The 2010 Chesapeake Bayhawks season was the 10th season for the Chesapeake Bayhawks of the Major League Lacrosse

Major League Lacrosse

Major League Lacrosse, or MLL, is a professional men's field lacrosse league that is made up of five teams in the United States and one team in Canada.- History :...

, and their 1st season as Chesapeake. The Bayhawks won their 3rd Steinfeld Cup

Steinfeld Cup

The Steinfeld Cup is the trophy given annually to the winners ofthe New Balance Major League Lacrosse Championship. It is named after MLL founder Jake Steinfeld...

, despite entering the playoffs as the lowest seed.

Standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, PCT = Winning Percentage, GB = Games Back of first place, GF = Goals For, 2ptGF = 2 point Goals For, GA = Goals Against, 2ptGA = 2 point Goals Against

Qualified for playoffs

Team	|W	|L	|PCT	| GB	|GF	|2ptGF	|GA	|2ptGA
Boston Cannons Boston Cannons The Boston Cannons are a Major League Lacrosse professional men's field lacrosse team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They have played in the MLL since the 2001 season. From 2006 to 2008, they were in the Eastern Conference. From the league's inception in 2001 through 2005, they were in the...	8	4	.667
174	15	141	10
Denver Outlaws Denver Outlaws The Denver Outlaws are a Major League Lacrosse professional men's field lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado. They began playing in the MLL in 2006 as an expansion team. From 2006 to 2008, they were in the Western Conference. With the MLL contraction in the 2009 season from 10 to 6 teams The...	8	4	.667
158	9	148	10
Long Island Lizards Long Island Lizards The Long Island Lizards are a Major League Lacrosse professional men's field lacrosse team based in Hempstead, New York, USA, located on Long Island. They are original members of the MLL and lost in the league's inaugural game on June 7, 2001 to the Baltimore Bayhawks , 16-13...	7	5	.583	1	141	9	139	12
Chesapeake Bayhawks	6	6	.500	2	161	18	158	8
Chicago Machine Chicago Machine The Chicago Machine is a mens field lacrosse team that plays in Major League Lacrosse that was based in Chicago, Illinois until the franchise left after the 2009 season to be a travel team in 2010. The team then transferred its roster to the reborn Rochester Rattlers on November 23, 2010 when it...	4	8	.333	4	157	4	171	11
Toronto Nationals Toronto Nationals The Hamilton Nationals are a Major League Lacrosse professional men's field lacrosse team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They began play in the 2009 season from Toronto, Ontario as the Toronto Nationals, becoming the first-ever Canadian team in MLL history...	3	9	.250	5	132	8	166	12

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Stadium	Result	Attendance	Record
May 15	Long Island	Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Navy – Marine Corps Memorial Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium near the campus of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. It is the home field of the Navy Midshipmen football team, the men's lacrosse team, and the Chesapeake Bayhawks lacrosse team....	16-8	4,800	1-0
May 22	@ Toronto	Lamport Stadium Lamport Stadium Allan A. Lamport Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium on King Street West in the Liberty Village neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is used mostly for soccer. It was built in 1974 on the site of the notorious Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women, opened in the fall of 1975 and holds 9,600...	25-12	3,921	2-0
May 30	@ Chicago	Joe Walton Stadium Joe Walton Stadium Joe Walton Stadium is a 3,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. It is home to the Robert Morris University Colonials football team. The facility opened in 2005 and is named for Colonials head football coach Joe Walton. The team formerly played its home games at Moon Area...	17-14	2,513	2-1
June 4	Boston	Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium	17-14	3,183	3-1
June 12	@ Toronto	Lamport Stadium	10-9	2,145	4-1
June 19	Denver	Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium	20-16	3,483	4-2
June 24	Toronto	Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium	17-14	3,588	4-3
July 4	@ Denver	Invesco Field	12-10	23,433	4-4
July 10	Boston	Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium	16-10	4,123	4-5
July 22	@ Long Island	James M. Shuart Stadium James M. Shuart Stadium James M. Shuart Stadium, formerly known as Hofstra Stadium, is a 15,000-seat multi-purpose stadium on the campus of Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. It first opened in 1962, and was known as Hofstra Stadium until August 29, 2002. It is the home field of the Hofstra Pride lacrosse teams...	14-11	3,522	4-6
July 31	Chicago	Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium	20-12	7,297	5-6
August 7	@ Boston	Harvard Stadium Harvard Stadium Harvard Stadium is a horseshoe-shaped football stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. Built in 1903, the stadium seats 30,323. The stadium seated up to 57,166 in the past, as permanent steel stands were installed in the north end of the stadium in 1929...	16-15 (OT)	8,161	6-6

Postseason

Ranked the 4th seed heading into the 2010 MLL playoffs, Chesapeake upset #1 Boston in the semifinals 13-9, and defeated Long Island in the MLL championship 13-9 again for the Steinfeld Cup.

Playoff Bracket

Semifinal: Boston

Final: Long Island