The Toronto Rock’s home floor one-goal-winning games have come to be the norm, and Friday night was no exception as the 11-6 club took down the 8-8 New England Black Wolves 13-12 at Scotiabank Arena. The win solidifies at least third place for the Rock, who still have their sights set on a home playoff date. Eight times this season Toronto has been on either the winning of losing side…
Press Release: New York Riptide continue to build front office staff
NEW YORK, April 15, 2019 – The New York Riptide announced today two new hires as they continue to build the front office staff led by Head Coach and General Manager Regy Thorpe. Brian Hobart joins the Riptide as Director of Scouting and Jake Henhawk was named Director of Player Development for the National Lacrosse League (NLL) franchise. Hobart and Henhawk will report to Lance Basler, Assistant General Manager and…
PHOTOS: Hofstra @ Delaware
Photos from the Delaware Blue Hen’s 13-7 win over the Hofstra Pride on April 13, 2019. Charlie Kitchen led the Blue Hens with four goals and five assists, while Tye Kurtz added four goals and Dean DiSimone had a hat trick and one assist. Matt DeLuca made 18 saves for the win. Hofstra was led by a pair of goals from Ryan Tierney and Brian Herber’s 20 of 23 faceoff…
NLL: Roughnecks win barnburner over Swarm
Friday night was a great night to be a National Lacrosse League fan. The evening featured three games across the league that were all decided by a single goal. In Calgary, fans were treated to a barnburner that was ultimately decided by a late shorthanded goal from Curtis Dickson propelling the Roughnecks over the Georgia Swarm by a score of 14-13. After a short feeling-out process to start the game,…
NLL: Rush find second wind to beat Wings
The Saskatchewan Rush shut out the Philadelphia Wings in the fourth quarter to win on Saturday by a score of 16-11 after being down by two goals at Sasktel Centre. It was the Rush’s second game of the weekend, their first a 14-8 win in San Diego Friday night. After the weekend, they’re now a full game ahead of the Seals for first place in the NLL’s Western Division. “It…
All-Name March Madness 2019: The Finals
A whole lot of winners coming at you today as we delve into our Elite Eight, Final Four and Championship matchups of the 2019 ILWT All-Name March Madness bracket! How many members of the Stanwick clan will make the Final Four today? Read on! Thanks for coming along for the ride with us. Elite Eight South 1 Shackleford Stanwick, Atlas 3 Wilkins Dismuke, Dallas Rattlers This is a decent matchup…
All-Name March Madness 2019: Sweet 16
Welcome to the Sweet 16! Here are the top 16 greatest names in American field lacrosse today. Read on to see who will make the Elite Eight. South 1 Shackleford Stanwick, Atlas 12 Carson Song, Brown Carson Song has had a heroic run to the Sweet 16 but the defending champion is moving on again. Winner: 1 Shackleford Stanwick, Atlas 3 Wilkins Dismuke, Dallas Rattlers 7 Cade Saustad, Virginia This…
NLL: Strong 3rd period gives Rush 14-8 win, first place over Seals
In a battle for first place in the NLL West Division Friday night, the Saskatchewan Rush defeated the San Diego Seals 14-8. The victory moved the Rush (9-6) a half game ahead of the Seals (9-7) for first. In an otherwise very even contest, it was the third period that decided the game, as the Rush exploded for seven goals—fully half of their game total. Saskatchewan and San Diego battled…
ALL: Champion to be crowned this weekend
The Arena Lacrosse League’s final four is set for this Saturday and Sunday at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena in Ohsweken. Three teams were eliminated from the chase for the ALL Cup last weekend in quarter-final play at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville. The Whitby Steelhawks defeated the Peterborough Timbermen 12-7, the Paris RiverWolves beat the Six Nations Snipers 20-11 and the Oshawa Outlaws were victorious over the Toronto…
All-Name March Madness 2019: Round 2
Welcome to round two of ILWT’s all-name March Madness fun! Yesterday we narrowed the field from 64 players to 32. Will our defending champ Shack Stanwick make it back to the sweet 16? Read on to find out! South 1 Shackleford Stanwick, Atlas 8 Challen Rogers, Boston Cannons Right now nobody is competing with Shack. Winner: 1 Shackleford Stanwick, Atlas 12 Carson Song, Brown 4 Hampton Brannon, UMass Hampton…