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In the first game since the All Star Break, the New York Lizards won their sixth game of the season 20-11 over the Florida Launch. With the win the Lizards improved their record to 6-4 and put themselves at third in the standings. The first quarter saw the Lizards start fast as they took a 6-1 lead after the first quarter. Rob Pannell, JoJo Marasco and Tommy Palasek all had…
The Ohio Machine has traded for New York defenseman Steven Waldeck, the club announced Wednesday. The Machine acquired Waldeck and New York’s seventh round pick in the 2015 MLL Collegiate Draft in exchange for the Machine’s second round pick in the 2015 MLL Collegiate Draft. The Machine released defenseman Ryan Nizolek to complete the transaction. Waldeck played in four games for the Lizards in 2014, scoring one goal and picking…
The New York Lizards host the Florida Launch tonight and will be looking to keep their clean sheet at home, the Lizards are 4-0 at Shuart Stadium this season. The last time these teams met in Week 6, happens to be the last victory for the Launch. The Launch jumped out to an early three-goal lead in the first quarter and never capitulated. The Launch are 4-1 this year in…
The Denver Outlaws suffered their second loss of the season as they fell to the second place Rochester Rattlers 19-14. Denver opened the scoring with a goal from Jeremy Sieverts, but proceeded to trail for the rest of the game. Rochester scored seven straight goals in between the first and second quarter to take a 7-1 lead. Dave Lawson scored three of those goals while three rookies, Jordan Wolf, Mark Cockerton…
Photo Credit: Di Miller On Sunday June 29, the Denver Outlaws (7-1) head to Rochester, NY to play the second place Rochester Rattlers (5-3) at Sahlen’s Stadium. The last time the two teams faced off was in Denver on May 17 when Denver beat the Rattlers by the score of 14-8. Rochester hasn’t lost at home this season, and they want to keep it that way. Denver on the other…
With a logjam in the Major League Lacrosse standings, two teams will get some clarity after Saturday night’s game as the 3-5 Ohio Machine travel to New York to face the 4-4 Lizards. New York is tied for third place and would be in the playoffs if it started today, but the Lizards are just one game away from being in seventh place and still have work to do. The…
Since the days of the Eagle Pro Lacrosse League there have 31 teams fighting it out for the right to call themselves champions. Throughout that time who has been the best team of all time? The 2014 NLL season gave fans a spectacle of talent, and record setting trends. The Edmonton Rush set a regular season win streak record, with their youth, speed, and outstanding defense. Many thought early on…
Offensively, the ball was well distributed as was predicted last week. At least eight different players found the back of the cage in their most recent game (and win) against the Charlotte Hounds. Most of those athletes scored multiple times each. Jordan Wolf continued to be a feeding nightmare against an opposing defense. He assisted five different times in the Hounds game alone and was one of the players to…
Rob Pannell has had no trouble becoming one of the best players in the MLL since breaking records at Cornell. Last season, he finished ninth in scoring with 42 points in 10 games played. This season, he has continued his strong play and currently ranks fourth in the league with 31 points, nine points behind Paul Rabil for the league lead. Here is a quick look at Pannell’s strong start…
The New York Lizards and Chesapeake Bayhawks have made a trade, sending offensive midfielder Michael Kimmel to New York and midfielder David Earl to the Bayhawks. Kimmel was the second overall pick of the Bayhawks in 2010 and has been starting for them since. He had four two-point goals with the Bayhawks last season. Earl, meanwhile, played 12 games with the Lizards last year and seven in 2014. He had 19 points last…