High School Zone: College
Photos by Ryan Rabidou Let’s play three. The Konica Minolta Big City Classic tripleheader is set for Sunday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Action starts at 1 p.m. as Notre Dame faces St. John’s. Duke takes on Syracuse at 4 p.m . The final game features a 6:30 p.m. contest between Johns Hopkins and North Carolina. […]
Photos by Ryan Rabidou The Konica Milota Face-Off Classic tripleheader, played today at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, was just that. A classic. Here’s a rundown: * Colin Briggs’ overtime goal gave top-ranked Virginia a 9-8 win against upset-minded Cornell. For more, including the box score, click here. * A 16-save performance by Steven Rastivo […]
We’re just over 24 hours away from Selection Sunday for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. And while many conference titles are being decided this weekend, lacrosse will also be front and center on the collegiate landscape today. That’s because the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic is set for M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. Here’s the lineup […]
Monmouth University’s campus in West Long Branch, N.J., is located just over a minute from the Jersey Shore. Soon, it will become one of just a handful of beachfront locations fielding Division I lacrosse programs. The university announced today that it will be adding a D-I men’s team that will start play in the 2014 […]
Syracuse may have lost the game, but the Orange did gain some national attention that went beyond the final outcome of Sunday’s showdown at the Carrier Dome. Tim Desko’s behind-the-back and between-the-legs goal in Syracuse’s 14-10 loss to Virginia was No. 4 on ESPN’s “SportsCenter” top plays. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOEeTpCM8_s Follow Joe Lombardi on Twitter @joe_lombardi or by […]
The college season is up and running — and could be coming soon to a high school field near you. There will be a couple of men’s college games scheduled for turf fields at high schools in the region in the next few weeks that will feature plenty of former varsity standouts from the area. […]
Denver swept Ohio State last season en route to an appearance in the Final Four. The Pioneers entered today’s matchup against unranked Ohio State at No. 5 in the latest rankings. But expecting the unexpected has quickly become the new reality in major Division I lacrosse, and Ohio State came away with a 10-9 win […]
The first full weekend of the brand-new college lacrosse season has produced a surprise. No. 9-ranked Notre Dame’s men’s lax team was dominant defensively in a 7-3 season-opening win against No. 2-ranked visiting Duke. After falling behind 2-0, ND scored seven unanswered goals. Goalie John Kemp equaled a career high with 14 saves. Senior midfielder Max […]
A busy weekend of college action starts Friday at 5 p.m. as Towson visits Johns Hopkins in a men’s game that will be broadcast live on ESPNU. Among the big games on Saturday, Notre Dame takes on Duke, which can be seen at 1 p.m. on espn3.com. Here are links from LaxPower.com to access the […]
The decisions by Michigan and Marquette to add men’s lacrosse programs attracted a huge amount of attention when they were made. But beyond the BCS and more recently, there have been colleges who have also decided to launch programs. Just last week, Furman University in South Carolina announced it would be adding both men’s and […]
After years of contemplation, it’s now about to become a reality on the field. Michigan will be playing its first game as a Division I member in men’s lacrosse on Sunday when the Wolverines face Detroit in a 1 p.m. game at Ultimate Soccer Arenas in Pontiac, Mich. Be sure to check out the first […]
College lacrosse starts its regular season this week. Well, sort of. Actually, an unprecedented pre-Super Bowl game has also been completed. Delaware, lifted by a 12-goal third-quarter outburst, rolled past Detroit 19-6, giving longtime Blue Hens coach Bob Shillinglaw his 300th career win. For more on the game, including video highlights, click here. Here are […]
While much of the attention of the lacrosse world has been focused on the US Lacrosse National Convention, which got under way yesterday in Philadelphia, another noteworthy event was also held. Major League Lacrosse’s annual collegiate draft. Former Smithtown West standout Rob Pannell (pictured at left), coming off a 42-goal, 47 assist season at Cornell, was selected […]
High school sophomores making verbal commitments to colleges has become more and more prevalent in men’s lacrosse for more than a year. Is the trend coming to the women’s game? Northwestern University, which has won six national titles the last seven years, recently landed a commitment from one of the nation’s top 10th-graders. Emily Stein […]
While the number of participants in lacrosse continues to increase rapidly, the number of college programs adding teams has remained relatively stagnant. So it’s noteworthy whenever a college adds a program. That was the case this week when Mount Olive in North Carolina announced it would be fielding a men’s team starting with the 2013 […]
