Justin Ivey, Co-Editor & Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome The last time the New England Black Wolves (1-1) and Saskatchewan Rush (2-0) met it was a thriller late in the 2017 season. The Black Wolves scored three in a row to bring it to overtime, and then stunned the Saskatchewan home fans, scoring a fourth straight in overtime to come out victorious. Both teams made changes…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor & NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome The Toronto Rock (0-2) hosted the Saskatchewan Rush (1-0) on Saturday, December 16. Saskatchewan, playing their first game of the season, ruined Toronto’s first home game at the Air Canada Centre with a one-sided affair. This disappointing loss puts Toronto in an early hole in an East division which is showing championship strength. Final Score: Saskatchewan 17—Toronto 9.
Justin Ivey, Beat Writer & Co-Editor NE Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome In front of 5,489 fans, the New England Black Wolves (1-0) hosted the defending champion Georgia Swarm (0-1) and sent them home with a loss. With a revamped defense, the Black Wolves were faster to the ball and their offseason acquisitions payed off immediately. Georgia, the highest scoring offense in the league last year, seemed to have control…
Justin Ivey, Beat Writer & Co-Editor NE Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome Team Caption Photo Courtesy of New England Black Wolves The New England Black Wolves ended last season on a down note. After squeaking into the playoffs as the three seed in the East Division, they went one and done, losing the play in game to the Toronto Rock.
Featured Image Photo Credit: Pretty Instant, Jo Mai Justin Ivey, MLL Correspondent & Editor Lacrosse is Awesome Last year’s Championship Game for the Steinfeld Trophy was heartbreaking for the Ohio Launch. They lost on a last-minute goal scored by Eric Law of the Denver Outlaws. All season, the goal has been to get back to the big game, and give themselves another chance. In their way on Saturday was a…
Featured Image Photo Credit: Pretty Instant Justin Ivey, MLL Correspondent & Editor Lacrosse is Awesome The final game of the 2017 season for both the New York Lizards (7-7) and Charlotte Hounds (6-8) and each team needed a win, and a Rochester loss to have a chance of making the playoffs. New York took care of business, but it would be all for naught as Rochester won a close game…
Featured Image Photo Credit: Pretty Instant, Joe Maiorana Justin Ivey, MLL Correspondent & Editor Lacrosse is Awesome Saturday night saw the Ohio Machine (9-4) clinch a playoff berth and a home semifinal game as one of the top two teams in the standings. The New York Lizards (6-7), who are expected to make the playoffs as well once the tiebreakers sort themselves out, got into an early hole they could…
Featured Image Photo Credit: Pretty Instant Justin Ivey, MLL Correspondent & Editor Lacrosse is Awesome The Charlotte Hounds (5-7) visited the Florida Launch (7-6) on Saturday, July 22. Both teams are in the thick of the playoff race and were part of the few collections of ties. One of the two would move in the right direction towards a playoff berth. The game featured the last two Tewaaraton Award winners,…
Justin Ivey, MLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome Saturday night was the first meeting this season between the visiting New York Lizards (5-6) and the home team Charlotte Hounds (5-6). Both teams came in with their chances of a playoff berth intact, but New York needed the win to join the mass of ties that will have to break at some point in the remaining season for seeding. Behind a strong…
Photo Credit Featured Image: Josh Schaefer/GetMyPhoto.ca & Calvin So/GetMyPhoto.ca Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome Sasktel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada was packed Saturday night to watch the second game of the Champion’s Cup Final between the home team Saskatchewan Rush and the visiting Georgia Swarm. Grandma Rush, the Hulk and thousands of fans were loud and ready for their team to defend home turf and take it to
Photo Credit Featured Image: Kyle Hess Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome Finally after two weeks, the first game of the Champions Cup took place in Georgia. We have had plenty of lacrosse to enjoy since then, including Maryland winning their first NCAA title since 1975; the MLL under way; and the MSL as well. Both teams were well rested and ready to get going.
Justin Ivey, NCAA Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome For the third year in a row, Maryland lacrosse found themselves playing on the last day of championship weekend. In 2015, they couldn’t overcome a strong Denver team and in 2016 they lost a heartbreaker in overtime against North Carolina. In 2017, an Ohio State team that