Son of Minnesota Vikings’ GM sells Cole Froemming on lacrosse, and Marquette is glad he did
The early signs for the newly launched men’s lacrosse program at Marquette University have been very encouraging. After going 5-8 in their inaugural season in2013, the Golden Eagles won six games this past spring including victories against such established programs as Hofstra, Georgetown, St. John’s, Providence and Rutgers and advanced to the Big East semifinals, […]
Lacrosse Insider: Marquette’s first 2016 tristate verbal comes from the heart of the Hudson Valley; NJ 2014 Wasik decides
Marquette’s on the board when it comes to Class of 2016 verbal commitments from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tristate region. The Golden Eagles’ verbal is from a player who hails from a high school program that’s no stranger to producing Division I faceoff specialists. Joe Lombardi is reporting […]
Lacrosse Insider: Marquette’s first 2015 tristate verbal comes from NJ; Quinnipiac gets 2015 LSM from Illinois
Marquette University has broken into the tristate Class of 2015. The Golden Eagles, who field a Division I team for the first time this past spring, have received that commitment from New Jersey. It comes from Ramapo High School, to be exact. Joe Lombardi is reporting that athletic attackman Matt Del Duca has designed on […]
John Jay (NY) 2014 standout Lanza on Marquette: ‘I wanted to go to a school that would provide me with good opportunities for a job after I graduate’
The Class of 2014 for John Jay High School (N.Y.) has experienced a significant amount of growth this month. We told you that defender Bob Giordano verbally committed to Stevens Institute of Technology. Earlier this week, another verbal increased the Indians’ number of rising senior commits to four. The latest verbal comes from another defender, […]
Lacrosse Insider: Hudson Valley standouts verbal today to Marquette, UMass
John Jay High School (N.Y.) has seen its recruiting class of 2014 double in size in just a few days. We told you earlier this week that defenseman Bob Giordano has decided on Stevens Tech. Now, another Indians rising senior is joining a group of rising senior commits that includes Graham Bocklet (Vermont, defense) and […]
St. John the Baptist’s Nowak has change of heart, changing commitment to Hofstra
The National Letter of Intent fall signing period runs Nov. 14-21. That’s when student-athletes who have committed to attend colleges who offer athletic scholarships make those commitments official. However, especially given the accelerated pace of verbal commitments, some commits have a change of heart before they are required to sign their name on the dotted […]
Player’s perspective: Marquette-bound playmaker Gately gives his read on Yorktown
After a rare sectional title-game loss in 2010, Yorktown bounced back in a big way last year. The Huskers pulled away for a 14-5 win over John Jay in the Section 1 Class B championship game. It was Yorktown’s 34th sectional title. With the win, Yorktown, making its 32nd straight sectional final appearance, avoided losing […]
Marquette-bound Riportella is WI’s latest D-I recruit
West Islip has sent an astonishing number of players to the collegiate ranks during its emergence as one of the nation’s premier programs during its run of eight straight Suffolk County titles. Though West Islip, which had won four state titles in five years prior to this season, fell to Farmingdale in the Long Island […]
Yorktown leading scorer Gately, latest tristate standout bound for upstart Marquette, reflects on his commitment
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, […]
Yorktown's Gately commits to Marquette
If you checked our “Updated recruiting review and commitment rundown” earlier this evening, you learned that Yorktown rising senior Conor Gately, the state semifinalist Huskers’ leading scorer this past season, has made his college choice. The 5-foot-10 attackman has given a verbal commitment to accept a scholarship offer from the newly formed Marquette program that […]
Report: Michigan set to launch D-I lax
The Division I lacrosse world looks like it will be welcoming a big new addition. The University of Michigan is ready to announce it will be adding Division I programs for both men’s and women’s lacrosse, according to a report by Terry Foy at InsideLacrosse.com. You can check out the story by clicking here. It […]
Some big college scrimmages set for today
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 […]
Marquette announces addition of D-I lax
Do you want yet another example of the nationwide growth of lacrosse? Here goes. Marquette University has announced that it will be adding Division I teams in both men’s and women’s lacrosse in 2012. Considering Marquette’s Big East status — and its Midwest location — this is big news on many fronts. Particularly during this […]
