The Bayhawks have had two sub par years summers after winning back-to-back championships. Depth is a huge issue as the roster has turned over since the days of holding the title at the end of Championship Weekend. Chesapeake looks to return to form this summer and add players who will be staples in their lineup every week. Of the fourteen games played in 2015, only three players played in all…
The Boston Cannons made a splash on Friday afternoon, acquiring Chesapeake Bayhawks goaltender Tyler Fiorito. Cannons starting goalie Jordan Burke retired last week, leaving Boston without any goaltenders with starting experience in Major League Lacrosse. Going back to the Bayhawks is 2016 first round draft pick Greg Coholan, midfielder Tyler German, attack Ryan Young, and the 2017 first round draft pick of the Cannons. The Cannons also added a 2017…
The Ohio Machine today announced they have acquired a second-round pick in the 2017 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft from the Chesapeake Bayhawks in exchange for goalie Brian Phipps. In addition, Ohio has signed long-stick midfielder Jordan Houtby. Phipps played in 13 games for Ohio during the 2015 season and was 9-4 with a 12.23 goals-against average and 56.4 save percentage. He was originally acquired by the Machine in the…
After making him the first overall selection in the Major League Lacrosse supplemental draft yesterday, the Atlanta Blaze have traded former MLL rookie of the year Jeremy Boltus to the Rochester Rattlers. The Blaze also send defenseman John Ranagan back to the Rattlers, his former team, along with an eighth round pick in the 2016 collegiate draft. In return, the Blaze will get former Syracuse standout Kevin Rice along with…
Brian Reese was recently announced as the Chesapeake Bayhawks Head Coach after serving as their GM. He takes over for Dave Cottle who stays on as the team’s President. With Reese’s experience both in the office and on the field for Chesapeake, he has the team’s and franchise’s best interest in mind and brings a winning mindset with him everywhere he goes. Brendan Kelly, the Bayhawks Owner, was quoted in…
The Chesapeake Bayhawks announced Tuesday that Assistant Coach Brian Reese has been promoted as the team’s Head Coach for the 2016 season. A lacrosse veteran, Reese’s history with the Bayhawks began when he played four of his five Major League Lacrosse (MLL) seasons on the team, later serving as General Manager in their 2011 season. Since, Reese has served as Assistant Coach under former Head Coach Dave Cottle, who announced…
According to Quint Kessenich from Inside Lacrosse, the Chesapeake Bayhawks game last night against the Charlotte Hounds was the last for coa h Dave Cottle. Kessenich says that Cottle will remain in the Bayhawks front office, but will step back from the sidelines. In his years with the Bayhawks as their coach, Cottle led the team to back to back championship titles. Cottle coached at Loyola College for 19 years…
The Chesapeake Bayhawks have made a signing as they head towards their playoff stretch run. With two games left to play as must wins, they have added free agent faceoff man Eric O’Brien. O’Brien had been with the Ohio Machine for parts of this season. He won 44 percent of his faceoffs in his 40 career games with the Machine. The former Ohio State player cut his teeth in the…
In one of their most action-packed home games of the 2015 MLL season, the Rochester Rattlers (7 – 5) defeated the Chesapeake Bayhawks (5 – 7), in front of a good crowd in Brockport, NY. A strong first and fourth quarter led by Dave Lawson, who had five points, Kevin Rice, who had a hat trick including the game winner, and another great game by Mark Matthews’ who had his…
The Rochester Rattlers (6 – 5) are taking on the Chesapeake Bayhawks (5 – 6) in the final home game of the regular season in Brockport, NY. Coming off a statement win against the Ohio Machine (7 – 5) at Ohio, the Rattlers look to make a playoff push against a struggling Bayhawks team. Meanwhile, Chesapeake is coming off a loss against the Lizards, so Coach Cottle and the five-time…