NCAA Championship Quarterfinal Saturday, May 18 – 12:30pm – Byrd Stadium – College Park, Md. Ohio State 13-3 – Head Coach Nick Myers – 4th NCAA Appearance (2-3 overall) Defeated Towson 16-6 to reach Qtrs. (1st NCAA home game for program) Seven game win streak – Averaging 11.5 goals a game while letting up 8.38 Have converted .500 of the EMO’s 23/46 (2nd Nationally) …
Excelsiors look to new leadership 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…
Kirk Traded for Poulin in MSL
Yesterday in Major Series Lacrosse we saw a player-for-player trade that involved two goaltenders. Former NLL goalie of the year Mike Poulin was traded to the Six Nations Chiefs in exchange for Evan Kirk who is sent to the Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks. The Kodiaks will also get the Chiefs 2016 second round draft pick. Poulin has played with the Kodiaks before he was traded in 2011, when Kirk had been backing…
MLL Team Reports: Week Four
Hamilton Nationals The Nationals activated Tucker Durkin and Reid Acton from the college inactive list. Rhys Duch and Kyle Rubisch were also placed on the PUP list. Cody Jamieson, Stephen Keogh and Joe Walters were all also activated. Brett Queener remains injured with Evan Kirk getting the start in net this week. Charlotte Hounds Goaltender Sean Aaron was assigned to the practice squad while Loyola attackman Mike Sawyer was activated….
MLL: Nationals Look to Stay Perfect, Battle Hounds
The Hamilton Nationals are looking to open their season at 3-0 as they take on the Charlotte Hounds this morning with an early start at 11am. It will be the Nationals second home game of the season after they defeated New York at home last week. The Hounds are coming off of their second loss of the season last week, a loss to Rochester, and are now 1-2 on the…
Some WLA Fighting to Be Allowed
When it was announced a few months ago that fighting would be illegal in the Western Lacrosse Association, there was an uproar of protests. However, the league has decided that they will be able to allow fighting under the rules with a few exceptions. The league has decided, according to reports, that they will allow fighting as long as there is no instigator and that the fight is not staged….
MSL Preview: Rock look to rebuild in Oakville
The Oakville Rock have gone through some turnover this year as they have moved from Ajax to Oakville and are looking to turn their franchise around. The Rock have struggled immensely during their ten years in the MSL. The Rock have hired Terry Sanderson as their new General Manager. Sanderson brings with him a winning tradition as he is the general manager of the NLL’s Toronto Rock who have been…
Norwood Opens Season 3-0
The Norwood James Gang continued their winning ways on Wednesday as they destroyed the Brooklin Merchants 15-6 to remain undefeated on the season (3-0). The first period was back and forth lacrosse as they teams traded goals for 20 minutes and it was tied 4-4 going into the break. The second period was a different story though as Norwood took over the game and never looked back. The James Gang…
MCLA Bracketology: Colorado State Battles BYU
Alrighty MCLA fans we are getting ever closer to the coveted Championship game on Saturday. With the games on Monday and Tuesday already being played today we have got the semi- finals for both D1 and D2. The D1 field has Colorado State vs. BYU and Arizona St. vs. Colorado. These were the 4 top seeds in the tournament and really with the exception of BYU had an easy…
Matt Vinc: History in the Making
As the 2013 NLL season came to a close we saw the Rochester Knighthawks do something that hasn’t been done in 10 yrs. Win back-to-back titles. Now the question is can the Knighthawks make history by winning three in a row? That part of history will have to wait about twelve months. This year’s history talk was about the man between the pipes for the Champion Knighthawks. MATT VINC!! In…