Photo Credit – Ian Neadle In both the USILA Coaches Poll and the Big East Coaches Preseason Poll, Denver U is predicted to be number 1 all around. Many of their players even make the all-conference teams. There’s more to the Pioneers that makes them so great. #GrowTheGame The obvious one is helping grow lacrosse in the west. Colorado has a huge lacrosse following these days, from youths to adults…
With High Point and Delaware kicking off the NCAA division I schedule this week, I thought we should overview some of the more relevant rule changes taking effect this year. Starting this year, all facilities capable of displaying a shot clock will have shot clocks installed to visually count down the 20-second timer-on calls. By 2016, all facilities must have shot clocks installed. Last year the referees counted down the…
Lukas Mikelinich has progressed as a student, athlete and all-around person, much like the Lehigh men’s lacrosse program he’s now leading. Often overlooked, Mikelinich has used a hard-working attitude to become an All-League defenseman and senior co-captain for a Mountain Hawks’ program with high aspirations entering the 2015 season. He embodies the type of attitude, mindset and identity that head coach Kevin Cassese wants in his program. “In high school,…
As the new year hits the University of Massachusetts, the only thing Minutemen fans can look forward to is a new start. After the team finished the season, last year, with a 1-4 conference record, the team is ready to turn things around. The team has brought in the two New Hampshire studs, Buddy Carr and Dom St. Laurent. With the added offense and last years leading scorer, Nick Mariano,…
2014 Record: 5-8 overall, 0-5 in the American East Conference, 2-3 at Home, 1-5 Away 2014 in Review: The regular season was nothing short of a complete and utter disappointment for the Catamounts. They finished 0-5 in conference play, which marks the 10th straight year of losing records for the team. They have not had a winning record as a team since the 2005-06 season when the team finished 9-5….
2014 Record: 9-7 overall, 4-1 in the Atlantic Sun Conference, 5-3 at Home, 3-3 Away 2014 in Review: The regular season was nothing short of a success for the High Point University Panthers. They finished 4-1 in conference play and 9-7 overall, which marked a major turnaround for the program in 2014 compared to the team’s 2013 results when they finished 3-12 overall. High Point comes into 2015 with one…
Realistically, the Ivy League is a two team race between Harvard and Cornell, with Princeton on the fringe of being a factor. The League features five teams in the Pre-Season Top 20: #8 Cornell #11 Harvard #12 Penn #17 Yale #20 Princeton. The Ivy League Pre-Season Coaches’ Poll ranks the teams in this order: Cornell, Harvard, Princeton, Penn, Yale, Brown, and Dartmouth. The biggest conference game will easily be the…
The Big Ten is looking to kick off the season with a bang. After the 2013 announcement by the Big Ten that the conference would feature select men’s and women’s lacrosse beginning in the 2014-15 season, the sights have been set by each team for an outstanding season. Here’s what’s to come for the inaugural season. Maryland The Terrapins are ready to break into the Big 10. Their season kicks…
I started following lacrosse in the early 2000s. Around that time, the Georgetown program could be referred to as… significant. In the late 90s and early to mid 2000s, the Hoyas were always involved in the Tournament, so I have to admit being a little surprised when I took a step back and looked at the overall history of the Hoyas program. By the way, what is a Hoya? In…
Denver Looking at the early schedule, the one game that sticks out more than the rest is #3 Duke vs. #1 Denver on February 14. Is Denver really the best team in the nation, and can they finally break through and go to the National Championship game? Can Duke fill the massive holes left by Jordan Wolf and Josh Dionne, and if so, do they have the ability to repeat?…