Boston Cannons

Major League Lacrosse Bayhawks upset Cannons, face Lizards in today's final Midfielder Ben Hunt scored four first-half points to help the Chesapeake Bayhawks build a seven-point halftime lead en route to a 13-9 upset of the top-seeded Boston Cannons in the Major Lacrosse League semifinals Saturday in Annapolis. The fourth-seeded Bayhawks (7-6) will play in today's title game at 1 p.m. at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium against the third-seeded Long Island Lizards, who got past the second-seeded Denver Outlaws, 16-12.

Major League Lacrosse Bayhawks' Turner named Defensive Player of Week Chesapeake Bayhawks goalie Kip Turner (Severn) earned Major League Lacrosse Defensive Player of the Week honors for his performance in the Bayhawks' 14-13 victory over the Boston Cannons on Saturday night at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. "This is a well-deserved honor for Kip and our entire team," general manager Brian Reese stated. "Kip had some extra motivation playing against his former team and came up with some huge saves, especially at the end of the game, to help seal the win. " Turner made nine saves in the fourth quarter and tallied a season-high 17 saves in total as the Bayhawks won their fifth straight game.

Major League Lacrosse Report: Cottle to be named Bayhawks coach The Bayhawks will hold a news conference today at 10 a.m. to announce their choice to replace Brendan Kelly as coach. Inside Lacrosse magazine is reporting that the Major League Lacrosse team has selected assistant coach and team president Dave Cottle , a former men's lacrosse coach at Maryland and Loyola College. Kelly, who owns the team, stepped down last month. Cottle, a Salisbury graduate, spent 19 years coaching at Loyola College, leading the Greyhounds to 181 wins and 14 consecutive appearances in the NCAA tournament.

It didn't start pretty for the Chesapeake Bayhawks during Saturday's Major League Lacrosse semifinal at Harvard Stadium in Cambridge, Mass., but a momentum-changing string of four points in 48 seconds left the Bayhawks smiling at the end. Kyle Dixon, the man dubbed Reggie Miller for his record-holding 28 two-point goals this season, scored back-to-back deuces in the second quarter to rally Chesapeake (11-4) past the Boston Cannons (9-6) with a 16-10 victory. The Bayhawks will look to become the first team in MLL history to win four league titles as they take the field against the Denver Outlaws (12-3)

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.

May 28 New Jersey Pride, W 21-12 June 5 4 p.m. New Jersey Pride June 12 4 p.m. Philadelphia Barrage June 18 7:30 p.m. @ Rochester Rattlers June 26 4 p.m. Rochester Rattlers June 30 8 p.m. @ Long Island Lizards July 10 4 p.m. Long Island Lizards July 16 6 p.m. @ Boston Cannons July 23 7 p.m. New Jersey Pride August 4 8 p.m. @ Philadelphia Barrage August 13 7:30 p.m. @ Rochester Rattlers

US Lacrosse today announced the U.S. men's national team roster for the Sunday, Jan. 27 exhibition against defending NCAA champion Loyola at the Champion Challenge. Scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., the eighth annual event will be the first in which the Team USA men take on the defending NCAA champion. Team USA also will face 2012 NCAA semifinalist Notre Dame on Jan. 26, with Jacksonville University also scheduled to participate in the event.

Zone defense is the flavor of the month. What was once thought to be a "less macho" approach is being used by Top 20 teams. Teams who have historically utilized man-to-man schemes have showcased zone defense this spring. North Carolina shut down Maryland for three quarters with a zone defense and won. Expect Johns Hopkins to copy the Tar Heels' strategy and give the Terps a dosage of zone. Georgetown nearly upset Syracuse with a zone. Princeton, Hopkins, Syracuse and even Virginia are playing zone defense in 2011.

Experience ruled yesterday when the next U.S. men's lacrosse national team was announced following four days of tryouts at UMBC. Among the 23 players selected to the team that will try to win America's seventh consecutive International Lacrosse Federation world championship next summer in London, Ontario, 21 are on Major League Lacrosse rosters. And for the first time since the event's inception in 1967, three brothers will represent the United States at the ILF games, which will include a record number of 18 teams and take place July 13-22, 2006.

A new Guinness Book of World Records was released this week, filled with the world's longest, fastest, biggest, smallest, most prolific and most substantial. Included among this compelling compendium of the world's greatest are a handful of Marylanders -- although (sadly) Ocean City is not included; Last month, it fell a few hundred two-pieces short in its attempt to establish a world record for most participants in a bikini parade. Ridgely's Chad Elchin, for instance, has reigned for 11 years as the record holder for most consecutive loops with a hang glider.