Hi ILWT Readers, I hope that everyone is excited for Memorial Day Weekend which is easily the best weekend of college lacrosse. All 8 teams (D1 through D3), have worked tremendously hard since the fall, giving them a chance to earn collegiate lacrosse glory. I wanted to give a quick shout out to Tufts, who is squaring off against Salisbury in the D3 title game. I played against Tufts all…
There is increased parity in college lacrosse these days. Any team can win on any given day. The same handful of teams isn’t always at the Final Four and more programs than ever before have legitimate aspirations to reach Championship Weeken Despite the parity, there are three programs that have emerged the most over the last few seasons. All three are in the Final Four once again in 2014. Let’s…
After the Calgary Roughnecks defeated the Edmonton Rush on Friday night in the NLL’s first ever “mini game”, all the talk has been about just that. Not Calgary’s road upset. Not the end of the Rush’s amazing season. But about the mini game. On Saturday night, the Rochester Knighthawks defeated Buffalo to get to a mini game and they won in the sudden death OT portion of the ten minute…
After defeating the Ohio Machine last week, the Lizards have a bye this weekend to rest up before taking on the Boston Cannons next Friday, May 30 at home in Hempstead. At 2-2 overall the Lizards sit tied for third place in the Major League Lacrosse League behind Boston, Florida and Denver. Former 2013 Cascade Rookie of the Year Rob Pannell leads New York with 16 points (9g, 7a). Greg…
National Championship Game Live on ESPN2 & WatchESPN on Monday, May 26, at 1 p.m. Top-seeded Duke leads the field for the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship Presented by Northwestern Mutual – set to air on ESPN networks Saturday, May 24 and Monday, May 26, from M&T Stadium in Baltimore. The semifinals will be shown on ESPN2 and WatchESPN as No. 1 seed Duke faces No. 5 Denver at 1 p.m. ET, followed by No. 6 seed Notre…
Lyle Thompson is going to Washington DC for the second time in consecutive years and he will take home the Tewaaraton Trophy after a record setting performance this past season. At 128 points in 18 games, he averaged 7.11 points per game. He broke the record in total points in a Division I lacrosse season and tied the record for assists. What could stand in his way? His bother Miles…
Chamberlain Championship Weekend Edition NCAA DIVISION 1 SEMIFINALS Maryland vs. Notre Dame This game will be the third meeting between these ACC rivals. Maryland has been very strong on offense, especially their production out of their midfield. For Maryland to win this game, they have to be flawless in the clearing game and need a huge game from Niko Amato in the goal. For the Irish, their points off of…
My opinion of the Division III lacrosse landscape went through many machinations this year, but the one thing that I always came back to was this: nobody, at least up north, was going to beat RIT. Well, as we stand just days away from the national championship game, the Tigers are nowhere in sight. In their place is Tufts, having earned the right to face Salisbury, the top seed in…
Google “definition of sports” and here’s the first thing that comes up: An activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment. There are many different kinds of sports, each which require their own unique mix of physical exertion and skill. Sports have a way of bringing together a group of people. It goes far beyond the players on the…
The MLL goes into the Memorial Weekend bye week with teams either making their mark or falling behind. There are a few surprises out there, like Chesapeake and Florida, and some gold standards set, the Denver Outlaws. Here is this week’s Major League Lacrosse Power Rankings heading into Week Five of the season. 1) Denver Outlaws – The last the Outlaws lost a regular season game is going on two…