Bayhawks Game
A brilliant assist from Casey Powell to Michael Kimmel with 1:25 left closed a late comeback effort by Cottle’s troops as Chesapeake will attempt to go back to back after Defeating Hamilton 13-12. Jesse Bernhardt was sensational down the wire grabbing loose balls.
from inside lacrosse.com The Chesapeake Bayhawks edged the Hamilton Nationals 13-12 Saturday at PPL Park in Chester, Pa., in a back-and-forth slugfest that saw five lead changes. The second of two semifinals, the contest was capped by Mike Kimmel’s goal on a feed from Casey Powell with 1:25 left in the fourth quarter to lift the Bayhawks to victory and send the franchise to its second consecutive Steinfeld Cup appearance.
Kimmel led the Bayhawks with four points on three goals, including a two-pointer that was Chesapeake’s first goal of the game. John Grant Jr. and Ben Hunt each contributed two goals and assist in the win. In the cage, Kip Turner registered 14 saves for the Bayhawks.
Hamilton was led by Joe Walters, who finished with two goals and three assists, while league MVP Kevin Crowley and Martin Cahill each contributed two goals and an assist in the loss. Brett Queener made 13 stops in the cage for Hamilton.
Outlaws vs Hounds
There is just too much pressure on undefeated teams as Denver looked uptight from the start of the game quickly falling behind 8-2 after the 1st quarter and never actually catching up. This has to be a tremendous disappointment to Drew Snider, Jeremy Sieverts, Lee Zink and probably most of all Jess Schwartzman and Brendan Mundorf.
In one of the biggest upsets in playoff history, the Charlotte Hounds defeated the Denver Outlaws 17-14 at PPL Park in the first semi-final of Major League Lacrosse’s Championship Weekend. The result developed as a result of an eight-goal first quarter from the Hounds — an offensive explosion that put Denver so far behind that they never recovered.
The Outlaws were stifled at the face-off X all afternoon by Geoff Snider and Tim Fallon. Snider and Fallon combined to win six of the nine face-offs in the first quarter and the Hounds repaid their effort by scoring several opportunistic goals — the most important of which was a two-pointer from Matt Danowski just over nine minutes into the game. An errant pass rolled to the opposite side of the two-point arc right to Danowski’s feet. The Hounds attackman made the most of it and stuck it nearside on a turning Schwartzman to make the score 6-2. Two consecutive goals from Sawyer followed and the Hounds were up 8-2 at the end of the first. What’s more, only one of those first-quarter Hounds goals were assisted.
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