Rivermen facing playoff elimination

By Sam Laskaris Writer The Six Nations Rivermen cannot afford to lose another game this coming week if they wish to advance to this year’s national Presidents Cup tournament. A Rivermen goal all season long has been to qualify for the Canadian Senior B lacrosse tournament, which will be hosted by the Brooklin Merchants in Whitby next month. The chances of that happening, however, grew slimmer this past weekend for the Six Nations squad. That’s because the Rivermen lost their first two playoff matches against the Hamilton Bengals. For starters, the visiting Bengals downed Six Nations 10-6 in a match held on Saturday at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena (ILA). Hamilton then took control of its best-of-five Ontario Series Lacrosse (OSL) semi-final series by eking out a 9-8 overtime home victory…

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