Optimism is high as 1st year head coach Jon Basti leads Sacred Heart in North East Conference (NEC) play. Basti was previously the top assistant under Peter Lawrence at Hartford. Jon also has been an Assistant at Sacred Heart and Fairfield. Basti, was also the Head Coach at Eastern Connecticut State from 2002-2004 where he led the team to two Little East conference titles and a pair of NCAA Tournament…
Bayhawks Looking for Faceoff Improvement
Six different players took draws for Coach Cottle this past year, none of which were Alex Smith. Adam Rand was the go to guy for Chesapeake, winning 171-356, followed by Matt Dolente’s 4-14. Long poles Bernhardt, Simon and Ehrmann went a combined 3-11. As a team, they went 178-381 with an average of .467, tied for fifth with Charlotte. The Hounds ousted Chesapeake in the championship game at the X,…
How We’d Fix It: Shooting Percentage
Sports have moved into an era dominated by advanced metrics. Medieval scouting tactics have been replaced. General managers in every sport seek the most accurate metrics for determining player efficiency. Hockey geeks now regard Fenwick and Corsi numbers as predictors of team success. Both numbers have the same concept: Focus on possession rather than scoring, because it provides a larger sample size and eliminates uncertainty. In baseball, on-base percentage is…
Outlaws Trade for Roy Lang
The Denver Outlaws today traded for midfielder Roy Lang of the Florida Launch. In return the Launch will receive goaltender Adam Fullteron who has been a backup goalie with Denver. Lang, a product of Cornell University, has been in Major League Lacrosse for two seasons where he has 23 career points. Lang was drafted by the Rochester Rattlers in 2012 but played with the Hamilton Nationals in 2013, who recently…
USLL Announces Team in Maine
The United States Lacrosse League (USLL) announces today that it has signed their first franchise in league history, the Maine Moose Trax. The Moose Trax and will play its home games out of the 6,733-seat Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, Maine. “Portland has been a potential lacrosse market for many years, and we’re very fortunate to match a lacrosse-hungry community and a first-class facility with an ownership group committed…
MLL Moves Supplemental Draft to Dec 11
Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, announced today that it will postpone the 2014 Supplemental Draft to Wednesday, December 11 at 2:30 p.m. The league has also announced that the Player Pool Registration deadline has been extended to Friday, December 6 at Noon. The link to the Player Pool Registration form can be found below. 2014 League Player Pool Registration Form MajorLeagueLacrosse.com will post live updates throughout…
“Nothing Going to be Handed to” Players for Bandits
When the new NLL CBA was signed this off-season, every team in the NLL would have to reduce their active rosters from 23 to 20 players and increase their practice rosters from three to four. The new active roster reduction means that the league’s best lacrosse players would be battling it out even more rigorously this year for every coveted roster spot during training camp and exhibition games. Head coach…
Camp Notes: Stealth Happy with Defensive Improvement
Training camp has been competitive and fast paced with many talented players battling for spots. The Players have all really shown the intensity and effort the coaching staff has been looking for and the players have all worked really hard. Knowing how competitive things are, guys gave it there all. Rookies, Nick Weiss, Cody Bremner and Chris Wardle had really good weekends making an impression with strong showings. Management loved what they…
Will Pannell Ever Play In The NLL?
As the start of the NLL season approaches, the question in front of some of the teams, especially the Philadelphia Wings is how many American players will not be playing for their team in the NLL this season. The reason for this, The FIL World Lacrosse Championships this summer in Denver. One big question is whether or not Rob Pannell will play in the NLL not just this year, but…
Audio: Bandits Training Camp
We were live at Buffalo Bandits training camp this weekend as they kicked off their second weekend of training camp, concluding with a scrimmage today. While there we caught up with Steve Dietrich, Troy Cordingley, Derek Suddons, Dhane Smith and Ryan Benesch.