Lacrosse Insider
Division III power Ithaca College has just seen an unprecedented flood of commitments from New Jersey, with a trio of new verbals from Garden State standouts. The new verbals come from attackman Blake Eischen and defenseman Liam Farnan of Ramapo High School and midfielder AJ Anderson of Bergen Catholic. Ramapo now has three 2018 commits, […]
One of the top offensive standouts in New Jersey has just made his college choice. Class of 2019 attackman Jack Griffin of Ramapo has decided on Loyola. A feeder/finisher, Griffin is Loyola’s third junior tristate commit, joining middie Danny Parker, St. Anthony’s (NY) and goalie Colton Teitelbaum, Locust Valley (NY), goaltender. Griffin is Ramapo’s second […]
We have some Division I transfer news as the new college academic year starts as well as two Class of 2018 verbals after decommitments. Defenseman Matt McIlroy, a 2016 Westfield (NJ) grad, has transferred to national champion Maryland after spending his freshman season at Denver. The 6-2, 205-pound McIlroy, a member of Westfield’s 2014 state title […]
A familiar name in the lacrosse world is taking over a national prep school power. Former Cornell head coach Matt Kerwick has been named the director of lacrosse at IMG Academy in Bradenton, FL. Kerwick comes to IMG Academy with more than 15 years of college coaching experience, most recently at Cornell, where he led […]
We have a couple of big Class of 2018 verbals — literally — from Long Island, with both players involved standing 6-foot-3. We start with one of the nation’s best Class of 2018 midfielders on one of the nation’s best programs where Garden City 6-3, 185-pound middie Kyle Steinbach just told Insider he’s decommitted from Maryland […]
A Class of 2018 New Jersey standout deciding to play collegiately within the Garden State tops this update. Talented midfielder Xavier Ritter, St. Peter’s Prep has verballed to the newly launched D-I program at NJIT. The 5-foot-10, 160-pound Ritter is a versatile two-way midfielder with a knack for getting open from outside. He’s St. Peter’s […]
We have another coaching change to report in this latest update. Matt Bocklet is already a well-establish name on the national lacrosse scene, especially now in Denver, where he’s a star defenseman in the MLL, playing for the Outlaws. The defenseman (right) now has a new lacrosse post in Colorado. He was just named the […]
One of the most successful names in tristate varsity lacrosse history is stepping down from his head coaching position. Fresh off another Tournament of Champions title, Chuck Ruebling (above) has decided his 31st season as head coach at Delbarton was his last. Matt Kovachik (right), who has served as Ruebling’s assistant and right-hand man for 17 years, […]
The newly launched Division I program at the University of Utah just picked up its first commitment from New York state. It comes from the Hudson Valley where Class of 2018 goaltender Joe Persico of Iona Prep verballed to the Utes. Persico finished with 14 saves in an 8-4 win over Fordham Prep in the […]
With the month of August winding down, we are wrapping up our weeks-long look at summer travel standouts from all the high school classes. In this update, we present our final batch of Class of 2020 standouts. Jack Cerza, West Essex (NJ), M: The 5-foot-9, 168-pound Cerza followed up a productive varsity season with a […]
A brand-new Class of 2018 commitment by an Ivy League program that has been making some noise on the recruiting scene this summer headlines this update. Athletic and skilled midfielder Nolen Rockefeller of national prep power Deerfield (MA) has just verballed to the Bears’ admissions process. A strong dodger, Rockefeller has an outstanding feel for […]
We have a trio of new verbals in this update, starting with one of the top varsity programs in the nation. Attackman Jack McGorry of CHSAA power St. Anthony’s has committed to Division III power Ithaca. McGorry has a nice scoring touch and a nose for the net. St. Anthony’s now has seven senior commitments, with the others […]
We have two new Class of 2018 commitments from downstate New York in this update. Our first comes from Westchester County, where Ardsley midfielder Danny Hewitt has verballed to Monmouth. Athletic dodger with good size. Hewitt is an athletic dodger with good size at 6-foot-1, 210 pounds. He’s also a football standout as a linebacker/defensive […]
We’ve had a steady flow of verbals after decommitments and that continues today. This one, though, comes in the Ivy League, and beyond the tristate. Attackman Austin Madronic of the Culver Military Academy in Indiana has committed to the admissions process at Harvard after decommitting from another Ivy, Cornell.Madronic switches from Cornell. Creative scorer, strong […]
A new verbal after a decommitment leads off this report. Talented Class of 2018 attackman Darian Cook of Avon Old Farms (Conn.) is the latest tristate standout to verbal to Brown after decommitting. Cook, a lefty offensive dynamo who transferred to Avon Old Farms from Joel Barlow (CT), had originally verballed to UMass. The 5-foot-10 Cook […]
