5 Ways to Air Out Lacrosse Equipment
There are a lot of ways to dry out your equipment, and more often than not, this is dictated by the resources at hand. For example, you can’t lay your gear out in the backyard if you don’t have a backyard, and you can’t always use a clothes dryer if you’re on the road. So, […]
How to Rehab an Old Lacrosse Head
Very few old lacrosse heads will be ready to go when you pick them up. After sitting in someone’s garage or basement or under their bed for a number of years, the pocket will be gross, and more often than not, the stick will be dirty. To the untrained eye, the head may look “done,” […]
How to Treat Your Lacrosse Stick
Lacrosse is nothing without a stick. There’s no piece of equipment more important. Taking good care of your lacrosse stick is an absolute must. Modern sticks are pretty amazing, and they’re more consistent and reliable than ever before. But even when your stick is perfect, a rainy game or practice in the mud can cause […]
How to Clean Lacrosse Gloves
Gloves are at the core of lacrosse, and so is gloves getting dirty. Cleaning your lacrosse gloves is a requirement if you intend to play the sport, unless you don’t mind hours upon hours of built-up sweat and grime rubbing against your hands nonstop, in which case you might be a sociopath and have bigger […]
PLL Entry Draft Divides MLL Talent
In what I’m sure will come as a massive shock to anybody reading this, Lyle Thompson was selected No. 1 overall in last week’s PLL Entry Draft. The former Bayhawk now joins his first PLL team, though also sort of joins his third MLL franchise, as he sticks with the expansion Cannons LC during its […]
Rob Kavovit, Syracuse Great & Three-Time All-American, Dies at 45
Former Syracuse attackman Rob Kavovit, who helped the Orange win the 1995 national championship, died at his Florida home Tuesday. He was 45. His death is a shock to his family, friends, and the Syracuse lacrosse community, as Kavovit leaves behind his wife, Marion, and two sons. Paul Carcaterra, who grew up with Rob Kavovit […]
Racism Cancels Emmanuel College at Sewanee Game
Racism canceled the Emmanuel College at Sewanee lacrosse game Saturday. Racism unfortunately reared its ugly head on the lacrosse field again this week, this time in Sewanee, Tennessee, during a lacrosse game versus Emmanuel College. In a home game for the University of the South, students in attendance attacked players from visiting Emmanuel College with […]
Emily Hawryschuk Out for Season with Torn ACL
Emily Hawryschuk won’t be back on the field this season. The Syracuse women’s lacrosse attacker announced Thursday that she will miss the remainder of the campaign with a torn ACL she suffered in practice. Big things were expected this season from the grad student from Victor, New York, who is a two-time First Team All-ACC […]
Paul Rabil Traded to Cannons LC from Atlas LC
Once again, Paul Rabil is a Cannon. Not for the fourth-round pick we predicted, but it still happened. The details are basically that Paul Rabil will move over for two College Draft first rounders: one in 2021 and one in 2022. Meanwhile, the two teams will swap picks in the Entry Draft, with the Cannons […]
Ivy League Lacrosse Canceled for 2021
The Ivy League announced its 2021 spring sports are canceled, including lacrosse, in the midst of the pandemic. It was already rumored that the conference was heading in this direction, and Yale had already determined it would not sponsor lacrosse this spring. But it is now official. The Ivy League left the door open for […]
ACC Shuffle Begins in Week 0
For a conference that made up 80% of the initial USILA top 5, I’m still somehow pretty sure we weren’t giving enough credit to how terrifying the ACC was going to be this year. After a few more games in Week 0 (I guess the Denver-Utah week was Week -1?), the picture is beginning to […]
College Lacrosse. Is. Finally. Back!
Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve got games! After a looooooong offseason, college lacrosse made its return on Saturday, as Mercer hosted Bellarmine and Denver welcomed Utah. Although neither game was on television (boo), many of us still got to watch the first game courtesy of inactive Bellarmine midfielder (and man of the people) Cam Hebert’s Periscope […]