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Cornell has not yet made an announcement on a new head coach. But that hasn’t stopped interim HC Matt Kerwick from continuing to make ground on the recruiting front. The Big Red have just landed a major verbal commitment to its admissions process. It comes from beyond the Northeast. Athletic 6-foot-3, 190-pound midfielder Fleet Wallace […]

It’s been a tumultuous fall for the Cornell University men’s lacrosse program. A hazing incident resulted in the Big Red pulling the plug on its fall event schedule. Then, head coach Ben DeLuca was relieved of his duties. Cornell suffered another setback earlier this week when one of the top defensemen on Long Island, Smithtown […]

Two months after a hazing incident resulted in Cornell canceling its fall event schedule, third-year head coach Ben DeLuca was fired. Cornell has not offered any further info on the announcement. But former players expressed a variety of emotions. Here’s more in this story from the Cornell Sun, the Big Red’s student-run newspaper. You can […]

You’d be hard-pressed to find more of a true lacrosse family right now than the Maloneys in Victor, N.Y. Father John started it all. He played at East Syracuse Minoa High School and the SUNY Geneseo. Oldest son John Jr., a sophomore midfielder at the University at Albany, was named to the America East all-rookie […]

Tyler Amodio is focused on soccer right now, and for good reason. The senior is a defenseman on the two-time defending New York state champion Jericho High School boys team that plays South Side on Wednesday, Nov. 6 in the Nassau County championship game at Adelphi University. His college future, however, is in lacrosse. The […]

Brent Noseworthy is a strong and athletic player who can score from inside or out. Yes, he has a nose for the net (we couldn’t resist), but he’s also effective in the faceoff X as well. The 6-foot-3, 195-pound 2015 midfielder from Burlington, Ontario, will be taking his myriad skills to Cornell University. Noseworthy’s commitment […]

Kevin Fuchs has found a new college home. The Hewlett High School (N.Y.) standout had been planning on following the collegiate path of another former Hewlett standout, Max Seibald, by committing to the admission process at Cornell University almost a full year ago. But Fuchs informed Joe Lombardi that he has had a change of […]

Cornell University’s men’s lacrosse team has been suspended temporarily pending further disciplinary action after an alleged hazing incident on Sept. 13. As a result, the team’s participation in fall events has been canceled. The suspension is the result of alcoholic consumption by underage freshman. For more, here are stories from the Ithaca Journal and Cornell […]

With the summer travel season at its height, the wave of verbal commitments is now in full force. You can keep up with commitments as they are made on Lacrosse Insider.

The National Letter of Intent Fall Signing Week is one for the books. It started Nov. 14 and ended Nov. 21. Before we present our fourth and final photo gallery here, be sure to check the links to our coverage below: Articles: * Where the tristate’s top 12th-graders are headed * Syosset’s Feit reflects on how […]

Kevin Fuchs has big plans. “I hope to see myself on Wall Street,” he said. ” I also look forward to giving back to my community and all of the people who have helped me along the way.” But Fuchs has plenty to accomplish before he reaches those heights. For starters, the standout midfielder has […]

Playing college lacrosse has been Jeff Kratky’s focus for a long time. After all, the junior midfielder at the Taft School in Watertown, Conn., has been playing the sport since he was in the first or second grade. It was so long ago, he can’t quite remember which. But Kratky never envisioned he’d be in […]

Lacrosse proudly carries the tagline of being the fastest game on two feet. Tyler Albrecht’s game is a perfect example of why that statement is true. The midfielder from Millbrook School in New York’s Hudson Valley plays the game fast in almost every way. Fast can describe his foot speed as well as his shot. […]

When it comes to gaining an advantage in the recruiting process, few things beat family ties. That’s the big story surrounding Syosset junior standout Andrew Keith’s decision to attend Cornell. The midfielder’s brother, Thomas, is a junior defenseman for the Big Red. As you’ll soon learn, that factor played a big role in the younger […]

  A familiar name to lacrosse fans in New York State has joined Army’s coaching staff. Former Mahopac and Cornell University standout Kyle Georgalas (shown at right next to Cornell head coach Ben DeLuca in above photo), who also served as an assistant coach at Cornell, has been named an assistant coach at Army by […]

West Islip has dominated Section 11 Class A the last five years. There are no two ways about it. The Class A race in Suffolk is up for grabs. For starters, you’ve got West Islip, which, despite huge graduation losses, has still won four state titles the last five years. There’s also Sachem North, which […]

Seven in ’11. That’s Darien’s motto for this coming season as we learned from Duke University-bound junior attackman Case Matheis. But the Blue Wave will have plenty of big games prior to the state championship game — if they are, in fact, in position to win a seventh straight Class M title. Wait. Did we […]

The month-long, second annual “Mustache Madness” effort spearheaded by high school, collegiate and pro teams throughout the nation comes to an end today. Players on these teams have been working hard to raise money for the HEADstrong foundation, which is dedicated to raising funds for cancer research. Several college teams have set up donation pages, […]

High school, collegiate and pro teams throughout the nation are now involved in a month-long “Mustache Madness” effort for the second straight year. Players on these teams are once again growing mustaches to raise money for the HEADstrong foundation, which is dedicated to raising funds for cancer research. Several college teams have set up donation […]

Few high school players excel in the two key parts of the posssession game — groundballs and faceoffs — more than McCormack. So perhaps it’s appropriate that McCormack’s college destination is Cornell, a college program that excelled in both areas en route to its appearance in this past season’s NCAA Division I championship game — […]

Rye rising senior Cole McCormack, one of the top  all-around players in the state, is bound for NCAA finalist Cornell. (File photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com) One of the top rising seniors in the state, Rye midfielder Cole McCormack, just informed me that he has given a verbal commitment to attend 2009 NCAA Division I finalist […]

Things looked pretty bleak for the Syracuse men’s lacrosse team late in the fourth quarter of today’s NCAA Division I championship game. Cornell had taken its biggest lead — at three goals — with 5:31 remaining and were controlling the pace, running a patient, ball-control offense. But the Orange battled back and scored the last […]