The Florida Launch (4-4) host the Chesapeake Bayhawks Saturday night in a must win game for Stan Ross’ club. Florida has struggled lately and will need a big victory at home to help get them some sort of momentum going into the final stretch of the season that has them on the road for four of their last six games. Chesapeake hasn’t met their expectations for the season, sitting at…
It may have been low scoring, but the 2014 MLL All Star game lived up to the hype. Team USA was sloppy for most of the game but they still took home a 10-9 victory over Team MLL thanks to a goal from Rob Pannell with six seconds left in the game. The first quarter ended at 2-2 with Kevin Leveille of the Rochester Rattlers scoring both goals for USA. The…
With six weekends left on the regular season in Major League Lacrosse the Florida Launch will have to get it together to make a run into the playoffs. Losing three of their last four was not exactly what they’d hoped for returning from Memorial Day weekend. The Launch will hit the road for four of their next six games which makes things a little tougher on the first year franchise….
Unlike in other sports (except maybe baseball where it means home field advantage), the Major League Lacrosse all star game has meaning to it. Especially this year when Team MLL will be taking on Team USA, and it is USA’s last scrimmage before they get ready for the FIL in Denver. Match Ups Team MLL Attack Eric Law Logan Schuss Matt Danowski Drew Westervelt Team USA Attack Rob Pannell Brendan…
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…
Major League Lacrosse has announced two events for its halftime show this year. The hardest shot contest returns along with the accuracy contest, though it was a bit altered. The fastest shot has a new twist to it this year as a fan who shoots the fastest at the MLL Fan Zone before the game will get to be a part of the event. MLL players in the event include…
Photo Credit: Di Miller On June 18, the MLL held their weekly Coaches Conference Call and Denver Outlaws Head Coach B.J. O’Hara was asked about the team’s 9-6 win over the Chesapeake Bayhawks. Coach O’Hara said: “Well, I think sometimes you can get sidetracked a little bit in preparing. We were made aware on Friday that Chesapeake was going to be missing some guys—among them Brendan Mundorf, Michael Evans, and…
This time it counts. That’s the slogan Major League Baseball uses to promote its All-Star Game. The league hoped to drum up interest in its midsummer classic by giving the winner home field advantage in the World Series. Major League Lacrosse is taking “this time it counts” in an All-Star Game to a new level. Baseball’s midsummer classic has come under a lot of scrutiny. The game can feel very…
The days are getting ever closer to the World Games in Denver this July. The United States Team is on the verge of being announced and it will be a scramble for other teams to try to match up with this late knowledge going into the games. Each position is loaded with All Americans, a few Player of the Year Awards, and a couple Tewaaraton Award Winners. Here is the…
The Ohio Machine are 3-5 so far in 2014 but it hasn’t been because of a lack of offense. The Machine have scored 106 goals so far this season which is tops in the league. Dare I say it, they are well oiled machine. In 2013, this offense was putrid, awful, horrendous, unbearable, I think you get the idea. Essentially, any other synonym you have for bad is what the Machine’s…