Di Miller, Beat Writer Denver Outlaws Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday June 16, 2018 the Denver Outlaws (5-4) hosted the Florida Launch (3-6) on a beautiful night in the Mile High City. The 4,734 Denver fans would see Eric Law break the record for most goals scored by an Outlaw in a single game with seven. And Graham Bocklet, cousin to Matt Bocklet would take the field for his first…
Tom Coyne, Beat Writer Dallas Rattlers Lacrosse is Awesome On Thursday, June 7th the MLL had a doubleheader on the schedule. First game up was the Denver Outlaws (4-4) hosting the league’s defending champs the Ohio Machine (2-4); and in the nightcap, the Dallas Rattlers (6-2), hosted the Boston Cannons (2-6). The Dallas Rattlers home field, the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, TX is an indoor venue and…
Di Miller, Beat Writer Denver Outlaws Lacrosse is Awesome On Thursday afternoon the Denver Outlaws (4-4) hosted the 2017 MLL Champions the Ohio Machine (2-4). It was Kids Camp Day at Sports Authority Field, the weather was beautiful and the 6,388 fans who came out to watch their home team were not disappointed. Denver dominated the game and easily defeated the Machine. Final Score: Outlaws 17—Machine 6.
Christopher Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome In this week’s only NLL action we saw the Rochester Knighthawks play host to the Saskatchewan Rush in must win game two in a best of three series for the NLL Championship. In game one at the Sasktel Center, the Rush took a commanding win over Rochester. However, in front of 9,174 fans at the Blue Cross Arena, the Knighthawks had…
Tom Coyne, Lacrosse Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome Lacrosse is awesome, especially this time of the year. The NCAA lacrosse Final Four occurs on Memorial Day weekend, and if you have cable TV you were able to watch some of the greatest lacrosse of the year. Right from your favorite couch everyone was able to tune in on this great holiday to watch the 2018 NCAA Championship game between Yale and…
Di Miller, Beat Writer Denver Outlaws Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday May 19, 2018 the previously undefeated Charlotte Hounds (4-1) headed to the Mile High City to face the Denver Outlaws (2-4). On that cold night there were 2,665 die hard Outlaws fans on hand to watch their team and its rookies come out strong. Denver was without veteran Jeremy Sieverts; Matt Kavanagh; and Shawn Evans. Drew Snider barely made…
Tom Coyne, Beat Writer Dallas Rattlers Lacrosse is Awesome On May 12th the Ohio Machine (2-1) played host to the Dallas Rattlers (3-2) at the Fortress Obetz in Ohio. The Fortress is one of the MLL’s premier venues, built and billed as a lacrosse-only stadium. There were 2,068 Machine fans in attendance to watch their 2017 MLL Champions go head to head against the newest team in the league. The…
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome On Sunday May 13, 2018, the Saskatchewan Rush defeated the Calgary Roughnecks 15-13 in the Western Division Semi-Finals at the Sasktel Centre in Saskatoon. There were 11,568 fans in the arena in support of their 10-4 Rush. Calgary has not defeated the Rush in their eleven meetings since the team moved to Saskatchewan, and the streak
Justin Ivey, Beat Writer Boston Cannons Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday, May 5 the Dallas Rattlers (3-1) visited Harvard Stadium to take on the Boston Cannons (0-3). 4,102 fans came out hoping to see Boston win in their first home game of the 2018 season. The Cannons opened the season with two straight road losses and haven’t found their stride yet. Dallas has started off extremely well, especially for a…
Tom Coyne, Beat Writer Dallas Rattlers Lacrosse is Awesome The MLL’s newest franchise, the Dallas Rattlers (2-1), have had a busy week, and will be back at it again tonight, when they travel to Boston to face the Cannons (0-2) at Harvard Stadium. On Friday April 27, they were in Charlotte to play the Hounds, the team that dismantled the Cannons 25-7 in their season opener. Dallas managed to score 12…
John Zumbado, Beat Writer Atlanta Blaze Lacrosse is Awesome The Atlanta Blaze (1-1) won their first game of the 2018 season with a 19-12 win over the Boston Cannons (0-2) at Fifth Third Bank Stadium on Saturday, April 28, 2018, in front of an energetic hometown crowd. The win was a first for both Head Coach Liam Banks and goaltender Chris Madalon who made his first start. The Blaze hit…
Justin Ivey, Beat Writer, New England Black Wolves Lacrosse Is Awesome The final week of the NLL season has never been quite like this. Until this week’s action, no team had clinched a playoff berth in the East Division. Saturday night’s games determined the players – but seeding wouldn’t be finalized until the completion. Rochester secured the two seed by beating Buffalo, and Toronto was eliminated with the loss against…