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MLL At the Break: Florida Launch Sit at 3-1

In their inaugural season, the Florida Launch are taking the Major League Lacrosse by storm. After losing on the opening weekend to Boston, the Launch have won three straight, beating good teams, by good margins, with a balanced attack. After the first month of lacrosse, the Launch find themselves second in the league standings, second in Majorleaguelacrosse.com’s power rankings, behind the unbeaten Denver Outlaws in each category. Veteran Casey Powell…

May 25, 2014
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Roughnecks Jump Out To Early Lead in Champion’s Cup Series

The Calgary Roughnecks grabbed an early lead in Game 1 of the Champion’s Cup series and never looked back, earning a 10-7 victory. As they did with the Edmonton Rush last weekend, the Roughnecks have now taken a commanding lead in the series, putting the pressure on the defending champions. Calgary drew first blood at the 2:19 mark of the first quarter when Jeff Shattler sniped a quick-stick goal off…

May 25, 2014
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Notre Dame Faces 2010 Rematch with Duke

Coach Kevin Corrigan and the Notre Dame team are familiar with playing on someone else’s home turf in front of a hostile crowd. “You know what, we were up at Hofstra last week and I think there were 37 people cheering for us in a sellout crowd of 13,000. I wanted to come to the press conference afterwards and say I apologize to all those people who wanted to see…

May 24, 2014
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Notre Dame Moves On, 11-6 over Terps

Baltimore, Maryland – Matt Kavangh led the Irish and Conor Kelly stopped Maryland time and time again to get Notre Dame to Monday’s championship game. Notre Dame was efficient with possession of the ball and their long possessions put enough pressure on the Terps to advance. Notre Dame will face Duke in a rematch of the Notre Dame opens the scoring in the game when Matt Kavangh puts one byMaryland…

May 24, 2014
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Live Blog: Maryland Terps vs Notre Dame Irish

Maryland and Notre Dame clash for the third time and the ACC rivals look to see who will punch their ticket to Moday’s championship. Maryland is playing in their black uniforms, Notre Dame in all whites.   1-0 Notre Dame with Matt Kavangh gets its all started with his goal. Notre Dame up one. 2-0 Notre Dame gets their second.  This time with Kavanagh assisting to John Scioscia.  Kavanagh is…

May 24, 2014
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Duke Advances Past Denver 15-12 to Get to Championship

Baltimore, Maryland – The defending champion Duke Blue Devils defeat the Denver Pioneers for the second time this season to move onto Monday’s Championship game. Kyle Keenan started at attack and produced four big goals for the Blue Devils and Kyle Turri was able to withstand Denver’s late rally to win the game 15-12. Denver opened the scoring with Wes Berg getting the first goal of the contest for his…

May 24, 2014
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Syracuse and Mayland Advance to Women’s Championship

The question was asked of Maryland head coach Cathy Reese following her team’s 9-6 win over Northwestern. Was this the case of the better team winning? On paper, it looks like the answer is yet, but credit Reese for how she responded. “Anytime you step on the field, you have to compete,” she said. “You have to compete and you have to play well and execute if you want to…

May 24, 2014
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Live Blog: Duke Blue Devils vs Denver Pioneers

12:45: We are about 19 minutes from game time here at M&T Bank Stadium! It is a beautiful day for some Final Four lacrosse. Both teams have headed to the locker rooms for some last minute stuff after warm ups. We are set for some really exciting games here in Baltimore! On a separate note, thank you to all the men and women who serve our country and allow us…

May 24, 2014
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Final Four Preview: Maryland vs. Notre Dame

May 24, 2014
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We have finally arrived to one of the best weekends in lacrosse as the Final Four occurs in Baltimore, MD. While Duke and Denver will face off in the first game, Maryland and Notre Dame will play afterwards to decide who will have a chance to play for the National Championship. Maryland and Notre Dame enter this game as they play for the third time this season. Maryland went to…

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NLL Champion’s Cup Game One: What to Watch For

The time has arrived!  The Calgary Roughnecks will host the Rochester Knighthawks in Game 1 of the two-game series. The Roughnecks are going for their third title (2004 & 2009), and the Rochester Knighthawks are going for title number five, but historically they are trying to be the first team in the 28-year history of the league to three-peat.  Their previous titles were in 1997 and 2007 before winning the…

May 24, 2014
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