The Simsbury, Conn.-based Westminster School enjoyed plenty of highlights in 2011. The Martlets beat Hotchkiss 9-5 in late May to clinch their first Founders League outright title since 1996. Westminster’s 7-0 league record was highlighted by a double-overtime win over Avon Old Farms. Will 2012 be another championship season for Westminster? If that winds up […]
Off the field, Matt Ledwin is a versatile and well-rounded person. “He has approached his studies with the same passion he does his lacrosse,” said coach Craig Solomon of Hen Hud, where Ledwin is preparing for his junior season on the Sailors’ varsity squad. But on the field, Ledwin is focused on faceoffs. His exceptional […]
We start the day with some big recruiting news. One of the nation’s top juniors, Hen Hud faceoff specialist Matt Ledwin, verbally committed late last night to Johns Hopkins. Ledwin narrowed his choices to Harvard and Dartmouth (as well as Hopkins). Ledwin became a priority recruit of many of the nation’s top programs after a […]
If you’re looking for a player who epitomizes the term “pure scorer,” look no further than Ben Andreycak. The senior attackman was the leading scorer for Fordham Prep last season with 57 goals and 38 assists for 95 points. The Rams, who went 13-7 won the CHSAA championship and beat rival Iona Prep three times, could […]
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Kevin McDonough is equally accomplished in football and lacrosse. The New Canaan High School senior and Long Island Sting standout earned all-state honors in both sports, and had the opportunity to play both at the next level. But in the end, the 5-foot-11, 205-pound McDonough (shown in the photo above at left), a linebacker in […]
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 […]
Few players in the area have had as important an offseason as Case Matheis. The Darien senior attackman’s 2011 season was cut short by a knee injury. After igniting the Blue Wave’s FCIAC title run, Matheis suffered a torn meniscus in the state quarterfinals. Darien’s quest for “Seven in 11” – a seventh straight state […]
If you’ve been with us regularly since the National Letter of Intent Fall Early Signing Week ended less than a month ago, you know that since then, there’s been a steady stream of verbal commitments involving sophomores. Including this past week as we discussed in our weekly look at tristate lax for InsideLacrosse.com. If you […]
If you were us this afternoon on Twitter, you learned of a major commitment in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region. John van de Veerdonk, a junior attackman at Putnam Valley, has decided on Georgetown University. Be sure to check back to get John’s thoughts on his commitment. In […]
Good size, a strong shot and stick skills are not the only things Division I coaches look for in an attackman. Shane Fee can attest to that. There’s another attribute that just as — if not even more — important. And it’s one you may not have thought too much about. “When you work hard, […]
The number of college committed seniors at Yorktown has climbed to eight. As we told you last week on Twitter and our “Updated recruiting review and commitment rundown,” three more Huskers made their choices official late last week. We profiled two of them — the twin brother tandem of Fitim and Gzim Lajqi — in […]
If we had to pick a theme for lacrosse news in the month or so following National Letter of Intent Fall Early Signing Week, it would be this: Sophomores take center stage. The accelerated recruiting pace has led to a steady stream of verbal commitments from the members of the Class of 2014. The latest […]
When we reported here and on Twitter earlier today that another sophomore star from the tristate area, Hicksville’s Patrick McCormick, had committed to North Carolina, we told you we expected more commits from the Class of 2014 in the weeks and months to come. Check that. We should have said “in the hours to come.” […]
