Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Toronto Rock (9-2) travelled to the West Coast this weekend for a couple big road games. Friday night they played in Las Vegas, and Saturday they continue to San Diego. This was the first ever game against the Las Vegas Desert Dogs (4-7) for the Rock and some of their faithful fans joined the team to cheer them on in Sin…
Firewolves Sweep Season Series with Bandits – 02/24/2024
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The “I-90” rivalry has long been a two-team race. The upstate New York Interstate is a major thruway that has had two mainstay teams on it for years. Player three has entered the chat. The newest addition on the route Albany Firewolves (8-2) drove west to play the Buffalo Bandits (5-5) and if it wasn’t apparent enough in the first meeting of the season,…
Vegas Held All the Cards in the First Ever Match Up Against Rochester 2/25/24
Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Scott Cordaro In the first ever meeting of the two teams, the Rochester Knighthawks (3-6) played host to the Las Vegas Desert Dogs (4-6) on Casino night at Blue Cross Arena. The Knighthawks would be fueled by Connor Fields 6-point night (3g, 3) and another strong performance by Joe Post at faceoff winning 16/24 (66%). Las Vegas would…
The Rock Win the Battle Over the Warriors 2/25/24
Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Toronto Rock (8-2) hosted the Vancouver Warriors (2-8) on Saturday night February 25, 2024. The Rock were celebrating Indigenous Night and were auctioning off the player worn jerseys, helmets and shorts after the game. The home team were without a number of their starters due to injury. Dan Craig, Josh Jubenville, Mitch deSnoo and their…
Playoff Hopes Dwindle as the Mammoth Drop Another Close One 2/17/24
Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Scott L. Thomas The Colorado Mammoth (3-7) headed to MVP Arena to face the Albany FireWolves (7-2) on Saturday February 17, 2024. This is the first time the two teams have gone head-to-head since the 2018-19 season when the FireWolves were the New England Black Wolves. Although the game became a mirror image of itself with the teams…
Toronto Rides a Second Half Surf Past the RipTide for the Win 2/17/24
Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome Featured Image Photo Credit: Rueben Polansky The New York Riptide (5-5) hosted the Toronto Rock (7-2) at La Place Bell in Montreal on Friday February 16, 2024, for the first NLL Unboxed Series. The last time there was a professional lacrosse game in Montreal was in 2002 when the Montreal Express were part of the league. The local fans were hoping that…
Halifax Completes Comeback Win Over Buffalo – 02/16/2024
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© On Friday night, the Buffalo Bandits (5-4) visited the Halifax Thunderbirds (6-3) on another NLL Marvel Superhero night. Both teams donned special jerseys for the game and were joined by many costumed fans. The defending champion Bandits led for nearly the whole game, but on the back of Ryan Benesch (5G, 1A) the Thunderbirds took their first lead of the game a few minutes…
The Pioneers head to Salt Lake City on 2/17/24 for final game before a three-game homestand
PREVIEW: [8/6] Denver Heads to [RV/RV] Utah Saturday 2/17/24 DENVER – The [8/6] University of Denver men’s lacrosse program will hit the road for the second time in the opening month of the season, this time heading to Salt Lake City to take on [RV/RV] Utah. Opening faceoff is set for 1 p.m. MT on Saturday afternoon. SERIES HISTORY: Denver is 4-0 all-time against Utah with all four meetings coming…
Men’s Lacrosse Travels to No. 18/19 Penn on 2/17/24
WASHINGTON – Georgetown University’s men’s lacrosse team hits the road for a nonconference showdown at No. 18/19 Penn in Philadelphia on Saturday at noon. The Hoyas look for their first win of the season while the Quakers open their 2024 campaign against the Blue & Gray. On the Air Saturday’s game will be shown on ESPN+ with Joe Tordy and George Corrigan calling the action. A link to live stats…
Hopkins-Loyola Set for 60th All-Time Meeting 2/15/24
Game Notes Courtesy of Johns Hopkins 2/15/24 Blue Jays, Greyhounds to Meet at Homewood Field on ESPN+ The Game • Johns Hopkins (2-1) welcomes Charles Street rival Loyola Maryland (1-1) to Homewood Field for the 60th all-time meeting between the two teams. The game will air live online on ESPN+. When Last We Saw Them • Johns Hopkins picked up its second consecutive victory as the Blue Jays topped Georgetown,…
Home Field Advantage in Rock vs. Roughnecks Series Wasn’t An Advantage For Either Side 2/10/24
Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Ryan McCullough The Toronto Rock (6-2) hosted the Calgary Roughnecks (3-5) in their half of the home and home series after defeating Calgary 9 – 7 last weekend. Toronto also welcomed back defender Chris Corbeil to the lineup for the first time this season. In front of 7,623 disappointed Rock fans, Calgary used a 5-goal run at the…
A Tale of Two Halves; Riptide Comeback to Beat Seals – 2/10/2024
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© On Saturday night, the San Diego Seals (6-3) travelled to Nassau Coliseum to play the New York Riptide (5-4). With a big first half from Austin Staats (3G, 2A) the visitors built a formidable halftime lead in a defensive minded game. The home team Riptide fought back with a second half hat trick from Jeff Teat (4G, 3A) to send the home fans away…