September 30th, 2012— Lacrosse is still a long way behind sports such as football in the line of American sports powerhouses, but there is no doubt advantages to lacrosse. Football plays only in the fall, making fans and youth players transition to other sports throughout the rest of the year. Youth players in lacrosse get to attend summer camps at high-profile colleges, travel in the fall, expose themselves to a new dimension of the game in the winter, while giving their all in the ever-busy spring season for their respective middle and high schools. Forget players though, it’s the fans that keep the game alive, what do they get? In the winter, when the NHL is locked out, fans are treated to a big-hitting, quick paced indoor  game thanks to the NLL and/or PLL. Every spring, lacrosse fans are able to go out and support their local high school and college teams, getting to show their real school spirit. In the summer, Major League Lacrosse headlines the high-octane part of the game, with two point shots and colorful personalities owning the All-Star Game freestyle competitions. While many consider fall to be the only “dead” season of the year for lacrosse, fall still poses great things. Travel teams are soaking in the last of bit of warm weather in the year, while college teams at every level are staying busy, scheduling exhibition games that often feature powerhouses or external division play. Last year, the treat of the fall was seeing Virginia come out with a narrow win over D-III powerhouse, Lynchburg. What will it be this year that keeps us lacrosse fans at the edge of our seats? On October 6th, everyone gets a sneak peek of first year D-1 team, High Point (NC) against Colgate in the Nicholas Collelouri Fall Classic. On the same day, you can see Hofstra against up and rising Villanova. With a busy schedule, here is your list of games and events to keep an eye out for.
Boiardi Foundation Capital Lacrosse Classic:Â Landon School – Bethesda, MDÂ (October 7th)
No matter where you live, traveling to Maryland might be your best chance at seeing four top tier D-I teams play in just one day. Cornell, Penn State, Johns Hopkins, and UNC-Chapel Hill all highlight the day, playing two games each. Want to be the first one to see how Rob Pannell rebounds this year? He’ll be playing his two games against the rough defenses of Hopkins and Chapel Hill.
Navy @ Notre Dame (October 13th)
Lacrosse growing in South Bend? We all need to check this out.
Maryland Vs. Denver: Seatown Classic in Tukwila, WAÂ (October 13th)
Both teams made it farther than anyone would have predicted in last year’s NCAA tournament with their powerful offensive potential, what will this year hold? Fans on the west coast may be the first to find out.
Thanks to laxpower.com, we have a whole list of fall games to keep track of! Games in bold are events to look for, but be sure to look out for any “Fall Classics” in your area, that includes you west coast fans!
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| Sep. 30 | 11:00 am | Albion vs. Michigan State | Albion, MI |
| Oct. 6 | 9:00 am | Marquette vs. High Point Michigan vs. Marist |
Nicholas Colleluori Fall Classic Ridley High School – Folsom, PA |
| 10:30 am | Michigan vs. Mount St. Mary’s Robert Morris vs. Marquette |
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| 12:00 pm | Saint Joseph’s vs. Marist Hofstra vs. Lehigh |
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| 2:00 pm | Colgate vs. Villanova Mount St. Mary’s vs. Saint Joseph’s |
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| 3:30 pm | Lehigh vs. Robert Morris High Point vs. Colgate |
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| 5:00 pm | Hofstra vs. Villanova | ||
| Oct. 6 | 10:00 am | Air Force vs. Towson (Hummel) | Play for Parkinson’s Episcopal HS – Alexandria, VA |
| Â | 12:00 pm | Georgetown vs. Princeton (Hummel) Virginia vs. Towson (Greenway) |
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| Â | 2:00 pm | Princeton vs. Virginia (Hummel) Air Force vs. Georgetown (Greenway) |
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| Oct. 6 | 8:30 am | Detroit vs. Bellarmine | Playing for Peace Hales Franciscan HS, Chicago IL |
| 10:00 am | Notre Dame vs. Bellarmine | ||
| 11:30 am | Detroit vs. Notre Dame | ||
| Oct. 6 | 12:00 pm | Richmond vs. Hampden-Sydney Club | UR Recreation Fields-Richmond VA |
| Oct. 7 | 10:30 am | Cornell vs. North Carolina Penn State vs. Johns Hopkins |
Boiardi Foundation Capital Lacrosse Classic Landon School – Bethesda, MD |
| Â | 12:30 pm | Johns Hopkins vs. Cornell Penn State vs. North Carolina |
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| Oct. 7 | 8:00 am | Providence vs. Quinnipiac Vermont vs. Brown Hartford vs. Hobart Springfield vs. Merrimack |
Catamount Classic – Lacrosse for a Cure Thayer Academy – Braintree, MA |
| 10:00 am | Quinnipiac vs. Holy Cross Hartford vs. Providence Siena vs. Sacred Heart Vermont vs. Hobart |
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| 12:00 pm | Springfield vs. Bentley Southern New Hampshire vs. Endicott Siena vs. Brown St. Michael’s vs. Post LIU |
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| 2:00 pm | American International vs. New England College Hobart vs. Holy Cross Sacred Heart vs. Brown Merrimack vs. Post LIU |
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| 4:00 pm | Providence vs. Merrimack St. Michael’s vs. New England College American International vs. Endicott Bentley vs. Southern New Hampshire |
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| Oct. 7 | 9:00 am | Neumann vs. Rosemont Arcadia vs. Richard Stockton |
Nicholas Colleluori Fall Classic Ridley High School – Folsom, PA |
| 10:30 am | Albright vs. Dowling Adelphi vs. Chestnut Hill |
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| 12:00 pm | Richard Stockton vs. Marymount Randolph-Macon vs. Widener |
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| 2:00 pm | Adelphi vs. Dowling Neumann vs. Thiel |
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| 3:30 pm | Widener vs. Marymount Albright vs. Misercordia |
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| 5:00 pm | Arcadia vs. Chestnut Hill Thiel vs. Rosemont |
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| 6:30 pm | Randolph-Macon vs. Misercordia | ||
| Oct. 7 | 10:00 am | Franklin Pierce vs. Clark | Saint Anselm Purple Ribbon Challenge Grappone Stadium – Manchester, NH |
| 11:00 am | Saint Anselm vs. Mount Ida | ||
| 12:00 pm | Franklin Pierce vs. Mount Ida | ||
| 1:00 pm | Saint Anselm vs. Clark | ||
| Oct. 12 | 6:00 pm | Hartford vs. Manhattan | Alumni Stadium-West Hartford CT |
| Oct. 13 | 11:00 am | Notre Dame vs. Navy | Arlotta Stadium – South Bend, IN |
| Oct. 13 | 8:00 pm | Iroquois Nationals vs. Team USA | Bowhunter Cup, Blue Cross Arena – Rochester, NY |
| Oct. 13 | 9:30 am | Univ. of New England vs. Saint Joseph’s (ME) | Lax4Life Fall Ball University New England-Biddeford ME |
| 11:00 am | Husson vs. Southern Maine | ||
| 12:30 pm | Husson vs. Saint Joseph’s (ME) | ||
| 2:00 pm | Univ. of New England vs. Southern Maine | ||
| Oct. 13 | 12:00 pm | Quinnipiac vs. Bucknell | Quinnipiac Turf Field – Hamden CT |
| Oct. 13 | Loyola vs. Villanova | Ridley Athletic Complex – Baltimore MD | |
| Oct. 13 | 10:00 am | Roger Williams, Salve Regina, Babson, Assumption | Roger Williams University-Bristol RI |
| Oct. 13 | 2:00 pm | Maryland vs. Denver | Seatown Classic Starfire Sports Complex – Tukwila, WA |
| Oct. 13 | 1:30 pm | Orange ‘Legends’ Game | Syracuse Orange Alumni Classic Carrier Dome-Syracuse NY |
| 3:00 pm | Syracuse vs Recent Alumni | ||
| Oct. 14 | 10:00 am | Lake Erie vs. Mount Union | 3rd Stefanie Spielman Fundraiser Hawken School – Gates Mills, OH |
| 11:15 am | Mercyhurst vs. Wooster | ||
| 12:00 pm | RIT vs. Ohio Wesleyan | ||
| 12:30 pm | Otterbein vs. Seton Hill | ||
| 2:00 pm | Wooster vs. Mount Union | ||
| 2:10 pm | Mercyhurst vs. RIT | ||
| 3:15 pm | Lake Erie vs. Otterbein | ||
| 3:25 pm | Seton Hill vs. Ohio Wesleyan | ||
| Oct. 14 | 1:30 pm | Yale, Massachusetts, Rutgers, | Christian Prince Memorial Yale University – New Haven, CT |
| Oct. 14 | 10:00 am | North Carolina vs. Ohio State | MRB “Thumbs Up†Weekend Calvert Hall HS, Baltimore MD |
| Oct. 20 | 11:00 am | Army, St John’s, Harvard | Army Playday USMA West Point NY |
| Oct. 20 | 3:30 pm | FDU-Florham vs. Centenary | Centenary College – Hackettstown, NJ |
| Oct. 20 | 11:00 am | Penn vs. Drexel | Drexel Playday- Vidas Field, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1:00 pm | Navy vs. UMBC | ||
| 3:00 pm | Penn vs. UMBC | ||
| 5:00 pm | Drexel vs. Navy | ||
| Oct. 20 | 9:00 am | Marist, Binghamton, Lafayette, Manhattan, Merrimack, Dowling | Edward Coombs Memorial Tournament Hatboro-Horsham HS, Horsham PA |
| Oct. 20 | 1:00 pm | Florida Southern vs. Florida State | Florida Southern – Lakeland FL |
| Oct. 20 | 1:30 pm | Denver vs. Denver Outlaws | Peter Barton Stadium-Denver CO |
| Oct. 21 | 10:00 am | Wheaton vs. Curry | Curry College – Milton MA |
| 11:15 am | Manhattanville vs. Lasell | ||
| 1:00 pm | Wheaton vs. Manhattanville | ||
| 2:15 pm | Curry vs. Lasell | ||
| Oct. 21 | 9:00 am | Ursinus, St. Mary’s, Cabrini, McDaniel, Montclair State, Scranton, Mercy, Eastern | Edward Coombs Memorial Tournament Hatboro-Horsham HS, Horsham PA |
| Oct. 21 | 10:00 am | Stevenson, Franklin & Marshall, Virginia Wesleyan, Goucher, Elizabethtown | Meghan Puls Lacrosse Classic Mustang Stadium, Owings Mills MD |
| Oct. 21 | 1:00 pm | Jacksonville vs. Tampa | Milne Field – Jacksonville FL |
| Oct. 21 | 2:00 pm | Lehigh vs. Ohio State | San Francisco Fall Lacrosse Classic Kezar Stadium – San Francisco, CA |
| Oct. 26 | 7:00 pm | VMI vs. Washington & Lee | Lee-Jackson Classic – Wilson Field, Lexington VA |
| Nov. 3 | James Madison vs. Old Dominion CNU Club vs. Old Dominion |
Old Dominion PlayDay Hill Sports Complex, Norfolk VA |
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| Nov. 17 | 1:00 pm | Gwynedd-Mercy vs. King’s | Kings College-Wilkes Barre PA |
