There’s been no shortage of news involving the newest Division I men’s lacrosse programs the last few weeks. Michigan is no exception. The Wolverines have broken recruiting ground in New Jersey, landing a commitment from one of the top juniors in the Garden City. That’s one of the topics in Joe Lombardi’s weekly column on [...]
Jesse Schulze is pretty focused on football these days. And why not? After all, Schulze is one of the leading players on a Croton-Harmon team looking to make a return trip to the New York State Class B title game and win its third straight Section 1 title. The Tigers play at Lourdes this weekend [...]
When Eddie Gilman made the decision to commit to the University of North Carolina midway through his sophomore year at Hendrick Hudson High School (N.Y.) this past January, it did not wind up being the last time he would have to decide on a new school to attend. Late this summer, the goaltender made another [...]
It’s become quite a pipeline. Stony Brook University has found a high school pipeline for talent and that school is Sachem North. All told, five Flaming Arrow players are either current or future Seawolves. The latest to join that group is junior midfielder Joe Caridi, who verballed to SBU earlier this week. He joins current [...]
Playing alongside Division I caliber talent is something John Reed has gotten to experience long before he will begin his collegiate career. You see, Reed is a junior attackman at defending Class M Connecticut state champion Darien. “Just this past year, I had the opportunity to play with and learn from amazing players such as [...]
Now, Jackson O’Leary is ready to take on New York. The attackman from Westfield, N.J., has started a post-grad year at Trinity-Pawling. It comes after he was named to the New Jersey all-state team and a first-team All-Union Division honoree this past spring. He was also selected to the New Jersey State all-star game. O’Leary [...]
Several rules changes to men’s lacrosse, including the addition of a shot clock after a stall warning is issued, were approved by the Playing Rules Oversight Panel on Friday and will take effect next season. Matters of implementation have not all yet been determined. For more, check this report from ncaa.org. Have a recruiting commitment [...]
The University of Richmond announced on Friday that it will be upgrading to Division I status. “If you were starting from scratch, just building an athletic program,” Richmond Athletic Director Jim Miller told the Richmond Times-Dispatch, “lacrosse would be a sport that would be near the top of the list at Richmond.” And players from [...]
With the University of Richmond’s announcement on Friday that it will be upgrading to Division I in men’s lacrosse, newly launched programs have been very much in the spotlight. Especially their recruiting efforts. It seemsince the summer travel season started, a week hasn’t gone by in without a tristate standout committing to one of the [...]
If you’ve been checking here regularly since spring ended and right on through as summer has turned to fall, you’ve undoubtedly noticed a trend. Namely, newly launched college programs like Marquette, Michigan, Furman, Monmouth and Boston University making their mark on the recruiting scene. Richmond’s decision on Friday to upgrade to D-I status will undoubtedly [...]
Furman. Boston University. Monmouth. There has been a flurry of colleges that have announced they will be adding Division I lacrosse this year. We now have another one. Rumors were rampant that the University of Richmond would transition from the club to D-I level in men’s lacrosse. Today, the Spiders made it official. Men’s lacrosse [...]
Noah Starr is equally effective as a feeder and finisher. The end result is an attackman whose skill set predicts success at the next level. So it should come as no surprise that the Jericho High School (N.Y.) senior will be headed to Haverford College. Now, here’s a Q&A with Noah on his commitment. What [...]
Holy Trinity (N.Y.) is quickly becoming a breeding ground for future Buckeyes. Two-way midfielder Brian Lang has become the second Holy Trinity sophomore to commit to Ohio State, joining attackman Michael Laviano. “Michael is a very close friend of mine, and has been my best friend for a few years,” Lang said. “When he committed, [...]
There was no youth lacrosse program when Turner Uppgren was growing up in Stillwater, Minn. So his father decided to do something about that. He started one – when Uppgren was a second-grader. But there was one problem. “Because the program was so low on players, he would throw me into the net with the [...]
Joe Fraietta is focused on Friday night. That’s the way it is with most high school football standouts in the tristate region. Fraietta is starting quarterback for the Hendrick Hudson Sailors who host Hudson Valley, N.Y., rival Lakeland on Friday night. While it’s been a busy week of planning and preparation for gameday, Fraietta took [...]
