High School Zone: College
Some of the greatest players in Syracuse University — and college lacrosse — history will be on display when the Syracuse Alumni All-Stars take on this year’s Orange team on Saturday, Oct. 8 at 3:30 p.m. at the Carrier Dome in the second annual Orange Alumni Classic. The40-player alumni roster features four-time All-Americans Roy Colsey, […]
It’s official. Syracuse and Pittsburgh have accepted invitations to join the Atlantic Coast Conference. The development, first reported late Friday night by Pete Thamel of The New York Times, was made official today. Needless to say, the move will have huge ramifications, giving the ACC 14 times and strong representation in more Northeast markets. As […]
It should come as no surprise that one of new Marquette coach Joe Amplo’s main priorities has been to tap into his Long Island roots when it comes to landing recruits. Early returns have been positive for the Farmingdale native and former Hofstra associate head coach (pictured above). That’s one of the topics we discuss […]
Some leaves have actually started to fall – believe it or not. It’s true. I saw it myself. Labor Day has come and gone, and now, before you know it, fall ball will be open us. We’ll be looking ahead to fall travel team events, of course. But first, let’s check out how the fall […]
As August gives way to September, fall is in the air. Well, almost anyway. There’s a full slate of college football games this weekend, and that can only mean one thing. Fall ball in lax is set to start, too. We’ll have more on that, of course, in the days and weeks to come. But […]
ASA College will launch a men’s lacrosse team next spring, becoming the first junior college program located in New York CIty. The Avengers, who will compete in the National Junior College Athletic Association, will offer athletic scholarships to qualified student-athletes as well as provide housing in athletic dorms. Former Hofstra University player Vince Daniels is […]
A familiar name to lacrosse fans in New York State has joined Army’s coaching staff. Former Mahopac and Cornell University standout Kyle Georgalas (shown at right next to Cornell head coach Ben DeLuca in above photo), who also served as an assistant coach at Cornell, has been named an assistant coach at Army by […]
The chain reaction of coaching moves that started when Richie Meade resigned from Navy is now almost complete. Army assistant Mike Murphy was tabbed by Colgate today as its new head coach. Murphy, the defensive coordinator at Army under Joe Alberici, replaces Jim Nagle, who left Colgate to take over the head-coaching job at Stony […]
Photo by Vincent Briedis/UVA Media Relations Cornell star Rob Pannell (left) and Virginia coach Dom Starsia prior to Wednesday night’s ESPY Awards in Los Angeles. The lax world enjoyed another first this past week in the form of nominations for the ESPY Awards, which were held Wednesday in Los Angeles. Pannell was nominated for Best […]
Brian Brecht built Siena’s men’s lacrosse team into a perennial MAAC champion and NCAA tournament participant. After Brecht left the Saints to take over the program at Rutgers, Siena was charged with finding someone who could build on that momentum. The Saints are hoping former Hobart and Albany assistant John Svec, a former standout at […]
With Yorktown star Conor Gately’s commitment to Marquette still very much in the news, we have more news on upstart Division I programs in the Midwest. The University of Michigan, which like Marquette of the Big East, will be debuting its program in 2012. The Wolverines have decided to compete in the ECAC, which includes […]
If you checked out our “Updated recruiting review and commitment rundown” post at this time yesterday, you learned of the commitment of one of the leading players in the Hudson Valley. Rising senior star Anthony Berardis of defending Section 1 Class A champion Mahopac, a member of the 2010 HV Empire State Games team, gave […]
Marist has a new head coach. Keegan Wilkinson, the Red Foxes’ top assistant for the last four years, has been tabbed to take over the school’s men’s lax program. Wilkinson takes over for Scott Nelson, who accepted the head-coaching job at Binghamton in mid-May. Nelson was named 2011 MAAC coach of the year after leading […]
It hasn’t taken Stony Brook long to find a replacement for Rick Sowell. Just over a week after Sowell left Stony Brook for the head coaching job at Navy, Stony Brook is set to name a successor. Colgate’s Jim Nagle is the Seawolves’ choice, according to a report by John Jiloty of Inside Lacrosse. To […]
Brian Brecht promises to use the same formula that produced so much so much such during his tenure at Siena. The newly named Rutgers head coach is expected to recruit heavily from the New York/Connecticut/New Jersey tristate area in a bid to reestablish the Scarlet Knights as a national power. For more on Brecht’s appointment […]
