Today marks the 43rd NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Semifinals appearance in Championship history. This year’s Final Four is located at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Unseeded Cornell (12-3) plays #7 seeded Duke (12-5) at 2:30 p.m. Both Cornell and Duke have reached the Championship game once in the last 5 years while Duke won their last opportunity in 2010. Cornell is led by top prospect Rob Pannell while Duke is…
Stories of the Week: Returns and Departures
WLA action is underway and the NCAA Final Four has arrived. Read on for what you need to know.
Hounds Prospects Wrap Up 2013
Mike Sawyer Position: Attack College: Loyola (Md.) Acquired: MLL Collegiate Draft – first round, eighth overall The former Charlotte Catholic standout earned All-America honors for the third-straight year after leading the Greyhounds with 36 goals on the season; he added seven assists for 43 points. Sawyer finished his career at Loyola with 128 goals, the second-most in the school’s Division I history, and his 154 points rank eighth in that…
MLL Check In: Denver Outlaws
After kicking off the 2012 season with four-consecutive wins, the Denver Outlaws head into their bye week with an unbeaten 4-0 record and tied for the top spot in Major League Lacrosse. The Outlaws found success away from Denver to kick off the season, opening with three-consecutive road wins, before returning home and blowing-out Rochester 20-7 in their home opener. “In this league, early-season wins are important,” Head…
NLL Rookies Review 2013 Season
Rookies are always an impactful part of the National Lacrosse League season. This season we saw Mark Matthews in Edmonton have the best season you could imagine from a rookie, but there were plenty more who were huge impacts on their team.
JR.A Lakeshores look to stay perfect against Brampton
Tonight in Jr.A Lacrosse Action the (2-1) Brampton Excelsiors host the Barrie Lakeshores (4-0). The Excelsiors will have their work cut out for them as the Lakeshores are streaking. The Excelsiors are led on offense by Jake Weidner and Wayne McCann. Both of these players will need to be on their game and help spark the Excelsior’s offense. In net the Excelsior’s are relying on Ryan Kelly. Kelly has posted…
Canadian Lacrosse Notebook: May 24th
Last night the Victoria Shamrocks picked up their second win with a 10-7 victory over the New Westminster Salmonbellies. Victoria had 54 shots on goal while the ‘Bellies had 51.
Goods Corner: LXM Pro and the MLL
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. Last year I discovered the LXM Pro Tour for the first time, and thought it was really a good idea. I wrote a piece about why it…
Shamrocks Look to Stay Perfect
On Friday night the Victoria Shamrocks (2-0) take on the Burnaby Lakers (0-1). The Shamrocks have been impressive so far this year and are one of the only two undefeated teams in the WLA. In the Shamrocks last game they made an example of New Westminster defeating them 10-7. While the Lakers fell in their first game 8-7. The Shamrocks so far this season have been impressive. In their…