Washington Bayhawks
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| Washington Bayhawks | |
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| Conference | Eastern |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Home stadium | Multi-Sport Field |
| Based in | Washington, D. C. |
| Colors | navy blue, green, silver |
| Head coach | |
| General manager | |
| Local media | Washington Post |
| Website | WashingtonBayhawks.com |
| Championships | 2002,2005 |
| Conference Championships | |
The Washington Bayhawks are a lacrosse team based in Washington, D. C.. Since the 2001 season, they have played in Major League Lacrosse. They are currently in the Eastern Conference. Prior to 2006, they were in the National Division. The team was based in the Baltimore, Maryland metro area as the Baltimore Bayhawks from 2001-2006.
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[edit] Franchise history
The Bayhawks have played two seasons at Homewood Field on the Homewood campus of Johns Hopkins University (2001 and 2003) and played its home games during the 2002 season at Ravens Stadium now called M&T Bank Stadium in downtown Baltimore, currently the home of the Baltimore Ravens. They played their home games at Johnny Unitas Stadium on the campus of Towson University from 2004 to 2006. The Bayhawks have won National Division championships in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005. They made the 2004 playoffs as a wild card.
The Bayhawks were the only Major League Lacrosse charter team to have a winning season in each of the first five years of the league.
[edit] Move to Washington, D.C.
There had been months of rumors about the Bayhawks moving from Baltimore, and a lot of the speculation centered around the team's moving to Washington, D.C.. On November 3, 2006, Inside Lacrosse received an email entitled “Major League Lacrosse is coming to Washington D.C.” announcing a pre-season press conference at Nathan’s of Georgetown on November 14. In addition, the domain name washingtonbayhawks.com is registered with a contact name of Kerry Pucillo, Director of Corporate Operations for Major League Lacrosse. The e-mail contact for the domain was her e-mail address and the street address given for the domain registry is that of Major League Lacrosse’s headquarters. The domain was registered September 2006.
The MLL approved the move to Washington. [1]The Bayhawks will play their first home game of the 2007 season at George Mason Stadium in Fairfax, Virginia and the remaining five at Georgetown University's Multi-Sport Field.
[edit] Mikey Powell/Connor Gill trade
On March 20, 2007, the Bayhawks completed a trade with the Boston Cannons. In the trade, the Cannons gave up Connor Gill and Ryan Curtis and in return they got Mikey Powell, Ben DeFelice, and a 2008 conditional draft choice.[1]
[edit] Season-by-season
| Year | W | L | Regular season finish | Playoffs |
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| Baltimore Bayhawks | ||||
| 2001 | 10 | 4 | 1st in National Division | Won semifinal 12-11 over Cannons Lost championship 15-11 to Lizards |
| 2002 | 10 | 4 | 1st in National Division | Won semifinal 15-10 over Cannons Won championship 21-12 over Lizards |
| 2003* | 7 | 4 | 1st in National Division | Won semifinal 15-13 over Pride Lost championship 15-14 (OT) to Lizards |
| 2004 | 7 | 5 | 2nd in National Division | Lost semifinal 24-16 to Cannons |
| 2005 | 10 | 2 | 1st in National Division | Won semifinal 20-13 over Rattlers Won championship 15-9 over Lizards |
| 2006 | 4 | 8 | 6th Eastern Conference | - |
*One game cancelled
[edit] 2006 roster
| Jersey Number | Player Name | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Ronnie Staines | Defense |
| 4 | Brendan Healy | Midfield |
| 7 | Mikey Powell | Attack |
| 9 | Mark Millon | Attack |
| 11 | Kyle Dixon | Midfield |
| 12 | Matt Ward | Attack |
| 14 | Ben DeFelice | Midfield |
| 16 | Matt Russell | Goalkeeper |
| 17 | Mike Mollott | Midfield |
| 18 | Casey Connor | Defense |
| 22 | Kevin Frew | Midfield |
| 24 | Mark Frye | Midfield |
| 25 | Sean Greenhalgh | Attack |
| 32 | Shawn Nadelen | Defense |
| 33 | Bill McGlone | Midfield |
| 37 | Christian Cook | Defense |
| 39 | Joe Boulukos | Midfield |
| 41 | Greg Havalchak | Goalkeeper |
| 42 | Tom Marechek | Attack |
| 47 | Jude Collins | Midfield |
[edit] Coaches and others
- Brian Voelker 2001
- Gary Gait 2002-05
- Scott Hiller 2006-
[edit] Hall of Famers
- Steve States
- Brad Sisson
- Josh Myers
- Mitchell Heaps
[edit] References
| Major League Lacrosse | |
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| Eastern Conference: Boston Cannons | Long Island Lizards | New Jersey Pride | Philadelphia Barrage | Rochester Rattlers | Washington Bayhawks | |
| Western Conference: Chicago Machine | Denver Outlaws | Los Angeles Riptide | San Francisco Dragons | |
| Related articles: Steinfeld Cup | All Star Game | Most Valuable Player | Rookie of the Year | Coach of the Year | Defensive Player of Year | Offensive Player of the Year | Iron Lizard Award | Goaltender of the Year | Sportsman of the Year | Most Improved Player | Community Service Award | First draft selections | MLL Seasons | Stadiums | |
