Last night the WLA season kicked off as the Langley Thunder visited the Coquitlam Adanacs. Both of these teams went through major changes in the offseason and were looking to start the 2014 season with a victory. The Thunder stuck early as Athan Iannucci scored just 33 seconds into the game to give the Thunder the 1-0 lead. The Adanacs would quickly respond as Brett Hickey scored to tie the…
The Boston Cannons got back on track last night as they defeated the Charlotte Hounds 14-6 behind a terrific effort from their defense. The Cannons had lost two in a row to Denver and Rochester. The six goals allowed is the least they have allowed all season. On the other end, the Hounds are now 1-3 and tied for the worst record in the league. Boston went up 3-1 early…
Annapolis, Maryland–The Florida Launch got their third consecutive win to improve their record to 3-1 early in the season. With the loss, the defending champion Bayhawks fall to 1-3. Florida made its first trip outside of its home confines to get the victory. Chesapeake opened the scoring with a Steven Brooks alley dodge, giving the defending champs an early 1-0 lead. Nearly 10 minutes would go by until the scoreboard…
What a day of lacrosse at James M. Shuart Field at Hofstra University! In front of a record crowd of 13,519 people, the Maryland Terrapins earned their third trip in four years back to the Final Four in a beatdown of upset-minded Bryant Bulldogs. Meanwhile, Notre Dame beat the Albany Great Danes in an overtime thriller 14-13 in the second game of the double header. Maryland came out firing on…
At noon this Sunday, May 18, Johns Hopkins (11-4) will take on the Duke Blue Devils (14-3) in what should be one of the best matchups we will see in the year’s tournament. For Johns Hopkins, defeating Duke would mean getting back to the NCAA Semi-Finals for the first time since 2008. Since then, they have made a few different appearances in the tournament, falling every time in the quarterfinals….
This Saturday the WLA season kicks off as the Coquitlam Adanacs host the Langley Thunder. Last season the season series finished 2-0-1 in favour of Langley. This year will be a different year for both teams as both teams are missing key players that helped their respective teams to find success last season. The Adanacs will be starting a new era without the likes of sniper Dane Dobbie, goalie Nick Rose…
A pair of 1-2 teams coming off two-game losing streaks will play a key early-season game on Saturday night that could go a long way towards a playoff spot come August. The New York Lizards travel to the Ohio Machine for an 8 p.m. ET faceoff on ESPN3. Coming off a 15-9 loss against Rochester Saturday, New York has lost two straight games after its season-opening win over those…
For the third time in franchise history the Calgary Roughnecks are headed to the Champion’s Cup after coming back from a massive deficit to eliminate the Edmonton Rush. The Rush, who finished the regular season with the NLL’s best record at 16-2, won the early game on Saturday night by a 15-13 margin, but the Roughnecks dominated the mini-game that followed, taking a 2-1 win and the series. Things didn’t…
Photo Credit: Di Miller The 2014 undefeated Denver Outlaws (3-0) will host the Rochester Rattlers (2-1) at Sports Authority Field at Mile-High in downtown Denver on Saturday May 17. This is Denver’s second home-game of the season. They are looking to keep their consecutive regular-season winning streak going, and Rochester wants to be the first MLL team to break that 23-game streak. So the question is, “Can the Rattlers beat…
The Rochester Knighthawks will be hosting the Buffalo Bandits 7:30pm Saturday night at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester for Game Two of the NLL Eastern Division Finals. After defeating the Rochester Knighthawks in Game One, the Buffalo Bandits will have two chances to not only dethrone the back-to-back defending NLL Champions but also advance to the NLL Champion’s Cup Finals as well. In their previous matchup, the Knighthawks held…