There is some major college coaching news to report.
One of the nation’s most highly regarded coaches, Jeff Tambroni (pictured at left), who has led Cornell to the Division I final four three times the last four years, has accepted the head-coaching position at Penn State.
John Tillman, who has lifted Harvard to the upper echelon of the Ivy League, will be moving on to Maryland.
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CJ Costabile of New Fairfield wound up being the star of Duke’s dramatic 6-5 victory today against Notre Dame in the national title game in Baltimore. (Photo courtesy Duke University athletics)
New Fairfield’s CJ Costabile cleanly won the opening faceoff of the first overtime and then scored on the ensuing fastbreak to give Duke a 6-5 win against Notre Dame in the Division I championship game today before 37,126 fans at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.
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Max Quinzani scored off a feed from Ned Crotty with 12 seconds remaining in the game to give Duke a 14-13 win over Virginia in the Division I semifinals tonight in Baltimore before 44,389 fans at M&T Bank Stadium.
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The high school lacrosse world is on a brief hiatus this weekend before playoff action resumes next week. That’s by design, of course. After all, Memorial Day Weekend is the time when the college game has the spotlight all to itself.
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The United State Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association has announced the selection of its 2010 All-Americans, and, as expected, quite a few players from the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region are among the honorees.
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It’s been described as “the sickest goal ever.”
We will let you be the judge of that.
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Since 1991, just four teams have won Division I championships. With Johns Hopkins, two-time defending champion Syracuse and Princeton all falling last weekend in the quarterfinals, now, just one of those teams remains alive in this year’s tournament.
Virginia.
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Devin Lynch scored from just outside the crease with five seconds remaining in the second overtime period as unseeded Army pulled off one of the biggest upsets in college lacrosse history, stunning two-time defending NCAA champion Syracuse 9-8 in an NCAA tournament opening-round game tonight at the Carrier Dome.
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The first day of the first round of the NCAA tournament is in the books.
And if Day 1 is any indication, fasten your seatbelts, folks. We could be in for a wild ride.
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Johns Hopkins is in, extending its streak of consecutive NCAA tournament appearances to an NCAA record 39 straight year. Loyola is also in. And Hofstra, too.
Those are among the headlines as the seedings and selections for the NCAA Division I men’s tournament were just unveiled. Seedings and selections for Divisions II and III were also announced.
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Selections and seedings for the NCAA Division I, II and III men’s tournaments will be made tonight.
With the influx of parity throughout all levels of lax, this year’s selections will be especially interesting.
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An NCAA regular-season record crowd of 25,710 was on hand Saturday as the new Meadowlands Stadium made its debut by hosting the Konica Minolta Big City Classic.
Plenty of local players were involved in the three games that made up the event, including a heavy John Jay presence.
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A large contingent of players and coaches with ties to the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region will be a part of history on Saturday.
That’s because lax will be the inaugural event in the nation’s newest NFL venue as the new Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., makes its debut on Saturday, April by hosting the Konica Minolta Big City Classic.
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In what may have been the Division III game of the season so far, third-ranked Salisbury edged No. 1 Gettysburg 11-10 in overtime before more than 2,500 fans at Gettysburg and several players from the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region played big roles.
Senior attackmen Jake DeLillo of Yorktown (left) had two goals and Mike Winter of Port Washington had one goal for Salisbury (10-0).
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The Fairfield Stags are coming off one of the biggest wins in program history and former Smithtown West star Joe Marra is a big reason why.
The senior, who had a career-high 17 saves in a 10-8 win over then No. 3-ranked Notre Dame, was just named the NEILA Player of the Week. To read more about the award, click here.
Fairfield is in action on Saturday at 3 p.m. at Colgate.
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It hasn’t taken long for former Clarkstown South star Chris Haggerty to make an impact at Quinnipiac University.
The junior attackman, a transfer from Onondago Community College, was named ECAC Lacrosse Co-Player of the Week after a six-point effort in a 12-2 win over Providence.
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I’ve always said that one of the great things about lacrosse is that when two equally talented teams play, the result, more often than not it seems, is a one-goal game — often in overtime.
This weekend, that theory has gone one step further.
Former Huntington star Rhamel Bratton (right) scored four goals as second-ranked Virginia outlasted top-ranked and two-time defending national champion Syracuse 11-10 today in front of 7,501 fans in Charlottesville, Va.
The Cavaliers led 10-6 early in the fourth quarter before the Orange rallied in a game that had a large representation of former high school standouts from the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region.
It was the third 11-10 result involving marquee programs this weekend.
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It was an action-filled and eventful day at the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore with two of the three games resulting in 11-10 overtime finishes.
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A total of 16 players from the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region are among the 64 men’s college lacrosse standouts named to the 2010 Tewaaraton Watch List today.
The Teewaraton Trophy is awarded to the college player of the year.
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Several former standouts from the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region were awarded for their outstanding efforts for their college team by earning collegiate player of the week honors.
Though the season is still young, this region has been well-represented in conference accolades so far.
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It didn’t take long for Darien’s own Cooper MacDonnell to show his preseason selection as ECAC offensive player of the year was on the mark.
The Loyola senior attackman was named ECAC offensive player of the week after starting the season by scoring six goals in an 8-7 overtime win against Navy. Then, this past Saturday, he scored two goals on two shots as the 10th-ranked Greyhounds improved to 2-0 by winning at Quinnipiac 11-5.
He will try to continue his red-hot scoring this week.
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Tagged with: Cooper MacDonnell • darien lacrosse • ECAC offensive player of the week • Loyola lacrosse
The weekly honors continue to roll in and former Iona Prep star Nick Trizano is among the players from the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region earning recognition.
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Tagged with: CAA rookie of the week • Drexel lacrosse • Iona Prep lacrosse • nick trizano
Weekly awards have just launched for collegiate conferences throughout the nation, and two former high school all-Americans from the Hudson Valley region are among the winners.
Somers’ Mike Novosel (pictured at right), a senior goaltender at Dartmouth, was named Ivy League player of the week.
Former John Jay star Chris Daniello, meanwhile, was named Big East offensive player of the week.
Both Novosel and Daniello came up big to lead their teams to win this past weekend. Novosel had 15 saves as Dartmouth opened the season with a win at Colgate. Daniello had a career-high four goals as Syracuse improved to 2-0 by beating Army.
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