Weekly Watch Guide: February 22, 2019
Hey there, sports fans! Lacrosse All Stars is pleased to deliver our new weekly watch guide to help you stay in-the-know about upcoming games available for viewing online or on TV. We’re bringing you the calendar for all of this week’s lacrosse games, as well as other notable sports matchups in other leagues like the NHL. […]
Syracuse Orange: What Changed From Week 1?
Last weekend, Albany opened their season against Syracuse in the Carrier Dome right after the Orange had been shocked by Colgate in their opening loss. In terms of off-field implications, this loss was a big deal. The NCAA Men’s Division I media poll reacted and many voters took Syracuse out of their top 20 completely. […]
Breaking Down: Anatomy of a Rivalry Weekend
Last weekend saw a back-to-back matchup that was a rivalry weekend before it even started. New England and Philly split a home-and-home weekend for Saturday and Sunday, which not only generated a ton of excitement from fans, but also was very important for determining eventual standings in the East division. In case you have been […]
Random Thoughts: Bad Pop-Culture References and New NLL Teams
Guess who’s back… OK, a poor Slim Shady reference, but I’m happy I can finally look at a computer screen long enough to do this. I’ve had eye strain before, but nothing this bad. Unfortunately for all the readers out there, I had to spend what little time I could look at a computer screen […]
The Takeoff: NCAA Men’s Division I — Week 4
Welcome to the newest LAS feature for the NCAA season, The Takeoff! This will be a weekly spot for the LAS crew to look ahead at the games coming up this weekend and weigh in on trends, teams, players or whatever else they feel like. The only rule of The Takeoff is each person has […]
NAIA Men’s 2019 Week 1 Breakdown
Week 1 is barely in the books, and there were several huge outcomes that painted a pretty clear picture of the contenders and pretenders in the NAIA. No. 3 Cumberlands started the season off with a bang, defeating Point, 26-3. They then followed that up by knocking off No. 1 Reinhardt, 13-12. In independent play […]
MCLA Weekly Coaches Poll: DI and DII Week 1 Polls
Michigan State raced out to a 2-0 start to the season, cementing its place atop the first installment of the Under Armour MCLA Division I Weekly Coaches Poll for the period ending Feb. 17. Locked in a tie with Chapman (1-1) in the preseason poll, the Spartans (2-0) are alone at the top of the […]
Mike Bartlett: Know the Game Podcast, Ep. 15
This week’s guest is Mike Bartlett, of Lacrosse the Pond and Spain Lacrosse. Lacrosse the Pond is an organization which helps NCAA players who have used all of their eligibility to find universities in England in order to continue their education and play another year of lacrosse. Mike describes the benefits of the program for […]
Stat Freaks: NCAA Weeks 2 & 3
After a week hiatus, the Stat Freaks have returned! Full transparency: there was a bad combination of timing and NCAA website update that put us in a pinch. But we’re now in the clear, so you get a double dose! First, we’ll take a look at the big performances from Week 2, followed by the […]
NCAA Conference Comparison Week 3
EDITOR’S NOTE: The records listed in the NCAA Conference Comparison for each conference are based on the Monday through Sunday schedule of the previous week. In this week’s NCAA Conference Comparison, things are starting to take on a slightly better shape. The ACC saw the biggest gain of the lot, while the Big Ten actually […]
NLL Week 10 Winners and Losers
It was an exciting NLL Week 10 in the National Lacrosse League as the names and logos were announced for the two new franchises. The Halifax Thunderbirds and the New York Riptide will both begin play in the winter of 2019. We also had several exciting games that went down to the wire and saw […]
#NCAALAX DI Top 5 Plays of the Week
With so much action at the NCAA Division I level this early in the year, we had to bring you the top 5 plays of the week courtesy @NCAALAX: 5Griffin Westlin forces a turnover, scoops up the ground ball and finishes one-on-one with the goalkeeper with a BTB shot during @ndlacrosse’s 19-6 season-opening win. 4Senior goalie […]