MEDIA RELEASE TIGER ATHLETICS March 28, 2016 TOWSON, Md. – After a week out of the top 10 in one of the polls, the Towson men’s lacrosse team has climbed back into the upper half in the three major national rankings this week.
MEDIA RELEASE March 26, 2016 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – SUNY Plattsburgh outscored MIT, 8-2, in the second quarter en route to a 12-8 win in non-conference men’s lacrosse action at Roberts Field on Saturday afternoon. Junior Austin Belz (Bayport, N.Y.) led the Cardinals’ (4-3) balanced attack with three goals and an assist. Sophomore Mitch Turley (Westfield, Ind.) paced the Engineers (5-2) with two goals and two assists.
By: Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth On Saturday March 26, the Colorado Mammoth (8-3) hosted the Calgary Roughnecks (6-8) at the Loud House in Denver, CO. The 14,127 fans were prepped and ready to see their team back in action and clinch a play-off spot. When these two teams met on March 19 at the Scotiabank Saddledome, the Riggers went on to defeat the Mammoth 13-9 giving them their…
By: Marcelo A. Sagüez, NLL Correspondent In front of a home crowd of just over thirteen thousand fans, the big green machine Saskatchewan Rush (9-3) win back to back against the Toronto Rock (3-9) this past weekend. Final Score: Rush 13—Rock 8. Early in this game the Rock lose Brett Hickey (#11) to an upper body injury, leaving the team with only a couple of right handed offensive players.
By: Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks In front of a crowd of 7,582 the Rochester Knighthawks (6-7) would lose a close one to New England (7-4) giving the Black Wolves the weekend sweep of the Knighthawks. However, the game wouldn’t be a disappointing one as it was a very exciting to watch to say the least. But New England in the end would pull out a 10-8 victory. The…
By: Tom Maguire, Beat Writer Bates College The #13 ranked Bates Bobcats women’s lacrosse team pushed past Williams 14-5 today in Williamstown MA in a NESCAC matchup. With the game level at 2-2 after 15 minutes of play, the Bobcats settled themselves to a 4-2 halftime lead and outscored Williams 10-3 in the second half helped by limiting their turnovers and taking a 9-5 draw control advantage.
DENVER MEN’S LACROSSE MEDIA RELEASE Saturday, March 26, 2016 Pioneers open BIG EAST play next Saturday at Georgetown (9 a.m. MT/CBSSN) DALLAS – The [1/1] University of Denver men’s lacrosse team’s 20-game winning streak came to an end with a 15-10 loss to [RV/RV] Penn State Saturday afternoon at Ford Stadium on the campus of SMU. Junior Connor Cannizzaro (Cazenovia, N.Y.) led Denver in scoring with three goals and a…
By: Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves The New England Black Wolves (6-4) sit in second place in the East after defeating the Rochester Knighthawks (6-6) at home Friday night. Quite a few Rochester fans took the drive to the Mohegan Sun Arena, only to be disappointed as their team never led in the game. New England looked composed throughout, using a stifling defense and fluid offense to…
MEDIA RELEASE Eleven different Terriers scored; Burr matched career high with four goals EASTON, Pa. – Eleven different Terriers scored a goal to help lead the Boston University men’s lacrosse team to a 16-4 victory at Lafayette on Saturday afternoon at Fisher Stadium.
By: Di Miller, NLL Correspondent The Toronto Rock (3-8) hosted the Saskatchewan Rush (8-3) at the Air Canada Centre on Friday March 25 in front of a crowd of 8,836 fans. The Rock had just come off their third win of the season the last two back-to-back and were trying to go for a fourth, but the Rush who had just come off a three game winning streak were ready…
By:Marcelo Alfonso Sagüez Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks The Calgary Roughnecks (6-7) travelled to Georgia to take on the Swarm (4-8) in the final meeting of these two teams this 2016 Lacrosse season. After a slow start in this contest, the Roughnecks pushed back to come out with the win 16-12 over the Swarm in Friday night lacrosse action. Looking back to February 6 of this season the Roughnecks overcame a…
By Chris Crane, NLL Correspondent The Buffalo Bandits (8-4) took on the Vancouver Stealth (3-9) at the First Niagara Center in front of a crowd of 14,301. The Bandits who are in first place in the Eastern Division would show why they are in first place by rolling over the Stealth 17-10. Vancouver’s Rhys Duch would get the Stealth on the board first only 53 seconds into the first period….