Chesapeake Bayhawks

Chesapeake Bayhawks
Founded	2001
Home Stadium	Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
City	Annapolis, Maryland
Colors	Blue, silver, white
Local Media	Washington Post Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic
Owner(s)	Brendan Kelly[1]
Head Coach	Brendan Kelly
Steinfeld Cups	2002, 2005, 2010
Division Championships	2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
Website	http://www.thebayhawks.com
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The Chesapeake Bayhawks are a Major League Lacrosse (MLL) professional men's field lacrosse team based in Annapolis, Maryland. They have played in the MLL since the 2001 season. From the league's inception in 2001 through 2005, they were in the National Division and from 2006 to 2008, they were in the Eastern Conference. After the MLL contraction for the 2009 season from 10 to 6 teams, there is only one conference. The team was based in the Baltimore, Maryland metro area as the Baltimore Bayhawks from 2001–2006. From 2007–2009 they were called the Washington Bayhawks and were renamed in 2010 to the Chesapeake Bayhawks to encompass the entire Chesapeake Bay area.^[1]

Franchise history

2001–2006 logo as Baltimore Bayhawks

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.

The Long Island Lizards are the Bayhawks biggest rival. They have competed with them for the championship four times, and are the closest to them in stats.

Move to Washington, D.C.

2007–2009 logo as Washington Bayhawks

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.^[2] The Bayhawks played their first home game of the 2007 season on May 12 at George Mason Stadium in Fairfax, Virginia with the subsequent five home games at Georgetown University's Multi-Sport Field. George Mason Stadium served as the primary field for five home games during 2008 with one home game at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

The Bayhawks subsequently reached a three-year deal to play all home games at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium through 2011.^[3]

Chesapeake Bayhawks

On March 9, 2010, the Bayhawks announced a new ownership group as well as a name change to encompass the entire Chesapeake Bay area.^[1]

Rivalry

The Bayhawks main rival is the Long Island Lizards. Between them they hold five of the 10 MLL league championships (Chesapeake has three and Long Island has two) and in all five instances the other team was the opponent.

Current Coaching Staff

• Head Coach - Brendan Kelly
• Assistant Coach - John Lamon
• Assistant Coach - Jamie McNealey
• Consultant - Dave Cottle

All-Time Head Coaches

• Brian Voelker (2001)
• Gary Gait (2002–05)
• Scott Hiller (2006–07)
• Jarred Testa (2008)
• John Tucker (2009-2010)
• Brendan Kelly (2010-Present)

Current roster

2010 Chesapeake Bayhawks
Number	Player's Name	Position	Date of Birth	Height	Weight
1	P.T. Ricci	D	08/22/1984	6 ft 1 in	190 lb
3	Matt Abbott	M	09/10/1986	6 ft 2 in	185 lb
4	Joe Cinosky	M	08/04/1983	5 ft 11 in	175 lb
6	Ryan Curtis	D	03/10/1978	5 ft 10 in	205 lb
9	Mark Millon	A	05/17/1971	5 ft 9 in	184 lb
11	Kyle Dixon	M	11/26/1984	6 ft 3 in	168 lb
12	Ray Megill	D	11/26/1984	6 ft 4 in	214 lb
13	Ben Rubeor	M	12/29/1981	6 ft 2 in	215 lb
14	Andrew "Buggs" Combs	A	03/30/1983	5 ft 10 in	203 lb
15	Chris Garrity	G	06/18/1981	6 ft 2 in	200 lb
17	Mike Mollot	M	06/24/1980	6 ft 0 in	185 lb
18	Casey Connor	D	03/25/1978	6 ft 2 in	205 lb
19	Conor Gill	A	02/06/1980	6 ft 2 in	180 lb
22	Kevin Frew	M	02/12/1982	6 ft 2 in	215 lb
23	Chazz Woodson	A	04/12/1982	5 ft 10 in	185 lb
24	Mark Frye	M	06/14/1977	6 ft 1 in	182 lb
30	Scott Urick	A	07/15/1977	5 ft 8 in	200 lb
32	Shawn Nadelen	D	04/16/1979	6 ft 0 in	200 lb
34	Frank Luciano	D	09/20/1981	6 ft 1 in	215 lb
37	Christian Cook	D	06/03/1975	6 ft 0 in	195 lb
39	Patrick Muston	M	05/11/1981	6 ft 3 in	230 lb
43	David Paolisso	M	08/05/1982	6 ft 0 in	175 lb
45	Kyle Fiat	M	03/14/1983	6 ft 2 in	175 lb
0	Brian Vetter	M	12/29/1980	5 ft 8 in	185 lb

Current Season

2011 Chesapeake Bayhawks Season
Date & Time	Away Team	Score	Home Team	Score	Game Notes/Scoring Leader
May 14 @ 7 PM	Rochester	10	Chesapeake	14	- Carroll and Rubeor each with hat trick
May 19 @ 7:30 PM	Chesapeake	14	Hamilton	10	- Kimmel 4 goals, 2 assists, 6 points
June 4 @ 7:00 PM	Chesapeake	13	Boston	17	- Rabil 5 goals for Boston, Glading with hat trick for Chesapeake
June 11 @ 9 PM	Chesapeake	16	Denver	15	- Hunt gets the game-winning goal for Bayhawks in overtime
June 16 @ 7:30 PM	Chesapeake	11	Long Island	14	- Hunt 4 goals for Bayhawks, Danowski with hat trick for Lizards
June 25 @ 7 PM	Boston		Chesapeake		-
July 2 @ 7:30 PM	Rochester Rattlers		Chesapeake		-
July 16 @ 7 PM	Chesapeake		Hamilton		-
July 23 @ 7 PM	Long Island		Chesapeake		-
July 30 @ 7 PM	Hamilton		Chesapeake		-
August 6 @ 7 PM	Chesapeake		Rochester		-
August 13 @ 7 PM	Denver		Chesapeake		-

Season-by-Season

Chesapeake Bayhawks
Year	W	L	Regular season finish	Playoffs
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 21-13 over Lizards
2003[nb 1]	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 in Eastern Conference	---
Washington Bayhawks
2007	5	7	5th in Eastern Conference	---
2008	4	8	6th in Eastern Conference	---
2009	5	7	5th in League	---
Chesapeake Bayhawks
2010	6	6	4th in League	Won semifinal 13-9 over Cannons Won championship 13-9 over Lizards
Totals	68	55	Regular Season Win % = .552	Total Playoff Record 8 - 3 Playoff Win % = .727

1. ^ August 17 game at Long Island canceled due to rain

• 2001 Baltimore Bayhawks season
• 2002 Baltimore Bayhawks season
• 2003 Baltimore Bayhawks season
• 2004 Baltimore Bayhawks season
• 2005 Baltimore Bayhawks season
• 2006 Baltimore Bayhawks season
• 2007 Washington Bayhawks season
• 2008 Washington Bayhawks season
• 2009 Washington Bayhawks season
• 2010 Chesapeake Bayhawks season

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Bayhawks Announce New Ownership and Name Change". thebayhawks.com. Chesapeake Bayhawks. March 9, 2010. http://thebayhawks.com/news/index.html?article_id=381. Retrieved March 10, 2010. 
2. ^ Topic Galleries - baltimoresun.com
3. ^ Bayhawks Announce Three Year Agreement with Navy

External links

• Chesapeake Bayhawks Official Website