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Et cetera Bayhawks activate three, including Grant The Chesapeake Bayhawks activated high-scoring attackman John Grant Jr. and long-stick midfielder John Orsen , whose indoor seasons ended Saturday. Chesapeake also activated former Virginia goalkeeper Kip Turner , the 2010 Major League Lacrosse Goalie of the Year, who was unavailable for the first two games of the season. Grant is a former MLL Most Valuable Player and three-time Offensive Player of the Year.

Attackman Ryan Boyle (Gilman) scored 1:26 into overtime to give the Boston Cannons an 15-14 victory over the Chesapeake Bayhawks on Saturday night at Harvard Stadium in Cambridge, Mass. Boyle used an inside spin move to beat defenseman Michael Evans (Johns Hopkins, South River) from behind and fired a short shot past goalkeeper Kip Turner (Severn) to bring an end to a wild, back-and-forth affair. Boyle, the all-time leading scorer in Major League Lacrosse with 410 points, finished with three goals and two assists.

The Chesapeake Bayhawks selected goalie Kip Turner (Severn) 13th overall Wednesday in the Major League Lacrosse Expansion Draft and acquired two-time All-Star defenseman Brian Spallina from the Ohio Machine. The Bayhawks received the selection as a result of a trade last month. Turner was the 2010 MLL Goalie of the Year. As part of the trade for Spallina, the Bayhawks received a fourth-round selection in the MLL Collegiate Draft; the Machine received the Bayhawks' third-round collegiate pick.

Major League Lacrosse Streaking Rubeor scores 4 as Bayhawks rout Machine, 14-5 Attackman Ben Rubeor (Loyola High) had another big game as the Chesapeake Bayhawks manhandled the Ohio Machine, 14-5, in a game shortened to three quarters Saturday night because of lightning around Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Rubeor, who scored seven goals in a win over the New York Lizards last weekend, scored four goals and assisted another against the Machine. He now has at least one point in 32 consecutive games, and was named Player of the Game for the second straight time Saturday.

Matchup -- New Jersey Pride (3-5) @ Bayhawks (3-5) Site -- Johnny Unitas Stadium Time -- 7 Outlook -- A long shot to reach the postseason, the Bayhawks need to beat the team tied with them at the bottom of Major League Lacrosse's Eastern Conference to stay in the hunt. The Pride had lost 11 consecutive games to the Bayhawks before winning the June 11 matchup, 22-15, in New Jersey. Scott Urick, who tops the Pride with 30 points, scored four times in that game. Veteran attackman Mark Millon (29 points)

The Chesapeake Bayhawks know what's at stake in their regular-season finale against Denver tonight. Both Chesapeake and Denver come into the 7 p.m. game at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium tied for first with 10-3 records. The winner earns the top seed in the four-team Major League Lacrosse playoffs set for Aug. 25-26 at Harvard. "We're bigger and stronger, but they're quicker," Chesapeake coach Dave Cottle said. "So, this will be a good test for us. " The Bayhawks already passed that test once this season.

Major League Lacrosse Bayhawks acquire Dailey from Cannons The Chesapake Bayhawks acquired former Stevenson and Winters Mill star Jimmy Dailey from the Boston Cannons on Wednesday in exchange for a 2013 fifth-round supplemental draft pick. In other moves, the Bayhawks released attackman Trevor Moore , a 10th-round supplemental draft pick out of Robert Morris last year, and traded goalie Johnny Rodriguez (Salisbury) to the Ohio Machine for a 2013 supplemental pick.

The Chesapeake Bayhawks watched a nine-goal lead dwindle to one in the closing minutes of Saturday night's Major League Lacrosse matchup against Hamilton. The Bayhawks dominated Hamilton for most of the night, but suddenly had no answer for the Nationals' quick counter-attacks, while the Bayhawks' offense was held scoreless in the fourth quarter. But Chesapeake goalie Kip Turner stopped a shot by Joe Walters in the closing seconds and to help the Bayhawks escape with a 16-15 victory before an announced 9,832 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

Still two months from the Major League Lacrosse collegiate draft, the Bayhawks announced yesterday that they are planning to select Syracuse senior attackman Michael Powell with the first overall pick. Powell, a three-time All-American and Attackman of the Year, is on pace to lead the No. 3 Orangemen in scoring for a fourth straight year and is just 34 points short of topping his brothers, Casey and Ryan Powell, and becoming the all-time leading scorer in Syracuse history. The draft will be held at Sacred Heart University (Conn.

Chesapeake Bayhawks attackman Ben Rubeor was named Major League Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week after scoring a career-high seven goals in a 9-3 win over the New York Lizards on Saturday night at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. The sixth-year veteran from Loyola High connected on 64 percent of his shots and extended his point streak to 31 games. College women's honors: Florida senior defender Sam Farrell (Severna Park) and senior midfielder Brittany Dashiell (John Carroll)

Ben Rubeor plays attack for the Chesapeake Bayhawks and also serves as the high school lacrosse coach at St. Mary's in Annapolis. If he wants, Rubeor's got some interesting video to show his players this week. Rubeor finished with a career-high seven goals as Chesapeake defeated the New York Lizards, 9-3, in front of an announced 11,125 in a Major League Lacrosse game at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Saturday night. The 5-foot-11, 175-pound attackman from Virginia carried the Bayhawks (2-0)

It doesn't matter how far Kyle Dixon is from the goal - if you leave him open, he's going to shoot. The Chesapeake Bayhawks midfielder showed it this past week in St. Petersburg, Fla. Dixon netted three two-point goals in the Bayhawks' season-opening 17-14 victory over the Rochester Rattlers, tying the single-game league record he set in May 2012. Tonight, Dixon will look to continue his prolific shooting from beyond the two-point arc when the Bayhawks host the New York Lizards in their home opener at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

Loyola junior defenseman Joe Fletcher received the final Eastern College Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week award for the season Monday after helping the Greyhounds defeat host Johns Hopkins, 8-4, on Saturday. Fletcher was a big part of the Greyhounds' defense that held the Blue Jays scoreless for the final 29:18 of the game and limited them to 1-for-19 shooting after halftime. He had marking responsibilities for Johns Hopkins' leading scorer, Wells Stanwick (Boys' Latin)

Veteran midfielder Kyle Dixon (Archbishop Spalding) had seven points and tied a Major League Lacrosse record with three 2-point goals as the Chesapeake Bayhawks opened the 2013 season by beating the Rochester Rattlers, 17-14, in front of an announced 3,940 at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Fla. Dixon, a seventh-year professional, increased his MLL career record for 2-pointers to 50. The perennial All-Star also had an assist as Chesapeake began...

Dan Burns has always been a local boy. He grew up Severna Park, won three Anne Arundel County titles and two state championships at Severna Park, and played college lacrosse at Maryland. Now, after beginning his Major League Lacrosse career with the Rochester Rattlers and Hamilton Nationals, Burns is returning home. The Chesapeake Bayhawks acquired the 25-year old in a trade with the Nationals this offseason, reuniting him with former Terps coach Dave Cottle in his home state.

After three weekends of training camp, the defending Major League Lacrosse champion Chesapeake Bayhawks have announced their 25-man roster heading into Saturday night's season opener at the Rochester Rattlers. The Bayhawks, one of the most experienced and deepest teams in MLL, return numerous veteran standouts, including 2012 Championship Weekend MVP Ben Rubeor (Loyola High). But there are also talented new faces who made a big impression on coach Dave Cottle during training camp, including Germantown native Grant Kaleikau and J.P. Dalton (Loyola University, St Mary's)

Catonsville senior Deb Milani (four goals, one assist) and sophomore Jenn Nonn (one goal, three assists) had four points each and senior Claudia Flister added three goals to lead the unbeaten Comets (6-0) to a 13-12 lacrosse victory Wednesday over visiting Hereford (3-3). Hereford played the last 18:55 with leading scorer Noelle Funk (two goals, two assists) out after receiving a fourth yellow card, but the Bulls hung in until the final two minutes, thanks to goalie MC Abbott, who had seven of her 11 saves in the second half.