MLL

With their win over the Rochester Rattlers last week, the Denver Outlaws clinched a spot in MLL Championship Weekend. Meanwhile, the Chesapeake Bayhawks had already clinched a couple of weeks before. With those slots locked up, only two more teams can make the playoffs, and three have a chance, next week. All three of those teams are facing teams who are out of the hunt. The Boston Cannons need just…

In the only meaningless game of the week, the Charlotte Hounds defeated the Hamilton Nationals, 11-9. There were no playoff implications from this game with both the Hounds and Nationals not in the playoffs. The Hounds dominated from the get go, starting out with a five to one lead after the first quarter. At the half they would still lead 7-5. It was a low scoring third quarter, with one…

Well, if the Rochester Rattlers objective to get into the playoffs wasn’t tricky before, it’s part of a Houdini act now. In last night’s match-up, the game went in Denver’s favor 17-12. The Outlaws won every quarter except for the fourth, but by that time, it was a little too late for the Rattlers. Steven Boyle started things off with a beautiful diving goal to give Rochester a one goal…

The Boston Cannons picked up a huge win last night against the Ohio Machine, 19-13. It was the last home game of the regular season for them, and next week they will travel to Ohio. The Machine got out to a 3-0 lead, and then the Cannons scored one, but Ohio would score another one to lead 4-1. The quarter would end with Ohio holding a 5-4 lead. Boston took…

The Long Island Lizards have now put themselves into a must-win situation in their game next week against the Hamilton Nationals. Last night the Lizards fell to the Chesapeake Bayhawks 13-6 in Chesapeake. The Bayhawks have already clinched a playoff spot and the Lizards could have clinched with a win last night. Fortunately for them, as long as they can get a win against the Nationals next week, they are…

If the Boston Cannons win this game against the last place Ohio Machine, and the Rochester Rattlers lose to the first place Denver Outlaws, the Cannons clinch a spot in the 2012 MLL playoffs. Easy, right? Not if the Machine play like they did last week against Rochester, where their late surge almost gave them a victory and ensured the Cannons a playoff spot. Boston and Rochester are tied in…

Charlotte ends a string of road trips in their away finale against the underachieving Hamilton Nationals at Ron Joyce Stadium. The Hounds and Nationals seem to be moving in opposite directions. As an expansion team, Hamilton (then Toronto) won the MLL championship their first year and haven’t been there since, now rising even as low being tied at second worst in the league. The Hounds are a first year team…