Lacrosse Insider
It was a banner season for Quinnipiac University in 2016. The Bobcats made the NCAA Tournament for the first time, beating Hartford 14-9 in the MAAC Tournament title game. QU has now picked up a big verbal on the recruiting front, landing a commitment from a skilled and high-scoring attackman from upstate New York. Devin […]
Section 1 (NY) Class B finalist John Jay is alive at five when it comes to the Class of 2018. The Indians just saw their fifth rising junior commitment. It comes from two-way midfielder Tommy Beeby, who decided on Delaware to become the Blue Hens’ 2018 NY/NJ/CT commit. The 6-foot, 180-pound Beeby has a combination […]
We have a couple of first for you with our latest Class of 2020 verbal. It’s the earliest verbal commitment ever made by a player west of the Mississippi River as well as the first 2020 West Coast verbal. It’s also the first public rising freshman verbal for Johns Hopkins. So let’s get right to it. Chase […]
Three days of activity at the ninth annual Maverik Showtime National Lacrosse wrapped up early Friday evening with the conclusion of the Class of 2018 and Class of 2019 all-star games. As always seems to be the case with this post-July 4 event at Western Connecticut University, therewas scorching heat and several rounds of thunderstorms. But […]
Few rising sophomore midfielders have enjoyed better summers than the one Angelo Petrakis is having. Narrow it down to faceoff middies and Petrakis may be at the head of the class. That’s why Lehigh University has accomplished a recruiting coup by picking up a commitment to its admissions process from the standout from Nassau County […]
We bring you a brand-new Class of 2017 commitment in this latest update. This one comes from New Jersey where faceoff midfielder Bobby Stewart of Robbinsville High School (photos above and below) just decided on High Point University. The 6-foot-1, 180-pound Stewart is a physically strong play with outstanding technique and quick hands. He’s also […]
The newly launched Division I program at Hampton University achieved a tremendous amount of notoriety when it played its first game. Actually, even before. Prior to the game, against Division II Roberts Wesleyan, ESPN broadcast from Hampton with “SportsCenter on the Road.” The opener was so noteworthy because the Pirates became the 70th Division I men’s […]
With his program struggling to get wins, Chris Bates faced an uncertain future at Princeton this past season. But Bates sealed his own fate when he elbowed Brown University player John Yozzo-Scapperotta as Yozzo-Scapperotta was coming off the field in an April 2 game. That led to Bates’ immediate suspension and then firing by Princeton — […]
A midweek all-star game doubleheader will highlight the night annual Maverik Showtime National Recruiting Spotlight at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Conn., this week. Action in the event gets under way with games on Tuesday, July 5 with action continuing through Friday, July 8. This week’s action features rising sophomores (Class of 2019) and rising juniors (Class of […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixyOBzRu-p0 Our latest Class of 2017 commitment comes from New York’s Hudson Valley by way of Canada. Toronto native Ethan Black Fernandes, a D/LSM at Trinity-Pawling School (NY), has verbally committed to Hobart College. Black Fernandes, a varsity letterman since ninth grade and has started the last two years, earning All-Western New England honors this past spring. […]
https://vimeo.com/157763512 July is the hottest month on the recruiting calendar, of course. But the NCAA has put in restrictions that will allow coaches to enjoy some down time the next few days. July 2-6 is a non-evaluation period for coaches. They are also not permitted to have in-person contacts with recruits. But — and this is […]
One of the main priorities for Hofstra University head coach and Long Island native Seth Tierney has been keeping some of the groundswell of talent on the Island close to home and, more precisely, at the school’s Hempstead campus. The commitment of Tierney’s own son, recent Massapequa HS grad Ryan Tierney, was a big coup […]
We have our third Class of 2020 rising freshman commitments, folks, and just like the other two, it comes from Suffolk County on Long Island. Jack Schirtzer, an athletic defenseman/longstick midfielder from Shoreham-Wading River just verballed to Ohio State. Schirtzer immediately caught attention of major D-I coaches as a varsity starter on the Long Island Class B […]
We have a pair of transfers by former tristate varsity standouts now in college, plus new 2017 and 2020 verbals to bring you in this update. Let’s start with the college transfers. Henry Grass (left), who broke the all-time scoring record in Section 1 (NY) history during his five-year career at Bronxville, is transferring from Johns Hopkins […]
Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, NY is front and center in this latest update. The Mavericks just reeled in a pair of highly regarded 2017 commits — and a new assistant coach who is a very familiar figure in the Hudson Valley. The verbals come from a pair of midfielders. One is from Long Island […]
