Each year, the Webster Schroeder Varsity boy’s lacrosse team participates in a community service project that is designed to teach the boys what it means to give back. This year, in association with the Webster Lacrosse Club, the team has decided to put on a lacrosse clinic for kids in grades 2 through 8. All proceeds for the event will be given to CURE Childhood Cancer Association (http://curekidscancer.com). The clinic will be held on Saturday, May 3rd from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM. The event will take place on the turf at Webster Schroeder High School and the cost of the clinic is $35 per player. CURE kids and their siblings will not be charged.
Many of the nearly 120 boys and girls who play middle school and junior varsity Albany lacrosse now weren't familiar with the sport at all, though some said it was a rich, suburban white kids' game, not yet knowing about lacrosse's Native American roots. Someone joked at last year's lacrosse banquet that the Albany program looks like a meeting of the United Nations, drawing from such a diverse pool of students.
“The veterans are bitter about getting to the championship and not finishing it off,” fifth-year coach Jake Coon says. “Down the stretch, that’s going to be crucial, our motivating factor.”
Brandon Mullins quipped about guarding the small, fast guy every game, then laughed while rattling off the ones he’s faced. Duke’s Jordan Wolf. Notre Dame’s Matt Kavanagh. North Carolina’s Joey Sankey. Cornell’s Dan Lintner. But when asked how he’s had so much success against some of the Atlantic Coast Conference’s premier scorers, Mullins’ smile grew bigger as he revealed Syracuse’s ace in the hole.
Sophomore Carly Gates (Vestal)scored a career-best four goals and added one assist and freshman Kate Rothrock (Fulton) had three goals and two assists for visiting Nazareth Wednesday as the Golden Flyers won easily over Alfred, 17-5, in an Empire 8 Conference women's lacrosse game at Yunevich Stadium. The victory evened Nazareth's overall record at 7-7 and clinched a spot in next month's E8 Tournament.
The Elmira College men's lacrosse team struggled to get things going on either end of the field against Stevens Tech, falling to the Ducks 23-6. Jackson Correia '14 and Myles Richards '14 each tallied two goals to lead the Soaring Eagles offense.
The idea of helping the young women’s lacrosse program at the University of Bridgeport grow into a winning team was a big draw for Horseheads High School senior Abbey Benesh.
The St. John Fisher College men's lacrosse team pushed its winning streak to six games on Wednesday after overcoming a two-goal deficit en route to an 8-5 win over Empire 8 opponent Utica College. With the win, Fisher moves to 6-1 in conference play and 10-4 overall, marking the eighth consecutive year that Fisher has posted at least 10 wins in a season. The Pioneers dip to 7-8 on the year and 3-4 in the Empire 8 standings. The win clinched a spot in the upcoming Empire 8 Championship for Fisher.
The nationally eighth-ranked Cortland men's lacrosse team completed its fifth consecutive undefeated SUNYAC regular season with a 14-3 victory versus Geneseo Wednesday afternoon at the Stadium Complex. The Red Dragons won their eighth straight game overall, improving to 13-3 and 6-0 in the conference. The Knights fell to 4-8 and 2-3.
Big players come through in big games. Senior captain Rob Kunz (Immaculate Heart) did just that with five goals as the SUNY Potsdam men's lacrosse team (10-4, 4-1 SUNYAC) rallied past Oswego State (6-8, 0-5) on Wednesday afternoon. The victory gives the Bears the No. 2 seed and a home playoff game in the SUNYAC Tournament for the second time in four seasons.
The Syracuse men's lacrosse team has lost its past four games against Duke by a combined score of 61-36. Two of those games ended Syracuse's season in the NCAA tournament. Two were blowouts.
Paul Hylan and Jake Guy each finished with four goals and two assists to lead SUNY Delhi to a 21-6 rout of visiting Finger Lakes Community College in an NJCAA Sub-Regional men’s lacrosse game Wednesday.
As a junior forward, Fazio continues to make a name for herself and forge a legacy of her own on the field for the Lions as well as in the classroom. By scoring 36 goals and assisting on 24 others for 60 points through eight games, Fazio not only leads the Frontier League scoring, she also tops Section 3 in each of these categories.
Marcus Lavarnway scored six goals and Brad McKinney registered five assists as Watertown outlasted South Jefferson 12-9 in an interdivisional boys lacrosse game Wednesday at South Jefferson.
Sophomore Bridget Flynn scored unassisted with 44 seconds left to break a tie and lift Victor to an 8-7 victory over Webster Thomas in a Monroe County girls lacrosse game Wednesday.
St. John Fisher at Nazareth: These two Empire 8 rivals are separated by just over one mile in Rochester, N.Y. They have identical 5-1 conference records and will play on Saturday to see who will earn the No. 2 seed and the right to host the rematch just four days later in the first round of the E8 playoffs. Both teams lost to No. 1 seed Ithaca College by two goals this season. The Cardinals lost 11-9 and the Golden Flyers by a score of 10-8.
Attackman Kevin Rice (Skaneateles) and defenseman Brandon Mullins were named to the 18-member All-ACC Men's Lacrosse Team on Wednesday, April 23. The all-conference team is determined by a vote of the league's six head coaches who are not permitted to vote for their own players.
Senior Alyssa Murray and sophomore Kayla Treanor (Niskayuna) have been voted to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) First Team in a vote by the head coaches. In addition, seniors Katie Webster (CBA-Syracuse) and Kasey Mock were voted to the All-ACC Second Team.
Big players come through in big games. Senior captain Rob Kunz (Immaculate Heart) did just that with five goals as the SUNY Potsdam men's lacrosse team (10-4, 4-1 SUNYAC) rallied past Oswego State (6-8, 0-5) on Wednesday afternoon. The victory gives the Bears the No. 2 seed and a home playoff game in the SUNYAC Tournament for the second time in four seasons. Bears senior goalie Ryan Duffy (Liverpool) put on another show in the clutch with 16 saves. Sophomore midfielder Pat Bonafede (Churchville-Chili) and sophomore attackman Ed Doherty (Amherst) each scored twice.
It was hard to move Cazenovia and East Syracuse Minoa out of the top two spots in this week's poll. But C-NS enters the fray at No. 3 (OK - we forgot them last week). Westhill climbs to No. 4 after making Cazenovia work the whole 48 minutes for a one-goal win on Tuesday.
West Genesee's stay atop syracuse.com's first-ever weekly girls lacrosse poll lasted one overtime. Skaneateles beat the Wildcats 6-5 in overtime last Saturday in a matchup of the area's two top teams and now the Lakers take over the top spot.
Geneva senior Brooke Racicot hit a career milestone Tuesday as the Panthers girls lacrosse team posted a 17-4 Finger Lakes victory over Marcus Whitman. Racicot rang up five goals and reached the 100-goal plateau for her career. Interestingly, Brooke’s older sister, Morgan, hit the century mark one year ago to the day — April 22, 2013 — in a win over Midlakes.
The OCC men's lacrosse team opened the postseason with a 29-1 win over Dean College in the NJCAA Region III quarterfinals on Wednesday. OCC, the top seed in the region, has won 83 games in a row. The Lazers beat Dean, 27-6, earlier this season.
The nationally eighth-ranked Cortland men's lacrosse team completed its fifth consecutive undefeated SUNYAC regular season with a 14-3 victory versus Geneseo Wednesday afternoon at the Stadium Complex. The Red Dragons won their eighth straight game overall, improving to 13-3 and 6-0 in the conference. The Knights fell to 4-8 and 2-3.
The Buffalo Bandits today announced plans to thank their fans for all the support in 2014 by hosting “Fan Appreciation Night” in their final home game of the regular season against the Rochester Knighthawks at First Niagara Center on Saturday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m.
The Rochester Knighthawks (13-4) rewarded one of their largest crowds of the season with an impressive 8-4 victory over the thruway rival Buffalo Bandits (8-9) Saturday night. “It was a good game,” said Head Coach Mike Hasen. “It was good from top to bottom and overall I would say we played a full 60 (minutes).”
The Marist women’s lacrosse team (13-2, 7-0 MAAC) picked up its 10th straight win on Wednesday afternoon as the Red Foxes took down Siena (4-12, 2-5 MAAC), 10-9. With the win, Marist clinched the No. 1 seed for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Tournament and at least a share of the regular season title.
Matt Clarkson followed his own saved shot midway in the second extra session and slammed the rebound home from point-blank range to lift Colgate to a 10-9 victory over Bucknell here Tuesday.
Miles Thompson and Lyle Thompson (LaFayette) each had six goals, a career-high for the latter, and Ty Thompson (Salmon River) had three goals for UAlbany. The three combined for 19 points tonight, with Miles and Lyle each having two assists, after having zero in the Siena game last season. Blaze Riorden (Fairport) got the win with 13 saves in goal.
Syracuse sophomore attack Kayla Treanor (Niskayuna) is arguably the best women’s lacrosse player in the country, armed with a shooting arsenal that can give opposing goalies nightmares. Bullets from the top of the circle. Bouncers in front of the cage. Precision lasers on free-position attempts. And she can seemingly pull any one of them out when the moment is right.
Now a senior at Lake Highland (Orlando, Fla.) and a Syracuse men’s lacrosse commit, Parker has his sights set on more than just lacrosse fame. Regarded as one of the premier faceoff specialists in the country, Parker will arrive next year to try to answer Syracuse’s well-documented faceoff question. But for Parker, a future biology major, it’ll pale in comparison to the other questions he hopes to answer in life.
The Bombers were the ninth ranked opponent on Hamilton’s schedule. The Continentals tied their highest scoring total of the season and held the Bombers, whose nine-game winning streak was snapped, to their lowest output since March 19.
Sophomore attacker Maggie Monnat (Baldwinsville) registered a career-best seven points to lead the ninth-ranked Le Moyne College women's lacrosse team to an 18-6 win at Southern Connecticut State on Tuesday afternoon in Northeast-10 Conference action at Jess Dow Field.
The best sophomores in Region 3 will compete in the annual Paul Rose All-Star Game. Approximately 45 sophomores will compete in this game to showcase their skills for NCAA coaches. The majority of these players are undecided about their plans to play NCAA lacrosse.
After allowing the first goal in the opening couple minutes, the Maroons didn't panic. The Auburn boys lacrosse team scored the next eight goals and cruised to a 10-4 win over Corcoran at Holland Stadium Tuesday.
The Raiders made a valiant comeback in the second half, but Colgate's season finished with a 10-8 loss at Holy Cross in the Patriot League Quarterfinals.
Freshman Kelly Wall (Shenendehowa) and sophomore Makensie Schuber (Webster Thomas) each scored four goals to help The College at Brockport women's lacrosse team to a key State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) victory at Fredonia Tuesday afternoon as the Golden Eagels clinched a spot in conference playoffs.
Cortland sophomore attacker Erica Geremia (West Genesee) has been named the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Women's Lacrosse Player of the Week for the week ending April 20. She has won the award four times this spring, including each of the last two weeks.
Cortland junior Scott Tota (Webster Schroeder) has been selected as the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Men's Lacrosse Goalie of the Week and the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Div. III Mid Atlantic Men's Lacrosse Defensive Player of the Week for the week ending April 20.
Bryanna Fazio and Cayla O’Connor each scored four goals as the General Brown girls lacrosse team held back Carthage for an 11-8 overtime victory during a Frontier League game Tuesday night.
The senior scored the game-tying goal in the final minute of regulation Tuesday at home against Grand Island to send it to overtime. He then scored 1:06 into the extra session to send the Lakemen off with a 6-5 victory, their first of the season.
In a game that featured seven ties and lead changes, it was host Mount Saint Mary that came out on top with two late fourth quarter goals to defeat the Hartwick men's lacrosse team 16-15 on Tuesday afternoon. The game was rescheduled from February 26 due to weather conditions.
Tanner Pratt (Canton) and Steve Novak (Seymour, CT) combined for seven goals as SUNY Canton defeated visiting Wells College, 15-9, on a windy and rainy day in Canton. The Roos (4-8) celebrated five members of their graduating class as Jeff Hammond (Rensselaer Falls), Jack Keenan (Brasher Falls), Kristian Daley (Canton), Taylor Caswell (Potsdam), Brian Nowak (Twin Lake, MI) and Pratt were all honored at halftime.
Russ Oakes scored four goals and assisted on two more to lead the Salmon River boys lacrosse team to an 18-3 win over Colton-Pierrepont in a Northern Athletic Conference game Tuesday.
Senior Taylor Smith (Webster Schroeder) scored three goals and became Keuka College's career leader in goals scored as the Keuka College women's lacrosse team blanked Wells College 19-0 Tuesday evening at the Jephson Community Athletic Complex.
Senior Nicole Beardsley, who committed to Northwestern University in November, led the Spartans’ offensive attack with six goals and four assists, scoring and dishing to teammates at will throughout the contest.
The Buffalo Bandits have already clinched a playoff berth and know they will face the Toronto Rock in the first round. However, one thing that’s still to be decided is where that playoff game will be held.
Pittsford, who defeated Corning yesterday is now the only undefeated team left in the section as Gananda took out Pal-Mac (10-9) and Hilton beat Rush-Henrietta today.
James MacKrell scored 15 seconds into overtime with an assist from John Fredette as Bethlehem tripped Saratoga Springs 6-5 in a Suburban Council boys' lacrosse thriller on Tuesday afternoon.
Matt Clarkson scored with 1:48 left in the second overtime to give Colgate a 10-9 win over Bucknell in the Patriot League quarterfinals on Tuesday in Hamilton.
The first-year goalkeeper from Potomac, Md., won Colgate's starting position in the preseason and then leaned on his upper-class teammates for support. Burke has returned the favor with a highlight reel of saves throughout the season, and he ranks statistically as one of the nation's top goalkeepers.
Junior Marilyn Farrell (Fayetteville-Manlius) tallied a career-high eight points on a career-best four goals and four assists to lead the nationally top-ranked Cortland women's lacrosse team to an 18-5 victory versus Potsdam Tuesday afternoon in SUNYAC action. The Red Dragons improved to 16-0 overall and 7-0 in the conference, while the Bears fell to 4-10 and 0-7.
No. 1/2 Syracuse will make its ACC Women's Lacrosse Tournament debut against No. 13/10 Notre Dame in the quarterfinals on Thursday, April 24 at Boston College. The Orange earned the No. 2 seed in the tournament, while the Fighting Irish is the No. 7 seed. Opening draw is set for 3 p.m.
The Oswego women's lacrosse team defeated New Paltz by a score of 16-10 on the road Tuesday afternoon. With the win, the Lakers move to 10-5 overall and 3-4 in the SUNYAC. The Hawks fall to 4-9 overall and 1-6 in conference play.
In its first seven games of the season, the Cazenovia boys lacrosse team defeated its opponents by an average of 14 goals. Tuesday it was the Lakers’ defense that prevailed.
The No. 11 Cornell men's lacrosse team is seeking a share of its second consecutive Ivy League title when it takes on No. 19 Princeton in the Battle at Bethpage on Saturday, April 26 at 2 p.m. Advance tickets for the game are available by calling 516-644-4005, but tickets will also be sold at the gate on the day of the game. The contest can be heard online through the Ivy League Digital Network and fans in the Ithaca area can hear the game on WHCU 870 AM with Barry Leonard, Howie Borkan and Tom LaFalce on the call. Live stats will also be available at GoPrincetonTigers.com.
The Utica College men's lacrosse team (7-7, 3-3 E8) will travel to Empire 8 Conference rival St. John Fisher College on Wednesday for a 4 p.m. faceoff on the turf at Growney Stadium.
Junior goalie Andrew DiOrio (Greenlawn, NY/CW Post) of the Utica College men's lacrosse team was named the Empire 8 Conference Goalie of the Week on Monday. DiOrio guided the Pioneers to a 1-1 week after posting 23 saves over the course of two games. He allowed an average of 10 goals per game in two conference contests.
LaxPower's top 50 high school boys' and girls' lacrosse teams as of April 22 can be found below. The full lists can be found at the links at the bottom of this post. These rankings are based solely on teams' current computer ratings.
Senior attack Jack Krzyston (Bedford, NH/Bishop Guertin) of the RIT men's lacrosse team, will be honored as the 2013 PAYCHEX Male College Athlete of the Year at the Rochester Press Radio Club's 65th Annual Day of Champions Children's Charity Dinner on Monday, June 9, 2014, at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center.
Bailey Groves became the first Mexico girls lacrosse player to sign with a Division I program this afternoon when she accepted a scholarship offer to play at Siena College. The senior defender said it didn't take her long to decide on becoming one of the Saints when she took an official visit to Loudonville, N.Y., campus last fall.
Play resumed in Section V boys lacrosse earlier this week. Penn Yan (5-1), winner of the last three Section V Class C titles, is ranked No. 2 in the New York State Sportswriters Association state rankings. Palmyra-Macedon of the Finger Lakes league also is ranked in the state at No. 12. Here is a look at some of the other Class C teams in Section V:
The guys at BSN Sports, located in Elmira, N.Y., went out of their way to make sure we got a close look at the gear and uniforms being worn this season by the Cayuga Spartans, a community college squad located in Auburn, N.Y., just outside of Syracuse.
We've seen several teams this season take the field in special uniforms and gear to support the Wounded Warrior Project. We've got another one-off kit to show you here.
This year, the Danes have a couple different versions of the Cascade R helmet, custom gear from Maverik (RomeNXT and Wonder Boy gloves, custom H2 handles and more), and a whole bunch of custom apparel and footwear from Nike.
Powell's mark on the game in Oregon is likely to be seen more in years to come as young players who've come through the program reach the high school age and set their sights on college. But Rhino Lacrosse's influence is already being felt at the highest levels of the game—demonstrated at Powell's alma mater, where Henry Schoonmaker is now a standout two-way midfielder who runs on the first line at Syracuse University.
Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, unveiled two new uniform designs debuting for the 2014 season. The Florida Launch, MLL’s newest team, and the 2013 MLL Champion Chesapeake Bayhawks will be the first MLL teams to embark on unique looks for each club.
"We are very excited to team up with Lake Placid Summit Lacrosse for their 25th anniversary event. We have a real passion for sports, particularly at the youth sports level," said Jeff Toler, Senior Community Marketing Manager for Dick's Sporting Goods. “The sport of lacrosse is rapidly growing in participation and popularity and Dick’s Sporting Goods is proud to be a supportive community partner at all levels of the sport."
The University at Albany men's lacrosse team has had trouble living up to its preseason billing. However, UAlbany carries a three-game winning streak into its match with Siena on Tuesday night.
The Genesee Community College women’s lacrosse team set a school record for most goals in a single game during a 21-7 victory over visiting Broome Community College Monday.
The Niagara women's lacrosse team plays at home for the final two times of the season this week as it welcomes Canisius on Wednesday, Apr. 23 and Quinnipiac on Sunday, Apr. 27. The Canisius contest begins at 7 p.m., with the Quinnipiac game starting at noon. Both games will be contested at Niagara Field with Senior Day presentation taking place prior to the start of Sunday's game.
The freshman was instrumental in building the then-No. 7 Terps’ three-goal halftime lead, but he didn’t score any goals. From his position behind the cage, [Connor] Cannizzaro (Cazenovia) helped the offense execute its patient game plan and kept the ball moving around the formation. He assisted on Mike Chanenchuk’s first goal of the contest and was crucial in the Terps’ efficient shot selection. But with his team leading by one with less than eight minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, Cannizzaro abandoned his passive mindset for an aggressive approach.
he expanded Patriot League Men's Lacrosse Tournament has an extra round in 2014 as Bucknell, Colgate, Lehigh and Navy will play quarterfinal round matches on Tuesday for the right to join No. 1 seed Loyola University Maryland and No. 2 Army in the semifinals at the Ridley Athletic Complex on Friday.
The ACC tournament will command much of college lacrosse's attention this weekend. Borderline NCAA tournament teams, however, know the Patriot League tournament bears monitoring even more.
Everyone remembers the start. Richmond, even in a losing effort, announced its presence in its first game as an NCAA Division I men's lacrosse program before more than 4,000 spectators in early February. The news of its 13-12 season-opening loss at home to in-state foe and majorly established program Virginia, resonated across the country.
The Corning boys lacrosse team could not hold their lead in regulation before falling to undefeated Pittsford 11-10 in overtime Monday in a non-league game at home.
With a showdown against state Class C no. 1-ranked Cazenovia looming, the Warriors, who were no. 8 in the first state Class C poll of the spring, saw last Tuesday’s game with Tully postponed, while the Mustangs had its game with Onondaga also pushed back to a later date.
If it can be done on the lacrosse field, chances are Kasey Thur has played the role for the Clarence High School girls’ lacrosse team. The versatile senior leader has played an assortment of positions - and played them well for coach Doug Kohler and the Red Devils.
After applying for the Dick’s Sporting Goods crowd funding grant, Dryden Lacrosse has chosen to participate in their Sports Matter Program. They have approximately a month to raise $8750 then if and when we do, Dick’s will match our fundraising and the money will be used to help Dryden Lacrosse continue to grow at Dryden Central Schools. You can help . . .
Nationally, the Thompson brothers continued their dominance of the scoring statistics. Miles Thompson now has 51 goals on the year, ahead of the next-best player, Duke's Jordan Wolf, who has 46 (Duke has played two more games than Albany). Lyle Thompson remains at the top of the assists category with 55, well above Loyola Maryland's Justin Ward, who has 42.
The Great Danes will write another chapter of the Capital District rivalry as UAlbany hosts Siena under the lights at John Fallon Field on Tuesday, April 22nd at 7 p.m.
We are excited to announce that the 2014 IWLCA deBeer Presidents Cup has been expanded! The tournament will be held at Disney's ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex and the newly added Lake Myrtle Sports Park just down the road in Auburndale, FL. Because of the overwhelming demand for last year's Presidents Cup and the extensive waitlists for each division, the IWLCA decided on the expansion to accommodate more teams and to allow more student-athletes the opportunity to participate in the tournament.
After making UAlbany men’s lacrosse history on Saturday, Miles Thompson (LaFayette) earned his second-straight America East Player of the Week honor, the league announced Monday.
Two members of the William Smith College lacrosse team were honored by the Liberty League this week. Sophomore Hannah Connolly (IHC) was named the Offensive Performer of the Week and first-year goalie Sarah Honan was tabbed the Defensive Performer of the Week.
Senior midfielder Taylor Wisman (Seattle, WA/Inglemoor), of the RIT men's lacrosse team, was named the Liberty League Men's Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week on Monday, for the week ending April 20, 2014. It is the first time this season Wisman has won the weekly honor.
Binghamton University men’s lacrosse freshman Tyler Deluca won America East Rookie of the Week on Monday thanks to a 7-point effort this past week. The talented midfielder helped guide the Bearcats to a 2-0 record and set a pair of career-highs in the process.
After guiding Army to its highest Patriot League finish since 2010, head lacrosse coach Joe Alberici (Auburn) earned Patriot League William Lawson Coach of the Year honors for the second time, as announced by conference officials on Monday afternoon. Alberici's plaudits highlighted a group of four Army players who garnered All-Patriot League honors in the same announcement.
Junior attackman John Glesener (West Genesee) and sophomore face-off specialist Alex Daly repeated as first team honorees, while junior goalkeeper Sam Somers and senior close defenseman Pat Hart earned second team mentions.
Ithaca College sophomore Ally Runyon (Fairport) was named Empire 8 Women's Lacrosse Player of the Week for the second time this season announced Monday.
Alex Castronovo and Breannain McNeally were named the Liberty League Men's Lacrosse Defensive Player and Rookie of the Week, respectively, as announced by the conference office on Monday afternoon. The teammates were integral in RPI's two victories last week, including an 11-10 comeback win over St. Lawrence in the regular-season Liberty League finale on Saturday.
On Sunday the USC women's lacrosse team, for which Wills is an assistant coach, knocked off top-20 program Stanford, its first win ever against a ranked opponent. On Monday Wills became the first female named to a Major League Lacrosse roster in any capacity, making the New York Lizards' six-person practice squad to start the 2014 MLL season.
“I was just out buying lunch and I was downtown,” said Walters. ”I was driving by, and I saw the kid with a lacrosse stick and gear. I was just blown away. It was the first time I had ever seen something like that, especially in my hometown. So I snapped a pic and I put that up, and obviously it got some attention.”
What’s clear is that the East Syracuse-Minoa girls lacrosse team is happy in the direction which it is going, and that Jamesville-DeWitt is far less pleased. Amid windy and wet conditions last Monday night, the Spartans met the Red Rams, and it would go back and forth the whole way, but ESM would hang on for a 7-6 victory.
The Thompson Trio, the Albany Great Danes' high-flying attack group, has been featured in yet another major publication, this time in Fortune, a business magazine distributed around the globe.
YOUNG BOYS often have similar dreams about their futures. Many want to be a professional athlete, firefighter, astronaut or soldier. Many of these dreams die when they reach school age, and different career paths are forged for them. For Garrett Thul, more than one of his childhood dreams are coming true.
“We thought, we have such a quality player here, let’s get him in here somehow,” Desko went on to say. “He’s smart and he’s good in packages and he’s good at picking things up quickly.”
In Syracuse first seven games of the season, Daddio won 42.6 percent of his faceoffs and SU head coach John Desko shuffled a host of players through the circle each game. But in the four games since that led up Syracuse’s 100th meeting with Hobart, Daddio increased his percentage by 15.6 points. Now, no other player has taken a faceoff in the last five games and the Orange, fittingly, hasn’t lost.
Syracuse wrapped up a share of the ACC regular season title in its first year in the league by beating Notre Dame. Photos by TD Paulius/Midwest Lacrosse Photography
My story as former scholarship lacrosse player at Syracuse University and U. S. National Team player may surprise you. I did not receive a lot of love my junior or senior year. As senior I might have received two letters from Division III coaches My prospects improved after attending junior college (JUCO) at Herkimer County Community college and playing for now Hall of Fame Coach Paul Wehrum.
Though this season marks the final one for Baldwinsville’s long-time boys lacrosse coach, Peter Fiorini, he is almost certain to leave having accumulated 400 wins at the Bees’ helm.
One constant treat for members of the Baldwinsville girls lacrosse team is to head out on a long trip each spring far away from Central New York, a chance to face some unique competition and also to forge bonds and chemistry that could pay off down the road.
Let’s be honest – there’s a lot of ugliness out there. In the past five weeks or so, I’ve seen some crazy, crazy stuff, things that just should not be.
I’ve seen a kid ride a bike across a lacrosse field while the ball was in play. I’ve seen a coach yell to a referee that he was going to go up in the stands to shut up a heckler (that no one else had heard). This weekend I heard the Cornell coaching staff announced in the pre-game introductions instead of the Cortland staff.
Not sure about the rest of the country, but Mother Nature has been most uncooperative so far this spring. This week is Spring Break for many Upstate NY high schools, and on Monday we basked in 77-degree temperatures. However, on Tuesday the temps dropped and we got an inch or two of snow that hung around through Wednesday’s forecasted high of 34 degrees! Just crazy!
The nationally second-ranked Cortland women's lacrosse team opened up a 9-2 halftime lead and held off top-ranked Salisbury in the second half to earn a 12-8 victory in non-conference action Sunday afternoon at the Stadium Complex. The Red Dragons improved to 15-0 on the season and captured their 50th staright home win. The Sea Gulls, the defending Div. III national champions, fell to 16-1 and had their 39-game winning streak snapped with the loss, their first since the 2012 title game versus Trinity.
The 11th-ranked Ithaca College men's lacrosse team (11-3, 5-0 Empire 8) picked up its fourth straight win with a 19-7 victory at Hartwick (3-9, 0-6 Empire 8) Saturday afternoon.
The 16th-ranked Ithaca College women's lacrosse team (10-4, 6-0 Empire 8) secured the top seed in the Empire 8 Championship Tournament with a 13-8 victory at Hartwick (5-10, 0-6 Empire 8) Saturday afternoon.
#1/2 Syracuse will face No. 9/8 Notre Dame for the second time in six days when the teams meet in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Women's Lacrosse Championship quarterfinals on Thursday, April 24. The Orange earned the No. 2 seed in the tournament, while the Fighting Irish are the No. 6 seed.
