Sources have confirmed to In Lacrosse We Trust earlier reports of a three way trade with the New York Lizards, Boston Cannons and Charlotte Hounds. The Lizards are bringing back Stephen Berger who they had sent to Charlotte before last season, the Hounds’ first season in the league. In return for the Hounds, they get Ryan Young and a second round pick while Boston gets former Virginia star Colin Briggs….
Continental Indoor Lacrosse League Sees 2013 Changes
The Midwest Indoor Lacrosse Association ended on a high note last season when the Colorado Sabertooths, an expansion team, won the league’s second ever championship over the Grand Rapids Dragonfish. However, if you followed the league all season, you would know of the ups and downs they faced, from championship postponements, to lack of information to some teams just not belonging at that level. Changes are coming from the MILA, no…
CLax: Turf Dogs Face Off with Inferno
The Durham Turfdogs look to join the Ohsweken Demons in first place with a win over the Brampton Inferno this Saturday night at the GM Centre in Oshawa. The Turfdogs have won their last two games in dramatic fashion knocking off the Iroquois Ironmen and the Niagara Lock Monsters on the road. Durham’s offense has been lead by former Halton Hill Bulldogs Nic Grasby, Shane Scott and Scarborough native Scott…
CLax Names Players of Week Five
The Canadian Lacrosse League announced its players of the week for week five on Tuesday night. Inclement weather in the Toronto area forced the postponement of two games Friday night but the remaining two games were played as scheduled. The Brampton Inferno improved to an even .500 on the season in a 17-13 victory over the Barrie Blizzard Saturday afternoon. On Sunday evening, the Niagara Lock Monsters debuted pro lacrosse…
NLL: Bandits Look To Turn Things Around In Rochester
Oh, what a few weeks can do in the NLL. After a terrible start to the season, the Rochester Knighthawks now look to be one of the more dangerous teams in the league. The Bandits on the other hand, who after looking strong through the first few weeks are now showing signs of weaknesses. That all being said, both teams are tied at 3-3. Last week these two teams played…
Rockhoppers Have Week Off, Face Bombers
The Boston Rockhoppers face the Baltimore Bombers this weekend as the Bombers look to avenge their blowout loss to Boston a few weeks ago. Martin Bowes says they just need to play the same way to beat Baltimore. “To beat Baltimore this upcoming weekend we’ve just got to keep doing what we’ve been doing. Using our athleticism to run on teams, great goaltending, and face off play have been some…
NCAA Rankings: Week One
In Lacrosse We Trust will be putting out our own polls every week with our staff of college writers. Voters this week are Marisa Ingemi, Ian Pierno, Kyle Fletcher, Fago Franklin and Alex Uruqhart. 1. Loyola Greyhounds (3 votes) 2. Maryland Terrapins (3 votes) 3. Johns Hopkins Blue Jays (3 votes) 4. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (3 votes) 5. Denver Pioneers (2 votes) 6. Duke Blue Devils (2 votes) 7….
Nick Rose Knows “Big Test” Comes with Calgary
The Toronto Rock face off with the Calgary Roughnecks this week as the top teams in their respective divisions. Toronto leads the league with five wins but lost last Friday to Minnesota, while Calgary has won four in a row. “We know we have a big test in the Roughnecks coming to the ACC Friday night, so like I said before we need to be ready to play and try…
UMass-Lowell to Add Lacrosse Program
Yesterday, the UMass-Lowell Riverhawks announced they would be going division one in all sports (they only had division one hockey). Today, they announced they would be adding men’s and women’s lacrosse to their program, also in division one. They will be joining the America East Conference. They will have lacrosse for the 2014-2015 season, and are officially a division one school for 2013-2014. UMass-Lowell will be the 68th division one…
MSL Draft Recap: Northmen Dominate
Just like in the regular season, the late arrival of the Six Nations Chiefs delayed the evening. The Major Series Lacrosse draft was slated to begin at 7pm Wednesday night but representatives from the Chiefs did not arrive until closer to 7:30pm, pushing the draft back to 8pm. You can’t really blame Six Nations; they only had two picks in this year’s MSL draft so we’re lucky they even graced…