Teams in Major League Lacrosse have spent the entire offseason getting ready for the upcoming season, and come Saturday, April 23rd, fans will get chance to see how much that hard work pays off. No team has had to work harder than the defending MLL champions, the New York Lizards. They realize they have a huge target on their backs, especially since the MLL expanded to nine teams during the…
The Bayhawks have had two sub par years summers after winning back-to-back championships. Depth is a huge issue as the roster has turned over since the days of holding the title at the end of Championship Weekend. Chesapeake looks to return to form this summer and add players who will be staples in their lineup every week. Of the fourteen games played in 2015, only three players played in all…
Welcome to the Machine. Ever since John Algie donned his mad scientist lab coat and drafted Tom Schreiber out of Princeton, and picked Kyle Harrison and Peter Baum from the LXM Pro Tour, the Ohio Machine went from a perennial 2-12 team to an overnight contender for the Steinfeld Cup. With the addition of the three all-star midfielders, Ohio addressed its anemic midfield production and produced one of the most…
City: Rochester, New York Head Coach: Tim Soudan (Fifth Year) Stadium: Wegmans Stadium Returning Top Scorer: Jordan Wolf 2015 Record: 8 – 6 For the past two seasons, the Rochester Rattlers have made it to the Final Game just to come up short. Fighting tooth and nail last season and being the favorite in the season prior, the team from the Flower City, who last hoisted the Cup in 2008…
The Charlotte Hounds of Major League Lacrosse today officially introduced Jim Stagnitta as the team’s new Head Coach for 2016. He becomes just the second coach in the Hounds’ five-year history, as former Head Coach Mike Cerino recently transitioned into the General Manager role. The Hounds today also announced their assistant coaching staff, which will see the team retain Brad Touma and add Tony Resch. “The front office has spent…
We are just over halfway through the 2016 campaign so it seems appropriate to check in on some of the 2017 MLL draft prospects. Specifically, I want to look at this years draft-eligible midfield group. Last season, I don’t think it was much of a question that Duke midfielder, Myles Jones, was the best midfielder and would be drafted #1 overall. Is Sergio Perkovic that guy this year? It is still…
Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, announced today the location for the season-ending marquee event, the 2016 Championship Game. The season will finish once again in metro Atlanta on Saturday, August 20 with the 2016 Championship Game hosted at Fifth Third Bank Stadium on the campus of Kennesaw State University. This marks the third consecutive year that the greater Atlanta area has hosted the MLL Championship Game….
As the college lacrosse season is in full swing, the pro lacrosse world continues to buzz with excitement. Several days ago, Major League Lacrosse, the premier outdoor professional lacrosse league, announced the two locations for the 2016 MLL Steinfeld Cup Tournament. The semi-final games in this year’s postseason will be hosted on two neutral sites: Rafferty Stadium at Fairfield University, and the National Sports Center Stadium in Blaine, Minnesota. The…
Myles Jones, Duke, M (Atlanta Blaze) – Duke went into their game against Loyola after two hard back-to-back losses against Harvard and Richmond. What was supposed to be a battle turned out to be a wash, as Myles Jones tallied five goals and three assists (31 points total) to help the Blue Devils to their fifth win of the season over the Greyhounds. Dylan Donahue, Syracuse, A (Charlotte Hounds) –…
The Atlanta Blaze remained active in the trade circuit for the second straight day, sending attack Ryan Walsh to the New York Lizards in exchange for attack Conrad Oberbeck and a 2018 third round draft pick. Oberbeck, a draft pick out of Yale in last year’s draft, played one game with the Lizards last season where he scored a goal. He is second all time in goals scored with Yale….