Chrome LC spent the inaugural Premier Lacrosse League season at the bottom of the standings. The trend started from the very beginning, when the team lost its first five games. While three of those defeats came in overtime, and all five were decided by only one possession, Chrome never bounced back, … [Read more...]
PLL Championship Series: ‘This is as full-time as you can be’
One of the most popular television programs during the summer months is the reality competition “Big Brother.” A group of diverse people are quarantined in a house away from the rest of the world and, while they are living together, they participate in several competitions throughout the week in an … [Read more...]
Outside the box: PLL, others get creative to get back on field
In the middle of a quarantine, Paul Rabil was up early in the morning, wearing a collared shirt and a smile. It’s not how most people have spent time during the COVID-19 pandemic – especially not all at the same time – but then again, Rabil isn’t a typical individual and the Premier Lacrosse League, … [Read more...]
Home work: Create your own backyard lacrosse ‘ecosystem’
Editor's note: This story appears in the Summer issue of New England Lacrosse Journal. Backyard lacrosse. No, it isn’t the name of the latest version in the series of the popular throwback computer game “Backyard Baseball.” It’s how every lacrosse player is getting his or her fix this … [Read more...]
Hangin’ Out With … Rock Stewart
Four Division 3 players were selected in the 2020 MLL Collegiate Draft, including two from Williams College: Brendan Hoffman (fourth round) and Rock Stewart (fifth round). Stewart was a two-time All-NESCAC player (including a first-team selection in 2019, when he set the Williams single-season … [Read more...]
Hangin Out With … Colin Minicus
Colin Minicus’s 2019 season ended in Philadelphia, where he and his Amherst College teammates lost to Cabrini (Pa.) in the national championship game. In a relatively surprising turn of events, his 2020 season will end with Philadelphia as well as the attackman was drafted by the Philadelphia … [Read more...]