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This week has been a time to shine for several college programs that have been a bit under the radar, including, at the Division I level, Holy Cross, as you know if you’ve been following along here at Lacrosse Insider. In this update, we have reports on success enjoyed by a Division II program in the […]

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As reported here earlier this week — and later elsewhere — Tuesday marked the start of the NCAA “dead” recruiting period. But, as we explained, that doesn’t mean coaches can’t call prospective student-athletes and accept commitments. We saw precisely that on Tuesday with several new commitments to report both from NY/NJ/CT and beyond the tristate. We […]

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When Joe Lombardi broke the news here on Lacrosse Insider almost a year ago — in late September 2013 — that the first-ever freshman in any NCAA sport had given a verbal commitment, the reaction was of stunned disbelief. Just a few weeks ago, Joe noted that the first 2018 verbal was on the horizon. […]

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There’s no shortage of NCAA rules, especially when it comes to recruiting. But the next two weeks, one of the more important ones will be in place. From Tuesday, Aug. 12 through Aug. 31, there will be an NCAA “dead” period. This means that a college coach cannot make in-person contact with a recruit or […]

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Long Island is front and center in our latest update. We have commitments from arguably the top two programs in Nassau among four LI verbals to report to get thing started. We begin with CHSAA power Chaminade, where one of the program’s leading players has decided on his college destination. Joe Lombardi is reporting that […]

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The commitments continue to be accelerate. We have 13 new verbals from within the tristate region — and beyond — in our latest update. We start with one of the nation’s top rising senior faceoff specialists. Joe Lombardi is reporting that unbeaten Connecticut Class M state champion Darien’s faceoff star extraordinaire, Andrew Pugliese, has verballed […]

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One of the main storylines emerging as recruiting commitments continue to be made at a feverish pace is the success being enjoyed by such programs as Michigan, UPenn and Penn State. Those programs may not have been at the top of the national rankings but they continue to rank high among top recruiting classes. The […]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h_8_TiZyCY The verbal commitments continue to be made at a fast and furious pace in the nation’s No. 1 hotspot for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. We have six new ones to report in this latest update, with two coming from the Class of 2017. We start with rising seniors and one of the […]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKJLPGBl0A8 It’s been a seemingly non-stop flow of Division I commitments this weekend. If you were away from Lacrosse Insider the last couple of days, we recommend you scan the latest headlines here to make sure you’re caught up with all the big news. For those with us every step of the way since the […]

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http://vimeo.com/87500795 The verbals have continued to come in at a brisk pace this Saturday as we are at the height of commitment time in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. It’s been a particularly busy day for New Jersey commitments, and we have more commitments to report in this latest update. We start with the Class […]

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https://vimeo.com/97747900 We start the weekend with three major Class of 2017 commitments as we wrap up what’s been a jam-packed week of verbals in the nation’s No. 1 hotspot for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. We begin in New Jersey and with Penn State University, which has just picked up its ninth Class […]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brlsPGQLVeY It’s been a busy night for breaking news in the nation’s No. 1 hotspot for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. As always, Lacrosse Insider is first to bring it to you. Earlier this Thursday night, we broke the news of two major 2017 commitments from Long Island. Now, we have two big […]

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We have two big 2017 verbals as well as a 2015 commitment to report in this update. We begin on Long Island where the pair of 2017s decided on their Division I destinations. One of the nation’s top rising sophomore attackmen, Cam Mulé of Half Hollow Hills West, informed Joe Lombardi late this afternoon that […]

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We still have yet to get our first verbal commitment from the Class of 2018, folks. But sit tight. Just as was the case last year, when the first-ever Class of 2017 verbal commitment was made (and the earliest ever in the history of college lacrosse), you will find out about it here first at […]

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Air Force has been very much in the news when it comes from commitments from both the nation’s No. 1 hotspot for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region, as well as beyond the Northeast. The most recent verbal we told you about came from Minnesota as 2016 lefty attackman Trey Lervick of Woodbury HS […]

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