Coverage of the Charlotte Hounds and colleges such as the North Carolina Tar Heels and Duke Blue Devils
With an enormous amount of offensive power on the Charlotte bench, there can only be so many consistent guys. With the MLL Collegiate Draft to take place in less than 12 hours, the Hounds made the decision to trade Owen Blye to a hurting Boston Cannons team for a 2014 fourth round Collegiate Draft pick. Former Terrapin Blye saw limited time on the field in his rookie season with the…
Youth helped out Charlotte last year as the rookies contributed immensely to the Hounds’ success in 2013. In only their second year of existence, Coach Mike Cerino and the front office put together a championship caliber team that downed the undefeated (14-0) Denver Outlaws in the first round of the playoffs. They met the Chesapeake Bayhawks in the MLL Championship game where the Hounds’ youth showed and Coach Cottle’s veterans…
Over the next nine days, we will be looking at the top nine stories of the year in lacrosse, based off of our most read and covered stories. Today is #3 with the Duke Blue Devils NCAA championship. Duke lacrosse won their second title in the last five years when they defeated the Syracuse Orange this year to win the 2013 NCAA lacrosse championship. Their road was not an easy…
Calvert Hall High School was the host to two Top 15 teams earlier today as North Carolina and Ohio State scrimmaged each other as part of the MRB Thumbs Up Event. The event was used as a fundraising event in order to support the Michael R. Breschi Scholarship. The scholarship was set up at Ohio State as remembrance for the death of North Carolina head coach Joe Breschi’s 3-year-old son…
On May 27, 2013 the Duke University Blue Devils upset number one ranked Syracuse University Orange 10-16 to capture their first Division One Men’s Lacrosse National Championship since 2010. After beginning the season with a 2-4 record, the Blue Devils were able to bounce back and shock the nation in the NCAA Tournament. The team manned a high powered offense last season that saw numerous players such as Jordan Wolf…
Chapel Hill, NC—Fresh off an ACC title and and a #1 ranking in the coach’s poll, the Tarheels felt ready to reach that elusive NCAA title, something that they haven’t won since 1991. However, the Tarheels couldn’t stop Eric Law and the Denver Pioneers as their season fizzled out to a heartbreaking end in the second round of the NCAA tournamemt. It was a long ride home from Indianapolis…
After a disappointing 5-9 season in 2012, the Charlotte Hounds were one game away from winning the MLL Championship. Charlotte finished fourth in the regular season standings with a 7-7 record and advanced to the MLL Semi Finals where they defeated the previously undefeated Denver Outlaws (14-0) by a score of 17-14. In the MLL Final, Charlotte lost a heartbreaking 10-9 game to the Chesapeake Bayhawks. Charlotte’s Matt Danowski was…
From the MLL YouTube page the sounds of the championship game.
In just their second year of existence, the Charlotte Hounds had the Major League Lacrosse championship slip just through their fingers. The Hounds lost 10-9 to the defending champion Chesapeake Bayhawks in the MLL Championship game on August 25. Very few would have predicted the Hounds to make the four team playoff at the beginning of the season, let along defeat the previously undefeated Denver Outlaws in the semifinal matchup;…
2:23 p.m. Hey guys Andrew Goldberg here again live blogging on another beautiful day here at PPL Park in Philadelphia. Today we have the youth of the Charlotte Hounds and the experience of the Chesapeake Bayhawks facing off in today’s championship game for the Steinfeld Cup. We are a little over 30 minutes away from the opening faceoff. Stay tuned for live updates as we approach gametime. 2:42 p.m. Coach…