Justin’s Picks NLL Week Nine 2/8/19
Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Week One: 1-2 Week Two: 2-1 Week Three: 3-2 Week Four: 4-1 Week Five: 4-1 Week Six: 4-3 Week Seven: 1-4 Week Eight: 4-2
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Black Wolves Comeback Falls Short in Georgia 2/1/19
Justin Ivey, Correspondent New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome© The Georgia Swarm (6-2) were held to 10 goals at home Friday night by the New England Black Wolves (3-3) and they won. In a goaltender battle, Mike Poulin was able to out duel New England net-minder Alex Buque in front of 4,405 fans at Infinite Energy Arena. Lyle Thompson led the way on offense with three goals and four…
Justin’s Picks NLL Week Eight 2/1/19
Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Week One: 1-2 Week Two: 2-1 Week Three: 3-2 Week Four: 4-1 Week Five: 4-1 Week Six: 4-3 Week Seven: 1-4 Season Total: 19-14
Swarm Come to Life After Two Game Slide 1/27/19
Marcelo A. Sagüez, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Kyle Hess The Georgia swarm (5-2) had just come off a two game losing streak and changed directions defeating the defending NLL champions (2-3) Saskatchewan Rush 13-10 on Sunday January 27. One of the few times you will see all the Thompson’s (Lyle, Miles, Jerome and
Justin’s Picks NLL Week Seven 1/26/19
Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Week One: 1-2 Week Two: 2-1 Week Three: 3-2 Week Four: 4-1 Week Five: 4-1 Week Six: 4-3 Season Total: 18-10 What a weekend! Across the board we were graced with exciting lacrosse games. My most erroneous
Black Wolves Win Back and Forth Battle With Swarm 1/19/19
Justin Ivey, Correspondent New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Justin Ivey The Georgia Swarm (4-2) came into the weekend with the only perfect record left in the NLL. Friday night, they lost a tough game in Toronto and Saturday wasn’t any better. The New England Black Wolves’ (3-1) only loss on the season came in their first game in Georgia, and they returned the favor…
The Rock Hand the Swarm First Loss of the Season 1/18/19
Shawn Palmer, Correspondent Toronto Rock Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo: Paul Sasso, MV Photo Concepts The Toronto Rock hosted the Georgia Swarm on Friday night January 18 at the Scotiabank Arena in front of a disappointing crowd of 7,118. The Rock were hoping to avenge the one goal loss against Georgia two weeks ago. The Rock put together a great defensive strategy that had the Swarm offense off of…
Justin’s Picks NLL Week Six 1/18/19
Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Week One: 1-2 Week Two: 2-1 Week Three: 3-2 Week Four: 4-1 Week Five: 4-1 Season Total: 14-7 Another perfect week ruined by a struggling home team. Last week it was the Colorado Mammoth, and this week it was the Philadelphia Wings falling to the
Swarm Spoils Crowley’s Return to Philadelphia and Stay Undefeated 1/12/19
Shawn Palmer, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Georgia Swarm (4-0) visited the Philadelphia Wings (0-4) at the Wells Fargo Center on Saturday January 12, 2019. The 12,688 fans who showed up were hoping to see Kevin Crowley return to the Wings lineup and help them to their first win of the season. Crowley was acquired from the New England Black Wolves earlier in the week in exchange for their…
Justin’s Picks NLL Week Five 1/12/19
Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Week One: 1-2 Week Two: 2-1 Week Three: 3-2 Week Four: 4-1 Season Total: 10-6 The Colorado Mammoth ruined my perfect weekend, losing to the Calgary Roughnecks at home on Sunday. They kept it close, but just didn’t seem able to adjust during the game. My score predictions were quite off, and I am
Justin’s Picks NLL Week Four 1/4/19
Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Week One : 1-2 Week Two: 2-1 Week Three: 3-2 Season Total: 6-5 Keep it positive. In week three of NLL action I got ABOVE .500, although barely. I did not foresee the low scoring Calgary win against San Diego and I most certainly did not
Swarm Overtakes the Rock in the Last Seconds 12/28/18
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© On Friday December 28, 2018 a very busy lacrosse packed night in the NLL, the Toronto Rock (1-1) would open up their season at home in front of 10,123 Rock fans hosting their Eastern Division rivals the Georgia Swarm (2-0). This game would not disappoint the fans as there wasn’t a single minute of down time as the track meet and net-minder battle…