MLL Championship Weekend
When: Aug. 24-25 Where: PPL Park, Chester, Pa.
Tickets:
MajorLeagueLacrosse.com (US Lacrosse members get a 15-percent discount, info at
http://uslax.in/16U1zlQ) TV: Semifi nal No. 1, 1 p.m. Aug. 24 (ESPN2); Semifi nal No. 2, 4 p.m. Aug. 24 (CBS Sports Network); Championship, 3 p.m. Aug. 25 (ESPN2)
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him as the coach there, orchestrated a trade to send Snider to Denver, the MLL team closest to the player’s Northwest home. “I’ve always been doubted,” Snider said
in his natural laid-back tone, “coming from Seattle, not being the biggest guy, taking a prep school year before going to Maryland. My road has been pretty long. It’s kept me driven.” Snider has returned to his roots. In
his fi rst year out of college, in addition to breaking in last summer with the Outlaws as a defensive midfi elder, Snider replaced his father as coach at Nathan Hale (Wash.) High. He led the Raiders to a Division 2 state title June 1, a day after he scored fi ve goals in a 24-14 win over the Boston Cannons in Denver. At Nathan Hale, Snider’s dad was his assistant and his younger brother, Will, was a junior on the team and scored with 33 seconds left in the 7-6 title game win. They beat Garfi eld, the program Snider played for, in the championship game. Next spring Snider plans to be the fi rst coach of O’Dea (Wash.) High, which did not have a lacrosse program when he was a student there. While Snider was off making a name for himself and absorbing lacrosse knowledge on the East Coast, the number of programs in the Seattle area continued to grow, albeit more rapidly in the eastern suburbs, not Seattle proper. To help the city catch up, Snider has started a lacrosse company, CitySideLax, with Outlaws teammate and Washington Stealth defender O’Dougherty. They aim to develop city talent and youth programs to fuel high school participation and give city kids a lacrosse outlet in the fall. It all makes up the start of what
Snider hopes to be a long career in lacrosse. The Outlaws think he has that long-term potential, too. As part of a makeover before to this season, the Denver front offi ce
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MLL Homestretch: What to Watch The defending champion
and veteran-heavy Chesapeake Bayhawks, who despite having a 5-4 record after nine games, were allowing just 10.1 goals per game at press time. Can goalie Kip Turner carry his career season into the playoffs?... Reigning MLL Defensive Player of the Year Lee Zink may be the best one-on-one
cover guy in the game. The Outlaws defenseman this season has held Chesapeake’s John Grant Jr. to one goal, Hamilton’s Kevin Cunningham to one assist, Boston’s Ryan Boyle to one assist and Ned Crotty scoreless… Don’t forget one of the all-time greats, Hamilton long-stick midfi elder Brodie Merrill, and how New York’s Rob Pannell fi nishes
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his rookie season… Who gets next year’s No. 1 draft pick? The Ohio Machine led that race with one win in their fi rst nine games… Hamilton coach Dave Huntley, in his second stint with the team, seems to have a magic touch with the Nationals. In 2009, he led the franchise to an MLL title in their inaugural season. Defenseman
Tucker Durkin (Johns Hopkins) is in the running for MLL Rookie of the Year... Denver has made championship weekend seven straight times, but has yet to win a title.
— Corey McLaughlin Kip Turner
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