Christoper Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Micheline Veluvolu Opening weekend of the National Lacrosse League is finally here, with the Rochester Knighthawks playing host to the Calgary Roughnecks at Blue Cross Arena. In just only their third meeting between the two teams, Rochester led the series 2-1. Which brings us to the fact that this year the NLL has decided to do away with…
Thunderbirds Swoop in Big for Season Opening Victory 12/2/23
Shawn Palmer, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: J. Bennett The Saskatchewan Rush (0-1) visited the Halifax Thunderbirds (1-0) for the inaugural game of the 2023/24 season. The Rush came into the season missing a lot of veterans from their roster of last year with Mark Matthews, Kyle Rubisch and Ryan Dilks having all moved onto other teams this year. Halifax was also missing some main players…
Balanced Offense Leads Firewolves to Season Opening Win in Vegas – 12/1/2023
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Albany Firewolves (1-0) traveled to visit the Las Vegas Desert Dogs (0-1) on Friday night for both clubs’ season opening game. With a lot of new faces on both sides, this game was expected to come down to the wire and the back-and-forth affair was exciting. Albany did not lead the contest until the first goal of the fourth quarter, and even then,…
NCAA Opening Round & Quarter Finals Photo Galleries 6/10/23
We’re proud to announce that David Stewart from Lacrosse is Awesome© was in attendance at the Opening Round of the NCAA Division Playoffs and captured photos of the Delaware Blue Hens vs. Marist Red Foxes on Wednesday May 10, 2023. Here’s a link to the photo gallery. Delaware Blue Hens vs Marist Red Foxes 5/10/23 He was also onsite for the NCAA Quarterfinals at Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on…
Mammoth Blank Roughnecks in Fourth, Head to NLL Finals – 5/20/2023
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Colorado Mammoth and Calgary Roughnecks met three times during the regular season, and after being knotted up 1-1 after two games of the West Division Final, the sixth game between the two teams determined the Finals representative. The score was as expected. With Dillon Ward (33SV) and Christian Del Bianco (28SV) in net for Colorado and Calgary respectively, and so much on the…
Bandits Crumble the Rock’s Hope for the Run at the Champions Cup 5/13/23
Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Christian Bender The Toronto Rock hosted the Buffalo Bandits in Hamilton on Saturday night in game two of the Eastern Finals. Buffalo won the first game the night before 14 – 5 and it was a repeat performance on Saturday as the Bandits went on a 7 – 0 run in the second quarter on their way to…
Mammoth Comeback Falls Just Short as Roughnecks Force Game 3 – 5/13/2023
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The West Division Finals will have a Game 3 as the home team Calgary Roughnecks found a way to hold off a determined effort from the visiting Colorado Mammoth. After taking Game 1 in the loud house, Colorado started Game 2 on the right foot, but once Calgary took the lead they kept the Mammoth just out of reach for the remainder. Led by…
Toronto Loses Tough Battle in Banditland in Game One of the Eastern Division Finals 5/12/23
Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: M. Hetzel For the third year in a row the Buffalo Bandits and Toronto Rock met in the Eastern Finals. On Friday night the Rock visited Buffalo for Game One of the finals. Unlike last weekend’s game, the Rock would have their top scorer in the lineup as Tom Schreiber was back. During the regular season the Buffalo…
Georgetown Hosts Yale in NCAA First Round 5/12/23
[MEDIA RELEASE] WASHINGTON – Making its 16th NCAA Tournament appearance, the Georgetown University men’s lacrosse team hosts Yale in first round action on Saturday at Cooper Field. The Hoyas earned the seventh seed in the draw following their fifth-straight BIG EAST Championship while the Bulldogs claimed an at-large bid following a loss in the Ivy League Tournament finals. On the Air• Opening faceoff on Saturday is set for 5 p.m.and…
Mazzone, Martin Grab All-America Honors From USA Lacrosse Magazine 5/9/23
[MEDIA RELEASE] SPARKS, MD – The Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse team placed two players on the 2023 USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America Team it was announced today. Graduate student Alex Mazzone (D) earned a spot on the second team, while junior Brett Martin (SSDM) was an honorable mention selection. Mazzone, a First Team All-Big Ten selection this season, has started all 16 games on close defense for the Blue Jays and…
Three Hoyas Named USA Lacrosse Magazine All-Americans 5/9/23
[MEDIA RELEASE] WASHINGTON – Three Georgetown University’s men’s lacrosse standouts earned USA Lacrosse Magazine All-America honors, as announced by the publication on Tuesday. Tucker Dordevic and Graham Bundy Jr. both collected second team accolades while Will Bowen was a third team selection. Dordevic, an honorable mention selection last year at Syracuse, has set career highs in points (70), goals (57), assists (13), shooting percentage (.350), game-winning goals (4), man up…
Delaware Blue Hens Men’s Lacrosse to Host Marist in NCAA Opening Round 5/7/23
[MEDIA RELEASE] INDIANAPOLIS. – For the second-straight year, Delaware men’s lacrosse has been selected to host the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Tournament Opening Round at Delaware Stadium. The Blue Hens will take on MAAC champion Marist on Wednesday, May 10 at 7 p.m., the NCAA announced Sunday night. Tickets can be purchased here. The Blue Hens enter Wednesday’s contest 12-4 overall, and are coming off a 13-10 win against Stony Brook to win their second-straight…