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Beast Awarded Defensive Player of the Week

July 14, 2015 - Major League Lacrosse (MLL)
New York Lizards News Release


Garden City, NY (July 14, 2015) - Major League Lacrosse announced today that Greg "Beast" Gurenlian is the Week 13 FOAthlete of the week as well as the Warrior Defensive Player of the Week. In addition, attackman Rob Pannell took home the Coca-Cola Player of the Game honors on Thursday night. Both Gurenlian and Pannell were key cogs in the Lizards' 18-15 victory over a relentless Denver Outlaws team.

Gurenlian put up quality numbers in his Week 13 performance, providing instant spark off every faceoff. He won 30 of 35, for an 86 percent total on the evening. In addition to his faceoff dominance, Gurenlian tallied a game-high 18 ground balls along with one goal and one assist. The goal came just five seconds into the first quarter, and the assist five seconds into the fourth.

Pannell continued his season-long supremacy, scoring a game-high seven points against Denver. The seven points kept Pannell in the league lead for total points, and tied him for the league lead for assists. Totaling five goals and two assists on the night, Pannell has not scored less than three points in any game this season.

Among other highlights of the Lizards' win over Denver, Tommy Palasek and JoJo Marasco both finished the night with three goals a piece. Paul Rabil continued his resurgence after missing several games due to injury, scoring and assisting twice for four points. Goalie Drew Adams picked up his tenth win of the season, stopping 11 Denver shots in the process. Other point contributors included Mike Stone, Ryan Walsh, Matt Gibson, and Steve DeNapoli.

With the victory, the Lizards clinched the top seed heading into the 2015 playoffs. They will host a playoff game on August 1st at 6:30 p.m.

The Lizards return to action Sunday, July 19th as they travel to Ohio to take on the Machine at 7:00p.m.

Tickets for the August 1st playoff game at James M. Shuart Stadium will go on sale Thursday, July 16th at 9 a.m. To inquire about tickets, please call 1-855-NYLizards.

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