Hi ILWT Readers, Apologies for the lateness of this post, it has been a crazy week at the office. As such, I will probably keep this week’s update shorter than most…. With Chris Eck graduating from the Fuqua School of Business (Duke University), I was awarded the opportunity to dress against the Denver Outlaw in Week 3. Needless to say, I had difficulty focusing on my work and studies all…
I can almost guarantee you that when Jake Steinfeld had the idea of a professional outdoor lacrosse league, he envisioned a franchise like the Denver Outlaws. Denver is the perfect example that professional lacrosse can work… and grow. Despite fluctuations and changes around Major League Lacrosse, the Denver franchise plays at an NFL stadium, is highly successful on the field and literally breaks attendance records on an annual basis. The…
The first year franchise Florida Launch (2-1) are already impressing in this young season. After falling to the Denver Outlaws to open the season the Launch have won two straight, and are looking better and better. Veterans Casey Powell, Brett Queener, and Doug Shanahan seem to have a grip on the team’s success. Queener has been solid in the net, Casey remains to be the catalyst on offense, as he leads the league in points, while…
While the MLL season is just starting, the NCAA season is starting to wind down with the start of the NCAA Tournament. Many teams have not made it and some were just eliminated. With graduations occurring and the college players moving on to the next stages of their career, some players have started their rookie seasons in the MLL. Who are they and how big of an impact did they…
CHARLOTTE, N.C.—The Charlotte Hounds finally put together the kind of performance that got them to last year’s Major League Lacrosse championship game—it just took them a few weeks. That the Hounds’ best game of the 2014 season came against the defending MLL champions was a plus, as Charlotte crushed the Chesapeake Bayhawks 12-7 on Saturday for its first win of the season. Charlotte native Mike Sawyer tied his career high…
The Denver Outlaws have won their third game of the season and their 23rd straight regular season game as they defeated the Boston Cannons on Saturday night, 10-9 in overtime. Justin Pennington kicked off the Outlaws scoring early and Denver held a 3-1 lead until Boston tied it and eventually went ahead. The Outlaws tied the game at four in the waning seconds of the first half on a rain-soaked…
The Charlotte Hounds picked up their first win of 2014 on Saturday night when they defeated the Chesapeake Bayhawks. After the game we caught up with their coach Mike Cerino and Mike Sawyer along with former Hound and current Bayhawk Peet Poillon. Peet Poillon Mike Sawyer Mike Cerino
Just 13 days after falling to New York in the 2014 season opener, the Rochester Rattlers responded by beating the Lizards 15-9 Friday evening on CBS Sports Network. After New York took a 4-1 lead after one quarter, Rochester outscored the Lizards 14-5 the rest of the way to roll to the victory. “I think we had good opportunities early, but we just didn’t bury them,” said Rochester…
Chesapeake Bayhawks (1-1) at Charlotte Hounds (0-2) 3:30 pm Saturday, May 10 American Legion Memorial Stadium, Charlotte, N.C. TV: CBS Sports Network The Game: The rematch of last year’s Major League Lacrosse championship game features two teams still trying to find some consistency, and still missing some key players because of coaching or playing commitments elsewhere. The Hounds showed vast improvement on both sides of the ball last week, except…
New York and Rochester are pretty familiar with each other. For the second time in 13 days, the sides will square off. The 1-1 Lizards travel to the 1-1 Rattlers on Friday for a 7:30 pm opening faceoff on CBS Sports Network. In the April 27 meeting, Cornell graduate and 2013 Tewaaraton Award winner Rob Pannell led the New York offense in the absence of an injured Ned Crotty. Pannell…