Fordham Prep (NY) standout Lee will head to Williams after dropping baseball and picking up lax

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Joe DeLasho has company. DeLasho, a midfielder and faceoff specialist, committed to Fairfield University just under a year ago. Now, Fordham Prep (N.Y.) has another Class of 2014 commit. Jack Lee has verbally committed to Division III power Williams, a commitment that was first reported when it was made on July 29 by Joe Lombardi […]

Player’s perspective: Jeff Kratky, Taft School (CT) midfielder

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Jeff Kratky says it simply and best. “The competition in the Western New England is always intense,” said the senior faceoff midfielder at the Taft School in Watertown, Conn. It would be hard to argue with that assessment, considering the league includes Deerfield, Salisbury, Avon Old Farms, Brunswick, Westminster, Trinity-Pawling and Hotchkiss. Kratky, a Darien, […]

Taft defender Ambrosino, one of nation’s top sophs, verbals to UVa

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  Zach Ambrosino’s introduction to lacrosse came while a youngster growing up in an area with a deep passion for baseball. But as far as Ambrosino’s young peers were concerned, lacrosse — and not baseball — is where the action was in Dover, Mass., located just west of Boston. “I was introduced to lacrosse when […]

Taft’s Kratky, a Darien resident, set to take his faceoffs at UVa

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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 […]

UVa-bound attackman Breen is region’s first Class of 2014 commit

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We’ve had a steady stream of college commitments for the graduating high school classes of 2012 and ’13. But earlier this week, we had our first Class of 2014 commit from the nation’s No. 1 hotbed for lacrosse, the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region. That distinction belongs to Taft School (Conn.) attackman Tyler Breen, who has […]

Taft grad Breen shifts course, will now attend Michigan

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The University of Michigan has plenty to look forward to in its inaugural season of Division I competition next year. One date that’s definitely circled on the Wolverines’ collective calendars is April 14. As we reported here on July 12, Michigan will be hosting Ohio State in “The Big House” prior to Michigan’s annual spring […]