After finishing as regular season champions in their first year in the Canadian Lacrosse League, the Niagara Lock Monsters ended their inaugural campaign in disappointing fashion losing in the semi-finals to the eventual Creator’s Cup Champion Iroquois Ironmen. The Lock Monsters 2014 roster includes 17 returning players from their impressive 2013 season. Head Coach and General Manager Jeff Dowling will look to 2013 scoring title champion Corey Folwer and 2013…
Champion Challenge: Likes and Dislikes
Overall intensity Nothing compares to competing for your country. When you don the red, white and blue, you don’t take off any plays. Every ride, every faceoff and every groundball brings out maximum effort from every player on the field. I can’t even imagine how psyched these guys get to tryout for the squad. They must have an adrenaline rush a thousand times greater than those produced by Toby Keith…
D3 Top 20 Countdown: Western New England, Washington & Lee
WNE and W&L are next up in our D3T20CD (too many acronyms?)
NCAA Outlook: UMass and Harvard
**Photo Credit: The Daily Collegian** The college lacrosse season has yet to start, but the UMass and Harvard teams are already making headlines. For UMass, this means being included in the preseason Top-20 polls, done annually before the start of the season. The polls, an Inside Lacrosse Media and United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Coaches Polls, both included votes for the Minutemen squad. These polls are of course just estimates…
Knighthawks Sign Derek Hopcroft
**Photo Credit to Colorado Mammoth Website** The Rochester Knighthawks announced today that they have signed forward Derek Hopcroft to the practice squad. The 27-year-old, who is entering his fourth season in the National Lacrosse League, admitted he has had some sleepless nights as he prepared to join his new team. “My first reaction was that I was thrilled to get picked up by a team. It was not only…
What to Expect From MSL This Season
With the MSL season still months away here are a few things fans can expect to see next season. 1.Six Nations will continue to be the team to beat. The Six Nations Chiefs won the Mann Cup in 2013 and have a good chance of repeating in 2014. The Chiefs have by far the best offense in the MSL with the trio of Colin Doyle, Craig Point, and Cody Jamieson….
NCAA Outlook: Princeton Tigers
The Princeton Tigers are looking to improve on their 9-6 season starting with their home opener on February 22nd at 1 PM when they host Hofstra. Last season, the Tigers advanced to the IVY League Tournament Championship game but fell to the Yale Bulldogs 12-8 on May 5th. The Tigers will rely heavily on the MLL’s #1 overall pick in the 2014 Collegiate Draft; midfielder Tom Schreiber who led the…
Hollywood Notices Lacrosse
This is a blog post from my college page. We were to create a blog about anything, I picked lacrosse naturally. About a year old and I’ve come a long way since then in writing. lottolax.wordpress.com I hope you enjoy! –Ian Neadle Lacrosse is repeatedly mentioned as America’s fastest growing sport. Its economic foundation is fortified by the culture and history surrounding the sport. ESPN and local…
The State of the Lacrosse Address
**Photo Credit: Photo by Rene Schleicher** State of the Sport In honor of our President’s State of the Union Address, I give you the State of the Lacrosse Address. My fellow lacrosse fans, the state of lacrosse is strong. The 2013 season was a season of parity, the 2014 season will continue with the growth of upstart programs far and wide taking our sport to another level. That’s why my fellow…
NLL: Week 5 League Leaders
As we conclude Week 5, we continue with more of the same amongst the leaders as well as some changes. Adam Jones maintains his spot at the top of the points category with 37. Behind him is John Grant Jr. with 32 and bringing up third place are Jordan Hall, Kyle Buchanan, and Shawn Evans with 28 points each. Adam Jones also holds the top spot in goals; he has…