Boston Cannons

The agent for Paul Rabil said the former Johns Hopkins lacrosse All-American will make "a couple of million dollars” through endorsement contracts over the next few years, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, calling Rabil “the sport's first million-dollar man.” Rabil, who now stars for the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse and the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League, has deals with Warrior, Red Bull, Nooka watches, Polk Audio,...

Matchup: Bayhawks (10-1) vs. Rochester Rattlers (5-6) Site: Bishop Kearney Field, Rochester, N.Y. Time: 7:30 Outlook: A win by the Bayhawks will clinch top seeding in Major League Lacrosse's playoffs over the Boston Cannons, who defeated the Long Island Lizards last night, 19-16. The Lizards and Rochester are also in the four-team playoff field. The Rattlers clinched their spot Thursday, when the defending champion Philadelphia Barrage lost to the New Jersey Pride, 16-12. Rochester and Long Island are in the running for the third seed.

BOSTON -- Chris Garrity (St. Mary's High School) made a game-high 25 saves and the host Boston Cannons totaled nine points in the fourth quarter to power past the Bayhawks, 23-16, in front of 6,748 at Nickerson Field last night. With the loss, the Bayhawks (4-7) are eliminated from Major League Lacrosse playoff contention and will not advance to the postseason for the first time in the league's six-year history. Meanwhile, the Cannons (8-3) remain one game behind the Philadelphia Barrage for the Eastern Conference lead.

A little more than two days after scoring a career-high six goals in Monday's NCAA men's final loss to Syracuse, Johns Hopkins senior Paul Rabil was being celebrated as the No. 1 pick in the Major Lacrosse League draft. The Boston Cannons on Wednesday night selected Rabil, who scored a team-high 36 goals and had 14 assists. He was a three-time first-team U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association All-American and the 2007 McLaughlin Award winner as the nation's top midfielder. He joined Kyle Harrison (2005)

For the third time in four seasons, the Baltimore Bayhawks will start their Major League Lacrosse season in a new home. At a news conference yesterday at Towson University, MLL and Towson officials announced that the Bayhawks will play their six home games during the 2004 season at Minnegan Field at Johnny Unitas Stadium. Last year, the Bayhawks played their home games at Johns Hopkins' Homewood Field, also the team's home field during the league's inaugural 2001 season. In 2002, the Bayhawks played at what is now called M&T Bank Stadium.

The Hamilton Nationals traded defensive midfielder Dan Burns (Severna Park, Maryland) to the Chesapeake Bayhawks on Friday, the day Major League Lacrosse's 23-man rosters were released. The Bayhawks sent midfielder John Austin, the No. 8 overall pick in the 2013 supplemental draft and the No. 15 selection in the 2013 Collegiate Draft to Hamilton in return. Also, the Boston Cannons traded a fifth-round pick in the 2014 Collegiate Draft to the Bayhawks for midfielder Brent Adams. Burns, a Baltimore resident, is one of the league's fastest players and will add depth to a Bayhawks defensive midfield corps that includes Matt Abbott and Jeff Reynolds, who could be tied up with National Lacrosse League commitments during the first part of the 2013 MLL season.

After the game, the Bayhawks contended that the presence of former coach Brian Voelker in the other team's lineup provided no extra motivation, and that facing him wasn't even mentioned during the week. Regardless, the Bayhawks did yesterday what they struggled to do at times last season under Voelker: They played near-perfect defense and put a team away when they had the opportunity. Thanks in large part to goalie Greg Cattrano, the Bayhawks forced the Boston Cannons into two long scoring droughts as they ended a two-game losing streak with a 15-7, non-divisional victory in front of 3,307 sun-drenched fans at Ravens Stadium.

Holding the first pick in the Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft, the Baltimore Bayhawks are planning to select senior attackman Michael Powell of Syracuse. The 2004 MLL Collegiate Draft is scheduled to take place at Sacred Heart University on Thursday, June 3, two days before the Bayhawks' game against the New Jersey Pride in Denver, Colo. A three-time All-America selection on attack, Powell has also earned the Jack Turnbull Award as the nation's top Division I attackman three straight seasons.

Boston Cannons attackman Paul Rabil had two goals, including a two-pointer, and an assist Saturday in a 17-15 win over the Ohio Machine, giving him the new Major League Lacrosse single-season points record of 72. Rabil, who won two NCAA championships at Johns Hopkins, received credit for the assist during a review after the game, which was the regular-season finale for the Cannons. The league confirmed the record Monday, lifting Rabil past the 71 points that current Chesapeake Bayhawks attackman John Grant Jr. scored in 2007 with the Rochester Rattlers.