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One week closer to Fall 2014 events and teams will be ready to face competition from outside opponents, even if it is alumni. Most teams do welcome back the alumni to start or finish their fall practice season. It will allow the recent alumni to remember what it took to be a Division Athlete and to wise the team well this Spring. On the docket first is a three-way scrimmage…
The defending champion Chesapeake Bayhawks finished out the 2014 regular season with a record of 5-9, winning their final home game against the Charlotte Hounds in Week 14. The reigning champions suffered through a tough season to say the least where at one point they took the field without nine of their best players due to a mixture of injuries and players participating in the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL)…
The Baltimore Indoor Lacrosse League began its season last night with two games on tap. The Rebel club defeated Ensure Productivity (formerly known as Viper) while Parrot took the contest over First Mariner. In game one, Parrot won a close contest with a score of 9-5 led by three goals from Matt Hickman and two from Jeff Joy. Joe Fletcher, a defenseman out of Loyola, actually scored two goals in the…
The Baltimore Indoor Lacrosse League will open their season tonight at 7:15pm as the Parrot takes on First Mariner in a matchup of veteran teams. Parrot has plenty of pro experience with former Baltimore Bombers Jordan Kenny, Matt Hickman and Jeff Joy leading the club along with the MLL’s Ohio Machine’s Will Harrington. The Denver Outlaws’ stud defenseman Mike Simon rounds out the team. First Mariner also hosts some former…
With the departing of some long time starters and game changers, who will become the next backstop to a national champion? Jake Runkel won his title with Loyola, Niko Amato came close during his tenure at Maryland as they topped the All American Balloting. Gunnar Waldt – Bryant With a win in the NCAA Tournament in the vaunted Carrier Dome under his belt, Waldt is in contention to be…
Award winners selected by voting among league’s game officials BOSTON (August 18, 2014) – US Lacrosse and Major League Lacrosse have named Chesapeake Bayhawks’ Matt Abbott as the winner of the USL/MLL Sportsmanship Player of the Year Award, and the Rochester Rattlers as the winner of the league’s 2014 USL/MLL Team Sportsmanship Award. Both selections were based on voting conducted among the league’s game officials. The team…
The Baltimore Breakers boys club lacrosse program announced today that former All World Team USA player and National Lacrosse Hall of Fame member Mark Millon will be assuming the role of Director of Player and Coach Development for the program. Millon has worked with the Breakers intermittently since the program’s inception in 2003. He became full time head coach in 2013 with the Breakers U11 team. Millon’s responsibilities this year…
The 2014 Baltimore Indoor Lacrosse League season is about to get underway in just a couple of weeks. The league, which is the home of six teams, hosts a variety of professional lacrosse talent. The league is run by former Baltimore Bombers director of operations Larry Fila. The 2013 teams include First Mariner, Toyota, Parrot and Rebel, and this year the Vipers, and Kneebones are being added. First Mariner is the…
The MLL season has come to a close and that means that every rookie has completed their first year in the professional ranks. While some players had got more experience than others, each one made an impact for his respective team. Kieran McArdle locked up the best season ever for a rookie in the MLL while Jordan Wolf had a tremendous impact for Rochester Rattlers in helping them earn a…
One would have to think that the reign of the two time defending champions couldn’t keep the torch for this long, but this season wasn’t what anyone expected. The lineup returned largely intact. The veteran leadership who want it would take to win a record third straight championship. Unfortunately the team couldn’t foresee the amount of injuries that would hit the team. In trying to stay atop the league rankings,…