Marquette, in Year 2 as a D-I program, spoils Hofstra’s opener of its 66th season

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Marquette players Bryan Badolato and JJ Sagl and Marquette head coach Joe Amplo, all native Long Islanders, in the interview room after Saturday’s win at Hofstra. * Box score From press releases HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – The Marquette University men’s lacrosse team played the role of spoiler Saturday, defeating Hofstra 11-9 at James M. Shuart Stadium […]

New Marquette coach taps into his LI roots

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It should come as no surprise that one of new Marquette coach Joe Amplo’s main priorities has been to tap into his Long Island roots when it comes to landing recruits. Early returns have been positive for the Farmingdale native and former Hofstra associate head coach (pictured above). That’s one of the topics we discuss […]

Yorktown leading scorer Gately, latest tristate standout bound for upstart Marquette, reflects on his commitment

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A steady stream of college commitments have been coming in the last week as the summer travel season reached the midway point. On Sunday, we reported here that Yorktown’s leading scorer, Conor Gately, has given a verbal commitment to accept a scholarship offer from Marquette University. In case you missed that story, click here. Gately, […]

Some big college scrimmages set for today

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Most of the sports focus this weekend is on Super Bowl XLV, which, of course, will be played tomorrow in Dallas. But for lax fans, there are some interesting scrimmages going on today throughout the Northeast. We will be getting reports on some of them, including the two going on at Syracuse as No. 2 […]