Last week’s rankings saw North Carolina on top of the pack, with Syracuse and Northwestern right on their heels. After a week’s worth of play, were the Tarheel’s able to remain on top, or did Syracuse bump them down to number two? 1. Syracuse- I was hard-pressed to remove North Carolina from the number one spot, but the Orange has played one game more than the Tarheels, and…
This Saturday, Hobart College will visit Ithaca, New York to take on the Cornell Bears in weekend lacrosse action. Last season, these teams opened up their seasons against each other with Cornell winning 19-17. The match featured some of the best offense lacrosse has to offer, and this Saturdayshould be a welcome gift to fans of either institution. While Hobart opened their season with a loss against Siena this past weekend,…
Over a decade ago, Bill Simmons began ranking basketball players in his annual ‘NBA Trade Value’ column. The rules are simple: Talent, salary and age all matter. If two equally talented players earn different amounts, then the cheaper one has more ‘trade value.’ Similarly, younger players are often viewed as more valuable. The idea of the list is that if the general manager of Team A calls the general manager…
Week 8 of the National Lacrosse League featured five blowout games in what was possibly the least exciting weekend that we’ve seen thus far in the 2014 season. The usual suspects were at it again including Colorado Mammoth John Grant Jr. (3 goals, 5 assists), Calgary Roughnecks Shawn Evans (4 G, 7 A) and Rochester Knighthawks Cody Jamieson (5 G, 5 A) but its three other standouts that have found…
Rush rookies remaining unbeaten, Digby’s scoring prominence, and a Wilde debut highlight Week 8 of NLL rookie action. The Edmonton Rush maintained their perfect record with a 14-9 win over the Minnesota Swarm thanks to help from their rookie tandem of Riley Loewen and Robert Church. Loewen had two goals, including a third quarter tally that proved to be the game winner for Edmonton. Robert Church continued his steady production…
Going into the 2014 season, we expected to see a down year for American players with so many of them opting to instead play just MLL and with Team USA. However, those few Americans who have played this season have been very impressive. Still, with so few Americans left in the NLL, let’s take a look at how they have all fared. Philadelphia consistently has the most Americans in the…
Overtime is the early theme in the 2014 college season. With the expanded field, these one-goal affairs could play a factor when determining the bubble teams. Otherwise, it was a good week for the ACC. We saw some impressive victories by some of the up-and-coming programs. If these February games are any indication, we might be in for a bedeviling season. 1 Duke (2-0)—Duke got a head start and won…
The Penn State men’s lacrosse team will travel to South Bend, Indiana to face the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The last time the two met was in mid-March of 2013. Notre Dame came out with the W in a close 10-9 game that resulted in overtime. Last week, the Nittany Lions faced a tough, overtime loss, to Loyola. Erik Myers and Kyle VanThof both had a great game. VanThof earned…
Both the Buffalo Bandits and Vancouver Stealth are facing an oddity in the National Lacrosse League as both teams will not play for three weeks, not back in action until March 8. Vancouver this weekend is coming off of a win and a loss while Buffalo is coming off of a blowout win over Philadelphia. Both teams are heading in drastically different directions as they head to this break. Buffalo…
Following numerous lacrosse leagues can be tough. That’s why I’m here to give a quick recap of what I considered the seven biggest games this weekend. There would be eight, but you can find the recap to an exciting 3OT Lehigh victory in another article! UMass – 12 / Ohio St. – 11 (OT) Amongst many overtime games this weekend, UMass and Ohio State were very evenly matches opponents. UMass’ Joe…