Yesterday afternoon the Rochester Rattlers advanced to their second ever MLL championship. We caught up with them after the game. Joel White Tim Soudan
Ohio Still Has Bright Future Ahead
The Ohio Machine may have fallen in their first ever Major League Lacrosse semi final yesterday to the hands of the Rochester Rattlers, but Ohio might have the brightest future of any MLL club. After a dismal 2013, Ohio exploded in 2014 with a league leading 200 goals and league leading scorers all over the place. Marcus Holman and Peter Baum tied for seventh with 50 points each. Holman led…
Outlaws Surge Past Lizards Behind Grant Jr
Photo Credit: Di Miller On Saturday August 16, the Denver Outlaws (10-5) hosted the New York Lizards (9-6) at Peter Barton Stadium on the University of Denver Campus for the first ever playoff game in Denver, CO. The stadium was filled with 2,488 Outlaws fans, a sell-out crowd who came to cheer on their Denver Outlaws to a victory and a trip to the MLL Championship game on August 23….
Rattlers Strike as Machine Stalls
The Rochester Rattlers may have started out slow, but stellar goaltending by John Galloway kept the game close in the first quarter and enabled the Rattlers to start their comeback as they came away with a 15-11 victory over the Ohio Machine. The Rattlers will face the Denver Outlaws who defeated the Lizards 14-13. Faceoff is scheduled for 7 pm (ET) next Saturday in Atlanta, GA. Head coach Tim Soudan…
Minnesota Gets a Veteran in the Defense in Grimes
Photo Credit: Dan Brodie The Minnesota Swarm traded for Mike Grimes who was under contract with the Vancouver Stealth. The Swarm gave up both Dane Stevens and Tyler Hass, while getting Grimes and a third round pick in the 2016 draft. Acquiring Grimes gives the Swarm a veteran leader on the back line. As an eight-year veteran of the NLL, Grimes has played in 115 games over those eight years….
Ohio Has Shot Against Top Seed Rochester
The Ohio Machine have made the MLL playoffs for the first time in their young franchise’s history. Rochester is in the playoffs for the first time since 2008, before Ohio was even in the league. These two teams are hungry, but despite the Rochester Rattlers being the top seed in the league, the Ohio Machine match up very well against the ‘Ratz. Ohio ended the season on a five game…
CILL: Dragonfish Look to Extend Season Lead
LANSING, MI – Last weekend we were in Grand Rapids. This weekend we head to Michigan’s capital of Lansing. The Soccer Zone will host the CILL “Lansing Lockdown” on Saturday Four games of box lacrosse that will showcase the Cleveland Demons, Grand Rapids Dragonfish, Pittsburgh Octane and the host Lansing Hotrods. We get started at 12:30pm ET when the host HotRods will take on the Cleveland Demons. Next we have…
Can the Lizards Upset the Outlaws in Denver?
The MLL regular season is over and now comes the fun part, the MLL Championship run! The third-seeded New York Lizards will head to the second-seeded Denver Outlaws in one of the two semifinal games set for this weekend. What makes this game even better is the fact that the Lizards are fresh off an overtime win over the Outlaws just last week! Will the Lizards make it two straight…
Outlaws Notebook: Dickson Out
Photo Credit: Di Miller On August 13, the MLL held their weekly Coaches Conference Call and Denver Outlaws Head Coach B.J. O’Hara was asked about the overtime loss to the New York Lizards on August 9. He said: “Both teams put winning the game ahead of any of the other distractions in terms of margin of victory. We were trying to win the game that was in front of us, as…
Rattlers Head Coach Tim Soudan Named Brine Coach of the Year
BOSTON (August 14, 2014) – Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, announced today that Rochester Rattlers Head Coach Tim Soudan has been named 2014 Brine Coach of the Year. Soudan led the Rattlers to a well-deserved No. 1 seed in the playoffs and a 10-4 record, guiding the team to its first playoff berth since 2008. “It is humbling to receive this award after the great year we…