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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Roughnecks Slow Start Strong Finish 2/2/19
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Correspondent Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome© On Saturday February 2, the Calgary Roughnecks (4-4) broke their downward spiral defeating the Vancouver Warriors (2-6) by the score of 8-5 in the final meeting of the two teams in the 2019 season. Vancouver would jump to an early lead scoring three goals in four shots, stunning the home team. The Roughnecks
Bandits Break Out From the Mammoth 2/2/19
Di Miller, Correspondent Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome© Feature Image Photo Credit: Sara Schmidle On a frigid Saturday night in Buffalo, the Colorado Mammoth (1-5) would face the Buffalo Bandits (6-2) on Tucker Out Lymphoma Night, in honor of Tucker Williams who died of Lymphoma four years previous. The tradition has been carried on for six years and for the first time, both teams would meet at center field
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…
The Rock Keep Rolling & Stay on Top of the East 2/1/19
Shawn Palmer, Correspondent Toronto Rock Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Ryan McCullough The Toronto Rock hosted the Saskatchewan Rush at the Scotiabank Arena on Friday February 1 in front of 8,071 fans who were hoping to see the home team continue their winning ways. The Rock did just that defeating the Rush by the score of 16-13.
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
Mammoth Fall to Last in the West After Heartbreaking OT Loss in Vancouver 1/26/19
Matteo Nobile, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Vancouver Warriors (2-5) hosted the Colorado Mammoth (1-4) on Saturday January 26th at the Rogers Arena in downtown Vancouver. The Warriors were able to display their white out jerseys for their home crowd. Oddly enough, both of their wins coming in white. This back and forth battle resulted in an overtime winner scored by Logan Schuss (4G, 1A) 44 seconds into extra
Rochester’s Austin Shanks Dominates the Bandits 1/26/19
Christopher Crane, Correspondent Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Rochester Knighthawks This week in NLL action and it surely wouldn’t disappoint those who were in attendance for the Rochester Knighthawks (2-3) as they played host to their I-90 rivals the Buffalo Bandits (4-2) on Military Appreciation night at the Blue Cross Arena. This heated rivalry
Wings Still Winless After Huge Fourth Quarter Comeback by the Rock 1/26/19
Shawn Palmer, Correspondent Toronto Rock Lacrosse is Awesome© The Toronto Rock visited the Philadelphia Wings on Saturday night at the Wells Fargo Center in front of 11,164 fans who were hoping to see the first win of the season for the Wings. Through the first three quarters of the game it looked like they were going to go home happy. The Toronto
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…