The Cannons welcomed the Launch to Gillette Stadium on Saturday night for the first meeting of the season between the two teams. Boston entered the contest with a 3-3 record, while Florida came into Foxborough with 1-5 mark on the year. Coming off of back-to-back wins, the Cannons were able to continue their winning ways, with a 13-9 victory to push their win streak to three in front of 10,143…
The Rochester Rattlers won last night in Chesapeake 15-11. The Rattlers, now 4-3, are in the midst of a huge tie for second place in Major League Lacrosse along with Denver, Boston, and Ohio. The Bayhawks fell to 3-4 on the season and are four games out of first place. Mike Manley Tim Soudan Jordan Wolf CJ Costabile
The Charlotte Hounds on Saturday night fell 21-16 to the visiting New York Lizards. At one moment in the fourth quarter the Hounds were down by 13 points, but fought back to make it a four-point game with 3:27 to play. The Hounds even set a new team record for 2-point goals scored in a game, tallying a total of four on Saturday night. The Lizards’ Rob Pannell was named…
Coming off of a bye week, the New York Lizards visit the Charlotte Hounds at American Legion Memorial Stadium, looking to keep their undefeated season going. This is the first time the teams will see each other this season; the second time will be at James M. Shuart Stadium on June 20th. These teams sit on opposite sides of the standings, with the Lizards, no surprise, in first with a…
Marcus Holman had a game-high five goals and Tom Schreiber led the visiting Ohio Machine with seven assists on a chilly Friday night in Denver, en route to an 18–12 victory over the Denver Outlaws. The loss was Denver’s first home loss since July 4th, 2014, and only their second since midway through the 2012 season. Brian Phipps led a stalwart defensive effort for the Machine with 10 saves, several…
Two teams with two-game winning streaks are set for battle Friday night in Denver as the Outlaws (4-2) get set to host Ohio (3-3) at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. The game will be a rematch from week two of this season, a 14-13 win for the Outlaws at Ohio. Denver attackman Michael Bocklet played the hero that day, scoring the game-winning goal with two seconds left. The…
The highlight from last weekend in Major League Lacrosse was Lyle Thompson making his MLL debut. Thompson, who reunited with brother Miles, finished with a goal and three assists in Florida’s 20-12 win over Ohio. His first-career goal 10:29 into the first quarter gave the Launch a 4-2 lead. He dished two assists in the second quarter and one in the third. Not to be forgotten is Joey Sankey of…
Last week, we talked about the rookies we thought would make an impact in their Major League Lacrosse debuts. It was an impressive showing for the Class of 2015 so far. Joey Sankey dropped five goals and three assists for the Hounds. This was one of the most impressive debuts in league history albeit in a losing effort. The Hounds other young guns Josh Hawkins and Mike Sawyer will help…
With three Major League Lacrosse games, here are the three stars from the weekend that was. 3) John Grant Jr. (Denver) – 3 goals, 4 assists The only offensive player among our three stars, John Grant Jr. tallied seven points in a 17-10 win over Chesapeake. All three of his goals came in the second half. He had two goals and an assist in the third quarter as Denver held…
Ok, in terms of full disclosure, for last week’s rankings I put much more thought into teams’ Mallrats equivalents than the actual order of the teams. Looking back, however, I’m comfortable with where everyone was slotted. The obvious caveat to that last statement is that comfort is a relative term with the teams in this league. As one of the play-by-play guys said this weekend (I can’t remember which) the…