ANAPOLIS, Md. — The Denver Outlaws found themselves in an unfamiliar place at halftime in their game against the New York Lizards on Tuesday night.
They were losing.
Down 6-4, Denver used a dominant third quarter (outscoring the Lizards 6-1) and solid second half to secure a tight 12-11 win. The victory moved them to 3-0 on the 2020 season and solidified them as a real threat to win a championship this weekend.
The pandemic shortened slate means the final four will occur Saturday with the championship on Sunday. Denver has two more seeding games before then.
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On Tuesday night it was once again the Ryan Lee show, as he paced Denver with a team-high five goals. Daniel Bucaro added three tallies of his own. The game was paused in the second half for about 70 minutes due to a lightning delay.
The Outlaws will play a fellow undefeated team on Wednesday night: the 3-0 Chesapeake Bayhawks. That game could very well be a championship preview.