ticker

Simmons: Tewaaraton Trophy And Other NCAA Thoughts

May 28, 2014
0 comment

The Trophy will be awarded on Thursday, at the Smithsonian, National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC. The Tewaaraton Trophy is awarded annually to the most outstanding male and female college lacrosse players in the country. Since 2001, the year of the trophy’s inception, just two players from a non-blue blood school have ever won the award. In its 13 years of existence, just seven schools have been represented:…

Read More >>

NLL Rookie Report: Leung and McIntosh Lead Calgary

The Calgary Roughnecks rookie duo of Karsen Leung and Garrett McIntosh are on the brink of a Champion’s Cup title after the Riggers took Game One of the NLL Finals 10-7 over the Rochester Knighthawks. Playing in front of a hometown crowd, both Leung and McIntosh made their presence felt on the Scotiabank Saddledome turf actively assisting in the Calgary transition game. Leung is largely depended upon to move the…

May 28, 2014
0 comment
Read More >>

Game Notes: What We Can Take Away From D-I Championship

Setting Following a lacrosse season that competed the majority of the 2014 season in winter elements, the field at M&T Bank Stadium was somewhere between 95 and 100 degrees Fahrenheit real-feel temperature. An occasional breeze was noticeable but most likely not to the players moving on the field in equipment. As every year, semifinals games are a mere two days before the championship. This gives the two winning teams a…

May 28, 2014
0 comment
Read More >>

Maryland beats Syracuse 15-12 for National Championship

May 27, 2014
0 comment

Maryland jumped out to a 5-0 lead less than five minutes into Sunday night’s National Championship Game and it looked like the Terrapins would run away with the title. Lacrosse is a game of runs, so that thought was quickly dispelled by the Syracuse Orange. Syracuse answered with the next four goals to pull right back into the game. The Terrapins went on a 6-1 second-half run to take a…

Read More >>

Wilson Traded to Lakers for Diruscio

May 27, 2014
0 comment

Peterborough Lakers announce trade to acquire veteran right sniper, Aaron Wilson, from Kitchener Waterloo Kodiaks for Laker drafted goalie David Diruscio. The Peterborough Lakers have added great scoring depth to their right side by acquiring veteran sniper Aaron Wilson. Wilson is well known as a power play specialist in the past with the Brampton Excelsiors and more recently with the Kitchener Waterloo Kodiaks. Wilson finished this past NLL season with…

Read More >>

Maryland Women’s Team Captures Championship Trophy, Tops ‘Cuse

Maryland captured their 11th National Title Sunday night. There was a record-breaking 10,311 fans in attendance for Sunday’s match. The Terps had an extremely successful season, being ranked first or second in polls across the board. Syracuse also had a great season, and these two teams going head-to-head in the championship match was definitely a game to watch. Four of the five Tewaarton finalists took the field, Alyssa Murray and Kayla…

May 27, 2014
0 comment
Read More >>

Carey: Myles Jones, Jordan Wolf Led Devils

What a game it was. It was all it was hyped up to be. The machine that is the Duke Blue Devils against the team from “out west,” but really from up north in Indiana. Many wanted to see a team off the east coast bring home a ring, but today that was not the case. The players that were expected to play well did, such as Myles Jones, Matt…

May 27, 2014
0 comment
Read More >>

WLA: Shamrocks, Burrards, Timbermen Get Wins

May 27, 2014
0 comment

This past weekend there were three games on the WLA schedule. The first was on Friday night as the Victoria Shamrocks and Nanaimo Timbermen faced off in a rematch from earlier in the week when the two teams tied 13-13. Victoria Shamrocks (0-0-1) vs. Nanaimo Timbermen (0-1-1) The Shamrocks would come out running against the Timbermen on Friday night as George Westwood scored just 22 seconds into the game. The Shamrocks would push their…

Read More >>

Jumbos Led By Watkins to Title

May 26, 2014
0 comment

Shot, save. Shot, save. Shot, save. Shot, save. Sound repetitive? That’s because it was when Patton Watkins led his Jumbos to the Division III National Title game Saturday at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md. The Tufts University Jumbos defeated the Salisbury University Sea Gulls 12-9 on Sunday. It was Tufts’ third championship game, second National Championship and their first since 2010. For the Sea Gulls, it was their second time in the…

Read More >>