Coverage of the Charlotte Hounds and colleges such as the North Carolina Tar Heels and Duke Blue Devils
The Charlotte Hounds were a team that in just their second year as a franchise in 2013 went to the MLL championship game and were runners ups. In the summer of 2014 they didn’t make the playoffs after having high hopes at the start of the year. This has always been a team with young talent to build around and just traded away two veteran players to get more picks…
The Charlotte Hounds of Major League Lacrosse today announced a series of trades that will see the team acquire two first-round collegiate draft picks, a second-round draft pick and a third-round draft pick over the next two seasons. The first major trade sends veteran attackman Matt Danowski to the Chesapeake Bayhawks in exchange for the third overall pick in the 2015 MLL Collegiate Draft and an additional second-round pick in…
After an astonishing season and a championship appearance in 2013, the Charlotte Hounds had a disappointing season in 2014. Heading into the 2015 Supplemental Draft, the Hounds were given the number one draft pick overall where they reclaimed Garrett Thul, the big attackman out of Army who had also spent a season in the NLL with the Philadelphia Wings in 2014. Joining Thul on offense are Billy Ward, Alex Zomerfeld,…
The MLL got its unofficial start to the season on Wednesday as every team took part in the annual MLL Supplemental draft. It was the first step in many for teams to start constructing their rosters in hoping to win the 2015 MLL Championship. This coems after a crazy offseason that saw some of the best players to ever play the game retire. Gone are Rochester’s Kevin Leveille, Denver’s Lee…
The Boston Cannons traded for Ryan Young today of the Charlotte Hounds. In return, the Hounds will acquire a second round pick. In 11 games with Charlotte last season, Young produced 19 points. Young has 83 career points in his four seasons in Major League Lacrosse. The attackman out of Maryland could add some offense that the Cannons seemed to lack late in the 2014 season. A breakout player in…
It was announced on Wednesday, December 3 that the Denver Outlaws have acquired faceoff specialist Geoff Snider from the Charlotte Hounds in exchange for midfielder Terry Kimener and a 2016 fifth-round Supplemental Draft pick. So what does this mean for the Outlaws having Anthony “A-Train” Kelly as their main faceoff guy? I had the opportunity to get Outlaws GM Tony Seaman’s take on the trade. Here’s what he had to…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte Hounds today announced a trade that will send faceoff specialist Geoff Snider to the Denver Outlaws in exchange for veteran midfielder Terry Kimener and a 2016 fifth-round Supplemental Draft pick. “I absolutely love Geoff Snider,” said Hounds VP & GM Wade Leaphart. “He’s a great teammate, a true warrior, and a fun guy. I’m certainly not looking forward to playing against him. Unfortunately, travel is…
This is the time of year when there is a lull in the professional lacrosse world. The MLL has wrapped up and the NLL preseason hasn’t officially started. Right about now is typically when the LXM Pro Tour has started up in the past to bring high level lacrosse to non-traditional areas around the country. We reached out to Adrenaline, who is the force behind LXM to see what their…
It’s a “No days off” mentality—on and off the field as the North Carolina Men’s Lacrosse team prepare for the 2015 season. The guys are hard at work, and are setting out to dominate the conference. Breschi Scholarship FundIn addition to their recent flood of philanthropy work with Carolina Dreams, UNC has also been honored for their academic accomplishments, with 22 of their players making the ACC Honor Roll for…
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…