today’s player spotlight will be on Garrett Billings. Billings is a shoe-in to make Team Canada thanks to his impressive statistics in every league from the MLL to the NLL. Billings in his past two NLL seasons has put up 100 plus points…
Choose Wisely- Will Players Have to Choose Between Leagues?
The sport of lacrosse is growing. Two weeks ago, the LXM Pro Tour and the MLL agreed upon a merger to allow players to play in both leagues. It also brought in a couple of new sponsors and companies to help grow the sport as well. With all the recent signings and mergers, it presents an interesting problem though. Will players have to choose between the NLL and MLL before…
NCAA Men’s Power Rankings: Duke on Top, Maryland in the Hunt
A perfect February for Duke keeps them on top of the world ranked while Maryland welcomed Syracuse to the ACC with a beatdown at the Carrier Dome. Control of the face offs continues to be a deciding factor early on. Expect more shifting in the weeks ahead. We will start to see who sinks and swims as the spring approaches. 1. Duke (4-0)—Two wins over the weekend against Penn and…
NLL League Leaders Week 9
Two months into the season, let’s see how things stack up. Garrett Billings moves from the third spot to the first spot in the league lead in points with the addition of nine points this week, taking his total to 58. Following behind him in second is last week’s leader, John Grant Jr. with 53; the Mammoth had a bye week this past week. In third place is Shawn Evans…
Week 9 NLL Three Stars: Schuss, Rose, Doyle
Week 9 of the National Lacrosse League featured three close scoring games including two that were decided by just one goal. First we saw the Calgary Roughnecks with a big come from behind 11-10 win over the visiting Rochester Knighthawks on Saturday night, then on Sunday it was the Minnesota Swarm edging the Philadelphia Wings 15-14 on the road. The third game was close on the scoreboard (14-12) but not…
Doug Locker Talks Stealth Moves, Midway Point
The Vancouver Stealth are a little more than halfway through their first season in British Columbia. We caught up with their general manager Doug Locker to discuss their season so far. 1. How do you evaluate the season so far? a. Obviously it’s been a disappointment thus far. We have been inconsistent in many parts of our game and just have not played a full 60 minutes on a regular basis. There are a…
Keene State vs. No. 11 WNE: Owls Upset Golden Bears, 12-10
When the No. 11 Western New England Golden Bears made their schedule back in the fall, you can bet that they were thinking a trip to Keene, N.H. would be a nice little warm up before they shipped off to Stevenson to face the defending national champions. That wasn’t the case though, as the Keene State Owls blew WNE away in the first half and were able to hold on…
NCAA Preview: Lehigh Hopes to Defend Home Turf From Greyhounds
WHO: Loyola @ Lehigh WHERE: Ulrich Sports Complex, Bethlehem, PA WHEN: Saturday March 1 @ Noon This coming weekend, Loyola will travel north to Bethlehem, PA to compete with the Mountainhawks. Lehigh remains undefeated thus far into the 2014 season at 4-0, while the Greyhounds sit at 3-1. Loyola These bad boys are coming off a 16-4 burying performance against Holy Cross. Four different Loyola players combined for…