The 2010 college lacrosse season is right around the corner. Check out this great promotional video to get fired up for the season…
source: Josh Lane Productions
After six games, the Washington Stealth maintain a perfect record, while the Toronto Rock hold steady with just one loss (to Rochester). The Boston Blazers are heating up and are currently riding a 3-game win streak, while the Rochester Knighthawks are in the midst of a 3-game slide.
National Lacrosse League Standings:
| Rank | East | GP | W | L | PCT | GF | GA | STK | PIM | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toronto Rock | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0.833 | 83 | 54 | 2-0 | 195 | - |
| 2 | Orlando Titans | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.750 | 47 | 34 | 2-0 | 122 | 1.0 |
| 3 | Boston Blazers | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0.500 | 60 | 63 | 3-0 | 173 | 2.0 |
| 4 | Rochester Knighthawks | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0.500 | 58 | 68 | 0-1 | 163 | 2.0 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Wings | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0.200 | 51 | 63 | 0-3 | 118 | 3.5 |
| 6 | Buffalo Bandits | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0.167 | 55 | 68 | 0-1 | 177 | 4.0 |
| Rank | West | GP | W | L | PCT | GF | GA | STK | PIM | GB |
| 1 | Washington Stealth | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 85 | 61 | 6-0 | 145 | - |
| 2 | Edmonton Rush | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | 54 | 59 | 0-1 | 104 | 2.5 |
| 3 | Calgary Roughnecks | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0.400 | 61 | 57 | 1-0 | 89 | 3.5 |
| 4 | Colorado Mammoth | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0.333 | 64 | 80 | 0-2 | 128 | 4.0 |
| 5 | Minnesota Swarm | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0.200 | 49 | 60 | 0-3 | 85 | 4.5 |
Top Scorers After Week 6
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Zywicki | Washington Stealth | 6 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 2 | |
| 2 | * | Garrett Billings | Toronto Rock | 6 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 0 |
| 3 | Josh Sanderson | Calgary Roughnecks | 5 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 0 | |
| 4 | Colin Doyle | Toronto Rock | 6 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 9 | |
| 5 | John Grant | Rochester Knighthawks | 6 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 2 | |
| 6 | * | Stephan Leblanc | Toronto Rock | 6 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 7 |
| 7 | Lewis Ratcliff | Washington Stealth | 6 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 2 | |
| 8 | Blaine Manning | Toronto Rock | 6 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 10 | |
| 9 | Rhys Duch | Washington Stealth | 6 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 4 | |
| 10 | Mark Steenhuis | Buffalo Bandits | 6 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 11 | |
| 11 | Dan Dawson | Boston Blazers | 6 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 17 | |
| 12 | Jamie Shewchuk | Colorado Mammoth | 6 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 15 | |
| 13 | Daryl Veltman | Boston Blazers | 6 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 7 | |
| 14 | Ryan Ward | Edmonton Rush | 5 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 0 | |
| 15 | Cam Sedgwick | Washington Stealth | 6 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 0 |
* denotes Rookie
What this video lacks in quality is made up for in outstanding commentating by the announcers. This guy might need to take over Joe Rogan’s job with the UFC.
Matt Beers (who has the best last name in lacrosse) of the Washington Stealth takes on Ilija Gajic of the Colorado Mammoth. It’s a pretty even match-up supported by great energy from the guys calling the game, so we’re all winners in this one.
2009 Tewaaraton Trophy Winner, Max Seibald
NLL.com: Last year’s winner of the Tewaarton Trophy is likely to make his NLL debut this weekend. Max Siebald has signed with the Wings and placed on the club’s active roster. Wings GM & Coach Dave Huntley said on Wednesday that Siebald is expected to be in the lineup for at least one of the Wings games this weekend.:
Seibald, a graduate of Cornell University, holds the school’s all-time scoring record for a midfielder with 141 points (91G 50A). In his collegiate career he was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year (2006); he was a four time All-Ivy Team selection (2006-09); and a two time First Team All-American (2008-09). He was awarded the Tewaarton Trophy in 2009 as the nation’s top lacrosse player, the USILA Outstanding Player of the Year and the McLaughlin Award as the nation’s top midfielder. He also led Cornell to the 2009 NCAA National Championship final, which was the team’s first appearance in the title game since 1988.
Seibald was selected by the Boston Blazers in the first round of the 2009 Entry Draft. The Blazers traded his rights to the Wings last week in exchange for a 2010 first round selection and future considerations.
Shortly after the trade, Huntley stated on the league’s weekly media call that the timing of Siebald’s Wings and NLL debut would be based on how quickly he was able to assimilate to the nuances of indoor lacrosse. On Wednesday, Huntley stated that Siebald is expected to play for the Wings this weekend. According to the Wings website, Siebald is listed as a transition player, and will wear uniform #18.
The Wings play at Toronto on Friday evening, then return home to host Orlando on Saturday. Be sure to watch Siebald’s debut live on The NLL Network at NLL.com.
Source: NLL.com
The pre-season USILA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Coaches’ Poll for 2010 has been released. Defending champion Syracuse is the top spot, while #2 Duke grabbed four of the nine first-place votes. Virginia, North Carolina, and Johns Hopkins round out the top five. Last year’s runner-up, Cornell, is in 6th place.
USILA Coaches Poll
1. Syracuse
2. Duke
3. Virginia
4. North Carolina
5. Johns Hopkins
6. Cornell
7. Maryland
8. Princeton
9. Notre Dame
10. Hofstra
11t. UMBC
11t. Navy
13. Georgetown
14. Harvard
15. Loyola
16. Brown
17. UMass
18. Albany
19. Bucknell
20. Colgate
Others receiving votes: Denver, Villanova, Towson, Penn State, Stony Brook, Ohio State, Delaware, Army.
Senior Duke Attackman, Max Quinzani
from press release
ORLANDO, Fla. – Senior attackman Max Quinzani scored with 5.8 seconds remaining in the game to lift Duke to a 9-8 exhibition victory over the U.S. men’s national on Sunday afternoon at the fifth annual Champion Challenge in Orlando, Fla.
“This was a great experience for our guys,” Blue Devil head coach John Danowski said. “You never really know how the players are going to react in their first competition of the year, but I was certainly pleased with the effort. Obviously, the national team is really, really talented. Where we had a leg up on them was having practiced together, and that paid off.”
After the U.S. team scored the game’s first five goals, the Blue Devils responded in the second quarter with five tallies of their own. Rookie attackman Josh Offit found the back of the net three times in the period while Will McKee and Stephen Coyle added markers to send the teams into halftime with the scored knotted, 5-5.
Team USA scored the only two goals of the third period to claim a 7-5 advantage. Duke’s Zach Howell netted a pair of goals to tie the game at 7-7, but the U.S. squad countered with a marker for a one-goal lead with just under nine minutes left on the clock. Robert Rotanz then scored for Duke with five minutes remaining to tie the game at 8-8, setting the stage for Quinzani’s game-winning tally.
While Offit paced the Blue Devil offense with three goals, the Duke defense limited Team USA to just three goals over the final three quarters.
“I was pleased with our defensive effort,” Danowski noted. “Tom Montelli, Dan Theodoridis and Parker McKee gave us good performances. Sam Payton and Terrence Molinari really battled at the X. We were fortunate to get contributions from a lot of different guys today.”
Duke opens the season on February 13 against Bucknell in Atlanta, Ga.
Source: GoDuke.com
It’s a 2-for-1 Friday Fights with two brawls from the Orlando vs. Philadelphia game. Geoff Snider and Chet Koneczny get the season started right by unloading on each other. It’s a great battle, but Snider adds another notch to his belt.
Rory Smith looks very impressive when he gets into a straight up boxing match with Thomas Hajek. Hajek holds his own, but Smith lands some bombs towards the end, including a late hit after the refs were splitting them up.
The Syracuse men’s lacrosse team took back the Carrier Dome this week for a practice session and media event. Below are some highlights from the media event. For the complete article and more player quotes, click here.
Cody Jamieson, Senior, Attack
On the feeling being back:
“It is just a relief, last year I had all those troubles and it was kind of hard, it took its toll on me. Now that I’m here and I’m good it is just about trying to work hard and work with my teammates.”
On the BIG EAST Conference:
“It doesn’t affect (how we approach the season.) We get to play some new teams, but we’re missing out on a couple rivalries that we had. But we’ll see new teams. It will be good to be a part of a prestigious conference like the BIG EAST.”
On losing numerous starters from last season:
“We just have to keep playing lacrosse. Syracuse is a good program and they’re always going to be bringing in quality ball players. There isn’t anything we have to do in particular because we already have people waiting in the wings that were waiting behind those guys last year. There is always going to be somebody here to take a spot.”
On playing more road games this year:
“That is a little different, but to win a championship you have to win on the road. We haven’t hosted a national championship here (recently) and we’ve still been able to win on the road. We have great fans and we know we’ll have fan support no matter where we go.”
Stephen Keogh, Junior, Attack – (2009 D1 Leading Goal Scorer)
On the upcoming season:
“Everyone is very excited to be back. It is going to be a good year. We lost a lot of people, but we have other guys ready to step up. It is good to get back on the field.”
On losing key players from last season:
“There are going to be some guys who will step up big time, especially in the midfield. We lost a lot of depth there. Everyone is capable of stepping up and some of our young guys like Jeff Gilbert and Pete Coleman will have a big role for us.”
On the BIG EAST conference:
“We are going to go into it one game at a time. We have some new teams on our schedule. We’re really excited for Notre Dame and St. John’s, but it is just another game on our schedule.”
John Galloway, Junior, Goalie
On maintaining drive in the offseason:
“Being able to realize how enjoyable it is. The chance that we’ve had the past two years, how many players haven’t had that opportunity. We’re really understanding that now and showing the freshmen what it is like to have that excitement and that opportunity to do it again, to do it for them and to do it for the program. We never want to settle, that is why we’ve gotten to 11 and we’re looking for number 12 this year.”
On the 2009 national championship finish:
“It doesn’t take much for me to think about it because people are still bringing it up. I heard about it the past couple days from people that I haven’t seen in a couple months. It is always nice to be able to reflect on that and think about the amazing game that took place. We give credit to Cornell and the game they gave us. It is a great memory we’ll always have but now we need to move on and look forward to this year. This is going to be a very different season for us and we’re excited to have that chance.”
On the loss of Sid Smith
“There is no replacing Sid. He is just an unbelievable player that understood the game and really had a knack for the game of lacrosse. We have a lot of guys waiting in the wings to take that spot. There are guys that have been here and some that are just coming in who are excited to fill those shoes. It won’t be easy, but we are going to be a new defense. We are looking for new leaders, there are people who have been stepping up everyday and we’re excited to see who else will step up in the next few weeks.”
CHARLOTTE, N.C. and BALTIMORE – ESPNU and US Lacrosse announced today that the sports network will air the U.S. men’s national team vs. Duke and the U.S. women’s national team vs. Duke games, part of the 2010 Champion Challenge at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The U.S. men’s national team game will air on Jan. 31 at 10 p.m. with an encore presentation on Feb. 2 at 4 p.m. The U.S. women’s national team game will air on Feb. 1 at 12 a.m. with a re-air on Feb. 2 at 2 p.m.
The fifth annual Champion Challenge will take place Jan. 30 – 31. The event, organized by US Lacrosse and sponsored by Champion Athleticwear, will feature the U.S. men’s and women’s national lacrosse teams as well as Duke University men’s and women’s teams, the United States Military Academy’s men’s team, the University of Notre Dame and University of Florida women’s programs.
“US Lacrosse is dedicated to bringing more lacrosse to television and we’re pleased that ESPNU will air two Team USA games,” said Bill Schoonmaker, US Lacrosse’s chief operating officer. “The U.S. national teams feature the best men’s and women’s lacrosse players in the world and the Duke men’s and women’s teams are two of the best college lacrosse programs in the country. These will be two very exciting match-ups.”
ESPNU recently announced that the network will lead ESPN’s college lacrosse coverage with more games than ever before in 2010, including 40 men’s and women’s regular-season contests combined, in addition to one live game each on ESPN2 and ESPN360.com. The networks will televise 59 games overall, including the two Champion Challenge games, 42 regular-season contests (up from 30 in 2009) and 15 NCAA Tournament games across ESPNU, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN360.com.
US Lacrosse is the national governing body for men’s and women’s lacrosse, and is the parent organization of the U.S. men’s and women’s national lacrosse teams. Warrior Lacrosse is the official exclusive equipment and apparel supplier to the U.S. men’s national teams program. deBeer Lacrosse is the official exclusive equipment and apparel supplier to the U.S. women’s national teams program.
For more information regarding the event schedule, tickets, youth clinics and to make travel arrangements, please visit http://www.uslacrosse.org/events/champchallenge2010.phtml.
The Philadelphia Wings have acquired Max Seibald, the 2009 NCAA Lacrosse Player of the Year, in exchange for the Wings 2010 first-round draft pick and future considerations, according to Wings General Manager and Head Coach David Huntley.
The Wings will next play in Boston on January 30 at 7 p.m. Their next home game is against the Orlando Titans at the Wachovia Center on Saturday, February 6 at 7 p.m.
“We are excited to have Max join our team,” said Huntley. “He is a terrific athlete and lacrosse player and is committed to learning the indoor game with the Wings.”
“Max was without a doubt the best player in Division I last year,” said Wings co-Owner and Senior Vice President Mike French. “He has the character and selflessness that matches perfectly with our team and how Dave runs our team. I have known Max since his freshman year at Cornell and I saw how he was capable of single handedly carrying that team on his back. He is a player we wanted to get at the draft, it didn’t work out, but we are delighted to have him as part of our team now.”
Seibald, a graduate of Cornell University, holds the school’s all-time scoring record for a midfielder with 141 points (91G 50A). In his collegiate career he was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year (2006); he was a four time All-Ivy Team selection (2006-09); and a two time First Team All-American (2008-09). He was awarded the Tewaarton Trophy in 2009 as the nation’s top lacrosse player, the USILA Outstanding Player of the Year and the McLaughlin Award as the nation’s top midfielder. He also led Cornell to the 2009 NCAA National Championship final, which was the team’s first appearance in the title game since 1988.
For only $15 a game you can secure a great lower level Season Ticket for the six remaining Saturday night games of Wings lacrosse. The Wings 2010 individual game tickets are also on-sale now. Call 215-389-WING (9464) or visit WingsLAX.com for more information.
