Ever since I graduated from Wheeling Jesuit University in 2004, I’ve made it a habit to check scores on laxpower to see how the program was doing. Even though I graduated 10 years ago, I am still very proud of the program and the time I spent at WJU. Whenever I found myself driving cross-country, I made a stop on campus to just drive around and keep the memories fresh….
After a couple weeks off the and many roster changes the Vancouver Stealth were hoping to come off their bye week(s) with a win over the leagues number one team the Edmonton Rush. With Lewis Ratcliff being a healthy scratch for the first time in his career, and the quiet release of forward Brett Hickey the Stealth entered the game with some added surprises for the Rush and Vancouver…
The UPenn and Villanova men’s lacrosse team met for a Pennsylvania brawl at Villanova’s home, in Northwest Philadelphia. The intensity of this rival game was unmatched as this was the fourth time out of the past five games that one goal influenced the outcome. Villanova started out strong and held the lead until the last two minutes of the fourth quarter. They had goals scored by some of their most…
It was a relatively quiet day for Tom Schreiber. He scored three on the day, two of them unassisted; as well as three assists. Talk about comparable teams much? The Tigers and Tar Heels were practically neck and neck the entire time. I was not until the closing minutes of the game that North Carolina finally pulled ahead, and Princeton lost its steam. On North Carolina’s side of…
The Niagara Lock Monsters (5-2) emerged victorious over the SouthWest Cyclops (2-4) in Friday night Canadian Lacrosse League (CLax) action with an 11-7 win. Mike Burke opened the scoring for the Cyclops, before the teams would trade a pair of goals to end the quarter with SouthWest leading 3-2. The second quarter would turn in Niagara’s favor, as two goals from Ryan Dakin (2g) evened the score at 5-5…
Last night’s Buffalo Bandits win over the Minnesota Swarm wasn’t the only contest of the night, as two heavyweights in Andrew Suitor and Steve Priolo battled.
The intensity in South Bend, Indiana was high yesterday as Louisville visited the Fighting Irish for a match. This was Norte Dame’s fourth game in a 10-day span, and it certainly was off to a rough start for the team as they fell 4-1 within the first eight minutes of play. The Irish are a comeback team, and then scored three goals in the next two minutes to tie the…
With a little over three weeks off from NLL regular season play, there was some talk going around the fans in Banditland about the team possibly showing some signs of rust after their extended break. The Buffalo Bandits were able to shake off any remaining rust they had and returned to the win column with their first of three 2014 regular season matchups with the Minnesota Swarm Saturday night at…
Photo: Di Miller On Saturday March 8, 2014, the Colorado Mammoth (4-7), hosted the Calgary Roughnecks (6-3), at The Pepsi Center for their Lacrosse Out Cancer night. This was a special night for Mammoth forward Sean Pollock #17, as he was playing in honor of his wife who is a breast cancer survivor. The Mammoth players had each chosen a type of cancer as their cause, and donned that on…
Three was the magic number for Hofstra with a three-goal second quarter, a three-goal performance from Sophomore Sam Llinares and a great defensive effort as they were able to hold off junior Jesse King and the Ohio State Buckeyes 7-5 for its third consecutive win. The Pride improves to 3-2 on the year with the win while Ohio State drops to 1-4. Llinares, named to the 2014 Tewaaraton watch list…