After trailing for most of the game, the Calgary Roughnecks rallied for seven goals in the fourth quarter to snatch a 13-11 win in Washington against the Stealth. The victory moves Calgary (8-5) into a tie with the Edmonton Rush for first place in the West Division while Washington (7-6) remains in second place. After ending the first quarter tied at 3-3, the Stealth scored 30 seconds into the second…
Knighthawks Move Into Second With Win Over Rock
The Rochester Knighthawks took over second place in the Eastern Conference last night with their 12-8 win over the Toronto Rock. The Rock split the weekend after defeating Buffalo the day before. Mike Accursi led the Hawks with three goals and two assists while Dan Dawson and Cory Vitarelli scored four points each. Joe Walters also picked up two assists. On the Toronto side, Colin Doyle picked up two goals…
Wings Struggle Without Miller, Fall to Swarm
In a game that was big to both teams, the Minnesota Swarm used a 15 goal second half explosion to rout the Philadelphia Wings 20-11. After trailing 4-1 the Wings took advantage of a five minute major penalty to Tyler Hass and scored 3 goals to help tie the game at five as the first half ended. And that’s when the roofed caved in on the Philadelphia Wings. The…
NCAA Midseason: Winners, Losers, Surprises
The NCAA rankings right now list the top five as Notre Dame, Maryland, Cornell, Denver and Loyola. Right behind them is Bucknell, a team that was 16th last week. Syracuse is ninth and Massachusetts is unranked at 5-5. Some of these are surprises and some are not, but we have plenty of them. Surprises Two teams have stuck out this season so far; Bellarmine and Bucknell. Bucknell is in 6th…
NLL: Stealth hosts Roughnecks in Critical Contest
The Washington Stealth take on the Calgary Roughnecks Saturday night in a game with significant playoff implications. The Roughnecks and Stealth are currently tied at 7-5 in second place in the NLL West. The winner of this game moves into a tie with the Edmonton Rush for first in the division. More than that, if the Stealth win, they take the three-game season series against the Roughnecks and will have…
NLL: Mammoth Face Struggling Wings
The Philadelphia Wings are coming off of a 20-11 loss last night to the Minnesota Swarm. Now they face the now-last-place Colorado Mammoth in Denver. Luckily for them, Brandon Miller will be back between the pipes after a suspension. The Wings are in second place in the east still, but now they can’t clinch this weekend. Meanwhile, the Mammoth are just looking to stay in the playoff hunt. Last week…
Video: Brett Manney Play on SportsCenter
Last night the Philadelphia Wings may have fallen to the Minnesota Swarm, but this play by defender Brett Manney made it to ESPN’s SportsCenter.
NLL: Rock Face off Against Knighthawks
Tonight the Toronto Rock (9-4) take on the Rochester Knighthawks (4-6). The Knighthawks have struggled this year and need a big win to move into a tie for second place in the east. While Toronto will look to strengthen their grip on first in the east with another win. The Rock will look to spread the ball out against the Knighthawks and use all their offensive weapons in order to…
NCAA: Rivalry Weekend
Non-Conference Games There are only two non-conference games today and both play at 7pm tonight. #10 Duke (7-4) just watched their basketball team make it to the Elite 8 and will try to make a statement with out of league play against Ivy Leaguer Harvard (4-4). After getting pummeled by Maryland, the Blue Devils have bounced back nicely to win five in a row, including victories over Loyola and North…
Rock Dominate Slumping Bandits
The league leading Toronto Rock (9-4) became the first NLL team to reach nine victories on Friday night, defeating eastern conference rival the Buffalo Bandits (5-8) 18-11 on home turf. With the win, Toronto clinches the season series with Buffalo two games to one. After former Rock player Glen Bryan opened the scoring for the Bandits with a shorthanded marker, the Rock answered with a four goal streak before ending…