2018 New York Lizards season

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2018 New York Lizards
League Major League Lacrosse
2018 record8-6
General ManagerJoe Spallina
CoachJoe Spallina
Arena James M. Shuart Stadium
  2017
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The 2018 New York Lizards season was the eighteenth season for the New York Lizards of Major League Lacrosse. The Lizards came off a down season in 2017, where they finished 7-7 and missed the playoffs for the first time in four years. In 2018, the Lizards won their last three games of the regular season, clinching the fourth seed in the postseason. However, their playoff run was short-lived as they lost to the Dallas Rattlers in the semifinal round, 15-12.

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Joe Spallina enters his eighth season as head coach of the Lizards. Because Tim Soudan did not make the move with the Rattlers to Dallas, Spallina is now the longest-tenured head coach in the league. [1]

Offseason

Transactions

Schedule

Regular season

DateOpponentStadiumResultAttendanceRecord
April 21 Denver Outlaws James M. Shuart StadiumW 19-153,7481-0
April 29at Ohio Machine Fortress Obetz L 13-253,3471-1
May 4at Denver Outlaws Sports Authority Field at Mile High L 12-163,4441-2
May 6 Atlanta Blaze James M. Shuart StadiumL 14-163,2181-3
May 19at Florida Launch FAU Stadium W 14-132,0822-3
June 2at Atlanta Blaze Fifth Third Bank Stadium W 20-172,3263-3
June 9Florida LaunchJames M. Shuart StadiumL 18-205,2373-4
June 16 Charlotte Hounds James M. Shuart Stadium W 20-165,3194-4
June 23at Boston Cannons Endicott College (Beverly, MA)L 13-153,4684-5
June 30Ohio MachineJames M. Shuart StadiumW 15-145,0575-5
July 7at Chesapeake Bayhawks Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium L 13-165,4435-6
July 19Boston CannonsJames M. Shuart StadiumW 14-135,0176-6
July 29at Dallas Rattlers The Ford Center at The Star W 13-124,7127-6
August 4Chesapeake BayhawksJames M. Shuart StadiumW 18-115,3158-6

Postseason

Postseason

DateRoundOpponentStadiumResultAttendance
August 11Semifinalat Dallas RattlersThe Ford Center at The StarL, 12-156,124

Standings

2018 Major League Lacrosse Standings
WLPCTGBGF2ptGFGA2ptGA
Dallas Rattlers 113.786-20181752
Chesapeake Bayhawks 95.6432176111747
Denver Outlaws 86.5713225518314
New York Lizards 86.571321152145
Charlotte Hounds 77.500419681914
Atlanta Blaze 77.5004187101847
Boston Cannons 59.357617392139
Florida Launch 59.3576192420110
Ohio Machine 311.214817361998
Playoff Seed

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