Mike Sawyer was the key to Loyola’s victory, scoring four goals over Towson. Sawyer gave the Greyhounds the spark that they needed in order to win. The start of the game was brutal, within ten minutes the Greyhounds had scored four goals. Towson could not match the intensity of the Greyhounds. Everytime the Tigers had an opportunity to close the gap, the Greyhounds found a crack in the defense and…
CLax: Inferno face off against Ironmen
This weekend the Brampton Inferno (3-2) face off against the Iroquois Ironmen (0-3). Preece was stellar in net for the inferno as he made 52 saves in the game and helped preserve the Inferno win. The Ironmen need to also pressure Preece while Preece was stellar last game he has been shaky at times this year and can be beat. If the Ironmen can spread the ball around and open…
NLL Names Players of Week Seven
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:…