Lacrosse Insider

The 2013 travel season is now one for the books. So we thought we’d do our first (of many) breakdowns of how Division I programs are doing when it comes to getting verbal commitments from members of the classes of 2014, ’15 and ’16 who play in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the […]

Posted In: Lacrosse Insider

Earlier this week, we broke the news here at Lacrosse Insider that Syracuse University got its first 2016 commit when Smithtown West High School (N.Y.) midfielder Dan Varello verballed to SU. Today, the Orange picked up another commit from a rising sophomore midfielder: Jamie Trimboli of Greece Athena High School in upstate New York. The […]

Posted In: Lacrosse Insider

Joe Lombardi is reporting that 6-foot-1, 185-pound right-handed defender Eric Rogers of the Pingry School in Bernards, N.J., has verbally committed to the admissions process at Division III power Middlebury. Rogers also visited Dartmouth, Colgate and Bucknell and was also interested Williams, Bowdoin, Washington & Lee and Yale. Rogers, who is also a hockey standout […]

Posted In: Lacrosse Insider

Holy Cross is making some noise in New Jersey. We told you here at Lacrosse Insider on Aug. 18 that the Crusaders had copped a commitment from Seton Hall Prep defender Matt Farrell. (Here’s the follow-up Q&A with Matt on his verbal, published Aug. 20 at LaxLessons.com/blog.) Now, Joe Lombardi is reporting that yet another […]

Posted In: Lacrosse Insider

We broke the news here last week that the first tristate 2016 Ivy League verbal was made when midfielder Cooper Telesco of Ridgewood, N.J., committed to the admissions process at Cornell. Now, Penn has become the second Ivy League second to garner a rising sophomore tristate commitment. Joe Lombardi is reporting that a Hudson Valley […]

Posted In: Lacrosse Insider

Syracuse University is now on the board. As far as 2016 commits go, that is. The Orange today received their first rising sophomore verbal. It comes by way of one of the top varsity programs in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for the lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region, Smithtown West High School (N.Y.) […]

Posted In: Lacrosse Insider

New York Class C state finalist Bronxville has its fourth Class of 2015 commit. Fairfield University, meanwhile, has picked up its third rising junior tristate verbal in the process. The Stags have already picked up commitments from Colin Burke (Cold Spring Harbor, NY, attack) and Kendall Keahey (Liverpool, NY, midfield). Before we get to the […]

Posted In: Lacrosse Insider

Mike O’Connor is the kind of player any college program can use. The Ossining High School (N.Y.) and Prime Time 2014 standout is a two-way midfielder who is tough, athletic and versatile. “He is a great kid and extremely hard working,” said Prime Time Director Nick Daniello of O’Connor. O’Connor decided what college program will […]

Posted In: Lacrosse Insider

Boston University has picked up its third tristate Class of 2014 commit. Before we get to the latest, let’s recap the previous two: Henry Narlee (Avon Old Farms, CT), midfield and Austin Orlando (Manhasset, NY), defense. Joe Lombardi is now reporting that Matt Ragimierski, an attackman/midfielder from Eastport-South Manor High School (N.Y.), has decided on […]

Posted In: Lacrosse Insider

Holy Cross has broken through into the Class of 2015. And the Crusaders got there thanks to a commitment from a New Jersey standout. Lafayette, meanwhile, has landed a verbal from one of the top remaining faceoff specialists on the board, and it comes from a high school close to its location in Easton, Pa. […]

Posted In: Lacrosse Insider

The University of Vermont has broken into the Class of 2015 when it comes to tristate commitments. The Catamounts’ first NY/NJ/CT rising junior commit marks the fifth 2015 standout at the Trinity-Pawling School in New York’s Hudson Valley to decide on his college destination. Before we get to the latest, let’s run down the previous […]

Posted In: Lacrosse Insider

Two-time New York Class B state champion Garden City’s Class of 2015 has picked up another college commitment, and the Air Force Academy has also landed another significant verbal at the same. Prior to this weekend, Garden City’s 2015 verbals belong to a pair of defenders/longstick midfielders: Matt Borges (Ohio State) and Tommy Wright (Penn […]

Posted In: Lacrosse Insider

National power St. Anthony’s High School (N.Y.) now has five Class of 2015 commits. A 2014 attack standout from New Jersey will be making Baltimore his home base in college. We start with St. A’s. Before we take a look at the Friars’ latest rising junior commitment, here’s a rundown of their already committed 2015s: […]

Posted In: Lacrosse Insider

A post-graduate year is an option many senior lacrosse standouts decide on at some point during their final year in high school. Admission to a post-grad year cannot come until March of a student-athlete’s senior year, so the decision to PG is never final until then at the earliest, and some not made until a […]

Posted In: Lacrosse Insider

Cornell has its first Class of 2016 commit and it comes from the Garden State. Joe Lombardi is reporting that Cooper Telesco, a rising sophomore midfielder at Ridgewood High School (N.J.), has verbally committed to the Big Red. Telesco, who is the first college commit for the newly launched New Jersey Riot Lacrosse travel team, […]

Posted In: Lacrosse Insider