Going into the fourth quarter of the matchup between the Charlotte Hounds and New York Lizards, it wasn’t looking good for Charlotte. Their only lead of the game was the first goal of the game; since then, they’d been playing catch-up. But the relentless Hounds didn’t give up then. Despite a rough night at the face-off X the Hounds (2-3) got a lot of help from their young gun offensive…
MSL: Lakers Take on Chiefs
The defending Mann Cup champion Peterborough Lakers (2-1) will travel to the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena to take on the Six Nations Chiefs (1-1) for a Sunday afternoon game. Reigning NLL MVP Shawn Evans, who led the league in points (112) and assists (80), has continued his offensive momentum with Peterborough. Evans leads the Lakers in scoring with five goals and six assists for 21 points. Evans’ has not only…
MLL: Bayhawks Battle Streaking Nats
The Chesapeake Bayhawks (3-1) are coming off their first loss of the season, having fallen 15-14 to host Boston in overtime on May 18. The Bayhawks had a bye week and now are coming on to play one of the early-season surprises in Major League Lacrosse, the Hamilton Nationals, who are tied with the Denver Outlaws atop the standings with a 4-0 record. The Nationals have their best start in…
Hounds Steal One in New York
After two years of waiting, Rob Pannell made his MLL debut for the New York Lizards. The Smithtown West native notched three goals and one assist in the first half, which the Lizards led 10-7. However, Charlotte would mount a second half comeback as New York’s offense sputtered. Matt Danowski tied the game 7:22 into the fourth quarter and added an insurance goal to give the Hounds a 14-12 road…
Burrards look to keep momentum against winnless Adanacs
At the beginning of the season no one would have believed that Coquitlam would be 0-4 and that Maple Ridge would be 2-1. These two teams have already met once this season with Maple Ridge taking the game 14-12 in overtime. Expect Coquitlam to come into this game with desperation to get their first win while Maple Ridge will want to continue their winning ways. In the last meeting between…
ECAC Lacrosse Season Recap
Three teams this season made the NCAA Tournament for the Eastern College Athletic Conference. Defending champs Loyola Greyhounds, Bill Tierney’s Denver Pioneers and black horse squad Ohio State Buckeyes. This is starting to turn into one of the most competitive conferences in college lacrosse, as one team from the ECAC has made the NCAA Final Four the past three years running. Unfortunately or fortunately, if you’re an ECAC team, Denver…
Troy Cordingley Relieved of Duties by Rock
Toronto Rock General Manager Terry Sanderson announced today that Troy Cordingley has been relieved of his duties as Head Coach of the Toronto Rock. Assistant Coach John Lovell has been promoted to the position of Head Coach. “Troy was an integral part of the success the Rock achieved over the last four seasons including a championship in 2011,” said Sanderson. “I felt the team needed new bench leadership to…
Rob Pannell Wins Tewaaraton
The Tewaaraton Foundation has announced Cornell University attackman Rob Pannell and University of Maryland midfielder Katie Schwarzmann as the 2013 Tewaaraton Award winners, presented Thursday at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. The Tewaaraton Award annually honors the top male and top female college lacrosse players in the United States. Pannell completed one of the most decorated careers in college lacrosse, scoring a career-best 102…
WLA Preview: Battle of the Undefeated
On Friday night the two remaining undefeated teams face off in the WLA as the (3-0) Victoria Shamrocks host the (3-0) Langley Thunder. At the end of the night it will be clear who the top team in the WLA is at this early stage in the season. Langley’s game plan going into this game is to obviously try to slow down Victoria’s offense or to beat Victoria to the…
MLL: Outlaws Battle Cannons
After kicking off the season with a four-game win streak, the Denver Outlaws return to action May 31 in their second and final match up versus the Boston Cannons. Both Denver and Boston are coming off bye weeks, however Denver has an opportunity to do something it has never done before. While the Outlaws can sweep the season series with the Cannons before the midway point of the season, they…