Our position-by-position spotlight on newcomers to college lacrosse continues with an overview of close defenders. Here are five former tristate standouts we think will make major impacts for their new programs. Eddie Bouhall, Lynbrook (NY), Lehigh: The two-time Nassau County defender of the year (left) is a skilled and savvy position defender. A three-sport standout […]

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We have three new commitments to report on in this latest update. The first comes from the Class of 2017 where two-way midfielder and three-sport standout Will Hynson of Rye has committed to High Point. The 5-foot-11, 165-pound Hynson, an athletic lefty who also excels in football and ice hockey, also considered Vermont and Marist. A tenacious defender, […]

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We wrap up our look at current tristate freshmen who are standouts at midfield by turning to the longstick midfield position. In case you missed it, click on these links to access our evaluations of  midfielders and faceoff midfielders. Now, to LSM: Zach Ambrosino, Taft (CT), Virginia: Less than five years after starting to play lacrosse, Ambrosino committed to UVa […]

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Our latest Class of 2018 verbal by a tristate standout comes from defending New York Class B state champion Victor where goaltender Chayse Ierlan committed to the admissions process at Cornell University. Ierlan (left), who started for Victor as a freshman this past spring, is a skilled and savvy netminder who is an outstanding stopper […]

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LaxLessons – The Leader. Our groundbreaking, imitated, but never duplicated coverage, and Recruiting Rundown, launched in 2009. Get caught up on the latest news right here, right now by visiting LaxLessons.com’s groundbreaking, imitated, but never duplicated Lacrosse Insider. It’s the No. 1 source and unparalleled leader for recruiting news, analysis and objective information in the NY/NJ/CT tristate hotspot and the entire […]

In our first two rundowns of top tristate collegiate freshmen by position, we presented Top 10 lists for attackmen and midfielders. We now transition to groups of five. In case you’re new to our rankings, we do not rank players by number. After all, this is not a bakery. Here, it is an objective and unscientific […]

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LaxLessons – The Leader. Our groundbreaking, imitated, but never duplicated coverage, and Recruiting Rundown, launched in 2009. Get caught up on the latest news right here, right now by visiting LaxLessons.com’s groundbreaking, imitated, but never duplicated Lacrosse Insider. It’s the No. 1 source and unparalleled leader for recruiting news, analysis and objective information in the NY/NJ/CT tristate hotspot and the entire […]

We launched our rankings of the top tristate college freshmen on Sunday with a look at our leading  10 attackmen. Today, we will take a look at the 10 top midfielders from tristate high school or private school programs. As always, our objective rankings are presented in alphabetical order without a specific, arbitrary numerical ranking. […]

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Under NCAA regulations, incoming college lacrosse freshmen were not allowed to work out with equipment and sticks their first few weeks on campus. But with fall ball now about to get under way, that’s all about to change. With that in mind, we are now presenting an overview of the top Class of 2019 college players […]

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If you’ve been following along here on Insder as we have been reporting on each new Class of 2019 commitment the last couple of weeks — of which there are now 15 — we’ve been saying that the first freshman verbal from the tristate was thisclose to being made. We can now report it has. […]

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Here’s a college-by-college rundown of commitments for tristate members of the Class of 2019. AIR FORCE – 5:  Ethan Grandolfo, Fairfield Prep (CT) attack/midfield; Thomas Greenblatt, Massapequa (NY), attack; Joseph Moran, Massapequa (NY), goaltender; Gavin Peene, Ridgewood (NJ), attack/midfield; Tyler Previte, Wilton (CT), defense ALBANY— 2: Conner Fingar, Penn Yan (NY), midfield; Tommy Heller, Comsewogue (NY), goaltender ARMY — 2: Canyon Birch, Manasquan (NJ), […]

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LaxLessons: The Original. The Best. The Leader. Your unbiased, professional source for lax recruiting. Our groundbreaking, imitated, but never duplicated Recruiting Rundown, launched in 2009. Get caught up on the latest news right here, right now by visiting LaxLessons.com’s groundbreaking, imitated, but never duplicated Lacrosse Insider. It’s the No. 1 source for recruiting news, analysis and objective information in the […]

LaxLessons – The Leader. Our groundbreaking, imitated, but never duplicated coverage, and Recruiting Rundown, launched in 2009. Get caught up on the latest news right here, right now by visiting LaxLessons.com’s groundbreaking, imitated, but never duplicated Lacrosse Insider. It’s the No. 1 source and unparalleled leader for recruiting news, analysis and objective information in the NY/NJ/CT tristate hotspot and the entire […]

Drew Kelleher’s college lacrosse experience is impressive — both as a player and coach. Before taking over as head coach at Manhattan College, Kelleher served for two years as Boston University’s assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. Prior to that, Kelleher (pictured at right) was assistant coach/offensive coordinator at Siena. A four-year standout at Vermont, he ended […]

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