Lacrosse Insider
We have news of a major verbal in Division I women’s lacrosse as the trend of varsity girls standouts making commitments earlier and earlier continues. Joe Lombardi is reporting that one of the top players in New York State will be staying close to her upstate home to play her collegiate lacrosse. Queensbury High School […]
The University of Notre Dame has picked up a verbal commitment from one of the leading previously uncommitted faceoff specialists available and one of the best players from John Jay High School in Cross River, N.Y., has made his college choice. Those are the latest developments reported by Joe Lombardi since our last update earlier […]
Army has now received six commitments from rising seniors in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. Before we get to the latest Black Knight verbal, here’s a rundown of the five commits: * Tommy Marino (Smithtown East, NY), attack * Kieran Mullins (Islip, NY), attack * Andrew Nadjari […]
Binghamton University has picked up two more Class of 2015 commits. Both verbals came in the last 24 hours and were first reported by Joe Lombardi. The University at Albany, meanwhile, cracked into the Class of 2015. Prior to the back-to-back commitments, Binghamton had two rising junior verbals: attackman Griffin Konen of Massapequa, N.Y., and […]
The number of Class of 2016 college commitments among tristate standouts has now increased to 12. Johns Hopkins and Penn State each have three rising sophomore verbals. Six other programs each have one. Today, Towson joined that group of six. The Tigers picked up a commitment from the Garden State. It comes from an agile […]
Defending Nassau County (N.Y.) Class A champion Massapequa now has its sixth Class of 2014 college commit. Binghamton University is on the board when it comes to Class of 2016 commits. Before we start, let’s quickly recap ’Pequa’s other five rising senior verbals: Craig Berge (Georgetown, midfield; James Byrnes (Quinnipiac, attack); Nick Capuana (Towson, defense); […]
Lacrosse Insider: Sophomore starter from Suffolk Class B champ Miller Place makes his college choice
Joe Lombardi is reporting that Miller Place Class of 2015 defender Jacob Bloom has given a verbal commitment to Marist College. Bloom’s commitment is the sixth for the Red Foxes from a Long Island standout. The 6-foot-1, 175-pound Bloom started each game for the Panthers as a sophomore and also played on the varsity squad […]
When it comes to recruiting commitments, the last month-plus has been a whirlwind. Of course, if you’ve been following along here at Lacrosse Insider, that hardly comes as a surprise. We start today with news of two more verbals – one new from New Jersey powerhouse Delbarton, which just saw 2015 midfielder John Shaffer commit […]
Army broke into the tristate Class of 2015 when Paul Volante of Connecticut power Ridgefield decided on West Point back in December. Now the Black Knights have picked up another verbal from a player in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. It came earlier today when one of […]
We begin the day with an interesting, and unconventional, recruiting story. It’s not everyday that brothers commit to the same college on the same day. It’s even rarer (and, in this case, unprecedented) that they are the nephews of a former NFL standout. We are referring to Chris Spielman, who is now a college football […]
While verbal commitments continue at a feverish pace, including a major one late this afternoon when one of Ward Melville’s top 2015 players decided on Cornell, we begin this update with some much less common news. Namely, a standout player switching to a new school while in high school. It’s not rare, but it’s not […]
Cornell lacrosse is a big hit in East Setauket. The Big Red picked up their second commitment today from a player from the nation’s consensus No. 1-ranked team in 2013, unbeaten New York Class A state champion Ward Melville. The Patriots now have three committed players from the Class of 2015. In the most recent […]
We have a couple of major verbal commitments to report tonight. One is from a quick and elusive attackman from the Class of 2016. The other is a from a 2015 defenseman from one of the nation’s most tradition-rich and successful programs. Last week here, we broke the news that Penn State had picked up […]
