This morning the North American Lacrosse League announced the Baltimore Bombers as their newest expansion team for the 2013 season. This is the second team announced in the past month that will join the league. From the league press release: For the second time within the past month, the North American Lacrosse League has announced another addition to its growing professional lacrosse league. “I am delighted to formally announce that…
Loyola Joins Patriot League
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – Loyola (Md.) University has formally accepted an invitation to join the Patriot League in all sports on July 1, 2013, for the 2013-14 academic year, Daniel H. Weiss, Chair of the Patriot League’s Council of Presidents and President of Lafayette College announced Wednesday. “Loyola University is an outstanding addition to our membership as a private institution with an excellent academic reputation and rich athletic history,” Weiss…
Ten Things We Learned This MLL Season
2012 was a good season for Major League Lacrosse. The league expanded, saw a great Championship Weekend, got on television a lot and overall, they had a solid year. What are the ten things we learned this season? 10. Bayhawks Two Shot Weapon is Nasty Phil Shore mentioned some of this in his story for Lacrosse Magazine, and I have to agree with him. The Bayhawks biggest asset all season was…
Chronicling the PLL
Today it was announced that Brett Vickers would be resigning from his position as the president of the Professional Lacrosse League, adding another chapter to the league’s troubled yet short history. The PLL is “set” to start their season in about three weeks, , with the Reading Rockets taking on the New Jersey Rascals in game one, if the league can get that far. With Vickers out, the new chairperson…
PLL President Brett Vickers Resigns
According to IL Indoor, the  president of the Professional Lacrosse League, Brett Vickers, has resigned from the league, effective immediately. Vickers was the owner of the Jacksonville Bullies with the North American Lacrosse League before he chose to leave the league in early January with other owners. In early spring he was named the president and commissioner of the PLL. He resigned from the league on Saturday. Nick Derosiers will be…
Lizards Have Long Off Season Ahead After Playoff Loss
The Long Island Lizards should not hang their heads. In a season where they were described as “rebuilding”, they made the playoffs and had a very solid regular season. After losing a nine goal lead on the Denver outlaws in the playoffs, however, they might not feel that way. The season had a tough spot for the Lizards. They traded away Matt Danowski and Stephen Berger to the Charlotte Hounds…
WLA Recap: Coquitlam force game 6 by defeating Langley 7-6
Game 5 of the WLA final took place on Friday night as the Langley Thunder tried to close out the series at home with another victory over the Coquitlam Adanacs. While Coquitlam needed to get a win in order to stay alive in this series. The first period was defensive battle between the two teams as neither offense could get going in the early part of the period. Coquitlam would…
MILA Week Four Recap
The fourth week of the Midwest Indoor Lacrosse Association has come to an end, and with it, four games. Southern Ohio Box Lacrosse improved to 2-1 on the season and are now third in their division after a 16-5 win over the 0-4 Detroit Coney Dogs. The ‘Dogs are in last place in the Mid-States Division. Columbus and Cleveland battled it out in an exciting Mid-States matchup, with the Columbus…
MLL Championship Weekend Recap
The Chesapeake Bayhawks had arguably the best off-season in the league, acquiring a talented number of veterans with championship experience. Then they had one of the best regular seasons in the league, holding first place for the majority of the season, falling out just after the final game of the regular season. Then they had the best MLL Championship Weekend, winning the semi-finals and finals by an average of eight…
Thunder Look to Finish Off Adanacs
In a tight series like that of the WLA finals, a win in double overtime could be the turning point one side needs to break out and energize themselves and push toward the finish line. The series between the Langley Thunder and Coquitlam Adanacs has been a clinic in superior goaltending hosted by the former’s Brodie MacDonald and the latter’s Nick Rose. Rose was named WLA MVP shortly before this…