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NCAA First Round: Bryant Bulldogs Face Challenge at Carrier Dome

May 8, 2014
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It all goes down this Sunday. The Syracuse Orange men’s lacrosse team will go toe-to-toe with the Bryant Bulldogs in the first round of the 2014 NCAA Tournament. Central New York’s own Carrier Dome will be host to the showdown as the Orange hope to continue riding the lightning of their 2014 season, and Bryant hopes to follow up on their almost-too-close-for-comfort victory over Siena. 7:30 pm Sunday, Carrier Dome…

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NCAA Tourney Four Games To Watch This Weekend

This Weekend, I expect Syracuse, Duke, Loyola and Maryland to advance in the NCAA Tournament. The following four games at varying degrees are toss ups in my opinion. Saturday Notre Dame hosts Harvard Notre Dame is coming off a shootout victory versus Army, while Harvard limps into the tournament after being defeated by UPENN in the Ivy Tournament. Notre Dame has continued to improve in the cage as well in…

May 8, 2014
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Tewaaraton Watch: Predicting the Finalists

The NCAA lacrosse season is just about over as 18 teams take their shot at accomplishing their season goal of winning a National Championship. Before the tournament starts though, the finalists for the Tewaaraton Award will be announced. A couple of weeks ago the Tewaaraton Foundation named their 28 nominees for the trophy and the full list is below. Niko Amato, Maryland—Sr., G Wesley Berg, Denver—Jr., A Connor Buczek, Cornell—Jr.,…

May 7, 2014
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WLA Faces Potential Referee Strike

May 7, 2014
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Photo Credit: Dan Brodie The Western Lacrosse Association season is set to start in about 10 days when the Thunder play the Adanacs. According to Teddy Jenner from the Off the Crossebar radio show, the WLA and BC Lacrosse Officials Association have been negotiating their wages for some months. The refs would like to see their pay double, according to the report. They currently make $110 a game and $85…

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Siena Takes on Bryant in Play-In Game

MAAC Champion Siena Lacrosse will travel to Northeast Conference Champion Bryant for an NCAA play-in game Wednesday at 4 pm in Smithfield, R.I. The winner of the play-in will advance to face No. 2 team in the land, the Syracuse Orangemen, in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament Sunday at 7:30 pm on ESPNU. The Siena Saints finished the season with an 11-5 record while defeating Canisius and Marist…

May 7, 2014
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Can Richmond Continue Their Surprise Run?

Where: @ Air Force When: Wednesday May 7, 9:05 pm The second of the two play-in games features two teams who weren’t expected to make the NCAA Tournament. Air Force was supposed to fall to Ohio State or Fairfield in the ECAC but instead clinched its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1988! Meanwhile, Richmond was entering its first season of Division 1 lacrosse and won the Atlantic Sun Conference despite a…

May 7, 2014
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Komer Blog: Megamen Come in Fourth in Ales Hrebesky

Photo Credit: Martin Bouda Once again I attended the Aleš Hrebesky Memorial tournament in the Czech Republic this year. I didn’t feel like entering my Love You To Death team with Plunkett this time around because sometimes it’s too hard to find dudes that are good at lacrosse, and that aren’t sketchy, but I agreed to play for my old buddies from the Boston Megamen. Here is a long-winded account of…

May 7, 2014
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MLL’s Ban of “Grippy Balls” Leads to Different Scoring

Before this Major League Lacrosse season a big deal was made about the league changing the balls they have used. Since its inception, MLL has used “grippy balls” that have tiny dimples in the ball, not unlike a golf ball. This is compared to the flat ball used by other lacrosse leagues including the NCAA. Here are two pictures to compare them. (Photo Credit: Lax All Stars)    Before the…

May 7, 2014
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Lafleur: Is It Time to Embrace Defense in the MLL?

When I took a step back to analyze the 2014 Major League Lacrosse season so far, I began to notice a trend. Although only eight games, scoring appeared lower than I would expect. That led me into some research which confirmed lack of scoring, or good defense, is in fact a reality. Through eight games, teams are averaging 11.7 points per game compared to the 12.3 points per game over…

May 7, 2014
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