Massapequa is building a strong connection to a school south of the tristate region. Defenseman/longstick midfielder Nick Capuana, a rising junior, verbally committed to Towson yesterday, joining Pequa teammate and classmate Ian Kirby as a Tigers commit. The 5-foot-10, 170-pound Capuana is an athletic and aggressive defender who thrives in transition. Now, here’s a Q&A […]
One of the top players in New Jersey, Christian Cuccinello, has decided on his college destination. The rising junior attackman from Mountain Lakes is equally dangerous as a feeder and finisher. At 6-foot, 198 pounds, Cuccinello, who also plays midfield, has good size. The righty is also strong with either hand and has a high […]
Looking for the best way to sting the defense when you go man up? We’ve got just the play to run from the LaxLessons.com playbook. It’s called “The Sting.” For an in-depth breakdown of the play, complete with a 3-D illustration and animation, check the InsideLacrosse.com story. You can subscribe to LaxLessons coaches page by […]
In a sport marked by strong family connections, there may never be another quite like it. Brothers Casey, Ryan and Mikey Powell all have made enormous impacts on lacrosse both as players and as ambassadors of the game. All three starred at Syracuse University, where they each were four-time All-Americans. Now, the final Powell brother […]
The fact that Timmy Burke will be playing lacrosse at the major Division I level should hardly come as a surpise. After all, the Chaminade High School (N.Y.) rising senior defenseman/longstick midfielder is the youngest of four lax-playing brothers. If that’s not enough, his cousin, Brian Burke, a former St. Anthony’s star, played at North […]
Considering he didn’t start playing lacrosse till age 12, it should come as no surprise that Ryan Nardi’s physical abilities are ahead of his stick skills. For starters, the recent graduate of the Fieldston School in New York City is 6-foot-3, 200 pounds. He was also a four-year letterwinner in football. So a post-grad year […]
‘Nade is now No. 1. With the 2012-13 school year about to start, we have been tracking how the leaderboard looks among tristate high school programs with the most rising senior commits. And Chaminade High School (N.Y.) Flyers has been flying high. The Flyers have soared to the top spot on our leaderboard with a […]
There will be a new event on the fall recruiting landscape. The National Invitational 175, which launched this summer with a successful debut at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., has now added a fall showcase event, called the National Invitational Fall Select 175, which is now accepting applications. The one-day event for members of the […]
John Distler, the head coach Joel Barlow High School, has used a term not often heard in relation to lacrosse players to describe Mike Mattson, one of the Falcons’ leading players on this past season’s Connecticut Class S state title team. That word is slippery. “I generally agree with that label,” said the 5-foot-11, 175-pound […]
When it comes to midfield play, being steady is better than being spectacular almost every time. “My style of play is not flashy,” Jake Kaiser said. “It’s more of a simple and a textbook style of playing lacrosse.” And it’s landed the Byram Hills High School (N.Y.) rising senior a chance to play Division I […]
Conner Phillips has all the attributes you would look for in a Division I defensive recruit. The rising junior at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School in New Jersey is 6-foot-3 and 205 pounds. In addition to his size, he has outstanding stick skills, especially for a defenseman. His talents are on full display on his […]
