One of the most highly touted prospects for the 2012 NLL draft is defender Brock Sorensen out of Ohio State. Sorensen played midfield with the Buckeyes for four years. He was the team captain for his last three years with the program. He has missed the entire summer box lacrosse season after tearing his ACL and MCL playing for Ohio State. He was on the roster of the Peterborough Lakers…
MLL Second Half Preview: Long Island Lizards
The Long Island Lizards have been one of the biggest surprises in the league this year. The off-season saw them deal established players in order to stockpile draft picks and young assets. Then, Max Quinzani, a player they acquired, did not sign his contract to return to the league. The number one pick in the draft, Rob Pannell, was injured in the beginning of the collegiate season and has since…
MLL Future In Atlanta?
Its been one of the cities that has been talked about when it comes to MLL expansion, and its a place that does make a lot of sense for the league. Atlanta, Georgia is a relatively untested lacrosse market, but one that does show a lot of potential. To start off, youth lacrosse is growing at an incredible rate around the city. This is always a key for MLL teams,…
WLA Weekend Recap
There were three games on the WLA schedule this weekend. The first game was Friday night as the Burnaby Lakers faced off with the Victoria Shamrocks. The other two games were on Saturday night as the Nanaimo Timbermen took on the Coquitlam Adanacs and the biggest game of the weekend was the Langley Thunder VS. the Victoria Shamrocks in a battle for first place. On Friday the Burnaby Lakers took…
Thoughts on the MLL All-Star Game
Yesterday’s All-Star game was a good one; the MLL really had a good showing in Boca Raton, Florida. The big drawback may be the technical difficulties through the second quarter. ESPN lost the feed a time or two, and there wasn’t any sound to be had in the first quarter. Hopefully that didn’t scare away too much viewers, because it was a good game. They had a huge crowd down…
Toronto Beaches Season Ends, Five Beach Boys Graduate
The OLA Jr A season is a brutal league sometimes. For proof, look no further than the face of a tall young man in the stands behind the benches at Ted Reeve Arena Saturday night well after the final horn. Mike Triolo played all five years of his Junior career for the Toronto Beaches organization, along with more than a decade before that. After five years of finishing near the…
Introducing the Winnipeg Prairie Dogs!
The first team to be announced in the InLax Lacrosse League is the Winnipeg Prairie Dogs. Winnipeg is a relatively untested market for lacrosse, but has a very passionate sports fanbase. The Prarie Dogs will be playing out of the MTS Centre, home of the Jets. Leading the Prairie Dogs is the team’s recently named captain, Chris White. White has been in the NLL for ten years, most of those…
Young Guns Get Schooled, Lose 18-17
In a very close and entertaining game the elders finished on top, defeating the players who had entered the league since 2009 by a score of 18-17. Many expected the game to be high scoring, at is was. The scoring started early and never really stopped as the game went along. You’d step away for two seconds, and two goals had been scored. ESPN had issues at the beginning of…
Press Release: Stephen Berger MLL All Star Game MVP
Major League Lacrosse on Saturday held its 2012 All-Star Game, Presented by Moe’s Southwest Grill, in front of a crowd of 4,841 at FAU Stadium in Palm Beach County, Fla. The game featured a Young Guns v. Old School format, with players who joined the league between 2001-08 competing for the Old School team while those who joined between 2009-12 represented the Young Guns. Old School edged out the Young…
Major League Lacrosse All Star Game Live Blog
Marisa Ingemi, Kyle Fletcher and Jack Goods will keep you updated tonight with all the latest from the MLL All Star game in Florida, which you can watch on ESPN2. Opening Thoughts- Marisa: The game starts in just about a half hour now, and we will see the best field lacrosse players on the planet duke it out. I like the Young Guns in this game. They have strong goaltending,…