Washington Bayhawks

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Washington Bayhawks
Conference Eastern
Founded 2001
Home stadium George Mason Stadium
Based in Fairfax, Virginia
Colors navy blue and silver
Head coach Jarred Testa
General manager Scott Hiller
Local media Washington Post, Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic
Website WashingtonBayhawks.com
Championships 2002, 2005
Conference Championships National Division: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005

The Washington Bayhawks are a lacrosse team based in Fairfax, Virginia, a suburb of 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

Logo from 2001-06
Logo from 2001-06

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. Thay have competed with them for the championship three times, and are the closest to them in stats.

[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 played their first home game of the 2007 season on May 12th at George Mason Stadium in Fairfax, Virginia with the subsequent five home games at Georgetown University's Multi-Sport Field. For 2008, George Mason Stadium will serve as the primary field for five home games with one home game to be played at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

[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.[2] Both players have local ties to the Washington metro area.

[edit] Season-by-Season

Washington 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* 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 ---
Totals 53 34 Regular Season Win % = .609 Total Playoff Record 6 - 3
Playoff Win % = .667

*one game cancelled in 2003

[edit] Current Roster

2007 Washington Bayhawks
Number Player's Name Position Date of Birth Height Weight
1 Nate Bauers D 08/22/1984 6 ft 1 in 190 lb
2 Ronnie Staines D 03/24/1982 6 ft 5 in 210 lb
3 Joe Kesterman A 04/14/1981 5 ft 11 in 175 lb
4 Brendan Healy 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 4 in 214 lb
13 Chris Gill M 12/29/1981 6 ft 2 in 215 lb
14 Matt Ward 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 Chris Collins G 04/12/1982 5 ft 10 in 185 lb
24 Mark Frye M 06/14/1977 6 ft 1 in 182 lb
32 Shawn Nadelen D 04/16/1979 6 ft 0 in 200 lb
33 Bill McGlone M 04/24/1984 6 ft 2 in 210 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
42 Tom Marechek A 08/25/1968 5 ft 10 in 200 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 Tony Russo G 12/29/1980 5 ft 8 in 185 lb


  • updated 05/18/2007

[edit] Coaches and others

[edit] Hall of Famers

  • Steve States
  • Brad Sisson
  • Josh Myers
  • Mitchell Heaps

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/lacrosse/bal-sp.bayhawks07nov07,0,1375435.story?coll=bal-prolacrosse-headlines
  2. ^ majorleaguelacrosse.com: Press Releases

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