It has been a tough year so far for the defending champion Chesapeake Bayhawks. So far this season, the Hawks are 1-5 and their lone win came in overtime. On the schedule upcoming is some of the toughest competition that the team will find this season with the Boston Cannons and Denver Outlaws their next two opponents respectively. The Bayhawks have always had a steady lineup, which has always been…
The National Lacrosse League has announced a trio of finalists for the 2014 NLL Defensive Player of the Year award. Two Edmonton Rush defensemen, Chris Corbeil and Kyle Rubisch, join Buffalo Bandits defender Steve Priolo as the top three vote recipients for best defenseman in the league. Corbeil, who serves as the Rush’s captain, led all defensemen in both points (27) and goals (17). The fifth-year pro tied for the…
On Tuesday afternoon, Andrew Goldberg went one on one with two time NCAA lacrosse champion Casey Carroll. Carroll, a defenseman, won two titles with the Duke Blue Devils, including this season. He joined the army and returned to Duke years later and also overcame a torn ACL. We spoke with Carroll about his comeback, potential professional career, and his second NCAA title. Casey Carroll
Photo Credit: Di Miller On June 11, the MLL held their weekly Coaches Conference Call and Denver Outlaws Head Coach B.J. O’Hara was asked whether or not playing Charlotte back-to-back contributed to the Hounds changing their game plan and win on June 7. Coach O’Hara said: “No, I don’t. I think that we were going to play them home-and-home, and I don’t think the timing of the games had any…
The Charlotte Hounds are in just their third year of existence, but have done something that only one other team has been able to accomplish over the last 718 days—defeat the Denver Outlaws. The Hounds have done it twice. Denver has just three losses in that span, two coming to Charlotte. Last weekend, the Hounds ended the game on a 6-2 run to turn a 13-12 deficit into an 18-15…
This week’s all stars include two Team USA players and one MLL all star. Logan Schuss doubled his point total while John Galloway stood on his head and Stephen Berger brought his team a win. Number One: John Galloway, Rochester Rattlers Galloway is consistently been one of the best goalies in Major League Lacrosse for the past four seasons. he has stepped it up to another level this season as…
The National Lacrosse League has announced three finalists for 2014 NLL Head Coach of the Year (The Les Bartley Award). The Rochester Knighthawks’ Mike Hasen, Edmonton Rush’s Derek Keenan and Calgary Roughnecks’ Curt Malawsky were the top three vote-getters for their head coaching roles with their respective teams. Hasen led Rochester to the top of the East Division with a 14-4 record, second best in the NLL, in his fourth…
The Major League Lacrosse season is now in full swing and the full focus of the lacrosse world now that the NLL and NCAA seasons have ended. With that, most of the top rookies are starting to make their impacts for their respective teams. Who are the players who are making the seamless transition from the college game to the pros though? Here is your complete rookies report from Week…
It was a difficult year for the Ohio Machine last season, as the team finished with their second straight two-win season in their second year of existence. That being said, the Machine vastly improved over the course of the year and played much more competitively after the hiring of new head coach Bear Davis. Despite the dismal 2-12 campaign in 2013 and the loss of key players Kyle Hartzell and…
BOSTON (June 10, 2014) -Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, announced the Team MLL roster for the 2014 MLL All-Star Game today. The 24 players selected will compete against Team USA in the MLL All-Star Game on Thursday, June 26, at 7:30 p.m. at Historic Harvard Stadium in Boston, MA. The team will be coached by Chesapeake Bayhawks head coach David Cottle. New York Lizards head coach…