Chesapeake Bayhawks (1-1) at Charlotte Hounds (0-2) 3:30 pm Saturday, May 10 American Legion Memorial Stadium, Charlotte, N.C. TV: CBS Sports Network The Game: The rematch of last year’s Major League Lacrosse championship game features two teams still trying to find some consistency, and still missing some key players because of coaching or playing commitments elsewhere. The Hounds showed vast improvement on both sides of the ball last week, except…
WHO: Air Force @ Duke WHERE: Durham, NC WHEN: Sunday, May 11 5:15 pm ET WHAT: NCAA Tournament First Round Play AIR FORCE The military flight servicemen of Air Force have stunned the lacrosse community this season with an overall record of 11-5. However, that is not enough to overcome Duke this Sunday. Mike Crampton leads the Falcons with 62 points (45 goals, 17 assists) and is followed closely by…
Where: @ Notre Dame When: Saturday May 10, 2:30 Harvard and Notre Dame match up in what is an interesting first round game in the NCAA Tournament. Both teams got to the tournament in completely different ways. Harvard looked like a good bet to get in as they were the favorites in the Ivy League Tournament. Meanwhile, Notre Dame backed into the ACC Tournament and were considered the least likely to win…
New York and Rochester are pretty familiar with each other. For the second time in 13 days, the sides will square off. The 1-1 Lizards travel to the 1-1 Rattlers on Friday for a 7:30 pm opening faceoff on CBS Sports Network. In the April 27 meeting, Cornell graduate and 2013 Tewaaraton Award winner Rob Pannell led the New York offense in the absence of an injured Ned Crotty. Pannell…
According to reports the Peterborough Lakers have traded for goaltender Matt Vinc (Rochester Knighthawks). In return, the Brampton Excelsiors receive Jimmy Purves (Toronto Rock), Pat Saunders (Philadelphia Wings) and two second round draft picks in 2015. “We wanted to try to get the best goalie that we could to solidify one of the opportunity positions that we found and Matt Vinc was tops on the list,” says Lakers GM Joe Sullivan…
Who: Albany @ Loyola, MD Where: Baltimore, MD. When: Saturday, 12 pm. Albany and Loyola are heading to Baltimore to face off in the first round of the NCAA tournament this weekend. The Great Danes have a bit of a challenge in Loyola as they are the Patriot League Champion. The Greyhounds also have Junior attack Nikko Pontrello who holds a strong performance this season, raking in 50 goals so…
Unseeded Johns Hopkins (10-4) earned its NCAA-record 42nd bid to the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Tournament and will have to travel to Charlottesville to take on eighth-seeded Virginia (10-5) in the first round. Game time is set for Sunday, May 11 at 1 pm on ESPN2. Last season they missed the playoffs for the first time in 42 years, and now they are looking to redeem themselves. Johns Hopkins was on…
Several members of the 2014 NLL rookie class were recently given their first taste of professional playoff action, with some seeing their freshman campaign come to a close. Mitch Wilde stood out as the lone Buffalo Bandits rookie in their 15-13 defeat of eastern conference rival Toronto Rock in the division semi-final. The transitional threat contributed one assist to go along with three loose balls and one forced turnover. Wilde…
Hey guys, Max Schmidt here. It’s been a couple weeks since my last blog, so I’m here to bring you up to date with the Machine. We are currently sitting at 1-1. We started the season with a win against the Charlotte Hounds in Charlotte. This was the first time that the Ohio Machine had won a season opener. It was great to get the first win under our belts,…
After defeating the Toronto Rock in the opening round of the 2013 NLL playoffs, the Buffalo Bandits will host the back-to-back defending NLL champion Rochester Knighthawks 7:30 pm Saturday night at the First Niagara Center for game one of the Eastern Division Finals. The Knighthawks were the 3-1 season series winner this year against the Bandits. In their last matchup of the 2013 NLL season, the Knighthawks came away with…