High School Zone: College
Max Quinzani scored off a feed from Ned Crotty with 12 seconds remaining in the game to give Duke a 14-13 win over Virginia in the Division I semifinals tonight in Baltimore before 44,389 fans at M&T Bank Stadium.
The high school lacrosse world is on a brief hiatus this weekend before playoff action resumes next week. That’s by design, of course. After all, Memorial Day Weekend is the time when the college game has the spotlight all to itself.
The United State Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association has announced the selection of its 2010 All-Americans, and, as expected, quite a few players from the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region are among the honorees.
It’s been described as “the sickest goal ever.” We will let you be the judge of that.
Since 1991, just four teams have won Division I championships. With Johns Hopkins, two-time defending champion Syracuse and Princeton all falling last weekend in the quarterfinals, now, just one of those teams remains alive in this year’s tournament. Virginia.
Devin Lynch scored from just outside the crease with five seconds remaining in the second overtime period as unseeded Army pulled off one of the biggest upsets in college lacrosse history, stunning two-time defending NCAA champion Syracuse 9-8 in an NCAA tournament opening-round game tonight at the Carrier Dome.
The first day of the first round of the NCAA tournament is in the books. And if Day 1 is any indication, fasten your seatbelts, folks. We could be in for a wild ride.
Johns Hopkins is in, extending its streak of consecutive NCAA tournament appearances to an NCAA record 39 straight year. Loyola is also in. And Hofstra, too. Those are among the headlines as the seedings and selections for the NCAA Division I men’s tournament were just unveiled. Seedings and selections for Divisions II and III were […]
Selections and seedings for the NCAA Division I, II and III men’s tournaments will be made tonight. With the influx of parity throughout all levels of lax, this year’s selections will be especially interesting.
An NCAA regular-season record crowd of 25,710 was on hand Saturday as the new Meadowlands Stadium made its debut by hosting the Konica Minolta Big City Classic. Plenty of local players were involved in the three games that made up the event, including a heavy John Jay presence.
A large contingent of players and coaches with ties to the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region will be a part of history on Saturday. That’s because lax will be the inaugural event in the nations newest NFL venue as the new Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., makes its debut on Saturday, April by hosting the […]
In what may have been the Division III game of the season so far, third-ranked Salisbury edged No. 1 Gettysburg 11-10 in overtime before more than 2,500 fans at Gettysburg and several players from the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region played big roles. Senior attackmen Jake DeLillo of Yorktown (left) had two goals and Mike Winter […]
The Fairfield Stags are coming off one of the biggest wins in program history and former Smithtown West star Joe Marra is a big reason why. The senior, who had a career-high 17 saves in a 10-8 win over then No. 3-ranked Notre Dame, was just named the NEILA Player of the Week. To read […]
It hasn’t taken long for former Clarkstown South star Chris Haggerty to make an impact at Quinnipiac University. The junior attackman, a transfer from Onondago Community College, was named ECAC Lacrosse Co-Player of the Week after a six-point effort in a 12-2 win over Providence. You can read more about the award by clicking here.
I’ve always said that one of the great things about lacrosse is that when two equally talented teams play, the result, more often than not it seems, is a one-goal game — often in overtime. This weekend, that theory has gone one step further. Former Huntington star Rhamel Bratton (right) scored four goals as second-ranked […]
