The National Lacrosse League has announced Player of the Week awards for Week #7 of the 2013 NLL regular season which featured five games this past weekend. Edmonton Rush rookie forward Mark Matthews, who currently leads the league with 23 goals this season, won Offensive Player of the Week after scoring a combined 11 goals in their two wins over the weekend. Rush transition player Jeremy Thompson also won the…
NCAA: Loyola Faces Towson
Today, we will see national champion Loyola go up against inner state rival Towson. The Greyhounds made mince meat of the Tigers last year, picking up a 13-6 win. Towson has started the season 0-2, but has shown sparks of greatness. In a Lax.com interview, Hopkins Head Coach Dave Pietramala said, “They came out aggressively. They came out physically…That’s a much better Towson team than they showed against High Point.”…
NALL Three Stars: Boston All Three
It’s tough to rank three players when there is one game all week and that game is dominated by just one team. Therefore, every star this week is on Boston. Sorry, Baltimore. Mike Stone, Boston Rockhoppers Mike Stone had seven goals. Seven goals. That is the best single game performance in the history of the NALL, one goal better than Matt Hickman’s six goals two weeks ago for Baltimore. To…
CLax Power Rankings: Niagara Impressing
All seven teams were in action this week but the Niagara Lock Monsters stood head and shoulders above the rest. Niagara had the weekend off but played back to back games on Monday and Tuesday, controlling both contests from start to finish. Their domination this week was good enough to bump them past four other teams and into the number one spot for this week’s CLax Power Rankings. Here are…
Rock Sign Roger Vyse to Practice Roster
Toronto Rock General Manager Terry Sanderson has announced the signing of free agent forward Roger Vyse to the club’s practice roster. After goaltender Tyler Glebe had been moved to the physically unable to perform list, a practice roster spot became available making the signing of Vyse a possibility. Vyse is a 31-year old lefty who most recently played for the Buffalo Bandits last season. The Oshweken native is a veteran…
Cavs 2-0 To Start Season
The Virginia Cavaliers are continuing to rebuild this team. Last year they had lost Steele Stanwick and Chris Bocklet who had contributed to the Cavaliers win. The line up for the Cavaliers has changed tremendously. They have a lot of new faces on the team. Nick O’Reilly has to be a big factor. He has not played due to a year suspension in 2011. In the 2011 tournament, O’Reily had turned…
Notre Dame Takes it to Duke With 13-5 Win
After losing a close game to Denver a week ago, Duke was looking to rebound against a very talented Notre Dame team to gain their first win of the season. However, the game ended up being a very lopsided loss for the Blue Devils, sending them to 0-2 on the year. Notre Dame dominated on all sides of the ball, out-shooting Duke 37-29, completely stalling Duke’s offense for the better…
Clax Three Stars: Week Six
With another week of CLAX action in the books here are the three stars for the week: 3. Wayne VanEvery: VanEvery has been on fire this year and on Monday once again showed off his skills notching 3 goals and 3 assists for 6 points in a losing effort against the Niagara Lock Monsters. VanEvery sits third in league scoring and has been a force this season. 2. Corey Fowler:…
CLax: Ironmen Look for First Win
The Iroquois Ironmen (0-3) will look to register their first win of the 2013 CLax season when they travel to St. Catherines to take on the Niagara Lock Monsters (3-2). The game marks the second meeting between the squads, with the previous match-up resulting in a 22-13 road victory for the Lock Monsters. Leading the Lock Monsters thus far has been Corey Fowler. The forward leads Niagara in scoring with…
NCAA: Stony Brook Travels to Lafayette
Stony Brook is 0-1 to face the season after two scheduled games. Their first game against Fairfield was cancelled, so it ended up they opened against Marist and lost this past week. Stony Brook had led 4-0 in the game before the Marist Red Foxes were able to come back. Then we have the Lafayette Leopards. The Leopards are 1-0 after they defeated the Georgetown Hoyas 11-10 in overtime. John…