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…
Canadian Lacrosse Notebook: May 30th
We are knee deep in senior lacrosse action this summer, check out the news and notes.
Denver’s Move To Big East Changes College Landscape
Yesterday it was reported that the Denver Pioneers will be moving from the ECAC to the Big East in a lacrosse only move, a move that seriously changes the landscape of college lacrosse. Denver, whose program has been on the rise, is a big prize for any conference. Denver joins a conference that is losing two of its best lacrosse programs in Syracuse and Notre Dame to other conferences, though…
What Does the Future Hold for the MCLA?
Well MCLA fans the 2013 campaign has come to an end and our National Champions have been crowned. All the All- Americans have been named and the final poll has been taken. So now it’s time for us to look to the future of the MCLA. After stunning seasons from both Liberty and Westminster, both teams will be moving up to the MCLA D1 ranks. These moves are coming…
Lakers Look to Rebound
After a tough 15-8 loss Sunday against the Brooklin Redman, the Peterborough Lakers (1-1) will look to get back in the win column when they host the Brampton Excelsiors (0-2) Thursday night in a rematch of last week’s season opener. Peterborough destroyed Brampton 14-4 in that one and we will most likely see similar results once again this time around. The Excelsiors sent a ‘B’ squad to face the Lakers…
MLL Checkin: Rochester Rattlers
1-3 certainly wasn’t the record that the Rochester Rattlers hoped they would have through four games, but they certainly aren’t alone or out of the race. Tied with Boston and Charlotte for fifth place, Rochester is only a few wins away from being right in the playoff picture. That being said, Rochester surely has some problems they need to sort out. There are only two teams that’s leading scorer has…