After the Lizards beat the Rattlers on Saturday in the MLL Championship, Greg Gurenlian shared what made this Lizards team different. “When you go into a fourth quarter like that and you feel like if I don’t do my job, I’m going to let my brothers down, it changes everything,” Gurenlian said in a postgame interview. From the moment the Paul Rabil trade became official, New York was the league’s…
It seems like few things in the sports world rarely follow the script that appears to be written. Few champions are ever undefeated. “Teams of Destiny” always seem to be watching someone else celebrate at the end of a game. Underdogs pull off the unexpected upsets. For the 2015 MLL season, this will be one of the few times that the season long favorites finished with a championship. The New…
Over the last two weeks, the New York Lizards have acquired a number of individual hardware. Greg “The Beast” Gurenlian took home the FOAthlete of the year, MLL/USL Sportsmanship Player of the Year, and MVP, Drew Adams was awarded the Goalie of the Year award, and Joe Fletcher achieved the Defensive Player of the Year award. In the end, however, there was one trophy not just Gurenlian, Adams, and Fletcher…
The Major League Lacrosse Championship Game is upon us. Rochester and New York square off on Saturday for the Seinfeld Cup. The game is chock-full of star power, as the league’s Offensive, Defensive, Goalie of the Year and MVP will all be playing. Here are some other storylines surrounding the game. How’d they get here? New York has undeniably been the best team in the MLL all season. The Lizards…
Championship week is finally here and it leaves one asking how the season went by so quickly, but the result is the Rochester Rattlers face the New York Lizards for the Steinfeld Cup. This week’s conference call featured John Galloway of Rochester as well as Head Coach Joe Spallina and Greg Gurenlian of the New York Lizards. First and foremost I want to thank those gentlemen as well as Mark…
A pair of exciting Major League Lacrosse Semifinal games featured several rookies making an impact as they look to lead their teams to a championship. In the first game last Saturday, a pair of Syracuse rookies played key roles in Rochester’s 12-8 win at Ohio. Kevin Rice scored three goals and dished an assist while Randy Staats tallied two goals and an assist. On two occasions, the duo connected for…
Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, announced today that New York Lizards Greg Gurenlian has been named the 2015 Coca-Cola Most Valuable Player, as voted by MLL Head Coaches and General Managers. Gurenlian, a twelve-season veteran midfielder and faceoff specialist for New York, earned eight first place “Most Valuable Player” votes for his dominant play and more specifically his incredible impact on the Lizards’ possession game. Gurenlian’s…
In just three days, the Lizards and Rattlers will battle not just to be known as New York’s superior team, but the entire MLL’s. The Lizards were the league’s best team in the regular season but New York barely squeaked by Boston in overtime last week to advance to the championship. In order to go from the regular season’s best team to MLL champions, the following three things must happen:…
Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, has named Joe Fletcher of the New York Lizards, the 2015 Warrior Defensive Player of the Year, as voted by MLL Head Coaches and General Managers. Upon being notified that he would be this year’s recipient, Fletcher had this to say: “This award is a great and humbling honor. I wasn’t really expecting that. Our defense has played as a unit and it’s really been…
Ohio and Rochester met for the second time in two years to determine who would advance to Championship Weekend. Both the Rattlers and the Machine possess powerful offenses that can go on runs and put points on the board at an amazing clip. It was the defenses however that dominated this matchup as the Rattlers won 12-8. The sound of stick on pad and flesh filled the air in Selby…