Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Week One: 1-2 Week Two: 2-1 Week Three: 3-2 Week Four: 4-1 Week Five: 4-1 Season Total: 14-7 Another perfect week ruined by a struggling home team. Last week it was the Colorado Mammoth, and this week it was the Philadelphia Wings falling to the
Shawn Palmer, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Georgia Swarm (4-0) visited the Philadelphia Wings (0-4) at the Wells Fargo Center on Saturday January 12, 2019. The 12,688 fans who showed up were hoping to see Kevin Crowley return to the Wings lineup and help them to their first win of the season. Crowley was acquired from the New England Black Wolves earlier in the week in exchange for their…
Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Week One: 1-2 Week Two: 2-1 Week Three: 3-2 Week Four: 4-1 Season Total: 10-6 The Colorado Mammoth ruined my perfect weekend, losing to the Calgary Roughnecks at home on Sunday. They kept it close, but just didn’t seem able to adjust during the game. My score predictions were quite off, and I am
Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Week One : 1-2 Week Two: 2-1 Week Three: 3-2 Season Total: 6-5 Keep it positive. In week three of NLL action I got ABOVE .500, although barely. I did not foresee the low scoring Calgary win against San Diego and I most certainly did not
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© On Friday December 28, 2018 a very busy lacrosse packed night in the NLL, the Toronto Rock (1-1) would open up their season at home in front of 10,123 Rock fans hosting their Eastern Division rivals the Georgia Swarm (2-0). This game would not disappoint the fans as there wasn’t a single minute of down time as the track meet and net-minder battle…
Justin’s Picks Week Three 12/28/18 & 12/29/18 Week One: 1-2 Week Two: 2-1 I was able to reverse my fortunes last week and reach .500 early in the season. The self confidence boost was much needed. Now comes the real test. There are five games in the NLL this week, four on Friday and one on Saturday. Can San Diego stay hot? Will Philadelphia get their first win? Read on…
Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome The second game of the 2018-2019 NLL opening day pitted the visiting New England Black Wolves (0-1) against the host Georgia Swarm (1-0) in front of 4,943 fans at the Infinite Energy Arena. Both teams donned some outstanding uniforms – the Swarm in Star Wars themed black and the Black Wolves in orange and white for the first time. …
Justin Ivey, Beat Writer, New England Black Wolves Lacrosse Is Awesome The final week of the NLL season has never been quite like this. Until this week’s action, no team had clinched a playoff berth in the East Division. Saturday night’s games determined the players – but seeding wouldn’t be finalized until the completion. Rochester secured the two seed by beating Buffalo, and Toronto was eliminated with the loss against…
Tom Coyne, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome A great game of lacrosse happened at the Infinite Energy Arena in Atlanta when the Toronto Rock (7-8) came down to Georgia to face off against the Swarm (8-7) hoping to avoid a season sweep and joining New England in the NLL’s Eastern Division cellar. This was the NLL/Twitter Game of the Week. Both teams entered the contest with identical records (7-7) and…
Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome Less than 24 hours after the New England Black Wolves (6-7) lost at home to the Buffalo Bandits, they visited the Georgia Swarm (7-7) for their second game of the weekend. The Black Wolves were looking to rebound after a blowout loss to Buffalo, and the Swarm were hoping to climb in the standings of the tight East Division. …
Tom Coyne, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome The last time the Buffalo Bandits (6-7) played the Georgia Swarm (6-7); they were at home in February and won big over the Swarm 19-8. Sunday March 18, they had to play away at “The Hive” in Georgia where 3,863 fans were buzzing on Hero Night. The Swarm needed this win but so did Buffalo. A win for Georgia would get them out…
Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome On March 10, the Rochester Knighthawks (6-6) hosted the Georgia Swarm (5-7) at the Blue Cross Arena for Irish Night. In such a tight East Division, where the first and last place teams are separated by two games both teams were looking to build on win streaks. Rochester won the previous three, and Georgia was hoping to make it two in…