NDP Tournament of Champions Preview: Team Colorado
Same name. Same talent pool. Same objective. Different faces.
For the second consecutive year, Team Colorado is headed to the Dick’s Sporting Goods Tournament of Champions after wins in the Dick’s Sporting Goods Colorado Cup and the Warrior Vail Colorado Lacrosse Tournament. But the changes are dramatic…and evident.
New head coach Mitch Brin takes the reins of the state’s top club program. Along with Brin comes a youth movement.
“This is a much younger team than we’ve had in the past, including four freshmen [try-outs were in the spring] that are really good.” comments Brin.
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DU women lacrosse in top 20
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 12/19/2007 11:35:44 PM MST
Lacrosse magazine ranks the University of Denver’s women’s team No. 16 in the nation in its poll released Wednesday.
“We have a solid team returning, and we look forward to playing a challenging schedule this season,” DU coach Liza Kelly said. “We will face five teams in Lax Power’s top 20, including Duke and North Carolina to start the year.”
The Pioneers begin the season Feb. 14 on the road at No. 6 Duke and play at No. 4 North Carolina three days later. The other ranked teams DU faces are No. 11 Georgetown on March 2 at home, No. 19 Rutgers on March 38 at University Park, Md., and No. 9 Johns Hopkins in Baltimore on March 30.
The Pioneers will also have seven consecutive home games, starting Feb. 22 against Stony Brook and concluding March 21 against Cincinnati at Barton Lacrosse Stadium.
2008 National Lacrosse League Season to be Broadcast on B2 Networks
12/20/07 - National Lacrosse League (NLL)
NEW YORK, NY - The National Lacrosse League (NLL) and B2 Networks have once again teamed to provide live broadband broadcasts of all games for the 2008 season. For the third-consecutive season, fans will be able to access their favorite team’s games on the Internet via the global broadband broadcasting leader. The first broadcast of the season will take place on Opening Night, December 29, 2007, as the Colorado Mammoth host the Calgary Roughnecks at 9:00 p.m. (EST).
“The live broadcasts on B2 Networks allow fans to watch every NLL game, including games which are not televised,” said NLL Commissioner Jim Jennings. “With this unique service, fans can watch their favorite team every week, home or away, as well as other games from around the league they would like to see.”
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Growth in high school lacrosse is booming
High School Lacrosse is booming in America. High Schools are adding state varsity sanctioned programs and club programs at an explosive pace. Both lady and boy’s high school lacrosse are experiencing phenomenal growth compared to other sports. High school lax is so strong in certain areas that you can actually catch high school lacrosse games on TV. If that isn’t a positive sign of the state of things to come we don’t know what is.
On the West Coast the game is gaining rapid popularity, and you can see a clear closing of the gap between East Coast and West Coast lacrosse caliber of play. In the other areas of the country lacrosse is also gaining traction and states like Michigan, Illinois, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas and Colorado have very strong programs.
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2008 NLL Preview: Colorado Mammoth
Replacing Gait, McMahon has experience, talent at his disposal Details Here!
NEW PRODUCERS, SAME CAST FOR COLORADO
McMahon takes reigns of West Division champs; Mammoth return 17
12/21/2007
New Mammoth head coach Bob McMahon (left) will guide 17 returning players, including leading scorer Dan Carey (right), from last season’s club, which went 12-4 and won the West Division regular-season title.
The Colorado Mammoth will return 17 players from last season’s team that won the West Division regular-season title, including top scorers Dan Carey and Gavin Prout. However, a handful of new faces will be behind the bench, as former Coach of the Year Bob McMahon makes his return as an NLL head coach.
McMahon, who was as introduced as the Mammoth’s new head coach in September, will guide a club that needed little change after going 12-4 last season, the top record in the West and second to only Rochester’s 14-2 in the entire league. Assistant coaches Russ Heard and Dan Pratt, who served under Gary Gait in 2007, will return on McMahon’s staff, as well as new assistant coach Bob Hamley. More Details Here!
Air Force lacrosse coach honored
Two national organizations recognized Air Force lacrosse coach Fred Acee for his service to the sport.
The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association gave Acee its Frenchy Julien Service Award for outstanding and continuous service. The Intercollegiate Men’s Lacrosse Coaches Association bestowed Acee with its Creators Award for his advocacy, leadership and spirit for the game.
