The New York Lizards will be taking on the Charlotte Hounds tonight in a tilt that the Lizards hope will help propel them into a top seed for the fast approaching playoffs. The Lizards sit in third place in the MLL Standings with a record of 7-5. While their opponents, the Hounds, sit in seventh place with a record of 4-8. The Lizards have had an impressive season so far…
USA Profile: Matt Abbott Position: Midfielder College: Syracuse University Professional: Chesapeake Bayhawks. Syracuse hit a gold mine with their Class of 2009, winning two championships and producing a number of professionals. Not many people would have thought that the last one standing in the professional ranks would have been Matt Abbott. The midfielder out of Nottingham, New York became an entity in college sports that many coaches would do…
Major League Lacrosse, the premier outdoor lacrosse league, announced today that it has partnered with the lacrosse apparel company, Adrenaline. Adrenaline will be designated as an “Official Partner of Major League Lacrosse” and will provide certain sideline apparel to all MLL teams. These licensed items will also be available to fans at retail with a product launch this spring. Adrenaline, headquartered in San Diego, produces athletic wear, footwear, and…
Baltimore-based STX, LLC, a global sporting goods leader, today announced the signing of Major League Lacrosse (MLL) athlete Tucker Durkin through 2016. In his role with STX, Durkin will serve as an official STX-sponsored athlete and will appear in the company’s marketing and product campaigns. Durkin will use the STX Hammer product line as he continues tryouts for Team USA leading up to the World Lacrosse Championships and with the Florida Launch…
STX becomes an Official Equipment Partner for 2014 BOSTON (Feb. 11, 2014) – Major League Lacrosse, the premier outdoor lacrosse league, announced today it has partnered with Baltimore-based STX, to provide equipment to MLL players for the 2014 season. “We’re excited to have STX join Major League Lacrosse as an Official Equipment Partner,” said MLL Commissioner David Gross. “Our goal when opening the equipment category was to help unite the…
John Grant Jr. of the Colorado Mammoth spends his summers playing in the MLL, currently with the Chesapeake Bayhawks. His teammate, rookie goaltender Dillon Ward, divides time between the MLL’s Hamilton Nationals (now the Florida Launch) and the KW Kodiaks of the MSL. Mark Matthews of the Edmonton Rush likewise divides his summers between the MLL’s New York Lizards and the WLA’s Langley Thunder. Many pro lacrosse players compete in…
Alex Urquhart The defending MLL Champs really haven’t had too much to improve on in the last few years. This year’s Collegiate Draft saw the Bayhawks drafting with an eye on defense. With their first pick, a third round pick at 21st overall, the Bayhawks selected Mike Harris. Harris is currently an LSM at Syracuse and lead the Orangemen in a number of stats last season. Harris adds an element…
It was announced yesterday that the Hamilton Nationals will be moving down to the Sunshine State for the 2014 season. The team will thus be called the Florida Launch. This is the franchises fourth stop in the last number of years. First being the original Rochester Rattlers, then moving to Toronto as the Nationals, after moving north of the border the Nationals moved to Hamilton and keeping the Nationals name,…
The Rochester Rattlers have been making huge moves this off-season, most notably trading Max Striebel and Ned Crotty to the New York Lizards. The one that probably is of more importance than that trade, at least to the New York Lizards, is the trading away of Steve DeNapoli. The Lizards gave up Mark Mathews, the young Canadian and Denver grad, and a fourth round pick in the Supplemental draft….
Alex Urquhart The Boston Cannons will be going to looking at their roster over the next while to decide on which players they will need to protect and which one will end up being unprotected players for the upcoming draft cycles. Most likely the Cannons will be looking to protect more of their offensive players, while the leave a number of their defenders up for grabs. This would also…