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© The Saskatchewan Rush (1-1) played their first home game since Game 3 of last season’s championship. They won that game on June 9, 2018 by the score of 15-10 and last night hoisted their third championship banner in four years before taking on the expansion San Diego Seals (1-2). After the banner was hoisted, rings handed out and the celebration concluded, there was…
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
Justin Ivey, Correspondent New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome© Photo Credit Cover Photo: Justin Ivey On Friday, December 28, 2018 The New England Black Wolves (1-1) hosted the defending champion Saskatchewan Rush (0-1) in front of 6,445 fans at Mohegan Sun Arena. The Rush were opening their season after winning their third Champion’s Cup in four years. The team returned MVP Mark Matthews, Ben McIntosh and signed Robert Church…
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’s Picks Week Two 12/22/18 Unfortunately, I did not get my picks submitted in time last week for everyone to see. I had all three home teams picked to win and only one of them did, so I enter week two with a much less than perfect 1-2. Week 2 of the NLL season has three matchups, two on Friday and one on Saturday.
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 Boston Cannons Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday, May 5 the Dallas Rattlers (3-1) visited Harvard Stadium to take on the Boston Cannons (0-3). 4,102 fans came out hoping to see Boston win in their first home game of the 2018 season. The Cannons opened the season with two straight road losses and haven’t found their stride yet. Dallas has started off extremely well, especially for a…
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…
Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome Saturday night was ‘Lacrosse Out Cancer’ and 15,303 fans watched the Colorado Mammoth (10-7) host the New England Black Wolves (8-8). The Mammoth already have second place in the West Division locked up, and with a win or loss they would remain there. In fact, they are already scheduled to host the first-round matchup on May 5. Things are…
Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome Sunday, April 8 was a throwback to the 90s for 5,098 fans at Mohegan Sun Arena. Fortunately for them, the New England Black Wolves (7-8) kept in fashion and mounted a comeback against the visiting Calgary Roughnecks (6-9). Calgary had already clinched a playoff spot in the West Division coming into the game, but the Black Wolves were in…
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. …