Jackie Sileo dished out seven assists to lead fifth-ranked C.W. Post to a 15-10 win over the second-ranked Le Moyne College women's lacrosse team on Thursday afternoon in the NCAA Semifinals at Owsley B. Frazier Stadium on the campus of Bellarmine University.
The Dolphins finish the season with a 16-3 record, while the Pioneers improve to 16-3 and advance to their fourth national championship game appearance.
Senior goalkeeper Kelly Fucillo (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee), who started between the pipes for a program record 72nd straight game, made 10 saves, including the 600th of her career, in taking the loss.
All proceeds will go toward helping Carthage Coach Kirk Ventiquattro offset expenses he accrues expenses on his mission to beat cancer. The lacrosse community has joined forces to help the Upstate New York coach, and you can help, too.
Local Native Americans lacrosse players-turned-actors from the movie “Crooked Arrows” will be at Carousel Center at 6 p.m. Friday to sign autographs, meet fans and raffle-off merchandise.
A producer from the NCAA came to Mercyhurst last month to shoot footage and conduct interviews with several Lakers. Coach Chris Ryan, seniors Gregory Bensman and Kyle Kallay, and junior Brian Scheetz are featured in the episode. Former lacrosse standout Ian Wild also appears.
“Coming into this year, I knew I had big shoes to fill,” Mike Poppleton (Fayeatteville-Manlius) said Wednesday. “That was definitely motivation. The 62-percent number is a good number. Our coaches try to push for it, and we think we can be at that because it is a three-man game. It’s not just all me out there. It’s two of our wing players. So most of the time, if I don’t win it, it becomes a three-on-three ground ball.”
With the win, Salisbury Head Coach Jim Berkman (Watertown) now has 400 career victories at SU. "It has been an honor to coach here," Berkman said, "I feel very fortunate to be here and lead these charges. This brings back a lot of memories of some of the first guys that laid the foundation for the program we have today."
The Hawks host the Binghamton Patriots at Corning Memorial Stadium in a Section IV play-off game. Join us for the Twin Tiers choice for Scholastic sports. RLM Sports.Net.
Cody Jamieson was named a National Lacrosse League Second Team All-Pro today for the first time in his career. Jamieson is second on the Knighthawks with nine points in two playoff games.
This season, the second-year pro was named the Knighthawks’ MVP after leading Rochester in goals (36), assists (49) and points (85). He played a key role in furthering the anti-bullying message in Rochester, serving as a spokesperson and role model.
Opie challenges coaches to ask what kind of long term effect are you having the people you coach. What lasting effect are you having. He also challenges athletic directors and parents to be more discerning about who they want impacting the athletes under their supervision. Does the coach have and know his or her mission statement, goals, and objectives? Opie argues that coaching is a lot more than just winning games and championships.
As improbable as the thought might have seemed during the past four seasons, Le Moyne senior goalie Kelly Fucillo is about to leave her lacrosse crease for good.
The score screamed slowdown. In reality, it was anything but. The No. 2 Cortland men’s lacrosse team used a four-goal run midway through the second quarter to build a 6-1 lead and defeated visiting Union 9-4 Wednesday afternoon in the NCAA Division III quarterfinals. In the process the Red Dragons (20-0) set a school record for victories in a season and earned a date with Tufts on Sunday at Cortland in the semifinals.
Le Moyne has the stingiest defense in Division II, allowing 4.06 goals per game, while Limestone has the highest-scoring offense at 15.18 goals per game--more than two goals better than the next-highest average. (Two videos)
North Carolina women’s lacrosse may be going on the road for Saturday’s NCAA quarterfinal, but for many members of the team it will be a welcome return home.
Mynderse Academy traveled to Irondequoit this afternoon to play a non-league game against Bishop Kearney. Although Mynderse took an early lead, the Kings returned for a close finish.
Nick Doktor, an attackman at Irondequoit who has scored 118 goals in part of three varsity seasons, was named one of the nation’s top high school players in the senior class today by Under Armour.
The Cazenovia boys trailed Homer 6-4 at half time but were able earn a come back win to avoid their second loss of the year. The Lakers won 11-9. (Video 0:56)
Watertown left little doubt that it had earned its first Frontier League regular-season boys lacrosse title in eight years with its performance in a 14-13 slugfest over Immaculate Heart Central on Wednesday night at IHC.
The No. 10-ranked Christian Brothers Academy boys lacrosse team avoided an upset in its regular-season finale on Wednesday with a 12-11 overtime win at Skaneateles. (Video 0:43)
Senior night at Alibrandi Stadium featured two of the top three ranked girls lacrosse teams in the state as Christian Brothers Academy greeted Skaneateles in Wednesday's regular-season finale. In actuality, though, the Brothers didn't show up until midway through the first half - and when it did, it smothered the Lakers with a 15-1 outburst on its way to a 17-6 victory.
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It’s not often that you see a coach urge the opposing team to let one of their own players score. Well that’s exactly what happened in the Johnstown vs. Lansingburgh boys’ lacrosse game on Saturday.
The Rochester Knighthawks will be seeking the franchise's third pro indoor lacrosse championship while the Edmonton Rush will be looking for their first in Rochester, N.Y., on Saturday night. These are two well-coached teams that have peaked at the right time to knock off higher-seeded opponents and get to the National Lacrosse League's Champion's Cup game (7:30 p.m. ET, CBS Sports Network). They did not meet during the regular season so will rely on scouting reports and video analysis in forming game plans.
The nationally second-ranked Cortland men's lacrosse team held 14th-ranked Union to just one goal in each quarter and defeated the Dutchmen, 9-4, in the NCAA Div. III Men's Lacrosse Quarterfinals Wednesday afternoon at the SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex. The Red Dragons, who set a school record with their 20th win against no losses, advanced to the national semifinals for the sixth time in the last seven years and will host fourth-ranked Tufts, a 15-13 winner versus RIT in the quarterfinals, Sunday, May 20 at a time to be determined. The Dutchmen ended their season at 13-5.
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A historic season for the No. 14 Union College men's lacrosse team came to a close, as the Dutchmen (13-5, 5-1 Liberty League) fell 9-4 to No. 2 SUNY Cortland (20-0, 6-0 SUNYAC) in the NCAA Quarterfinals in front of 437 fans at SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex.
For the second straight season, the RIT (16-3) men's lacrosse team has their season ended at the hands of Tufts Univesity. This time in the NCAA Division III Quarterfinals, 15-13 on Wednesday in Medford, Mass. The Tigers finish the 2012 season with a 16-3 record, while the Jumbos advance to the national semifinals where they will face Cortland.
No. 4 Syracuse is no stranger to playing in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals. The Orange will make its fifth appearance in the second round since 2007 when it hosts No. 5 North Carolina on Saturday, May 19 at 1 p.m. in the Carrier Dome.
Junior midfielder Kara Cannizzaro (Cazenovia) and a few of her teammates are blogging throughout UNC's journey through the NCAA tournament. The Tar Heels are prepping for this weekend's quarterfinals, where they will play Syracuse.
If you're a high school athlete in West Seneca, there's just something special about the East-West game. West Seneca East senior Mike Balla made sure his final lacrosse game in the rivalry was one to remember.
Shelley Maher, the Women's Director of the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL), announced today that the organization has awarded the 2015 Under-19 World Championship to Scotland. The 2015 event will be the sixth time these games have been held.
The Nationals will add the MLL’s all-time point leader in Casey Powell, plus Garrett Billings and Joe Resetarits for the team’s third game of the season. Last season, Powell guided the Nationals to the MLL Finals and led the MLL Playoffs with five goals and eight points. The former Syracuse University star is a two-time MLL Champion, four-time All-Star and is seventh all-time in goals with 199.
The National Lacrosse League has announced the All-Rookie Team for the 2012 season. Rookie of the Year Adam Jones of the Colorado Mammoth is joined by Kevin Crowley of the Philadelphia Wings, Jordan MacIntosh and Evan Kirk of the Minnesota Swarm and Johnny Powless and Stephen Keogh of the East Division champion Rochester Knighthawks.
No. 14 Union (13-4, 5-1 Liberty League) will take on No. 2 SUNY Cortland (19-0, 6-0 SUNYAC) in the quarterfinals of the Division III NCAA Men's Lacrosse Tournament on Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. Union is 4-13 in the all-time series against Cortland, with its last victory coming on May 17, 1966 at Union. The two teams met this season on March 3 at Cortland, with the Red Dragons earning a 6-4 win. Union is 3-3 on the season againsr ranked teams.
This week’s column starts on a sad note. Hannibal Central Schools, SUNY Oswego, the Oswego State men’s lacrosse team, and a whole lot of other people are mourning the loss this week of John (Jack) Tyrie, who just retired from Hannibal HS last June. Jack taught social studies at Hannibal for 33 years, and was also an adjunct at Oswego State. He became a Laker lacrosse fan as he got to know a lot of my players as they did their practicum and student teaching placements at Hannibal.
. . . I have missed his presence in the halls of Hannibal HS this year, and now he’s gone. Thoughts and prayers go to his wife Patty and their family.
The New York Times spotlighted Syracuse Orange women's lacrosse coach Gary Gait over the weekend. The lacrosse legend talked to reporter Seth Berkman about his time playing, and now coaching, at Syracuse University.
“I love playing in the Dome,” Gait said last week. “It was so good to me as a player. It brings back great memories. Now it’s about creating new memories, building something special and trying to bring women’s lacrosse to a new level.”
The set-up of the NCAA Division III tournament mandates that teams adjust to a new opponent in a matter of days, but there may not be quite a difference in styles than what Cortland will have to deal with from Saturday to Wednesday.
“I consider myself to be a pretty lucky guy to be at an institution like Le Moyne that is located in a fabulous lacrosse breeding ground,” Sheehan said Tuesday morning. “And I’ve been very fortunate to have assistant coaches who not only know the game but have passion for that game, and that trickles down to the kids.”
“I think it’s awesome,” said Lynch of the experience of being a team captain. “I’ve been a captain on a lot of my high school teams. In college, the atmosphere is a lot different. There’s a lot more responsibility. With responsibility comes a lot of leadership.”
Midfielder Jordan Evans scored six times to power No. 3 state-ranked J-D to a 20-3 win over visiting New Hartford. J-D (13-3) settled the contest with six goals in the first quarter and seven in the second.
In what was a surprising result, Fairport took the Pittsford Panthers 9-1 tonight in Fairport. The Red Raiders scored the first six goals, blanking Pittsford for the first thirty-seven minutes of the game.
Senior Lisa Rogers finished with three goals and three assists to lead Irondequoit to a 13-5 win over Brighton Tuesday in Monroe County girls lacrosse.
Salmon River’s Ky Tarbell (15) fires a shot that is turned away by the St. Lawrence Central goalie Kody Kocsis. Nate Cole buried two goals and assisted on another to tie the Larries' all-time scoring record with Jack Keenan at 271 points. However, Ky Tarbell scored goals and assisted twice in Salmon River's 18-5 win.
The Blue Streaks took a hard 21-0 loss to Suburban Council powerhouse Niskayuna in a game that had to have both the start time and location moved due to the weather.
It took less than a minute for Canisius to turn a 9-6 deficit into a tie at 9 before St. Joe's Andrew Pawenski scored the winner with 35 seconds remaining to give the Marauders (10-4, 6-2 Monsignor Martin) a 10-9 victory.
Led by Mexico Sports Booster MVP Kali Domicolo’s five-point performance, the Mexico varsity girls lacrosse team outlasted New Hartford 9-6 Tuesday on Senior Night at Mexico High School. Seniors Meghan Williams, Taylor Bentley, Brittany Springer, Emily Passer, and Dayna Passer were honored for their contributions to the program prior to the game.
Possession is nine-tenths of the law, and that also holds true in lacrosse. Auburn controlled the ball the vast majority of the game and made the most of it in an 8-6 varsity boys lacrosse win over Oswego on Tuesday at Joseph Wilber Field.
Before the season, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake lost its starting goalie from last year’s Section II Class B championship team to an injury suffered during football season. Luckily, they had Lucas Carter to fill in. (Video 2:01)
After leading his team past the previously undefeated UMass minutemen, Conor Murphy sat patiently at the table, eyes sometimes darting around, sometimes staring at the wall behind the throng of reporters. The press levied numerous questions about the circumstances leading to his seemingly miraculous debut in net. He almost seemed uncomfortable with the attention, allowing his coach to field the majority of the inquiries regarding the surprising nature of his “new” goalie’s call-up:
When the Raiders show up Sunday for their showdown with No. 3 Duke they'll be wearing Cascade Pro 7 helmets, Nike uniforms, Maverik Rome Gloves/Armpads, Nike Air Speed Destroyer Lacrosse cleats and Warrior Streakr turfs.
Last year, the RIT Tigers were the number one overall seed in the NCAA Division III Mens Lacrosse Tournament, and looked poised to capture their first national championship. But then Tufts came to town and ended that dream. (Video 1:39)
Regardless of the month, and regardless of the venue, the Jamesville-DeWitt and East Syracuse-Minoa girls lacrosse teams cannot avoid playing tight, exciting contests against each other. So it was again on Tuesday afternoon at ESM Stadium, where the Red Rams gave up a five-goal lead in the second half, but still pulled out a 15-14 victory over the Spartans.
Opie reviews the movie Crooked Arrow with particular interest in how the movie portrays lacrosse in Native American history, preserving Native American languages, and the struggle between tribal members over issues such as casino economics, land, sovereignty, old and new ways, and the secular and the sacred.
Henderson was drafted No. 35 overall by the Rattlers in the Collegiate Draft. The Army longpole earned Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year honors this year. The move adds a defender to the Lizards' line-up, given the absence of Nicky Polanco in the team's first two games.
When the Baldwinsville boys lacrosse team put together a 15-10 victory over Cazenovia Monday night at Pelcher-Arcaro Stadium, it was much more than a high-quality win over an elite opponent. By prevailing, the Bees ended the Lakers' 33-game win streak, built up over two seasons and including a state Class C championship in 2011.
Syracuse University lacrosse coach John Desko cautioned from the outset that 2012 would be a season off growing pains for a young, inexperienced team. He was right. “I wasn’t going to puff us up knowing there were so many question marks,” Desko said Monday, two days after the Orange (9-8) fell at Duke 12-9 in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. “I just said we’re young and we’re going to get better. And it was all true.”
The No. 7 RIT men's lacrosse team will face No. 4 Tufts University in the Quarterfinals of the 2012 NCAA Division III Men’s Lacrosse Championship on Wednesday, May 16 at 4 pm at Bello Field in Medford, Massachusetts.
The Tigers advanced to the quarterfinals with a 15-9 win over Western New England University in the second round on Saturday. The Tigers outscored the Golden Bears 7-2 in the second half. Freshman Kyle Aquin (Hamilton, Ontario/St. Jean De Brebeuf) scored four goals, while Taylor Wisman (Seattle, WA/Inglemoor) had a goal and four assists. Anthony DeLeo (Canandaigua, NY/Canandaigua Academy) picked up his 15th win making 11 saves.
On Saturday, May 19th, PPL Park will host practices and autograph sessions with the men's lacrosse teams from the University of Virginia, University of Notre Dame, Duke University and Colgate University.
A ticket for Sunday's NCAA quarterfinals will get you into PPL Park on Saturday for the practice sessions. The practice schedule is below.
Single-day tickets for the 2012 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championships at Gillette Stadium go on sale today on Ticketmaster.com. Fans can purchase tickets for Saturday, Sunday or Monday (May 26-28) in addition to the option of purchasing the three-day all-session ticket to the world’s largest lacrosse event. Parking is free for all events that weekend.
On a splendid, sun-filled Saturday, the Jamesville-DeWitt boys lacrosse team gave another efficient demonstration of its capabilities against its neighbors from East Syracuse-Minoa. The Red Rams handled the Spartans 16-5, the exact same score by which J-D prevailed the first time they played this season on April 19 at ESM Stadium.
By the time they would get together Wednesday for a highly-anticipated regular-season finale at Alibrandi Stadium, the Christian Brothers Academy and Skaneateles girls lacrosse teams both were firmly entrenched in the state Class C top five.
Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, announced Monday its weekly award winners for the week ending May 13, 2012, according to MLL Commissioner David Gross. Charlotte Hounds midfielder Josh Amidon was named as the League’s Offensive Player of the Week while Rochester Rattlers goalkeeper Mike Gabel earned the Defensive Player of the Week award.
A Syracuse lacrosse program is in the midst of a dynasty, and it is not the Orangemen or even the LeMoyne Dolphins.
Onondaga Community College captured its fourth straight NJCAA title and sixth in seven years in convincing fashion Sunday afternoon, 15-6 over Long Island's Nassau Community Colleg. During No. 1-ranked OCC's championship celebration on NCC's home field at Mitchel Athletic Complex in Uniondale, N.Y., jerseys were removed and T-shirts the Lazers have worn all season that read "Four Our Family" were in full view, symbolizing their goal of accomplishing a four-peat and doing so with team chemistry.
Mercyhurst is right back where it was nearly one year ago, at the top of the Division II lacrosse universe. The Lakers, unbeaten and ranked No. 1, host an NCAA semifinal Saturday with the chance to win an unprecedented second straight national championship. This hasn't been easy work, defending a title amid heavy graduation losses and with a brand-new goalie who didn't win the job outright until the start of the spring season.
A day after closing the regular season with a 14-5 win over Horseheads last week, the Corning boys lacrosse team was given a rare day off. In head coach Bob Streeten’s own words, the team’s 24-hour break from lacrosse was very un-Streetenlike.
Niagara-Wheatfield appears to be peaking at the right time. The Falcons are 12-2 overall and 10-1 in Class B boys lacrosse play after tucking away Amherst, 18-5, on Thursday.
Game of the Week: Shenendehowa 11, Ballston Spa 10: Shenendehowa held a 9-5 lead after three quarters and fought off a Scotties rally in the fourth. Shen’s Mike Jenkins scored four times and Joe Romano dished out four assists. Mark Leslie had a hat trick and Matt McDonald added five assists for Ballston Spa.
For the past several years, the Bishop Timon-St. Jude High School lacrosse has been the best team in the Monsignor Martin Athletic Association - hands down. This year isn’t any different. Through their first go around in league play, the Tigers have defeated Canisius, 18-3, 18-5, Nichols, 23-7, St. Joe’s 18-3, St. Francis, 17-5 and St. Mary’s 19-2. That’s a combined score of 95-20.
Morgan Corso was silent and strangely missing from the offense for almost the entire game. During crunch time of a tense NJCAA national championship game in women's lacrosse, the Onondaga Community College sophomore from West Genesee would be silent no more.
Corso scored the tying goal with 2 minutes, 3 seconds remaining in the second half, got the ensuing draw control and scored the game winner with 3 seconds left to give Onondaga a stunning 6-5 victory over Monroe Community College on Sunday at John L. DiMarco Field.
The Lazers emblazoned their name in the record book another year.
The Onondaga Community College men's lacrosse team won its fourth straight NJCAA title and sixth in the last seven years on Sunday with a 15-6 win over Nassau CC at Mitchel Athletic Complex on Long Island. Top-seeded OCC, which finished 19-0, has won 52 straight games, while No. 2 Nassau finished its season 15-4. OCC is the first team to win four straight national championships since Nassau did it from 1999-2002.
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ESPN has announced the time slots and stations on the ESPN family of networks for the NCAA Quarterfinal matchups. Saturday's NCAA Quarterfinals from Annapolis, Md., will be broadcast on ESPN2. Sunday's action from PPL Park near Philadelphia will be on ESPNU. Here are the time slots:
No. 4/4 Syracuse used a dominant second half to defeat No. 9/9 Dartmouth, 15-5, in the first round of the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Tournament on Sunday, May 13 in the Carrier Dome. The Orange (17-3), which has now won five consecutive first-round tournament games, advances to the quarterfinals where it will play No. 5/5 North Carolina next weekend in the Carrier Dome.
Senior Erin Kollar (East Islip) scored a game-high four goals and added one assist to lead the nationally second-ranked Cortland women's lacrosse team to a dramatic 9-7 win versus fourth-ranked The College of New Jersey Sunday afternoon in the NCAA Div. III Women's Lacrosse Tournament quarterfinals at the SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex.
The Red Dragons tied the school record with their 19th consecutive victory and improved to 20-1 on the season. Cortland previously won 19 straight games in 2006 and 2011, also advancing to the national semifinals in those seasons. The Lions concluded their season at 16-4.
We normally work on website makeovers during the Fall so everything is complete by the time the season begins. But we got an early jump on it this time after getting an iPad and discovering just how much better a facelift might make JustLacrosse work on tablet and mobile devices. We are also becoming tired of all the 'dropdowns' we run into as we mouse across all the websites we visit every day. The result is an index page that we think works very well for the tablet user, with easy to read and click headlines, as well as readable snippits - and secondary pages with easy-touch buttons to take you most anywhere in the lacrosse world you want to go. You'll find it easier to search JustLacrosse, check the Schedule Newswire for changes, and check our Twitter and Facebook accounts as well as JustLacrosse Talkback. You'll also have quick access to Dan Witmer's Roadtrip Dad blog and to the final 2012 Casey Powell Lacrosse Top 20 after Memorial Day. And we have added the flexibility of assorted, specialized menu boxes that will come and go throughout the season, so be sure to check them out on each visit.
We'll call this a 'beta' until we think we've caught anything left out. If your site used to be listed in a dropdown menu here and now seems to be missing, just drop us an email we'll get that fixed.
