The reigning national champion Salisbury Seagulls started the season slow losing two of their first three games, but on Saturday the No. 10 (4-2) Seagulls got back on track with a momentous win over No. 14 Gettysburg (2-1). The Seagulls senior All-American Ryan Clarke did not play in Saturday’s game, but regardless the Seagulls were led by an intimidating defense and a balanced attack including two goals from sophomore Wade…
Streaking Stars defeat TurfDogs 11-7.
On Monday night the league leading Toronto Shooting Stars took on the Durham TurfDogs. The Stars looked to finish their busy weekend with a third win and solidify their place in first while Durham needed to get a win to pull ahead of Brampton into fourth place. Toronto got off to a hot start in this game as Mack O’Brien scored four minutes into the first quarter. Durham would quickly…
Tar Heels Lose Heartbreaker to Irish
Saturday, March 2, the 9th ranked Tarheels took on the 2nd ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. As can be expected, the early polls had the Irish picked well over the Heels. The game started following the overall consensus, with Notre Dame jumping out to a two goal lead. Carolina returned the favor as Jimmy Bitter fed Joey Snakey on the fast break, to cut the Irish lead to one….
Stars Sweep Weekend Over Inferno, Ironmen
The Toronto Shooting Stars had a busy week eight and it’s not over yet; they’re back at it Monday night when they host the Durham TurfDogs. Toronto opened their three game weekend on Friday night with a 13-10 win over the Brampton Inferno and then squeaked out a victory on Sunday versus the struggling Iroquois Ironmen. The Shooting Stars currently sit atop the CLax standings in a tie with the…
NLL Power Rankings: Toronto Loses But Stays On Top
Another exciting weekend of lacrosse….Starting with the Bandits 7 goal fourth qtr to defeat the Rock, Drew Westervelt’s OT goal Saturday night to lift the Wings to their 3rd straight victory, Rochester’s 1 goal victory over the fading Mammoth, Edmonton’s dismantling of the Roughnecks, to the Stealth rise to top seed in west with the swatting of the Swarm. What will this week have install for us? Will the…
Stealth Move Back to First, Defeat Swarm
The Minnesota Swarm went in to Comcast Arena last night and once again laid an egg early in the game and came out in the losing effort. The Swarm lost to the Washington Stealth 11-8. Much like last weekend against the Rush, the Swarm came out slow and very unenergetic. This forced them down early and gave Washington the chance to extend their lead in the West. The Stealth, lead…
Syracuse Upsets Virginia with OT Thriller
18th ranked Syracuse improved their regular season record to 2-1 after beating the 6th ranked Virginia Cavaliers (4-1) at the Carrier Dome Friday night. Sophomore Kevin Rice netted the game winner in thrilling fashion with only 1:00 left in the first OT to give the Orange a 9-8 victory. On Syracuse’s first possession of OT, fellow attackman Dylan Donahue set up Rice who buried a laser from five yards out…
NLL: Edmonton C-Rushes Roughnecks in Calgary
The Edmonton Rush served notice that they are a force to be reckoned with on Saturday night, easily dispatching the Calgary Roughnecks 18-13 in front of over 11,300 dejected Roughnecks fans. The night started on a special note for the Roughnecks faithful with a ceremony to induct recent retiree Kaleb Toth as the inaugural member of the Forever A Roughneck club and the Roughnecks were able to carry some of…
Knighthawks Pick Up Win Over Mammoth
There’s nothing like a close game to keep fans on the edge of their seats. That’s exactly what the Rochester Knighthawks (4-5) and Colorado Mammoth (2-6) did when they tied each other seven times in last nights game. Jordan McBride and Jamie Lincoln went back to back to give the Mammoth a 2-0 lead. Cody Jamieson, Johnny Powless and Vitarelli responded for the struggling Knighthawks with a goal each to…
NLL: Swarm Take on Stealth
The Minnesota Swarm are moving into Washington to take on the West leading Stealth tonight at 6 pm EST. The Swarm are coming off a weekend split against the Edmonton Rush where each team won away from home. While the Stealth are coming off a huge win over the Calgary Roughnecks, who they were tied with for the lead in the West. The Swarm come in at 4th in the…