Last night the Buffalo Bandits defeated the Philadelphia Wings 13-7 in commanding fashion, led by efforts from John Tavares, who picked up his 900th career assist in the NLL. We caught up with him and others after the game.
Yesterday on NCAA GameDay on the Lacrosse Radio Network, we spoke with Kenyon College lacrosse player Holden Richards. Richards is on the Tewaaraton watch list and is an openly gay man. We spoke with him about that, his thoughts on the upcoming season, and lacrosse in general. Check out the audio below and give a listen to NCAA GameDay live every Saturday morning at 11 am Eastern.
After a disappointing Week 7 loss on the road to the Rochester Knighthawks, the Buffalo Bandits were looking for a little bit of redemption in their season series finale with the Philadelphia Wings Saturday night. The Bandits (6-2) responded in a major way by giving the Philadelphia Wings (3-6) a complete 60 minute performance and clinching their season series with a commanding 13-7 victory in front of 13,980 Banditland faithful…
USA Profile: Joe Fletcher Defender Professional Team: New York Lizards College: Loyola 2014 There’s many things every coach looks for in a player. Physicality, I.Q., vision, foot work, stick skills are just a few. When you hear the names Lee Zink, Tucker Durkin, Michael Evans, Brian Spallina and Nicky Polanco, you think heavy hitters, physical, beasts, animals and more. Names like Kyle Sweeney, Kyle Hartzell, Ryan Flanagan,…
The Golden Eagles gave head coach Joe Amplo a special homecoming of sorts to his old stomping grounds. Tyler Melnyk and Kyle Whitlow scored three goals each while goaltender JJ Sagl made eight saves as Marquette won an impressive 11-9 victory over Hofstra. It was their first win of the season while the Pride dropped their first season opener since 2010. After the game, Amplo, who spent 12 years at…
Baltimore, Maryland–The Charles Street rivalry began with Johns Hopkins University hosting the Towson Tigers at Homewood Field. Both teams started the year with opening wins. The Tigers defeated High Point in a revenge game after Towson lost to HPU last year for the school’s first win. The Blue Jays defeated Ohio State in triple overtime. John Crawley opened the score just off a man advantage with the assist coming from…
The Colorado Mammoth faced the Vancouver Stealth on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2014 at The Pepsi Center in Denver in front of 15,023 faithful fans. They were excited to see their Mammoth back at home heading into tonight’s game on a three-game winning streak. Last Saturday, February 8, the Mammoth had just beaten the Stealth in Vancouver by the score of 10-9, leading the series 2-1. Colorado had just come…
Tonight the Toronto Rock (3-3) renew their rivalry with the Rochester Knighthawks (4-2). The Rock offense has been sizzling lately having put up 20 goals last week for the first time in 12 years in their 20-10 beat of the Philadelphia Wings. Rochester will be much stiffer test as Matt Vinc has been rock solid in net for the Knighthawks posting a 8.14 goals against average which is second best…
Saturday night, the Calgary Roughnecks (3-3) play host to the Vancouver Stealth (3-6). It will be the second of four meetings between these two clubs in the 2014 schedule and is critical to both team’s aspirations for the playoffs. The Roughnecks have had an up-and-down season so far, not yet finding enough rhythm to win consecutive games. They have, however, earned two of their three victories at home, so that…
Tonight the Edmonton Rush (6-0) will travel to the twin cities and face the struggling Minnesota Swarm (1-5) at 7 pm ET. When the season started the Swarm had a shut down defense, but the offense was failing to produce. Now the offense is starting to click but the defense has more holes then swiss cheese at times. Currently the Swarm are 0-2 at home going into tonight’s contest. The…