All of the games have been played, all the trophies have been handed out, and we are now left with 30 teams vying for the 2014 Division III Men’s Lacrosse National Championship. Leading the way are the usual suspects with RIT getting the top seed and bye in the North Region, while Salisbury sits atop the South. Let’s dive right into this by looking at the best first-round matchups, top…
After the first two weeks of signings by both of the Montreal teams in the MJLL, both followed up with multiple signings this weekend. The Montreal Shamrocks signed 6 more players in Cole Byfelds, Cameron McMillan, Matthew Collard, Branden Desormeau, Ian Hebert and Olivier Cater. Cole Byfelds is a solid transition player who played for the Kingston Kings last year in the OLA. Cole attends McGill and will be spending…
The Florida Launch took off yesterday with an 11-8 win over the Charlotte Hounds for their first win of the season, and the first win in the young franchise’s history. Led by veterans Casey Powell and Kevin Crowley, the Launch found a way to take the victory. “It is a great feeling getting the first win in Launch history,” head coach Stan Ross told us. “It is an exciting time…
#1 Duke and #2 Syracuse The NCAA Tournament field was announced on Sunday night. Duke will be your #1 seed while Syracuse earned a No. 2 seed. The Blue Devils will face the winner of Richmond/Air Force. The first play-in game features two underdog teams. The Richmond Spiders are in their first season at the Division I level, and a league championship was wholly unexpected. High Point had been the…
STX Lacrosse Clinic Includes Tickets to the NCAA® Division I Women’s Lacrosse Semifinals and Championship Game Baltimore, MD – Baltimore-based STX, LLC, a global sporting goods leader, today announced that Women’s Team STX is hosting a girls’ lacrosse clinic during the NCAA Lacrosse Championship weekend. Team STXathletes including Josie Owen, Sam Farrell and Kitty Cullen will be coaching the clinic and teaching lacrosse skills just in time for summer club…
Photo Credit: Di Miller Under the sunny skies of Denver, Colorado, and in front of a hometown crowd of 6,944 fans, the Denver Outlaws hosted the Ohio Machine who were hoping to stop the Outlaws’ 21 consecutive game winning streak. It was Star Wars night for Denver, and the game was called “May the Fourth Be With You.” Both teams wore Star Wars jerseys which will be auctioned on Monday…
Sudden death overtime means one shot, one opportunity for both teams to be named champions. Unfortunately the odds were not in Hofstra’s favor as the Drexel Dragons defeated the Pride in the third overtime 11-10 on Saturday in Hempstead. “Defense stood on their heads in overtime, they made great stops, kept giving us another chance to win the game,” Hofstra senior co-captain Torin Varn said. “In the third overtime it…
Annapolis, MD—Midfielder Stephen Peyser scored the winning goal with 1:31 elapsed in overtime to lift the Chesapeake Bayhawks to a thrilling 12-11 victory over the New York Lizards at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on Saturday night. “I’m glad Coach Cottle had the confidence to give me the ball there at the end,” said Peyser to Lacrosse Magazine. “I dodged from up top and we had a bunch of cutters to…
BOCA RATON, Fla. – After an embarassing performance in their season opener last week, Charlotte Hounds head coach Mike Cerino said he expected a much better showing in Saturday’s game against the Florida Launch. According to the stat sheet, the Hounds achieved that goal in all but one area – the final score. Garrett Thul scored two of his three goals during a key fourth-quarter run, and the Launch –…
After losing their previous eight games, the Buffalo Bandits were finally able to come through when it mattered most in their opening round playoff matchup against the Toronto Rock. With the Bandits able to secure the victory tonight against the Rock, they will advance to the Eastern Division finals to face the back-to-back defending NLL Champion Rochester Knighthawks. The Bandits were able to score two goals in the final five…