Mammoth Lose Battle For First 4/15/16

April 16, 2016

By: Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome On Friday April 15, the Colorado Mammoth (10-5) hosted their Western Division rivals the Saskatchewan Rush (11-4) at the Pepsi Center in Denver.  The 11,544 Mammoth fans were hoping to see their team, the only undefeated team at home, take a one game advantage over the Rush.  Prior to the game, the Rush were statistically half a game ahead of…

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Johns Hopkins Head to Penn State 4/17/16

April 14, 2016

The Game: Johns Hopkins (6-4, 1-1 B1G) heads to Happy Valley to take on Penn State (7-4, 1-1 B1G) in a key midseason Big Ten game. Faceoff is set for 7 pm on Sunday, April 17 and the game will air live on the Big Ten Network. A Look Back: Johns Hopkins picked up its first Big Ten win of the season as the Blue Jays edged Ohio State, 13-12,…

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High School Lacrosse Coach Notches His 700th Win 4/8/16

April 14, 2016

By: Tim Yilmaz, Lacrosse Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome When Farmingdale boys lacrosse coach Bob Hartranft joined a very exclusive club Friday night, he insisted that his membership be all-inclusive. This is a tribute to all the kids that wore the green and white for me the last 48 years,” Hartranft said of becoming only the third high school boy’s lacrosse coach in the United States to reach 700 victories. “I…

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Harvard, Gillette Stadium to host 2017 & 2018 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championships

April 12, 2016

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The NCAA, Gillette Stadium and Harvard University today announced the 2017 and 2018 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championships will be played at Gillette Stadium, the home of the National Football League’s New England Patriots and Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution. The Division I, II and III Men’s Lacrosse Championships will be played over Memorial Day Weekend, on May 27-29 in 2017 and on May 26-28 in 2018.

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Mammoth Loss Keeps Swarm in the Play-Off Race 4/10/16

April 11, 2016

By: Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome On Sunday April 10, 2016 the Colorado Mammoth (10-4) faced the Georgia Swarm (5-9) at the Infinite Energy Arena in Georgia.  Although this game held play-off implications for both teams, the Swarm could only muster up 3,577 fans to see them in action.  With the loss by the Rush against New England on Friday night, it gave the Mammoth the…

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Blue Jays Improve to 6-4 with Homecoming Victory 4/9/16

April 11, 2016

BALTIMORE, MD – It was Homecoming at Johns Hopkins on Saturday as the Blue Jays welcomed Big Ten rival Ohio State to Homewood Field. Nothing unusual about that, at least at Johns Hopkins, as Homecoming is always celebrated around a home men’s lacrosse game at Homewood.  The Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse team held off a second-half rally by Ohio State for a 13-12 victory Saturday afternoon.  The game marked the…

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Roughnecks Had the Force with Them 4/9/16

April 11, 2016

By: Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome The Calgary Roughnecks played host to the visiting Vancouver Stealth on Saturday April 9, in a Star Wars theme night benefiting the S.T.A.R.S (Shock – Trauma – Air – Rescue – Service) program. Calgary in custom jerseys depicting the Darth Vader in the front defeated the Stealth 16-12.

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No. 9 Bates Bobcats Fall to No. 2 Middlebury Panthers 4/9/16

April 11, 2016

By: Tom Maguire, Bates College Women’s Lacrosse Lacrosse is Awesome The No. 2 nationally ranked Middlebury Panthers (10-0, 6-0 NESCAC) defeated the No. 9 Bates Bobcats (10-2, 5-2 NESCAC) 12-5 in Lewiston ME Saturday April 9.  The Middlebury Panthers started fast running out to a 5-0 lead thanks to a high pressure defense which caused multiple turnovers by the Bates offense. Bates scored a pair of goals

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Rochester’s Late Rally Falls Short 4/9/16

April 11, 2016

By: Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome On April 10, the Rochester Knighthawks (6-8) took on their rivals the Buffalo Bandits (10-4) at the First Niagara Center in front of a crowd of 17,397.  Final Score:  Buffalo 14—Rochester 12. The first period would be dominated by the Bandits as they would quickly score the first two goals of the period in less than one minute of play. …

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