Lacrosse Insider
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgO_xEdK9QE It may not be one of the traditional Final Four contenders, but Ohio State has surged toward the top of D-I programs who have picked up Class of 2019 verbals. The Buckeyes just picked up their ninth 2019 verbal, but first from the NY/NJ/CT tristate region. It comes from New Jersey where Ridgewood HS […]
We have a brand-new Class of 2017 commitment in this update. It comes from the Hudson Valley where Brewster HS (NY) midfielder Jack Guida just committed to Siena. The 6-foot, 180-pound Guida is an athletic, aggressive player with outstanding speed (he runs a 4.6 in the 40) who also excels in football as a running […]
We have our second Class of 2018 commitment from Suffolk County (NY) in just a matter of hours. Attackman Andrew Derasmo of Harborfields has decided to play his college lacrosse at St. Joseph’s University. The 6-foot-1, 178-pound Derasmo, a lefty, was a varsity player as a freshman in 2015. He attended the Maverik Showtime National […]
We have a late Division I Class of 2016 commitment as well as a brand-new 2018 verbal in this update. Let’s start with the current senior class where athletic midfielder Ron John of upstate Lake Shore HS in Angola, NY (pictured at left) has committed to The University of Albany. The 6-foot, 170-pound John was also […]
We now have an eye 60 Class of 2019 players from sea to shining sea who have made verbal commitments. The latest comes from just beyond the tristate where midfielder Gabriel Furey of PA power Episcopal just committed to Virginia. Furey gives the Cavaliers seven 2019 commits. The 6-foot, 150-pound Furey is a skilled player with […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j5eSz4gGdQ Syracuse University has completed something of a recruiting coup, securing a pair of underclass commitments in the span of just a few hours. The first comes from Pennsylvania where Academy of the New Church Class of 2019 attackman/midfielder Bryson Rhee just decided on the Orange. Rhee also considered Notre Dame, Penn State, Ohio State and […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC-5mXnkAek We have a pair of new Class of 2018 commitments in this update. We begin in the Hudson Valley where midfielder Ciara Frawley from Yorktown has committed to the admissions process for Cornell’s women’s team. The 5-foot-10 Frawley is a versatile, skilled and athletic player who has been playing the sport for six years. She’s also […]
A new batch of Class of 2017 commitments highlights this latest update. We begin in New Jersey where Lakeland Regional standout attackman Michael Wilson has verballed to the new Division I program at Cleveland State. Wilson was Lakeland Regional’s second-leading scorer in 2015 as a sophomore, with 30 goals and 48 assists for 78 points, earning second-team […]
Suffolk County on Long Island underwent an experiment in 2015 that proved to be a sea change for those accustomed to the home-and-home battles in Division 1 featuring such powers as Smithtown East, Ward Melville, Smithtown West, Northport, West Islip, Sachem North, Half Hollow Hills East, Sachem East and Half Hollow Hills West. With a […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yl__UY9Q8U Cleveland State is the latest college program from beyond the Northeast to add Division I men’s lacrosse. The Vikings will begin play in the spring of 2017. Dylan Sheridan, a former assistant coach at Princeton and Denver, has been named the first head coach in Cleveland State history this past July. Sheridan has reeled in a […]
Our latest tristate Class of 2018 commitment comes from the Hudson Valley where athletic midfielder Andrew Martinez of the Trinity-Pawling School has just verballed to Rutgers University. A transfer from North Rockland High School in Rockland County, Martinez is a two-way talent who excelled with Prime Time’s team at the Legacy Fall Invitational, the Adrenaline Fall […]
Stony Brook has successfully recruited numerous standouts from within its homebase of Suffolk County since former Ward Melville standout Jim Nagle’s arrival as head coach in 2012. We told you last month that the Seawolves landed longtime Sachem North coach Jay Mauro as a volunteer assistant coach. So look for the Brook to kick it […]
We told you here on Insider last week that the lacrosse world was on the verge of its first-ever eighth grade verbal commit. We can now report it has come. American Heritage-Delray (FL) attack/midfielder Caitlyn Wurzburger has committed to coach Gary Gait and the Syracuse University women’s program. A natural attack, Wurzburger is extremely skilled […]
Yorktown, the 2014 New York state champion and 2015 state semifinalist, just picked up its fourth Class of 2017 commitment. It was made by faceoff specialist Anthony Altimari. An agile and athletic player, the 6-foot, 170-pound Altimari has quick hands and quick feet and is effective at igniting transition opportunities. He also considered UMass and […]
As the debate rages over early commits, one program that has been active and aggressive about taking underclass verbals is doubling down on its philosophy. We’ll tell you about Johns Hopkins’ 11th 2019 commit in a moment. But first, when looking at how much sense it makes to take freshman verbals, one factor to consider […]
