The Le Moyne College women's lacrosse team is tied for first place in the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) preseason poll, as announced by the association on Friday afternoon.
The Dolphins, who finished last season 18-3 and appeared in the NCAA semifinals, is tied for the top spot with three-time defending national champion, Adelphi, which handed the Dolphins all three of their losses. The Dolphins and the Panthers each received seven first-place votes and 214 total points.
The Orange men’s lacrosse team kicks off the 2012 season on Sunday, Feb. 5 with a three-way scrimmage inside the Carrier Dome. The eighth-ranked Orange will host Hofstra at 12 p.m. and take on Division II powerhouse Le Moyne at 2 p.m. The Pride and Dolphins square off in the opening game at 10 a.m.
This marks the sixth straight season the Hofstra and Le Moyne have visited the Dome for a round of preseason exhibitions. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for kids 12-and-under. Parking is $10 per car in the surface lots located off Irving Avenue across from the Dome.
A 12-year-old boy is in guarded condition at Strong Hospital after police say he was hit in the chest with a lacrosse ball during an indoor game in Gates Thursday night. Ambulance crews performed CPR and used a defibrillator to restart his heart. For hundreds of local lacrosse players and their families, it's a strong reminder of how important player safety is. (Video 2:23)
Syracuse junior Michelle Tumolo has been selected to the US Lacrosse women’s national senior team roster for the North American Challenge Cup, which takes place July 13-15 in Oshawa, Canada. In addition, former Orange All-American Katie Rowan ’09 and current assistant coach Katrina Dowd were also chosen to the 24-player roster. The team was selected from the 38-player 2011-12 senior team that most recently competed at the Champion Challenge in January.
Rochester Knighthawks players Sid Smith and Cody Jamieson are giving back to the Rochester community with the launching of Sid’s Soldiers and Cody’s Kids.
If you're like me and are hoping that this "winter" weather we are experiencing is going to continue and that, before we know it, spring will be here, then rest assured: Although I might have just jinxed us all terribly, I also bring good news. Lacrosse season, believe it or not, is within sight. At Cornell, it's even more than that.
Hobart and William Smith Colleges Chief Photographer Kevin Colton won first place in the Sports Action category in the November 2011 monthly image competition (MIC) of the University Photographers Association of America (UPAA). The shot captured William Smith diver Kaileigh Fowler at the apex of one of her 3-meter dives set against the background of the large American flag that hangs in Bristol Pool.
. . . most people don't know Herzlich as the star lacrosse player who was an All-Central League performer at Conestoga in suburban Philadelphia's lacrosse hotbed. Lacrosse, Mark's "go-to sport" growing up, has deep roots in the Herzlich family.
On a deep and talented Buffalo Bandits team, Jimmy Purves says he has no complaints. A fifth-round draft pick in the 2010 NLL Entry Draft, the 21-year-old transition player spent most of the 2011 season on the practice squad. This season, Purves has found himself playing in three of the team’s four games and is trying to leave his mark.
Was it really just three weeks ago that the Rochester Knighthawks scored 22 goals in their season opener and blew out the Philadelphia Wings? Since that Jan. 14 evening at the Wells Fargo Center when the Knighthawks looked unbeatable and the Wings looked unwatchable, Rochester has lost three games in a row and now resides in last place in the National Lacrosse League's East Division. Philadelphia has won twice and is sitting atop the division, also ahead of Toronto and Buffalo.
Siena College finished second in the poll with 42 points. Marist was third with 34 points. Canisius and Jacksonville tied for fourth with 27 points each, followed by Manhattan College (13), and VMI (10).
Operation Baggataway is an organization that collects used lacrosse equipment and sends them to various U.S. military bases abroad so that American servicemen can play while deployed. To date, they have outfitted or help outfit at least five different bases in Iraq and Afghanistan with lacrosse equipment.
LaxAllStars Editor's note: Chris Rosenthall sits down with John Galloway, Syracuse goaltending legend, assistant coach at Duke, and MLL Pro. They cover Galloway’s new Wallball 365 initiative, coaching at Duke, working hard, playing in the MLL and so much more. Plus John is a pretty super American Gladiator! Better than Joel White anyway!
Meet Brandon Mullins, whose national letter of intent went to the office of Orange lacrosse coach John Desko rather than SU football coach Doug Marrone a year ago. Mullins will be playing close defense when Syracuse faces Hofstra and Le Moyne in a three-team scrimmage beginning at 10 a.m. Sunday in the Carrier Dome.
LeMoyne Mens' Lacrosse is looking to get back into the final four this year after being left out a year ago. The Dolphins lost their top four scorers from a team that went 12-2 last year, but was not selected for the Division II final four.
The Orange lacrosse team is gearing up for their first competition of the season as they host LeMoyne and Hofstra for a scrimmage on Sunday. It will be the first game for SU since losing to Maryland in the NCAA Quarterfinals.
The Rochester Knighthawks have teamed up again with the Urology Associates of Rochester to raise money and awareness for prostate cancer. The team will hold an auction beginning on Saturday, February 4th as part of the fundraising efforts to benefit Zero - The Project to end Prostate Cancer and The Lipson Cancer Center at Rochester General. The Knighthawks will wear blue jerseys on Men’s Health Nights to shed light on a disease that affects one in every six men.
Interesting game in this brand of NLL indoor lacrosse; never a dull moment. Teams can go on goal scoring runs, racking up five, six, seven straight goals - only to lose. The power play is more important to the game. Players can score empty net goals from the length of the field. Goalies serve major penalties in the penalty box and long-standing statistical records can fall quickly. The “out of the ordinary” happens a lot in this game.
US Lacrosse has named the 24-player U.S. women’s national senior team roster for the North American Challenge Cup, to be held July 13-15, 2012, in Oshawa, Canada, host of the 2013 Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Cup. The team was selected from the 38-player 2011-12 U.S. women’s senior team that most recently competed at Champion Challenge, a US Lacrosse event, in January.
It’s a big year for John Greeley. Following an eight-point freshman campaign, the former No. 1 recruit is healthy (after suffering a knee injury last preseason) and ready to take John Hopkins back to prominence with a young, hungry roster. Here, he talks about the tool he and the Blue Jays hope will help make the difference.
Twenty-year-old Hugh Weir, a scholarship athlete and lacrosse star at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York was back in Merritt over the Christmas holidays, visiting his parents who have returned to the Nicola Valley after a 13-year hiatus.
The US Lacrosse Regional Championships will bring boys’ and girls’ youth lacrosse teams from across the country at the U11, U13 and U15 age levels to Arizona, Texas and North Carolina in June. Coaches or team administrators should register their teams to participate at uslacrosse.org/2012regionals by March 15.
Suffern is no stranger to the Section 1 championship. In addition to having hosted the event (including last season), the Mounties have also played in it quite a bit – a total of nine times. The Mounties last appeared in the final in 2003, losing to Lakeland/Panas 11-7. If they are to make it back this year for the first time since then, Kevin McNally will be one of the main reasons why.
Major League Lacrosse (MLL) and CBS Sports Network (CBSSN) announced Thursday the television schedule for the 2012 season. The network will air live 14 nationally televised games in addition to all 18 episodes of ‘Inside the MLL,’ the League’s 30-minute magazine show.
There’s been little talk about Syracuse as a contender in 2012 — comparatively, there's lower expectations for this Orange squad, which in some ways makes the team reminiscent of the 2008 squad, when the Orange came in and stole the show after entering the season as the 11th ranked team in Inside Lacrosse’s Face-Off Yearbook.
When it was time to select a college to play lacrosse at, Auburn native Connor Entenmann had a variety to choose from. Being a standout in lacrosse, Entenmann had several colleges interested in his talents, but the sophomore chose his parents' alma mater - Cornell University.
When Syracuse takes the field in the Carrier Dome on Sunday, it will be searching for an identity. After losing seven starters and All-Americans from last season's roster, the Orange enters the season as an unknown in college lacrosse for the first time in years.
Colgate will challenge the Mids with a strong returning team that includes first-team All-Patriot League midfielder Courtney Miller and last year's Defensive Player of the Year, goalkeeper Christina Roa. Miller led Colgate with 72 points (36 G, 36 A) last season, and returns along with fellow senior and captain Katie Sullivan (32 G, 13 A, 45 pts.). Roa started all 16 games for the Raiders and finished with a 9-7 record and 13.03 goals against average, and also enters her senior year as a captain. The Raiders return 19 letterwinners and nine starters overall from last year's squad that went 5-1 in the Patriot League.
The SUNY Cortland women's lacrosse team is ranked third nationally in Division III and the Red Dragon men's lacrosse team is ranked sixth nationally in preseason polls conducted by Lacrosse Magazine.
Passed on June 23, 1972, Title IX provides females with equal opportunities in athletics. It says that, “No person in the United State shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.’’
You may have seen Kenny around town. He works at the Panorama Home Depot and serves as the equipment manager for the high school lacrosse team. Most people know him, however, as the Penfield Patriot mascot.
The ESPNU Warrior Classic, a men’s college lacrosse doubleheader, has a new home at American Legion Memorial Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., home of Major League Lacrosse’s Charlotte Hounds. The third annual event will be played Saturday, April 14, and will feature Rutgers vs. No. 7 Syracuse in the first game at 11 a.m. ET, followed by No. 11 Hofstra vs. No. 6 North Carolina at 1:30 p.m. Both games will be televised on ESPNU.
Letting go of control and acceptance is one of the most valuable life skills that we could ever bring in to our own experience. What I notice a lot in youth sports is the exact opposite of acceptance though, and it is usually some parents who are modeling controlling behaviors for their kids. (I do want to say, a lot of parents out there are absolutely amazing and are not like this in any way, so the following does not pertain to everyone.)
PreGame Lacrosse, a college lacrosse recruiting service established by renowned college lacrosse coaches, Jim Stagnitta (East Syracuse) and Tony Seaman, is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Best of the West Lacrosse Classic in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Hobart alumus Tim Clark '87 is featured on the website XVLIFaces.com. A defenseman for the lacrosse team during its unprecedented string of 12 consecutive national championships, he talks about his background in lacrosse and his volunteer efforts in the sport today. Clark coordinated the Super Bowl XVLI host committee's football and cheerleading clinic for Indianapolis area youth.
The No. 5/3 Cornell men's lacrosse team opened preparations for the 2012 season with its first day of practice today, Wednesday, Feb 1. The team plays its first game in just over three weeks, as the Big Red takes on its oldest rival, Hobart, on Saturday, Feb. 25 at Boswell Field in Geneva, N.Y. Face-off is slated for 1 p.m.
“We're ready to get started,” said Ben DeLuca, the Richard M. Moran Head Coach of Cornell Lacrosse. “This has been a long time coming and my staff and I am excited to get together with the entire team for the first time and focus on lacrosse. With so many returning players, we feel like we're young, but experienced, and we're excited because we feel like we can hit the ground running today.”
Here is a look at how the team will stack up.
This is the second installment of SUathletics.com's preview of the upcoming 2012 men's lacrosse season. Part I focused on the attack and midfield. Part II features an overview of the team's defensive midfield, close defense, faceoff specialists and goalies.
The Syracuse men’s lacrosse team will take on BIG EAST rival Rutgers in the opening game of the third annual ESPNU Warrior Classic Saturday, April 14 in Charlotte, N.C. The Orange and Scarlet Knights will face off at 11 a.m. in American Legion Memorial Stadium, home of the MLL’s Charlotte Hounds, as part of the doubleheader announced by the network today.
In case you're thirsty for more Champion Challenge content — if you haven't already, be sure to read our comprehensive coverage of the event — here are additional observations from the weekend. Or, in the spirit of Pat Forde... five notes, quotes, names, games and minutiae making news in lacrosse.
On Saturday, February 4th, the Knighthawks will host the Minnesota Swarm at 7:30 p.m. at The Blue Cross Arena. The first 3,000 fans will take home a Chris Schiller bobblehead. The Urology Associates of Rochester will hold their annual Men’s Health Night. As soon as the game starts, fans can bid on the game-worn jerseys in-arena or at GoBuyRochester.com. The auction will stay open until Saturday, February 12th at 7:00 p.m.
Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA), a national partner of US Lacrosse, will host Webinars at 9 p.m. Eastern time Feb. 2 and Feb. 9 on the topic of preventing child abuse in youth sports. The Webinars are free, though advance registration is required.
When it was time for Skaneateles’ Kevin Rice to pick a college to play lacrosse at — it was simple. The attackman was going to Syracuse University.
“It has been a lifelong dream of mine to play here, it is definitely a good time,” Rice said. “I looked at Hofstra and Loyola primarily, but I was pretty set on Syracuse. I was ready for (Syracuse to give an offer) and when that moment happened, I was excited.”
For the past two seasons, JoJo Marasco hasn't been settled in one position. He's shifted back and forth from attack to midfield throughout his freshman and sophomore years. But this season, Marasco expects to remain exclusively in the midfield.
It is often said that elite programs reload. They don’t rebuild. With the departure of last year’s senior class, the winningest in school history with 60 victories over four seasons, and the loss of seven starters, that’s exactly what the 2012 Syracuse men’s lacrosse team is aiming to do – reload.
“The demise of Navy is greatly exaggerated,” Alberici said last week. “I know what they have, and I know the types of games that we’ve been in with them in recent years, and they were doing that with some very young players.
Trying to replace an All-American in Liz Hogan stands to be Gary Gait's biggest challenge. Although with two talented goaltenders ready to step up and take over, the Syracuse head coach might have some of the burden taken off his shoulders. "Liz was great, all-time greatest goalie I think in Syracuse, and she'll be missed," Gait said. "We appreciate everything she brought, but now it's time to move on. We've got two new players that are looking to step in and fill those shoes."
For two years he learned from the best. Now, he will try to replace the best. It is a stiff challenge for Syracuse University lacrosse goalie Matt Lerman, and he knows it. “Someone’s got to step in and do it,” Lerman said recently. “And I’d love for it to be me.”
The enormity of the challenge facing the Syracuse University men’s lacrosse team this season can be found in the preseason coaches’ and media polls found today at insidelacrosse.com. The Orange, with seven new starters in the lineup, will face the nation’s top four teams in each poll. None of the games is in the Carrier Dome.
The Rochester Rattlers have claimed M Matt Cassalia from the Major League Lacrosse player pool. Last year Cassalia returned to Major League Lacrosse with the Rochester Rattlers after a three year layoff. He scored three goals and added one assist for four points in three games. He also went five for nine on face-offs.
My parents told me during my early teen years that if I wanted to play lacrosse, most of the expenses would have to come out of my own pocket. A lot of that came from multiple summer jobs. Looking back, it taught me how to work very hard for the things I wanted in a material world and the value of hard earned money overall. But that discipline introduced me to a very important skill in the sport of lacrosse – stringing a stick.
Chantel McCabe catches up with MLL Commissioner David Gross to get his thoughts on the 2012 MLL All-Star Game. Casey Powell and Tony Lowe also check-in to tell us all about "The MLL All-Star Experience with Casey Powell and Tony Lowe."
The Young Guns Shootout will feature Rising Junior (2014) and Rising Sophomore (2015) teams from each of the NSCLA clubs competing in a 2?day championship format. The event is an opportunity for coaches and scouts to get an up close look at an extremely talented group of 2014’s and 2015’s from elite club programs across North America.
Fans can meet 2012 Knighthawks Hall of Fame defenseman Pat Cougevan on Tuesday, January 31st at 7:00 p.m. at the Stock Exchange Restaurant. Knighthawks rookie Stephen Keogh and former Knighthawk Jake Coon will also attend the two-hour event at Stock, which is located on the first floor of the First Federal Plaza at 28 East Main Street.
"The goal of US Lacrosse is to provide the safest possible environment for youth players, and there may be no more important piece of equipment to have on the sidelines than an AED unit," said Joshua Christian, managing director of sport development at US Lacrosse. "And while these grants may help overcome the financial barrier to having AEDs on the sidelines, offering the additional educational training through these grants is just as important."
If the task, admittedly a smidge premature, was to sculpt our own Mount Rushmore of the top four Section III athletes of this 21st century -- and for the purposes of this happy chore, let’s determine the start of the millenium as Jan. 1, 2000 -- whose images would you etch?
Scope these custom gloves and armpads for Binghamton University. The Bearcats from central New York have brand new Brine Superlight gloves, King III arm guards and Brine Triumph armpads.
Today, the Gear Zone brings you a glimpse of the Danes' custom Maverik Rome gloves, new for 2012. These beauties are sure to be a big hit with the players on the Albany roster.
Champion Challenge MVP Kevin Leveille ended a wild exhibition by batting in the game-winning goal in OT for a 16-15 U.S. win. Photos by John Strohsacker
The ball rebounded off Denver goaltender Jamie Faus and hung in the air helplessly near the crease, waiting to be redirected. Kevin Leveille obliged. He snatched the opportunity and threw down the game-winner 2:49 into overtime to give Team USA a hard-fought 16-15 victory over the Pioneers on Sunday afternoon at Champion Challenge.
No need to get your TV or computer screen checked out. There's nothing wrong with that purple-colored tint on your digital display. That discoloration is a decidedly Northwestern hue to the women's national team's 16-6 win over the Wildcats on Sunday at Champion Challenge.
The first major non-football event to be held in Florida Atlantic's new football stadium could well be the 2012 Major League Lacrosse All-Star game. A source said the league is in the final stage of negotiating a contract with FAU, and a deal could be announced as early as this week.
On the field, she's known as "Trix." On the sidelines, she says she comes across as intense. But what happens when Katrina Dowd wears both hats — player and coach — or headbands, as the case may be? For one thing, it makes for a really busy, long day. For another, it shows off the layers of Dowd's talent.
"We set something up, we executed with the go-ahead goal late. But then we turned around and gave it back to them, and that's something we can learn from," Syracuse coach Gary Gait said. "They won't forget that, the players who made that play, and they'll learn from it. Hopefully we'll be better prepared for it the next time we're in a close game.
After a long off-season that left Minnesota Swarm head coach Mike Lines scratching his head wondering what his team needs in order to get better and make a deep run into the playoffs, the 2012 season has arrived after a “youth movement” essentially replaced half of the team with new faces and fresh legs.
19-11.
The Rochester Knighthawks' second-half comeback fell just short in Denver tonight, as the Colorado Mammoth earned a 14-11 victory over the K-Hawks at Pepsi Center. The Knighthawks fell to 1-3 after their second straight road loss in two nights.
InsideFloridaLacrosse’s Bug Franklin caught up with Coach Gary Gait of Syracuse Women’s Lacrosse right after their 9-9 tie against Team England at the 2012 Champion Challenge at the ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando, FL.
There wasn't much that went the Buffalo Bandits' way Saturday night. Flying into Minnesota after a loss at home to the Philadelphia Wings on Friday, the Bandits dropped a 19-11 decision to the Swarm. It was Buffalo's first-ever loss in Minnesota.
In three seasons as the starting goalie at Bath, Lang recorded 31 shutouts and helped the Rams win three sectional titles. Even with all of his long list of accomplishments on the soccer field, Lang plans on playing lacrosse in college for the NCAA Division I program at Holy Cross.
Syracuse lacrosse is making a splash at the US Lacrosse Champion Challenge in Disney this year. US Lacrosse's annual Champion Challenge is taking place for the seventh consecutive year at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Florida, Jan. 27-29, 2012.
Foley Athletic Center was buzzing with youth lacrosse last Sunday, Jan. 22, as more than 350 area players took part in the Army lacrosse team's free clinic. In its fifth year of existence, the clinic drew a record crowd to the state-of-the-art indoor facility. Current Army players and coaches put the players through skill sessions and drills for more than five hours of workouts.
[Former SU All-American Tom] Korrie brings 24 years of coaching experience to ASA, including six years at the collegiate level. His coaching career commenced right out of college as an assistant at Cornell when the Big Red lost the 1988 national title game to a handful of his ex-teammates at Syracuse, in a 13-8 battle at the Carrier Dome. After his Cornell grooming, he spent the next 13 years coaching high school lacrosse in Upstate New York and Virginia, including nine years at Cicero-North Syracuse High School, where his teams won two National Division championships. He also was named the 1996 National Division Coach of the Year.
from Matt Forman and Corey McLaughlin / Lacrosse Magazine
Less than 30 seconds into the seventh annual US Lacrosse event at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex in Florida, Katrina Dowd (Yorktown) isolated behind the cage, charged from behind and fired a shot past England goaltender Sally Keogh, giving Team USA an advantage it didn't relinquish the rest of the night. Behind a 13-for-23 first-half shooting effort and five assists from Corey Donohoe, the U.S. topped England, 18-4, in the weekend's opener.
Three members of the Hamilton Nationals will represent Team USA this weekend in the 2012 Champion Challenge. Attackman Casey Powell (Carthage), goalie Scott Rodgers and defenseman Steven Waldeck will take part in the US Lacrosse event at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., January 28-29.
The Rochester Knighthawks yielded seven goals in the fourth quarter, as the defending champion Toronto Rock won for the first time this season, 13-11. Rochester lost despite an eight-point night from Cody Jamieson at the Air Canada Centre.
Before Friday's game against the Philadelphia Wings, the Buffalo Bandits had won 16 straight regular season games when leading after three quarters. That streak, dating back to Feb. 6, 2010, came to an end Friday night.
Fan balloting for the 2012 NLL All-Star game, presented by Reebok Lacrosse, is underway at NLL.com through Feb. 5. Fans can vote as often as they like, picking two forwards, one transition player, two defensemen and one goaltender for the East and West squads.
The story of Crooked Arrows features a Native American high school Lacrosse team, so we obviously needed to find Native American LAX players to fill those roles.
Temperatures are in the high 70's today, partly cloudy skies over ESPN's Wide World of Sports Complex in central Florida. On Thursday we competed teleconference calls with Denver coach Bill Tierney and Northwestern coach Kelly Amonte Hiller. Both coaches sounded genuinely excited for the opportunity that playing Team USA represents.
No. 14 SYRACUSE: The Orange will attempt to get back to its once familiar place in the Final Four with new, young players. The loss of goalie Liz Hogan and attacker Tee Ladouceur marks a changing of the guard and makes room for the young guns to step up. Whether senior Brooke Conley or sophomore Alyssa Constantino gets the call in goal remains to be seen.
The Toronto Rock won their first game of the season, 13-11 over the Rochester Knighthawks on Friday night at the Air Canada Centre. For the second straight game, a fourth-quarter collapse cost the Knighthawks (1-2). The Rock improved to 1-2 after season-opening losses to Calgary and Buffalo.
Drew Westervelt had four goals as the Philadelphia Wings handed the Buffalo Bandits their first loss of the season, 13-10 on Friday night at the First Niagara Center.
The Colgate men's lacrosse team is entering its final two weeks of preparation for the 2012 season. The Raiders will first play a pair of scrimmages against Delaware on Jan. 28 and Cornell on Feb. 4, before opening the season with Bryant at home on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 1PM
The National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) awarded today more than $845,000 in new research to advance the science of sports medicine related to concussion and head injury, and approved second year funding for existing concussion research grants in the amount of $1,000,00 for research grants recommended by the Scientific Advisory Committee. NOCSAE is an independent and nonprofit standard-setting body with the sole mission to enhance athletic safety through scientific research and the creation of performance standards for protective equipment.
Big news from the National Lacrosse League office today. Nine regular season games and the 2012 All-Star Game will be carried live on ESPN3, the league announced this afternoon. The agreement begins with the Rochester at Toronto matchup tomorrow night at the Air Canada Centre.
The Total Performance Training Center (inside the Total Sports Complex) is taking a proactive approach to the sports concussion problem by launching a training program that actually helps prevent concussions. The program takes 20-30 minutes, 2-3 days a week and is proven to increase the strength and stiffness of the neck and head musculature. The automotive industry has known for years that increasing neck stiffness reduces the G-forces encountered by the brain in crash test dummies.
With Palesky’s graduation, the Black Knights are hoping that senior Zach Palmieri can fill the void. Coach Joe Alberici said Palmieri deserves the chance to begin the season as the starter.
The Minnesota Swarm pro lacrosse team has its home opener at 7 p.m. Saturday against the Buffalo Bandits. In conjunction with that, the Swarm is promoting Native American Heritage Night. Native American kids will play lacrosse pre-game. Local tribal communities will be honored. Halftime will feature a traditional lacrosse match -- the version originally played hundreds of years ago by Native Americans.
Buffalo has put down Toronto and Rochester in consecutive weeks to lay sole claim to first place in the Eastern Division. Backed by two stellar games from goaltender Mike Thompson, the Bandits held the Rock to 10 goals and Rochester to nine. Even with two impressive victories under their belts, head coach Darris Kilgour is making sure his team doesn't get too far ahead of themselves.
The Rochester Knighthawks will embark on one of the toughest weekends of the season, as they visit Toronto and Colorado on back-to-back nights. Rochester takes on the defending champion Rock on Friday, January 27th at Toronto 7:00 p.m. On Saturday, January 28th, the Knighthawks head to Denver to battle the Colorado Mammoth at 9:00 p.m.
It’s time for another edition of Lettin’ It Rip! This week I spoke with my good buddy Kevin Leveille, a 3x All-American at UMass and 5x Major League Lacrosse All-Star. This guy is a STUD attackman!
As the Raiders ramp up to their first season, Murphy says there weren’t any significant personnel shake-ups based on injuries, transfers or academic issues, noting the fall was one of the team’s best semesters in the time the seniors had been there. Colgate started work as a team on Jan. 16 with double-sessions on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of last week before starting school on Monday. They head to Delaware for their first scrimmage on Saturday, then host Cornell on Feb. 4, before hosting Bryant in their season-opener on Feb. 11.
The wait is over. The unofficial start to the spring lacrosse season is finally upon us. This weekend the U.S. men's national senior team faces Denver, while the U.S. women's national senior team takes on Northwestern and Maryland at the 2012 Champion Challenge, a US Lacrosse event held Friday-Sunday at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The event showcases elite college programs against the best players in the world, all on one stage.
Here is the Prep Files with Connor Cannizzaro, the 2013 attackman from Cazenovia Central who helped lead the Lakers to the New York State Class C championship in 2011. Cannizzaro, Inside Lacrosse's No. 9 ranked player on the Top 50 Young Gun Rising Junior watchlist, is committed to Maryland.
Le Moyne College men's lacrosse alumni teamed up for the 11th Annual Florida Lax Classic held on January 20th thru 22nd in Fort Lauderdale. Named the 'Has 'Phins', the former Dolphins competed in the Grand Masters Division for players ages 45 and older.
“Buffalo taught us a lesson in making sure we stick to our principles and gameplan,” coach Mike Hasen said. “We got away from it and they made us pay. We tried to do too much as individuals and tried to help out the offense too much.
A Red defender has just stripped his attackman, picked up the loose ball and started upfield. The White attacker is in hot pursuit, revenge on his mind. As they near midfield, the attacker’s desperate, angry wrap check gets nothing but ribs.
Putting oneself in harm’s way is generally considered foolish. The rules of most sports leave it at that. Women’s lacrosse, however, prohibits play where one puts oneself in danger. It is actually against the rules. My informal survey shows this to be another unique aspect of the women’s game and something that can help guide umpires, parents and players to understand certain calls.
If you are looking for hard-hitting action this spring by a national ranked team, look no further than Kunz Field. The men's club lacrosse team has been ranked 10th in the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association's pre-season poll. The ranking is the highest Buffalo has ever been at any point in its club's history.
Inside Lacrosse in downtown Baltimore is seeking a motivated, versatile journalist to be our ILWomen.com intern for the spring semester 2012. ILWomen.com, which will launch in early February, will be the home for all of Inside Lacrosse's women's content ranging from college coverage and analysis to high school and recruiting to gear, Xs and Os, lifestyle and more.
After a bye week, the Toronto Rock return to the Air Canada Centre looking for their first win of the season as they face the Rochester Knighthawks on Friday night. Game time is 7 p.m. ET and will air live on TSN2 in Canada.
No matter their record, the Black Knights from West Point are one of the toughest – both physically and mentally – and best-conditioned teams in Division I year after year. Now more than two weeks into practices to start the 2012 season, coach Joe Alberici is certain that he has a group of players who are as committed to success as any that he’s seen at the academy.
Senior long stick midfielder Tim Henderson garnered preseason Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year honors and the Army lacrosse team was picked to finished second in the 2012 Patriot League preseason poll, as announced by league officials during Tuesday's preseason teleconference. The league's seven head coaches and sports information directors take part in the vote.
Colgate junior Peter Baum was named the Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, while Army senior Tim Henderson was tabbed as the Preseason Defensive Player of the Year. Voting was conducted by the League's head coaches and sports information directors who could not vote for their own teams or student-athletes.
Members of the Gear Zone staff have managed to get their hands on some old school programs from the Syracuse University men's program. And these beauties are really just that — programs, not quite the full-blown "media guides" that teams are producing these days.
DII Powerhouse Le Moyne is ready to get back to the NCAA tournament this year in style. Check out these special edition two-toned Le Moyne TII helmets in green and white, as well as a pair of all white Le Moyne Brine King III gloves.
WHAT: Pre Game Lacrosse Winter Academy at Sports Zone at Pine Grove CC in Camillus. Ramp up your preparation for the 2012 High School Season with this intense, 6 week program, geared to the serious HS Lacrosse Player looking to get an “edge” going into the season.
During the Rochester Knighthawks’ home opener, two lucky patrons won the chance to explore the glamorous city of Las Vegas. Churchville’s Matt McGee was the one millionth fan to walk through the gates since the inception of the Knighthawks in 1995. McGee has been a season ticket holder for five years and has had the pleasure of visiting Vegas previously before.
Another fine game by John Tavares and the Bandits in their 12-9 road win over the Rochester Knighthawks on Saturday night. Goaltender Mike Thompson was a wall, making 31 saves on 40 shots. There was an incredible amount of Bandits fans inside Blue Cross Arena, with rows and waves of orange.
What will our favorite sport bring us next? With the New Year just weeks into its infancy, and every lacrosse team in America optimistically undefeated, this seems a good time to offer resolutions and observations for the game in a much-anticipated 2012.
With most Division I teams having started formal practices last week (except for the Ivy League), it's a great time to look at schedule dynamics for the 2012 spring season.
As I was sitting on the plane heading south from California to Texas to Nicaragua, I happened to strike up a conversation with a girl sitting across the aisle from me.
A SUNY Institute of Technology athletic coach was charged with driving while intoxicated early Sunday morning while he was operating a vehicle registered to the college on Interstate 690 in Syracuse, according to police reports.
It has been a remarkable journey. Mat Giles has played for Toronto, Albany, Columbus, Montreal, Ottawa, Rochester, Toronto again, Edmonton, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Minnesota and now Buffalo in the NLL. Giles, 36, has been involved in three dispersal drafts and an expansion draft and he's been traded seven times.
All proceeds will go toward helping Carthage Coach Kirk Ventiquattro offset expenses he accrues expenses on his mission to beat cancer. The lacrosse community has joined forces to help the Upstate New York coach, and you can help, too.
