Chmil continues family’s D-I lacrosse tradition by deciding on Duke
Matt Chmil is part of a new generation of lacrosse players. One that has taken up America’s fastest growing sport even though their family roots were in other sports. The Chaminade High School (NY) Class of 2017 midfielder’s father, Steve Chmil, was an infielder in the Atlanta Braves’ organization from 1980-85 after starring at Vanderbilt […]
Lacrosse grabs CBS News’ attention
NCAA Tournament action has prompted two features on men’s lacrosse on CBS News. CBS This Morning focused on Duke’s 29-year-old Casey Carroll, an Army veteran, in a featured that aired on Wednesday. You can watch it here. CBS This Morning co-anchor Charlie Rose, a Duke alum, became choked up on camera at the end of […]
Wilton HS (CT) grad Pressler’s road to redemption focus of New York Times story
* Interactive Division I, II, III Tournament brackets After leaving Duke University amid one of the most notorious scandals in NCAA history, Mike Pressler has taken advantage of the opportunity he was given by Bryant University to revive his coaching career. The Wilton (Conn.) High School graduate leads Bryant University into today’s NCAA quarterfinal against […]
Today on TV: Familiar foes Syracuse, Duke will meet again
The Syracuse Orange have won two straight games and look to top Duke, which is on a three-game win streak. SU is coming off a 12-10 victory against previously undefeated Johns Hopkins. You can watch Sunday’s SU at Duke clash, a rematch of last year’s national title game, at 12:3o p.m. on ESPNU. Eamon McAnaney […]
Duke’s attack trio scores 89 percent of goals in win over Penn
* Box score * Game video highlights From press release Senior attackmen Jordan Wolf and Josh Dionne each scored three goals to lead No. 2 Duke to a 9-6 win over No. 18 Penn in men’s lacrosse action on Friday night at Koskinen Stadium. Duke’s attack trio of Dionne, Wolf and sophomore Case Matheis accounted […]
Today on TV: National coverage starts on Ohio State visits Hopkins
We’re halfway through the opening weekend of the 2014 college lacrosse season. For a rundown of finals and box scores from Saturday’s games, click here. Today marks the first day of national television coverage for the brand-new season. It begins at 11:30 a.m. as Johns Hopkins hosts Ohio State on ESPNU. Schedules Scanner: Links for […]
Lacrosse Insider: Tristate 2016 verbals to Duke, Ohio State; Summit (NJ) standout decides
We have two major 2016 verbal commitments and two 2014 commitments to highlight this latest Lacrosse Insider update. They come from one of the nation’s premier and most tradition-rich high school programs, arguably the premier program in New Jersey, one of the top prep schools in New England and a perennial playoff contender in upstate […]
Lacrosse Insider: Duke 2016 verbal comes from NJ prep midfielder and Nyack (NY) native; Pleasantville (NY) 2014 standout decides
A few weeks back, Joe Lombardi spotlighted 30 tristate lacrosse standouts who also excel in lacrosse. One of those players was JT Giles-Harris, who earned a starting cornerback spot as a sophomore at New Jersey power St. Joseph’s of Montvale. Giles-Harris, a native of Nyack, N.Y., is a rangy, skilled, speedy, agile, athletic, shutdown defender […]
Lacrosse Insider: Duke gets its second tristate Class of 2016 commit; Hudson Valley 2014 standout verbals
Duke has doubled its number of commitments for the Class of 2016 from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. A senior standout from New York’s Hudson Valley, meanwhile, has decided on one of the nation’s top Division III programs. We start with Duke’s latest sophomore verbal. Duke’s first […]
Chaminade junior Fowler continues family’s Duke tradition
The Fowler/Duke connection is in full force. Duke faceoff star Brendan Fowler and incoming Duke freshman goaltender Danny Fowler will have another Blue Devil brother. Rising junior longstick midfielder Jack Fowler has verballed to Duke, as first reported last week at Twitter.com/Joe_Lombardi. Jack Fowler is a technically sound defender who plays well off the ball. […]
Coach’s Corner: Look for simple fix first; Where to watch lax online
Tony Vallance has been coaching at the college level for the past 11 years including stops at Dean Junior College, Muhlenberg College, Bellarmine University and most recently Fairfield University. Originally from Maryland, he played goalie at Penn State University where he graduated in 1998. He is currently the Director of Lacrosse Instruction at the House of Sports, located […]
Hopkins-bound Fox of Trinity-Pawling becomes tristate’s first rising sophomore commit
The first rising sophomore from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region, has made a verbal college commitment. He’s versatile attackman Jake Fox from the Trinity-Pawling School in the Hudson Valley. Fox, a 6-foot-2, 200-pound righty, is from Orleans, Ontario and grew up playing box lacrosse. He’s also a […]
Duke-bound Harrington of Greenwich latest sophomore to commit
When we reported here and on Twitter earlier today that another sophomore star from the tristate area, Hicksville’s Patrick McCormick, had committed to North Carolina, we told you we expected more commits from the Class of 2014 in the weeks and months to come. Check that. We should have said “in the hours to come.” […]
Zenker reflects on being part of Chaminade’s collection of Duke commits
We’ve been talking about Duke’s dominance in landing commitments from Long Island rising juniors. No where is that trend any more evident than in Mineola. That’s where Chaminade High School is located. And three Flyer juniors will become Blue Devils. One of them is midfielder Tommy Zenker. Here’s a Q&A with Tommy on his commitment: […]
Duke gets another LI commit in Ward Melville’s Bruckner, one of nation’s top juniors
What college program has been leading the way in terms of landing premier rising junior recruits? While it’s still too early to say, one thing is certain. The Duke Blue Devils, guided by Long Island native and former Hofstra coach John Danowski, have been cleaning up in getting commitments from premier talent from Nassau and […]
Duke-bound Fowler continues Chaminade and family tradition
The tradition Chaminade High School has established with Duke University’s men’s lacrosse program keeps getting stronger. Three members of Chaminade’s Class of 2013 have already committed to the Blue Devils. For one of them, goaltender Danny Fowler, the ties to the Blue Devils go even beyond the Chaminade program. Fowler’s brother, Brendan, is a sophomore […]
Dobbs Ferry’s Yozzo-Scaperrotta reflects on his choice of Brown
The commitments keep coming, gang. If you checked out our “Updated recruiting review and commitment rundown” earlier tonight, you learned that Long Island Raiders goaltender Danny Fowler has given a verbal commitment to Duke. Fowler plays varsity lax for Chaminade, one of the nation’s most respected and established high school programs. Dobbs Ferry, meanwhile, just […]
Dunne becomes latest Flyer to decide on Duke
A strong summer, including a solid outing at Jake Reed Blue Chip, helped cement defenseman Brian Dunne’s status as a target recruit for many of the nation’s premier programs. Dunne, a rising junior from Chaminade High School, verbally committed to attend Duke last week. He joins teammate Greg Rhodes, a rising senior midfielder, as a […]
Garden City’s Guterding decides on Duke
Growing up in Garden City has provided Justin Guterding with plenty of real-life examples of what it takes to be a major Division I player. After all, six seniors from last year’s Class B state runner-up squad committed to Division I programs. Next season, the Trojans already have three Division I-bound rising senior recruits. Guterding, […]
Weekend college scoreboard
The University of Pennsylvania men’s lacrosse team picked up its biggest win a while, upsetting defending national champion Duke 7-3 today at Franklin Field. Several former Long Island standouts, including Manhasset product Drew Belinsky (two goals and one assist), Half Hollow Hills East grad Maxx Meyer (five ground balls) and Comsewogue product Al Kohart (one […]
TV spotlight on lacrosse today
A rematch of last year’s Division I national championship game that will be broadcast live on ESPN is among two college lacrosse gameson TV today. Duke and Notre Dame will be meeting at 3 p.m. on Sunday at Everbank Field, Jacksonville, Fla., in the Sunshine Classic on ESPN. Duke beat Notre Dame 6-5 in last […]
Player's perspective: Smithtown West's Kyle Keenan, senior attack
West Islip has dominated Section 11 Class A the last five years. But there could be a new sheriff in town. In addition to traditional power Ward Melville, Sachem North, which handed West Islip its only loss last season, looks strong, along with East Islip and Connetquot. So too does Smithtown West. After all, the […]
Signing Week: Keenan eager to make Duke choice official
Earlier this week, we told you about how Johns Hopkins has been picking up steam landing commitments from some of the top players in the region, which also happens to be the nation’s No. 1 lacrosse hotbed: Hudson Valley, Long Island and Connecticut. Well, it should come as no surprise that defending national champion Duke […]
West Islip’s Turri will join his brother, Justin, at Duke
Kyle Turri was considering several Division I programs. But one had something the others did not. In addition to being the defending national champions, Duke is the place where the West Islip goaltender’s brother, Justin, a junior, is a starting midfielder. And Duke is where Kyle Turri will also be playing his college lax. The […]
Darien’s Matheis: ‘I left my visit feeling like I was a Duke lacrosse player’
Case Matheis wrapped up this past season with a record-setting performance in helping Darien win its sixth straight Class M Connecticut state title. The slick and smooth attackman scored nine times to break the school record for goals in a game as the Blue Wave rolled to a 17-5 win against New Fairfield. Duke’s men’s […]
