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There are, of course, many differences between college football and college lacrosse.

One of the main ones is in recruiting.

In football, it is rare for varsity stars to commit prior to their senior season. Many of the top prospects, in fact, do not decide on a college until the start of the February signing period prior to their enrollment in college later in the year.

In lacrosse, as we all know by now, most of the top recruits commit by early in their junior year. Some sooner.

If you’ve been checking out our “Updated recruiting review and commitment rundown” each day, you’ve been keeping up with these commitments as they’ve been made, with more info, insights, analysis and reaction provided in this space.

So though Wednesday marks Day 1 of the National Letter of Intent Fall Signing Week, there will be few, if any surprises — or even new news — between now and next Wednesday, Nov. 16. At least among the seniors from the nation’s No. 1 lax hotbed, the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region, who will make their preexisting verbal commitments to Division I and II college programs official by signing binding National Letters of Intent. (Football is not among the sports included in this week’s signing period.)

For those whose commitments have already been reported here and who will be making it official Nov. 9-16, be sure to send along any photos of players from the region signing Letters of Intent to us at info@laxlessons.com for use here.

In the meantime, here’s a rundown of D-I and D-II senior recruits from the region, most of whom are expected to sign Letters of Intent this week. (Remember, not all D-I conferences that are included here are part of the NLI program, and the military academies and the Ivy League are not part of the NLI process. )

AVON OLD FARMS (CT)

Dan Kinek
College, position: Michigan, midfield

Dan McDougall
College, position:  Delaware, defense

Will Ryan
College, position: Johns Hopkins, goaltender

BETHPAGE (NY)

Paul Bitetti
College, position: Detroit-Mercy defense

BREWSTER (NY)

Harry Erickson
College, position: Albany, defense

BRUNSWICK (CT)

John Baker
College, position: Colgate, defense

Nick Bartlett
College, position: Vermont, attack

Eddie Dedomenico
College, position: Lehigh, midfield

Billy Heidt
College, position: Dartmouth, midfield

John Kelly
College, position: Georgetown, midfield

Kip Werner
College, position: Penn, defense

BYRAM HILLS (NY)

Andrew Larrabee
College, position: Notre Dame, goaltender

CHAMINADE (NY)

Brendan Caputo
College, position: Brown, midfield

Casey Gibson
College, position: Brown, attack

Matt Graham
College, position: Michigan, midfield

Brian Porter
College, position: Marquette, defense

Michael Quinn
College, position: Yale, defense

Joe Reilly
College, position: Holy Cross, midfield

Greg Rhodes
College, position: Duke, midfield

Paul Urbank
College, position: Delaware, midfield

CLARKSTOWN SOUTH (NY)

Kris Alleyne
College, position: Rutgers, goaltender

COLD SPRING HARBOR (NY)

Sean Doyle
College, position: Bucknell, attack

Giovanni Girardi
College, position: Hofstra, midfield

Cam Lee
College, position: Dartmouth, midfield

Kevin Porzelt
College, position: UMass, midfield

Danny Simonetti
College, position: Navy, midfield

DARIEN (CT)

Tony Britton
College, position: Cornell, defense

Corey Eppley
College, position: Lehigh, longstick midfield

Tommy Lyons
College, position: Mount St. Mary’s, defense

Case Matheis
College, position: Duke, attackman

Bobby Weaver
College, position: Princeton, midfield

Henry West
College, position: Cornell, midfield

DEERFIELD (MA)

Ian Ardrey (Greenwich, CT resident)
College, position: Harvard, attackman

Brian Pickup, Deerfield (Rye)
College, position: Princeton, defense

DIVISION AVENUE SCHOOL (NY)

Jake Gaspari
College, position: New York Tech, defense

Ryan Gaspari
College, position: New York Tech, goaltender

DOBBS FERRY (NY)

Darien Bica
College, position: Manhattan, defense/longstick midfield

John Yozzo-Scaperrotta
College, position: Brown, midfield

FAIRFIELD PREP (CT)

Charles Keady
College, position: Michigan, defense/long-stick midfielder

FARMINGDALE (NY)

Frank DeLuca
College, position: Wagner, goaltender

GARDEN CITY (NY)

Patric Berkery
College, position: Penn, midfield

Devin Dwyer
College, position: Harvard, attack

Dan Marino
College, position: Virginia, goaltender

GUNNERY (CT)

Parrish Young
College, position: Delaware, midfield

HACKLEY (NY)

Jibran Ahmad
College, position: Dartmouth, midfield

HAUPPAUGE (NY)

Sam Llinares
College, position: Hofstra, attack/midfield

HARBORFIELDS (NY)

Joe Guidarelli
College, position: Fairfield, midfield

HEWLETT (NY)

Sam Matorella
College, position: Michigan, midfield

Mark Rizzo
College, position: North Carolina, defense

HICKSVILLE (NY)

Ryan Tarzia
College, position: Detroit-Mercy, midfield

IONA PREP (NY)

Shane Fee
College, position: Bucknell, attack

ISLIP (NY)

Terence Foley
College, position: Villanova, attack/midfield

JOHN GLENN (NY)

Tommy Forsberg
College, position: Maryland, attack

JOHN JAY (NY)

Tom Branca
College, position: Fairfield, goaltender

KELLENBERG (NY) – 1

Joe Amato
College, position: VMI, midfield

LAKELAND/PANAS (NY)

Chris Monteferante
College, position: Army, midfield

LONG BEACH (NY)

Joe Radin
College, position: Marist, attackman

Connor Sofield
College, position: Holy Cross, attackman

MAHOPAC (NY)

Anthony Berardis
College, position: Stony Brook, midfield

MAMARONECK (NY)

Jake Danehy
College, position: Colgate, goaltender

MANHASSET (NY)

Frank Borgognone
College, position: Fairfield, defense

Bobby Duvnjak
College, position: Harvard, defense

Ryan Matthews
College, position: Hopkins, midfield

Evan Molloy
College, position: Syracuse, goaltender

MASSAPEQUA (NY)

Ryan Kirby
College, position: Towson, attack

Daniel Muller
College, position: UMass, midfield

MERCERSBERG (PA)

Brendan Supple (Avon, Conn., resident)
College, position: Le Moyne, goaltender

MILLBROOK SCHOOL (NY)

Tyler Albrecht
College, position: Cornell, midfield

Will Gabrielson
College, position: Drexel, goaltender

Aaron Moroney
College, position: Towson, defense

TJ Sanders
College, position: Penn State, attack

NEW CANAAN (CT)

John Brainard
College, position: UMass, midfield

Tom Carey
College, position: Bryant, goaltender

Peter Kraus
College, position:  Michigan, attack/midfield

PELHAM (NY)

Matt Landis
College, position: Notre Dame, defense

PORT WASHINGTON (NY)

Jake Froccaro
College, position: Princeton, attack/midfielder

RIDGEFIELD (CT)

Neil Gollogy
College, position: Siena, midfield

Eric Scala
College, position: Albany, attack/midfield

Sean Riley
College, position: Vermont, attack

ROCKY POINT (NY)

Ryan Palasek
College, position: Syracuse, defense

Nick Strano
College, position: Manhattan, midfield

Vincent Loscalzo
College, position:  Belmont Abbey, midfield

SACHEM NORTH (NY)

Paulie Coppola
College, position: Adelphi, defense/LSM

Zach Dellecave
College, position: Dowling, defense/LSM

Corey Gamblin
College, position: NYIT, attack/midfield

Jack Gannon
College, position: UMBC, midfield

Shawn Murphy
College, position:  NYIT, attack

Tyler Novak
College, position: Florida Southern, midfield

Cody Petillo
College, position: Rutgers, midfield

Kyle Rhatigan
College, position: Limestone, attack

Danny Schaeffer
College, position: Dowling, attack/midfield

Eric Talbot
College, position: NYIT, attack/midfield

ST. ANTHONY’S (NY)

Connor Billings
College, position: Endicott, Long-stick midfield

Kieran Burke
College, position: North Carolina, goaltender

Eric Caliendo
College, position: Haverford, goaltender

Matt Chanenchuk
College, position: Navy, attack/midfield

Brendan Conroy
College, position: Army, midfield

George Deignan
College, position: Binghamton, defense

Richie Doktor
College, position: Navy, midfield

Chris Hughes
College, position: St. John’s, attack/midfield

Brendon Hurley
College, position: Binghamton, midfield

John Lynott
College, position: Stony Brook, defense

Brian Sherlock
College, position: North Carolina, midfield

Tim Stackpole
College, position: Army, defense

Sal Vitale
College, position: Marquette, defense

SALISBURY (CT)

Kanatiio Adams
College, position: Cornell, long-stick midfield

AJ Carfora
College, position: Penn State, defense

Jack Clippinger
College, position: Denver, midfield

Mike Morris
College, position: Johns Hopkins, attack/midfield

Tanner Scales
College, position: Virginia, defense

SAYVILLE (NY)

Pat Fleming
College, position: New York Tech, goaltender

SHOREHAM-WADING RIVER (NY)

Trevor Brosco
College, position: Notre Dame, midfield

Chris Mahoney
College, position: Ohio State, defense

SMITHTOWN WEST (NY)

Ryan Adler
College, position: Towson, goaltender

Craig Madarasz
College, position: Johns Hopkins,  midfield

James Pannell
College, position: Virginia, attackman

Matt Schultz
College, position:  Stony Brook, attack

SOMERS (NY)

Kevin Schurr
College, position: Army, defense

SUFFIELD (CT)

Reed Barbe
College, position: Denver, attack/midfield

SYOSSET (NY)

Ryan Hunter
College, position: Ohio State, attack

TRINITY PAWLING (NY)

Dalton Lundy
College, position: Hartford, attack

Jimmy Joe Granito
College, position: Loyola, goaltender

WANTAGH (NY)

Matt Balzano
College, position: UMass, midfield

WARD MELVILLE (NY)

Ryan Buckley
Collegem position: Marquette, attack

Jimmy Coughlan
College, position: Brown, midfield

Johnny Edmonds
College, position: Cornell, attack/midfield

Ryan Kellerman
College, position: New York Tech, defense

Frank Lucatuorto
College, position: Stony Brook, midfield

WEST ISLIP (NY)

Anthony DeLuca
College, position: CW Post, attack

Jack Kelly
College, position: Brown, goaltender

Tom Moore
College, position: Denver, attack

Paul Riportella
College, position: Marquette, midfield

Brendan Smith
College, position: Marquette, attack

YORKTOWN

Eric Cooley
College, position: Rutgers, defense

Frankie Fusco
College, position: Drexel, attack/midfield

Conor Gately
College, position: Marquette, attack

Fzim Lazqi
College, position: Mercy, midfield

Gzim Lazqi
College, position: Mercy, defense/longstick midfield

Have a recruiting commitment to report? Be sure to email us at info@laxlessons.com.

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