The Washington Bayhawks pro lacrosse squad opens its third season this Friday night as an official Washington, D.C. area team now halfway back to its former Baltimore home.
After one season at Georgetown and another at George Mason, the Bayhawks signed a three-year deal this past offseason to play at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Washington is one of six teams left in Major League Lacrosse after the folding of five MLL teams and addition of the Toronto Nationals, the Bayhawks' first opponent of 2009.
Due both to the Bayhawks poor on-field performance last season and the reorganization of Major League Lacrosse, only seven players from the 2008 Bayhawks squad remain for the team's new go-round according to the team. Along with the new players is a new coach as John Tucker left the now-defunct Los Angeles MLL team to take over the Bayhawks.
Game time is set for 7:30 p.m. from Annapolis, Md.
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