Drew Snider and Greg Melaugh Finished Their Hat Tricks in Week 8 Matchup with Ohio
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9 Seasons • 2014 Champions• 5 MLL Title Games 2015 WEEKLY GAME NOTES Friday, May 29 7:00 p.m. MDT Sports Authority Field at Mile High Denver Altitude and ESPN3.com 4-2 3-3 THIS WEEK’S GAME 2015 SCHEDULE Opponent: Ohio Machine Date Opponent Time/Result Sun., April 12 at Boston L, 13-16 When: Friday, May 29, 2015 Sun., April 19 at Ohio W, 14-13 Where: Sports Authority Field at Mile High Sun., May 3 vs. Charlotte W, 15-12 Sun., May 10 at Rochester L, 12-15 Broadcast: Altitude and ESPN3.com Sat., May 16 at Florida W, 15-12 Sun., May 24 vs. Chesapeake W, 17-10 All-time vs. Opp.:6-1 (Home: 3-0) Fri., May 29 vs. Ohio 9 p.m. EDT Sat., June 6 at Chesapeake 7 p.m. EDT TABLE OF CONTENTS Sat., June 20 vs. Rochester 9:30 p.m. EDT Notes of Interest .......................................................2 Sat., June 27 at Charlotte 7 p.m. EDT Sat., July 4 vs. Boston 9 p.m. EDT 2015 Rosters ...........................................................14 Thu., July 9 at New York 7:30 p.m. EDT 2015 Statistics.........................................................18 Sun., July 19 vs. Florida 3 p.m. EDT Front Office and Coaching Staff Biographies ..........22 Sat., July 25 vs. New York 5 p.m. EDT Player Biographies ..................................................33 2015 MLL STANDINGS 2015 Boxscores.......................................................84 Team W L GB PCT PF PA H A Weekly Transcript ...................................................91 New York 6 0 - 1.00 92 69 4-0 2-0 Denver 4 2 2 .667 86 78 2-0 2-2 Ohio 3 3 3 .500 79 74 2-1 1-2 Chesapeake 3 3 3 .500 74 73 1-1 2-2 OUTLAWS PR CONTACT Boston 3 3 3 .500 89 84 2-2 1-1 Public Relations Manager: Rebecca Villanueva Rochester 3 3 3 .500 72 80 2-1 1-2 Florida 1 5 5 .167 67 84 1-2 0-3 [email protected] | 303-264-5598 Charlotte 1 5 5 .167 66 83 0-3 1-2 DENVER OUTLAWS 2014 MLL CHAMPIONS DENVER OUTLAWS 2015 SEASON NOTES TEAM HIGHS AT HOME Championship. Berg had five goals in the championship Denver hosted the Chesapeake Bayhawks May 24, and game against Maryland. Adamson contributed a goal in posted season bests in many categories. The score of 17- the championship victory. 10 is a season single-game best for high score by the Out- laws, opponent low score and win margin. Berg is a finalist for the Tewaaraton Award for his se- nior season, in which he set DU’s single-season record The goals (17), assists (9), points (26), shots on goal (35) for goals with 58. Berg finished his career as the all-time and ground balls (49) were all single-game team highs, leader in points (255) and goals (188) at Denver. Berg’s while John Grant Jr.’s seven points ad four assists are an 188 career goals are the seventh most by any NCAA DI individual single-game high for the season. player, and his 39 NCAA Tournament goals are the sec- ond most in history. PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Dillon Roy and Anthony Kelly were named MLL Players of STRAIGHT SHOOTERS the Week for their performances against the Chesapeake The Outlaws lead the league in shooting percentage, con- Bayhawks. Roy earned Warrior Defensive Player of the verting on better than 32 percent of their shots. Though Week honors for the second straight week after limiting they are third in shots on goal percentage, many of the Ben Rubeor to one goal. Kelly was named the FOAthlete Outlaws have landed most of their shots on cage. Eric of the Week, presented by the Faceoff Academy, for win- Law has not had a shot off goal since the second game of ning more than 77 percent of the faceoffs in the win over the season. Chesapeake. Five offensive Outlaws have had games without shooting PLAYER OF THE GAMES off-goal, including Law and Sieverts who have done so John Grant Jr. was named the Coca-Cola Player of the more than once. Each of the Denver’s top 10 goal-scorers Game in back-to-back games, his first two of the 2015 have shot more on cage than off, with Law leading the season. He was award the honors for his four-point game charge, landing 20 of 22 shots on cage. at Florida and his seven-point performance against Ches- apeake. SINGLE-GAME SHOTS ON GOAL WITHOUT SHOT OFF PLAYER GAMES SOG Grant is the first Outlaw to be named player of the game J. Sieverts vs. Cha., 5/3/15 6 in back-to-back games since 2013. Eric Law did so in his Mi. Bocklet at Roc., 5/10/15 6 first two MLL games and Jesse Schwartzman earned the E. Law vs. Cha., 5/3/15 4 honors twice in a row in 2013 as well. The only other E. Law at Roc., 5/10/15 4 E. Law at Fla., 5/16/15 4 player to ever be named player of the game in consecu- D. Snider at Roc., 5/10/15 3 tive games was Brendan Mundorf, who did so twice, once J. Sieverts vs. Che., 5/24/15 3 in 2009 and once in 2012. C. Holding at Fla., 5/16/15 2 E. Law vs. Che., 5/24/15 2 ROOKIE WATCH Dan Taylor made his rookie debut for the Outlaws in the LEADING THE LEAGUE home opener against Charlotte. Taylor scored his first ca- The Outlaws lead the league in hat tricks in a game with reer goal in the game. Taylor recorded his first career as- four in the home opener against Charlotte. Eric Law was sist at Rochester. the first Outlaw to complete a hat trick with all three of his goals coming in the second quarter. Jeremy Sieverts, Rookies Wes Berg and Erik Adamson will be active for the Drew Snider and Greg Melaugh finished their hat tricks in Week 8 matchup with Ohio. Berg was named the NCAA the fourth quarter. Tournament Most Outstanding Player as he helped the Denver Pioneers claim their first NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Denver vs. Ohio — 2 — May 29, 2015 DENVER OUTLAWS 2014 MLL CHAMPIONS DENVER OUTLAWS 2014 MLL CHAMPIONS DENVER OUTLAWS 2015 SEASON NOTES The Outlaws are the only team to have three games in 2pG 1 T-5th Bos. -8 which at least three players scored a hat trick. They are Pts Allowed 78 4th N.Y. - 69 first in the league with 16 hat tricks this season. 2pG Allowed 2 T-2nd Ohio - 1 Che. - 1 Denver has had first-year players score hat tricks in three Point Differential +8 2nd N.Y. - +23 consecutive games, including Melaugh in back-to-back Ground Balls 232 1st Den. - 232 games. Shots 259 5th N.Y. - 301 Shooting Pct. .328 1st Den. - .328 HAT TRICKS Shots on Goal 170 3rd N.Y. - 202 Rk Team Number SOG Pct. .656 3rd N.Y. - .671 1 Denver 16 2 New York 13 Faceoff Pct. .604 2nd N.Y. - .700 3 Ohio 11 Powerplay Pct. .3125 (5-16) 3rd Bos. - .4500 (9-20) 4 Rochester 9 Penalty Kill Pct. .7143 (15-21) 7th Ohio - .9286 (13-14) 5 Boston 8 6 Florida 7 Denver leads the league in shooting percentage, and 7 Chesapeake 6 Michael Bocklet leads the league in individual shooting 8 Charlotte 3 percentage. After six games, the Outlaws also lead with 232 ground balls. Denver moved into a positive point 2015 WEEK 8 LEAGUE LEADERS differential after the win over Florida. Below is a listing of where the Outlaws ranked in some of the league’s key statistical categories in 2015. SINGLE-QUARTER HAT TRICK Eric Law recorded the third single-quarter hat trick of his INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS career in the second quarter against Charlotte. Law com- Cat. Outlaws MLL Rk. MLL Leader pleted this feat in his first-ever MLL game versus Hamil- Pts. D. Snider - 20 T-5th Three players - 28 ton as well as in the 2013 Semifinal versus Charlotte. Law G D. Snider -12 T-12th K. McArdle, Fla. - 18 is the second MLL player to record a hat trick in a single J. Sieverts - 12 period this season. Tommy Palasek did so for the New 2pG M. Simon - 1 T-5th S. Ratliff, Bos. - 3 York Lizards. The last Outlaw to perform such a feat was A D. Snider - 8 8th R. Pannell, N.Y. - 14 Drew Snider in the final regular season game of 2014 in GB Three players - 33 T-5th G. Gurenlian, N.Y. - 66 the first quarter at New York. SOG D. Snider - 31 T-3rd R. Pannell, N.Y. - 48 SPct.^ Mi. Bocklet - .588 1st Mi. Bocklet, Den. - .588 Michael Bocklet completed his second four-goal game PPG E. Law - 2 T-2nd R. Emery, Bos. - 4 at Rochester. He scored three goals in the fourth, which SHG None N/A J. Boltus, Roc. - 1 were the first three Outlaws goals in the quarter. FO Pct.* A. Kelly - .604 2nd G. Gurenlian, N.Y. - .797 Saves J. Schwartzman - 73 7th T. Fiorito, Che. - 97 DOMINANT DEFENSE The Outlaws’ defense has done an excellent job of limit- Save Pct. J. Schwartzman - .497 9th B. Queener, Fla. - .600 ing their opponents’ attackmen this season, holding the GAA J. Schwartzman - 12.89 6th D. Adams, N.Y. - 10.63 opposing attackmen to fewer than 10 combined points in 2pGA# J. Schwartzman - 2 T-5th A. Fullerton, Fla.