Max Cassell

AUDL Tuesday Toss Covers Weekend Loss, Win, Nate Prior

In this week’s Tuesday Toss, AUDL commentator Evan Lepler does a great job of covering the huge 15-game weekend across the league including the Breeze doubleheader.

“Stopped disc. Vert stack start. Alan is our distraction. The play was set up for Ty to score. New York came out with a bracket. Alan went left. Ty went right drawing two. I sat where I was, and game over.” — Max Cassell

But that universe point goal could only happen because Nate Prior‘s 50 yard huck — and 139th consecutive completed pass this season — found a diving Lloyd Blake at the 2 yard line in double OT…

June 8, 2017
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Stats Analysis Games 8 & 9: Loss to Phoenix 22-21, Win over Empire 18-17

June 7, 2017
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Things went a little bit differently this week. Instead of one game, there were two with one at home and one away, and the DC Breeze lost to a team with a losing record. The only thing that was not different was another classic double overtime thriller with the New York Empire. In the spirit of doing things differently, so will be this week’s Stats Analysis piece. Instead of looking…

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Another Thrilling Double Overtime Win for the Breeze over New York

June 5, 2017
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It was deja vu all over again for the DC Breeze on Sunday evening, in more ways than one. For the fifth time in the last seven head-to-head meetings, it came down to the wire against New York. And for the second night in a row, the Breeze led for the majority of the contest only to allow an opponent to come back and eventually take the lead. But compared…

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Stats Analysis Game 6: DC Breeze 23 Montreal Royal 20

Getting back in winning form was key for the D.C. Breeze over the weekend. With the 23-20 win over the Montreal Royal, the Breeze are now in a tie with the Toronto Rush for first in the East. Due to a tie in head-to-head record (1-1) and the Breeze’s point differential, the Breeze lead the division. In this win, the Breeze (4-2) had some old (and new) faces on track. Early…

May 25, 2017
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Breeze Beat Montréal 23-20, Move Into 1st Place

May 21, 2017
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The Breeze beat the Montréal Royal last night, 23-20, in a hard fought match at Gallaudet University in DC under unseasonably cool conditions. The Breeze are now 4-2 and tied for 1st place with 4-time division champions Toronto Rush, with the Breeze getting the nod on both head-to-head and overall goal differential.  The Royal are now 2-4.

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Game Preview: Key Home Match-up for Breeze Against Royal

The Breeze are now 3-2 after the loss to the Toronto Rush in Canada last weekend. Returning to Hotchkiss Field, the team will look to continue their impressive 3-0 start on their home turf Saturday. They face the Montréal Royal (2-3), a team only one game behind the Breeze in the standings but three full places back in a tight East Division race. Separating the two teams are New York and Ottawa, both 2-2. 

May 19, 2017
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Game Preview: Breeze Face Tough Road Challenge Against Toronto Saturday

May 12, 2017
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It’s only the fifth game of the Breeze season, and it is already time to start looking at rematches. The D.C. Breeze head north of the border this weekend to face the Toronto Rush, a team seeking vengeance after being embarrassed in DC back in April. The Breeze have never won in Toronto. It’s the first of two trips to Canada for the Breeze this year, as they will also visit Montréal and Ottawa…

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Episode 25: Hot Air 2017 #5 w/ Max Cassell

May 5, 2017
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In this episode, host Greg Esser sits down with UMD grad and 2nd year Breeze player Max Cassell. They discuss the 2017 season so far, strategies to contain Jeff Babbitt and other NY stars in the big rivalry game this weekend, his early ‘chemistry’ with Tyler Monroe, prospects for local college teams at regionals and Natties, his UMD/Breeze teammates Nathan Prior and John Walden, and some of those insider things that happen…

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Stats Analysis Game 3: DC Breeze 29, Ottawa Outlaws 24

May 2, 2017
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Returning back to division play, the D.C. Breeze needed to find consistency with a tough stretch of the schedule on deck for the team. They had a great opportunity to do so Saturday as they returned home to face the Ottawa Outlaws; a team that has yet to be a threat but always provides solid competition with two 7-7 seasons so far.

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