With Chaminade’s loss to Yorktown, the top varsity squad right now in the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region, may well be Ward Melville.

Just five games separate the Patriots from finishing the regular season unbeaten.

LL_Game-Day-CROPPED16The most challenging game during that stretch should come today as Ward Melville plays at defending New York State Class A champion West Islip.

WM (11-0) has lost six straight to the Lions (8-3), including two three-goal setback last year, with the second meeting coming in the Suffolk County Class A final. The Patriots’ last win vs. WI was an 8-7 overtime win on May 5, 2009.

You can watch the renewal of the rivalry live at 4:30 p.m. today on MSGVarsity.com.

Also of note in Long Island action today, Huntington (9-3) visits Sayville (7-4) at 4:30 p.m.

Among Section 1 games today, Arlington (7-3) hosts New Rochelle (5-3) at 5:30 p.m. and defending Section 1 Class A champion Mamaroneck (7-3) plays at Pelham (4-3) at 4:30 p.m.

In a NY/CT crossover contest, Nyack (5-3) visits Weston (5-4) at 5:30 p.m.

Defending FCIAC champion New Canaan (8-1) hosts Trinity Catholic (0-8) in a 7 p.m. game at Dunning Stadium.

It’s a busy day in New Jersey. Among the matchups: Rutgers Prep (10-1) at Immaculata (8-4) and Westfield (6-3) at Seton Hall Prep (2-7).

The tristate season is at the midway point, and, with that in mind, our latest poll question asks what varsity team do you think has been the biggest surprise in the NY/NJ/CT tristate region?

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Today’s schedule/Regular-season schedule

NEW YORK

* CHSAA boys

* CHSAA girls

* Section 1 (Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and Dutchess counties) boys, girls (click on “Game schedule” tab and use the pull-down menu)

* Section 2 (Albany area) boys, girls

* Section 3 (Syracuse area) boys, girls

* Section 4 (Binghamton area) boys, girls

* Section 5 (Rochester area) boys, girls

* Section 6 independents

* Section 8 (Nassau County) boys, girls (click on “Game schedule” tab and use the pull-down menu)

* Section 9 (Orange and Ulster counties) boys, girls

* Section 10 (Potsdam area) boys, girls

* Section 11 (Suffolk County) boys, girls (click on “Schedule” tab and use the pull-down menu)

* New York City boys

* New York City girls

CONNECTICUT

* CIAC (Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference) boys

* CIAC (Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference) girls

NEW JERSEY

* NJ boys

* New Jersey boys (Public/Parochial)

* New Jersey (Public) girls

* New Jersey (Parochial) girls

NEW ENGLAND

* NE boys

* NE girls

REST OF THE NATION

* Beyond the tristate region/boys

* Beyond the tristate region/girls

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6 Responses to “Monday, 4/29: Unbeaten Ward Melville eyes first win vs. West Islip since ’09”

  1. LI Lax says:

    Don’t think WI has enough offense to stay with WM…may be close for a while though. 10-3 final would be my guess.

  2. LaxLessons.com says:

    Ward Melville leads West Islip 1-0 after one.

  3. LaxLessons.com says:

    Ward Melville beats West Islip for the first time since 2009, winning 11-2 to improve to 12-0.

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