Dominant defense set to return
Last season the Outlaws allowed the fewest goals in the league, 139, and opponents scored just three two-point goals all season. The success of the defense lifted Denver to the first undefeated season in league history — and much of the talent that led the Outlaw defense last year returns for the 2014 season.
Veteran Lee Zink will once again lead the group of defenders. The 6-foot-4 product of the University of Maryland enters his 11th year in the league and ninth as an Outlaw. He ranks seventh in league history in games played with 117. Zink, who served as a team captain last season, was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year for the second-straight season. The seven-time MLL All-Star scooped up 21 groundballs for Denver last year.
Chris O’Dougherty played in 11 games last season for the Outlaws and collected a career-best 23 groundballs. O’Dougherty enters his fourth season with Denver.
Finally, Dillon Roy, a product of the University of Denver, will round out the defense. Roy enters his fifth year with the Outlaws and ranks sixth in team history with 104 groundballs. Last season he scooped up 23 groundballs.