SWARM DEFEATS BANDITS IN SECOND CONTEST OF THE SEASON 2/20/16 By: Di Miller, NLL Correspondent On Saturday February 20, 2016 the Georgia Swarm (4-4) would head to the First Niagara Center to face their Eastern Division rivals the Buffalo Bandits (4-4). The last time these two teams met was in Georgia on their home turf the Infinite Energy Center and the Bandits would walk away with the victory. In Saturday…
DIGBY AND HARNETT’S CLUTCH 4th QUARTER GOALS GUIDE ROUGHNECKS PAST SWARM 2/6/16 By: Tim Moony, NLL Correspondent & Editor The Georgia Swarm (3-3) and Calgary Roughnecks (3-3) looked to continue what used to be their divisional contention Saturday night in an NLL week 6 match-up at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary. Despite a second-quarter run from the Swarm, followed by a third quarter run from the Roughnecks, some late fourth…
Buffalo Bandits’ Dhane Smith wins Player of the Month, Georgia Swarm’s Randy Staats earns Rookie of the Month honors The National Lacrosse League has announced Buffalo Bandits forward Dhane Smith as Player of the Month and Georgia Swarm forward Randy Staats as Rookie of the Month for January of the 2016 NLL season. Smith finished the month tied for second in the league in both points (31) and goals…
By: Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks The Rochester Knighthawks (2-2) after having a bye week were back in action this past weekend at Blue Cross Arena taking on the high powered Georgia Swarm (3-2) in front of a crowd of 8,770 fans. Unfortunately Rochester’s late surge in the 2nd half wasn’t enough as they fell to the Swarm 13-9.
By: Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth On New Year’s Day the Colorado Mammoth faced the Georgia Swarm at the infamous Loud House in the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado in front of a crowd of 15,090 fans. They were pumped and so were the players. This year the Mammoth have brought in seven new players to the roster and have numerous returning veterans, including John Grant, Jr.; Danny Coates;…