Buffalo Bandits and Minnesota Swarm earn home-floor advantage
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With last night’s 14-10 win over the Portland Lumberjax, the Buffalo Bandits have secured not only the Eastern division title but also home-floor advantage for the duration of the playoffs.
The Bandits were led by John Tavares with four goals and four assists, with three of those goals coming in natural hat-trick form to turn a 9-9 tie into a 12-9 advantage for Buffalo. Brett Bucktooth, Cory Bomberry and Roger Vyse had four points each. Mike Thompson made 46 saves in the win. Rookie Pete Jacobs led the Jax with four goals.
- Bandits top Lumberjax: wkbw.com
The Minnesota Swarm secured themselves a home game in the playoffs on the strength of a 12-11 win over the Chicago Shamrox.
Ryan Ward scored four for the Swarm while Sean Pollock added two goals and three assists and Rory McDade pitched in one and four. Nick Patterson stopped 42 of 53. For the Shamrox Mat Giles had four goals, Brad Self one goal and four assists, and Jason Clark one and three.
Ward began covering lacrosse for The Lacrosse Journal in 2005 and became its editor-in-chief a year later. Email her at lauren.ward@nllinsider.com.Rate This Story:
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