On Friday night the WLA action ramps up as the Victoria Shamrocks take on the New Westminster Salmonbellies and the Coquitlam Adanacs take on the Burnaby Lakers. The matchup between Victoria and New Westminster will be interesting because in their last meeting the Salmonbellies handed Victoria their first loss of the season 14-12 in overtime. It was an offensive battle but New Westminster finally gained the edge in overtime and…
Ajax Rock Take on Brooklin Redmen
Round 2 of the Battle of Durham takes place tonight at the Ajax Community Centre at 8pm. The Rock look for their 1st win of the year while the Redmen look to continue to climb the standings of the MSL. The last time these border town rivals met, Brooklin was dominate for two periods until Ajax put a valiant effort in the 3rd but it was not enough to close…
Lakers Blow Out Excelsiors, 19-5
Major Series Lacrosse has been dominated in recent years by the Peterborough Lakers and the Brampton Excelsiors. They’ve been mentioned together like Simon and Garfunkel, Paul McCartney and John Lennon, Sonny and Cher (for the youngsters in the crowd, this would be Selena Gomez and Justin Beiber). Given the MSL’s division restructuring for the 2012 season, if the two were to meet in the playoffs, it would be in the…
Boston Cannons and Chesapeake Bayhawks Battle for First
Tomorrow night, the Boston Cannons and Chesapeake Bayhawks will battle for first place in Major League Lacrosse. It is the first time the Cannons (5-2) have faced the Hawks (6-1) The Bayhawks won last week in a tight, one goal game against the Hamilton Nationals. Meanwhile, the Cannons blew out the hapless Charlotte Hounds by a score of 16-8 to snap their two game losing streak. Matt Poskay has been…
WLA Recap: Burnaby Lakers Vs. New Westminster Salmonbellies
On Thursday night the New Westminster Salmonbellies faced off against the Burnaby Lakers. Thursday’s game went much differently than the first meeting between these two teams as the game was a defensive struggle which New Westminster won 8-5. The game started well for Burnaby as they jumped out to a 1-0 lead but New Wesminster responded by scoring 3 straight goals to take the lead. The score was 3-1 after…
OLA Junior B Playoff Schedule
No. 1 Akwesasne Indians vs. No. 8 Markham Ironheads Saturday, June 23: Markham at Akwesasne, 5 p.m. Sunday, June 24: Markham at Akwesasne, 3 p.m. Friday, June 29: Akwesasne at Markham, 8 p.m. Saturday, June 30: Akwesasne at Markham, 2 p.m.* Game 5: TBA* No. 2 Green Gaels vs. No. 7 Mimico Mountaineers Friday, June 22: Mimico at Green Gaels, 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 26: Green Gaels at Mimico, 8…
Israel Rallies Past Slovakia
The Israel men’s national lacrosse team defeated No. 17 Slovakia, 11-8, in their championship debut at Amsterdam Bos on Thursday. Israel trailed 5-2 in the first half, but Richard Cheifitz and Ben Bretter combined for six straight goals to take the lead for good. Slovakia cut the deficit to 8-7 with a pair of goals, but Alex Jacobs and Michael Pffefer rallied for three straight scores for Israel, who was able to run…
Boston University Announces Ryan Polley As Head Coach, Press Conference at a Later Date
BOSTON – Ryan Polley, an 11-year coaching veteran in New England and the defensive coordinator for this year’s Ivy League tournament champion, has been named the inaugural head men’s lacrosse coach at Boston University, it was announced today by Assistant Vice President and Director of Athletics Mike Lynch. Polley (POLE-ee) has spent the last six seasons as an assistant coach at Yale University, heading up the defense for the past…
WLA Preview: Burnaby Lakers Vs. New Westminster Salmonbellies
On Thursday night the New Westminster Salmonbellies will face off against the Burnaby Lakers. New Westminster has struggled recently losing four of their last five and will look to get back on track with a win against Burnaby. Burnaby will look to gain a big win against New Westminster because with a win Burnaby will move into a tie with Langley for first place in the WLA. The first meeting…
Redmen Top the Lakers for the Second Time in a Row
It was a hot and sticky night at Iroquois Park Arena as the Lakers of Peterborough looked for revenge a loss at the hands of the Brooklin Redmen last week. Redmen veteran Shawn Williams was looking to celebrate his 38th birthday with a win over the Lakers. The Redmen jumped out to a hot start, scoring 16 seconds into the game from a goal off the draw from Caleb Wiles….