The National Lacrosse League has announced that Shawn Evans from the Calgary Roughnecks has won the Most Valuable Player award presented by Reebok for the 2013 NLL season. Evans won the league’s scoring title with 112 points (32+80), which tied for the fifth-most points in NLL single-season history. As the leader of the Roughnecks offense that scored the most goals of any team this year, the forward also led the…
NCAA Lacrosse Tournament: Maryland vs Cornell
Game will be at Byrd Stadium (College Park, Md) on Sunday May 12 at 1pm. Cornell: Head Coach Ben Deluca 12-3 overall, lost to Princeton in Ivy League Semis, Only other ACC matchup was vs Virginia on March 9 where Big Red won 12-11 (last game before NCAA Tourney). Maryland beat Virginia 9-7 during regular season and lost to the Cavs in the ACC Semis 13-6. Rob Pannell – A…
Goods Corner: NLL Expansion Interest
Goods Corner is a new weekly editorial from Jack Goods covering the latest topics of interest around the sport of lacrosse. You can get in on the conversation by writing in the comment section below or by hitting Jack up on Twitter @GoodsOnSabres. In recent weeks there have been three big stories when it comes to future locations for the National Lacrosse League. Last week IL Indoor broke the news…
Bracketology: Brackets From the Staff
Our NCAA lacrosse staff compiled their brackets for the upcoming tournament. Who’s do you like the best? Jeff Dorst (Patriot League beat writer) Syracuse over Bryant Yale over Penn State UNC over Lehigh Denver over Albany Ohio State over Towson Cornell over Maryland Duke over Loyola Notre Dame over Detroit Second Round Syracuse over Yale UNC over Albany Cornell over Ohio State Notre Dame over Duke Third Round Cornell over…
NCAA Lacrosse Tournament: Denver vs Albany
The consensus No. 4 seeded University of Denver Pioneers open up NCAA tournament play May 11 versus 12th-ranked University of Albany Great Danes at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium in Denver. After a close 10-11 loss in the Eastern College Athletic Conference championship game, Denver drew the 4th overall seed for their 12-4 record. “We are thrilled about the season that our young men put together, with so many…
Mark Matthews Wins NLL Rookie of the Year
The National Lacrosse League has announced that Mark Matthews from the Edmonton Rush has won the Moe’s Southwest Grill Rookie of the Year award for the 2013 NLL season. Matthews ranked first among rookies and fifth in the league with a team-high 38 goals, third-most by an NLL rookie in history, while scoring in all 16 games played this season. Edmonton’s first overall pick of the 2012 NLL Entry Draft…
NCAA Lacrosse Tournament: Syracuse vs Bryant
The Syracuse Orange (13-3) will be entering the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed for the ninth time in school history and will face Northeast Conference (NEC) Champion Bryant Bulldogs (8-10) on May 12th at the Carrier Dome in first round action of the NCAA Championship. The Orange are coming off a very strong 2013 season which saw them defeat Villanova (7-8) by a score of 13-9 to capture…
Excelsiors will need to dig deep in 2013
As the 2013 MSL season approaches here is a first look at the 2013 Brampton Excelsiors. The Excelsiors finished fourth in the MSL last year in what can only be deemed as a disappointment for a team with such a storied winning tradition. The Excelsiors would meet the Kitchener Waterloo Kodiaks in the first round of the playoffs knocking them off in four games. The Excelsiors next met the Six…
Noteable Players Playing in Summer Box Leagues
We know some National Lacrosse League players and prospects (NALL players or players who have been in NLL training camp) play in Major League Lacrosse in the summer, along with Major Series Lacrosse and the Western Lacrosse Association premier box lacrosse leagues. However, some other leagues exist where NLL players and top prospects play over the summer and fall months. Here are some of them to watch. Quebec Senior Lacrosse…
Bracketology: MCLA Division Two
#1 St. Thomas vs. DePaul The defending National Champions will be taking on a new comer to the National Tournament in DePaul. I have a feeling that this game is going to be a lot closer than a lot of people might think. Although I believe St. Thomas will win the game, I think that DePaul will give them more of fight that the Tommies are used to getting…