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The Denver Outlaws (9-4) head to James M. Shuart Stadium in Hempstead, NY to face the New York Lizards (8-5) on August 9. This game has major implications on who will get home-field advantage for the first round of the play-offs, and there are multiple scenarios involved which will decide if the Outlaws will play at home at Sports Authority Field at Mile High or if the Lizards will play…
The Lizards end the season by taking on the Denver Outlaws at home on Saturday. Depending on the result of the game, the Lizards could get homefield advantage for the first of two semifinal games in the quest for the MLL Championship game or they could be on the road. Here is a full slate of all the latest news and notes for the Lizards heading into the season finale….
The Rochester Rattlers and Boston Cannons square off in the final week of the 2014 MLL regular season this Saturday, August 9th @ 7 pm at Harvard Stadium. The Cannons need some help to clinch a playoff berth—they need both a win over Rochester and an Ohio loss to Florida on Saturday night. That scenario would leave the Cannons and Machine tied for 4th place with 7-7 records. The Cannons would…
Buffalo Bandits General Manager Steve Dietrich today announced that the team has signed Joel Matthews, Corey Fowler and Dave DiRuscio all to one-year contracts. Matthews, Buffalo’s fourth-round selection (31st overall) in the 2012 NLL Entry Draft, made his NLL debut and appeared in a total of two games in 2014. The 23-year-old tallied two goals overall in his first season, both of which came against the Rochester Knighthawks on April…
The MLL season is almost over and therefore, thus, most of the rookies have almost completed their first year at the professional level. While some players have played almost a full season, some are still making their pro debuts and adjusting to the speed of the pro game. Here is the week in review for every rookie in the MLL after Week 13. Florida Launch Kieran McArdle locked up his…
CHARLOTTE, N.C.–While the New York Lizards have clinched a berth in the Major League Lacrosse playoffs, they still have two goals to close out the regular season–improve enough to earn a first-round home game in the playoffs, and avoid the late-season doldrums. The Lizards nearly failed on both of those goals Friday night, fending off a late rally to take a 12-11 victory over the Charlotte Hounds at American Legion…
The New York Lizards will be taking on the Charlotte Hounds tonight in a tilt that the Lizards hope will help propel them into a top seed for the fast approaching playoffs. The Lizards sit in third place in the MLL Standings with a record of 7-5. While their opponents, the Hounds, sit in seventh place with a record of 4-8. The Lizards have had an impressive season so far…
Buffalo Bandits General Manager Steve Dietrich announced today that the team has re-signed starting goaltender Anthony Cosmo to a new one year deal. By signing with the team before the opening of NLL free agency on August 1st, Buffalo avoided having their 2014 finalist for NLL Goaltender of the Year available as an unrestricted free agent. Dietrich addressed the media this morning about their recent signing of Cosmo with “We…
General Manager Steve Dietrich today announced that the team has re-signed goaltender Anthony Cosmo to a one-year contract. “We are very pleased to have Anthony return for another season,” said Dietrich. “Last season, ‘Coz’ proved that he remains one of the top goaltenders in the game and re-signing in Buffalo shows that he wants nothing more than to bring a Champion’s Cup back home to ‘Banditland’.” Cosmo will be entering his fourth season with…
