The National Lacrosse League has announced Player of the Month and Rookie of the Month award winners for March of the 2013 NLL regular season. Toronto Rock forward Colin Doyle, the league’s second all-time leading scorer with 1,260 career points who ranks third in the NLL with 82 points (25+57) this season, won the Player of the Month award as the Rock’s captain helped lead the team to the top…
Patriot League: Who Has the Toughest Schedule?
With 3 weeks to go to the Patriot League Tournament, the league is hitting full stride as each game becomes increasingly important: Patriot League Overall Team Wins Losses Wins Losses Bucknell 3 0 9 2 Lehigh 3 0 7 4 Army 2 1 6 3 Colgate 2 1 7 3 Holy Cross 1 3 5 5 Navy 1 4 3 7 Lafayette 0 3 3 7 Here is…
Pat McCready Officially Retires
After guiding the Rochester Knighthawks to their third National Lacrosse League championship in franchise history, the team’s eldest player and captain has decided to go out on top. Pat McCready, a veteran of 17 seasons in the NLL, held off retirement to make his return to the Knighthawks’ lineup. His storied career came full circle when he hoisted the Champion’s Cup in same city as he did 15 years prior….
NCAA: Minutmen Face Tigers, Look to Get Hot
The Towson Tigers faceoff against the Massachusetts Minutemen on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Johnny Unitas Stadium. For the Minutemen, it is their fourth and final game of their current road trip and so far are 2-1. The Minutemen would like to finish the trip above with a winning record and they are very capable of doing so. So far this season the Minutemen’s strengths are having the ball in…
NCAA: Jays Take on High Flying Albany
The 10th ranked Johns Hopkins Blue Jays will return to Homewood Field for the first time in three games when they host the 20th ranked Albany Great Danes tonight. Johns Hopkins and Albany have identical records heading into the match-up, both sitting at 6-3. After going 5-1 to start the season, with four of five games being played at Homewood Field, Johns Hopkins fell to Syracuse and North Carolina…
MLL Season Preview: Charlotte Hounds
Let’s all be honest here, while the first season of the Charlotte Hounds may have not been a success in the standings; they made themselves known in the greater Charlotte area. I consider that a success. With an average attendance of 5,700 during the Hounds first season the Hounds have formed a nice loyal fan base. As the fan base as grown so have the stakes of the team’s performance….
CLax: Ironmen in Must Win vs Turf Dogs
On Saturday the Iroquois Ironmen will travel to Oshawa to face the Durham TurfDogs in what could be their biggest game of the year. The Ironmen are fighting for a playoff spot and desperately need a win to keep their hopes alive. They also play the night before versus Brampton and if they can win both games they will guarantee themselves a place in the post season. Iroquois has only…
NLL Stories to Watch: Week Fourteen
As the number of weeks left in the regular season, the teams, chances, and scenarios increase for the teams to make the 2013 NLL Playoffs. Last week with two wins the Wings would of clinched, instead they dropped both. The Stealth could of clinched, but they lost. Toronto (clinched playoff spot) could have wrapped up home field throughout the Eastern Conference playoffs with two wins, they split giving them nothing…
Quotes to Note: NLL, MSL, MLL
Washington Stealth head coach Chris Hall on goaltender Tyler Richards’ five minute major penalty. “I really don’t have a comment on it until I see the tape but obviously it was a game-changing play. We could have still tied it up. We made some mistakes in the last 10 minutes by some veteran guys that were costly.” Stealth rookie defender Mitch Jones on his first career NLL goal. “I felt…
Colin Doyle’s Goal Gets Play of the Week
Here are the top ten plays of the week from the National Lacrosse League, where we see the Toronto Rock captain Colin Doyle deliver with the top play of the week.