The Colorado Mammoth fell to 2-4 and are currently tied for last place in the western division after suffering a 14-7 home loss to the Edmonton Rush. The win gives the Rush a 3-4 record on the year after a 2-0 weekend. Rookie Mark Matthews led the Rush with 5 goals and 1 assist. The former University of Denver Pioneer currently leads the league in goals with 23. Fellow Edmonton…
NCAA: Syracuse Opens Against Albany
D1: Denver vs Penn State Noon @Jacksonville, fl – Moe’s Southwest Grill Lacrosse Classic takes place today and leading off the two game spree is Penn State versus Denver. Each team is 1-0, with the Pioneers coming off an impressive 14-12 victory over Duke and the Nittany Lions downing Michigan 11-6. Coach Tierney and Denver are led by sophomore attackman Eric Adamson, who put up 6 points (5G, 1A)…
Bandits Pick Up Huge Win, Ground Rolling Knighthawks
The Rochester Knighthawks were thoroughly dominated by the Buffalo Bandits Saturday night as Buffalo rolled to a 10-6 win at the Blue Cross Arena. The Bandits improve to 4-3 as the Knighthawks drop to 3-4. The star of the game, without a doubt, was the Bandits’ star goaltender, Anthony Cosmo. Cosmo made 54 saves on 60 shots, outdueling Rochester goaltender Matt Vinc who made 41 saves on 51 shots. The…
NALL: Bombers Look for Revenge on Rockhoppers
The Baltimore Bombers split last weekend in Kentucky, their last game being a loss in overtime, and today they face their new rivals the Boston Rockhoppers. In their last meeting, Boston defeated Baltimore 20-9 in a blowout. Baltimore was without several players who should be back this week, and they face Vince Talbot in net after Nick Schroeder, Boston’s starter at the beginning of the season, was released this week….
Hounds Send Berger Back to Lizards
On February 15th at 1:15pm, Charlotte Hounds general manager Wade Leaphart announced that the team would be composing their second blockbuster trade of the off-season after sending fan-favorite Billy Bitter attackman to Rochester. Friday, Leaphart announced that the Hounds would be trading midfielder Stephen Berger, who scored the first ever goal in Hounds history, back to the New York Lizards, where Berger was a five-time all star selection. During his…
Rock Roll over Roughnecks 17-12
Last night the Toronto Rock (6-2) took on the Calgary Roughnecks (4-3) The Rock looked to keep their winning ways alive and keep control of the eastern conference. In the first period the Roughnecks came out blazing as Dane Dobbie led the offense with a hat trick while Jeff Shattler and Peter McFetridge scored to give the Roughnecks the lead. The Rock were able to stay close though as their…
NLL: Rush Face Off With Mammoth
The Edmonton Rush are coming off of their first win of the season last night after they defeated Washington. Now they face a Colorado Mammoth team on the road looking for their third win to get to .500. Edmonton could find themselves just a half game out of first place if they win and Calgary falls to Minnesota tonight. However, they focus has to be on a Mammoth team that…
NCAA: Denver Looks for Second Win, Faces Penn State
This should be a spectacular game. Both teams are coming of wins last week; Penn State had beaten Michigan and Denver had won a nail biting game against Duke. Both teams utilizes their strength and speed to bread down opponents. Last season Denver suffered a bruised ego despite the 9-7 record that they had. Denver was faced with a lot of concern; How in the world would this team contend…
Matthews Leads Rush to Victory
Mark Matthews showed us why the Edmonton Rush picked him first overall in the 2012 NLL draft. Matthews had 6 goals last night as the Rush beat the Washington Stealth 15-10. The Rush fired 61 shots on net and dominated the game from start to finish. Matthews had an assist to go along with his 6 goals while Ryan Ward chipped in with 2 goals and 4 assists. Rhys Duch…
What The Atlantic Sun Means For Lacrosse
Earlier this week six schools announced their unification to form a new lacrosse conference in affiliation with the already established Atlantic Sun Conference. The schools, Furman, High Point, Jacksonville, Mercer, VMI, and Richmond, plan to form the new conference as soon as 2014. Because the Atlantic Sun already is a multi-sport league and there are six lacrosse members, they are immediately eligible for an automatic qualifier. Before I get into what this means…