After a great week for both teams that saw two wins each, No. 18 Hofstra (3-2) will take on Colonial Athletic Association rivals Delaware (5-2) for the CAA opener on Saturday, March 15. Looking at the numbers, Hofstra has an 8.80 gpg average on the season while the Blue Hens have 9.57 gpg. Both teams are close in the extra-man opportunities with the Pride 7-21 coming off a 3-6 EMO…
For #50 – #41, click here. For #40 – #31, click here. For #30 – #21, click here. 20. Jesse Schwartzman–G–Denver Outlaws Ask four people who the league’s best goalie is. The chances of you hearing four different responses are high. Very high. Kip Turner, John Galloway, Drew Adams and Schwartzman are all phenomenal. In Part 2 I explained that there’s another handful of goalies, even after these guys, with…
The Toronto Rock made several moves today, highlighted by a goaltending move by releasing current backup ‘tender Zak Boychuk and signing former Philadelphia Wings backup Steve Fryer. Fryer has been playing major lacrosse with the Langley Thunder and Brooklin Redmen. Fryer is a former third round pick by the Wings back in 2011. He has played in two Minto Cups with Brampton and Coquitlam. He also played in a Mann…
Church keeps the faith alive in Edmonton, while Ward helps win one for the new Mammoth coaching staff in Week 11 of the NLL Rookie Report. Robert Church had four points (3 G, 1 A) in the Edmonton Rush’s 10-9 defeat of the Vancouver Stealth. The righty forward capped off his first career NLL hat-trick by scoring the game-winner for the Rush. Riley Loewen, who entered the weekend with a…
Read off the schools listed in the ACC: Duke, Notre Dame, North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, and Syracuse. What you are looking at is 24 National Championships (including Syracuse’s vacated 1990 National Championship) and 46 National Championship appearances. At the start of the season, the hype surrounding the ACC was immense. However, several weeks in some questions have arisen. Were we fooled by the name recognition of these blue chip lacrosse…
The Rochester Rattlers take the field this season in hope they can find some success in the MLL. Last year, the Rattlers finished with a 6-8 record. The team didn’t reach their full potential, which left many disappointed. Rochester started making moves early on in the offseason, as in November the Rattlers sent Ned Crotty to New York for Grant Catalino and draft picks. The main focus with this trade…
Week of 3/10/2014 The middle of March is upon us and that can only mean one thing: college lacrosse is HERE. Tuesday, March 11 Bucknell vs. North Carolina 4 pm The action gets started later today when Bucknell travels to Chapel Hill, North Carolina to face a Tar Heels unit that rebounded from their only loss of the season against Notre Dame by beating a strong Princeton team this past…
The one thing that the MLL has over every other professional sport is the unique ability to select college players before their respective final seasons on college campus. It has its advantages as well as its disadvantages. A team could pick a diamond in the rough and pick the player that breaks out in his final year on campus. On the other hand, a team could pick a player that…
Denver University and Penn State will meet for the sixth time in program history, and Denver has won three of the previous matches, while the Nittany Lions have won two. The Nittany Lions are amidst the highest ranking that the program has ever had, and are only looking to increase their ranking. The team is coming off a road win at Ohio State last weekend, and they are hoping to…
This week our team went out and lost a tough game to the Niagara Lock Monsters in a relatively low scoring 11-7 final. Our goaltender Jay Preece made several outstanding saves to keep us in the game and give us extra chances to try and close the gap near the end, but we couldn’t find a way to beat Dave DiRuscio when it mattered as he was solid all night….