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Keeping up with Lacrosse – Statistics and more…
There are the places I look to get the information and statistics I like to follow:
- Men’s Division 1 Lacrosse Information
- Women’s Division 1 Lacrosse Information
- Individual NCAA Lacrosse Statistics
- Men’s Division 1 Game Calendar
- Women’s Division 1 Game Calendar
And because you need the ball to score, I personally like to see (a) who is getting the ground balls, and (b) who is winning the faceoffs:
The Ohio State Buckeyes Lacrosse Team Wins Opener vs Detroit
Yeah — Lacrosse is back. 
The Ohio State Buckeyes played well enough to win last night versus Detroit. It’s early but they do need to improve if they expect to make a run for the NCAA Tournament.
Logan Schuss and Brock Sorensen had dominant games. Mr. Sorensen also contributed 5 ground balls. And Freshman Jesse King had a great game and is making his presence immediately felt! Shawn Kaplan — Keep winning those faceoffs!
The beauty of the lacrosse community
I was headed to take my dog for a run to the local dog run in Melville, NY.
I stopped at Dunkin’ Donuts for a coffee and ran into the parents of Nortwestern’s Beatrice Conley. What a great couple. They had driven down from upstate NY to go to the game at SUNY Stony Brook.
The week before, I was at the Men’s Lacrosse Quarterfinals at Hofstra. I happened to sit with the parents of UNC’s Women’s Coach Jenny Levy. Boy does her mom know the sport – the men’s and women’s game. The Cortland Women’s Lacrosse coach, Kathy Taylor, stopped by and say hello. (Shout out to Kathy: Congratulations on being named SUNYAC Women’s Lacrosse Coach of the Year.)
The passion and enthusiasm of people involved in lax is great. It’s still a relatively small community. Whether it’s the men’s or women’s game, there is a certain passion about the game.
While it is great the sport is increasing its popularity and geography (Denver in the Men’s Final Four ???!!!#$#$!!) there is still something special about the size and intimacy of the small community.
Yappin ’bout 2011 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Tournament
Final Four today!
- I hope Adam Ghitelman plays “emotionally solid”. He needs to be clean and not make any careless error. That does not mean he should be conservative; that’s not his game. He just needs to use his head. Take some risks but be wise.
- Hey UVA — game plan — Go to Steele Stanwick. Go to Steele Stanwick. Go to Steele Stanwick.
- Denver’s Mark Mathews is a beast. No one can physically stop him 1 on 1. They need to have the ball on his stick, have everyone slide, and then find the open man. He’s a beast.
- The Denver kids are in good shape. Altitude factor?
- Maryland seems like a team of destiny. I would not bet against them.
- I’m still wishing Hofstra was still in it.
- Duke has 6 All-Americans? That’s hard to bet against. Justin Turri, Zach Howell , Tom Montelli, CJ Costabile. Jordan Wolf, Robert Rotanz
- Now wait a minute. Maryland has 8 All-Americans? Brian Farrell ,Brett Schmidt, , Ryan Young, Joe Cummings , Grant Catalino, John Haus, Curtis Holmes, Max Schmidt
- My pick? Primarily, I’m rooting for the Long Island kids. Otherwise, I have no clue.
Lacrosse Tournament – 17th Annual Ocean City Lacrosse Classic – Team URSports USA – Sat Aug 14 2010
… and on day #2, the train kept a rolling…
Go Team URSports USA!
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Corey Winkoff (U Penn), John Odierna (Gettysburg)
Mike Winkoff, Ryan Young (U Maryland) , Kevin Piegare (UNC) , Adam Ghitleman (UVA)
Mike Winkoff, Ryan Young (U Maryland) , Kevin Piegare (UNC)
UR Sports USA takes another victory!
Travis Reed (U Maryland) – a pose
The UR Sports USA boys take down another victory on a final goal by Tommy Perini (Lafayette) and assist by Will Amling (U Penn)
Team UR Sports USA wearing the Michael Piegare inspired uniforms. Always in our hearts! Always playing for #18.
Corey Winkoff (U Penn) buried one in the back of the net
Tommy Perini (Lafayette) getting big defense man John Odierna (Gettysburg) ready for the next game
Nick Ward (U Maryland) , John Odierna (Gettysburg)
Tommy Perini (Lafayette), Travis Reed (U Maryland)
Lacrosse Tournament – 17th Annual Ocean City Lacrosse Classic – Team URSports USA
And
Team URSports USA
wins!
The train is starting to roll…
Lacrosse Tournament – 17th Annual Ocean City Lacrosse Classic
Ocean City, MD.
Here we go again. This is going to be a great tournament.
Keep your eyes on Team URSports USA in the Mens Elite Division. Those Long Island Boys are ready to win this thing.
Watch ’em.
The tournament web site can be found at http://www.oclaxclassic.org/
Lacrosse – Duke vs Notre Dame – Duke by 5 (early line)
Can this 2010 NCAA Lacrosse tournament be any more exciting?
The Duke – Virginia semi-final game was unbelievable. (The hearts of these teams were unbelievable.) I’m so pumped for today’s Duke vs Notre Dame. Hopefully it’s another great game.
Who will win? After spending an a hour reading articles and interviews from coaches, players, and lacrosse experts, I have come up with the determining factor for today’s game.
The Long Island Factor. The team with the most Long Islanders will win today. We know Long Island is Lacrosse Country and that will be the dominant factor today. Based upon this serious and detailed analysis, the outcome will be Duke by 5. (Duke has 9 and ND has 4 Long Islanders. Rosters below.) Sorry to all you Westchester and Maryland people. It is what it is…
(Another factor is we’re headed to a Dukee’s house for today’s Memorial Day BBQ… If I picked ND I would not get any of Duke-Head’s Beer Can Chicken.)
Go Duke! Go ND! Here’s to a great game!
Duke University Men’s Lacrosse Roster (9)
| Brandon Allen | Bethesda, Md. (Bullis) |
| Matt Anderson | San Diego, Calif. (Francis Parker) |
| * Ben Belmont | Great Neck, N.Y. (Great Neck South) |
| Mike Catalino | Webster, N.Y. (Webster Schroeder) |
| Tom Clute | Potomac, Md. (Bullis) |
| Bill Conners | West Chester, Pa. (Malvern Prep) |
| CJ Costabile | New Fairfield, Conn. (New Fairfield) |
| Stephen Coyle | Kensington, Md. (Georgetown Prep) |
| Ned Crotty | New Vernon, N.J. (Delbarton) |
| Greg DeLuca | Boonton Township, N.J. (Mountain Lakes) |
| James Goldberg | Miami, Fla. (Gulliver Prep) |
| * Zach Howell | Huntington, N.Y. (Huntington) |
| Michael Hutchings | Durham, N.C. (Durham Academy) |
| David Lawson | Westford, Mass. (Middlesex) |
| Jonathan Livadas | Wilmington, Del. (Dartmouth) |
| * Eddie Loftus | Syosset, N.Y. (Syosset) |
| Michael Manley | Keuka Park, N.Y. (Penn Yan) |
| Parker McKee | Old Greenwich, Conn. (Berkshire School) |
| Will McKee | Old Greenwich, Conn. (Gunnery School) |
| Henry Meyer | Newton, Mass. (Belmont Hill) |
| Scot Meyer | Chapel Hill, N.C. (East Chapel Hill) |
| * Terrence Molinari | Manhasset, N.Y. (Manhassett) |
| Tom Montelli | Weston, Conn. (Weston) |
| * Jimmy O’Neill | Huntington, N.Y. (Chaminade) |
| Josh Offit | Bethesda, Md. (Landon School) |
| Jason Orlando | Sudbury, Mass. (Sudbury) |
| Tommy Patterson | Chatham, N.J. (Delbarton) |
| Sam Payton | Cos Cob, Conn. (Brunswick) |
| Spencer Peterson | Encinitas, Calif. (La Costa Canyon) |
| Max Quinzani | Duxbury, Mass. (Duxbury) |
| * Mike Rock | Bay Shore, N.Y. (Bay Shore) |
| Robert Rotanz | Westport, Conn. (Fairfield Prep) |
| Andrew Rullan | Pittsburgh, Pa. (North Allegheny) |
| Tom Rynn | Fairport, N.Y. (Fairport) |
| Steve Schoeffel | Charlottesville, Va. (Covenant) |
| * Devon Sherwood | Freeport, N.Y. (Baldwin) |
| Sam Solie | Durham, N.C. (Middlesex) |
| Sam Spillane | Darien, Conn. (Darien) |
| Dan Theodoridis | Norwalk, Conn. (Norwalk) |
| Joe Tkac | Gaithersburg, Md. (Landon) |
| Jake Tripucka | Boonton Township, N.J. (Mountain Lakes) |
| * Justin Turri | West Islip, N.Y. (West Islip) |
| Tucker Virtue | Rye, N.Y. (Brunswick [Conn.]) |
| Dan Wigrizer | Villanova, Pa. (Haverford) |
| Max Wygod | San Diego, Calif. (Francis Parker) |
| * Kevin Young | Manhasset, N.Y. (Chaminade) |
Notre Dame Men’s Lacrosse Roster (4)
| * Ryan Alexander | Hempstead, NY/Hotchkiss |
| Tyler Andersen | Wayne, PA/Radnor |
| Ben Ashenburg | Fayetteville, NY/CBA |
| Sam Barnes | Branford, CT/Branford |
| Nicholas Beattie | Columbus, OH/Worthington Kilbourne |
| Tim Bemer | Strafford, PA/Malvern Prep |
| Jake Brems | Kensington, MD/Georgetown Prep |
| * Zach Brenneman | East Hampton, NY/East Hampton |
| Matt Ciambella | Orchard Park, NY/Orchard Park |
| Tom Connor | Greenwich, CT/Brunswick School |
| Pat Cotter | Olney, MD/Georgetown Prep |
| Mike Creighton | Malvern, PA/Malvern Prep |
| Quinn Cully | Duxbury, MA/Duxbury |
| Devon Dobson | New Milford, CT/New Milford |
| David Earl | Simsbury, CT/Westminster School |
| Adam Felicetti | Doylestown, PA/Central Bucks East |
| Ryan Foley | Glen Ridge, NJ/Delbarton |
| Andrew Gleason | Roswell, GA/Roswell High School |
| Neal Hicks | Atlanta, GA/Lovett School |
| Brant Howell | Mercer Island, WA/Mercer Island |
| Colin Igoe | Columbus, OH/Worthington Kilbourne |
| Andrew Irving | McLean, VA/The Hotchkiss School (CT) |
| John Kemp | Potomac, MD/Georgetown Prep |
| Eric Keppeler | Baldwin, MD/Dulaney |
| Tyler Kimball | Phoenix, MD/Gilman |
| Grant Krebs | Annapolis, MD/St. Mary’s |
| Chip Lanser | Parkton, MD/Dulaney |
| Billy Maloney | Bethesda, MD/Georgetown Prep |
| Patrick Maloney | Bethesda, MD/Georgetown Prep |
| Jake Marmul | Livonia, MI/Detroit Catholic Central |
| Kelly McKenna | Penfield, NY/Penfield |
| Matt Miller | Warrenton, VA/Notre Dame Academy |
| Brendan Moore | Charlotte, NC/Providence |
| * Steve Murphy | Shirley, NY/William Floyd |
| Max Pfeifer | Crozet, VA/Western Albemarle |
| Colt Power | Dallas, TX/Episcopal School of Dallas |
| Kevin Randall | Penfield, NY/Penfield |
| Kevin Ridgway | Kensington, MD/Georgetown Prep |
| * Scott Rodgers | Wantagh, NY/MacArthur |
| Michael Rogers | Annapolis, MD/DeMatha |
| * Sean Rogers | New Hyde Park, NY/Holy Trinity |
| Dan Schmitt | Palatine, IL/Fremd |
| Trever Sipperly | Greenwich, NY/Greenwich |
| Bobby Smith | Woodbine, NJ/Lawrenceville School |
| Taylor Tripucka | Mountain Lakes, NJ/Mountain Lakes |
| Jim Walters | East Hanover, NJ/Delbarton |
| Andy Will | Olney, MD/Bullis |
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Duke Lacrosse. Virginia Lacrosse. Great game – On and off the field
Great game. Kudos to both sides. Both teams showed the talent and heart to win. Unfortunately only one team can win.
No offense to Notre Dame, but it’s a shame this wasn’t the championship game. The game, talent, and off-the-field stories warranted a championship event. It was a game for the ages. The hearts of these teams was amazing. 
Let’s not forget the off-the-field tragedies involved.
- The horrendous homicide/murder of the beloved UVA Womens’s lacrosse player Yeardley Love by a UVA Men’s Lacrosse Team Member (charged/alleged).
- The Duke Lacrosse Team (3 players in 2006) being falsely accused of raping a women. The team/program having their season cancelled. Those players having to go through the accusations, reputational damage, and psychological damage… much in a large part from and overly aggressive, Durham County’s District Attorney Mike Nifong.
You (Duke, UVA Men’s, and UVA Women’s Lax) have all gone through a lot off the field. You are appreciated and we wish you the best.
Kudos to all!
Brandon Allen, Matt Anderson, Ben Belmont, Mike Catalino
Tom Clute, Bill Conners, CJ Costabile, Stephen Coyle
Ned Crotty, Greg DeLuca, James Goldberg, Zach Howell
Michael Hutchings, David Lawson, Jonathan Livadas
Eddie Loftus, Michael Manley, Parker McKee, Will McKee
Henry Meyer, Scot Meyer, Terrence Molinari, Tom Montelli
Jimmy O’Neill, Josh Offit, Jason Orlando, Tommy Patterson
Sam Payton, Spencer Peterson, Max Quinzani, Mike Rock
Robert Rotanz, Andrew Rullan, Tom Rynn, Steve Schoeffel
Devon Sherwood, Sam Solie, Sam Spillane, Dan Theodoridis
Joe Tkac, Jake Tripucka, Justin Turri, Tucker Virtue
Dan Wigrizer, Max Wygod, Kevin Young
Shamel Bratton, Chris Clements, Rhamel Bratton, Matt White
Harry Prevas, Steele Stanwick, Connor English, Adam Ghitelman
Todd Faiella, Chris Bocklet, John Haldy, Peter Borror
Kevin Carroll, Garett Ince, Jarrid Puzes, Mikey Thompson
Rob Fortunato, Chris Landon, Howie Long, Matt Cockerton
Brian McLinden, Brian Pomper, Ryan Nizolek, Blake Riley
Brian McDermott, Ken Clausen, Wyatt Melzer, Nick O’Reilly
Bray Malphrus, Matt Kugler, Jacob Ghitelman, Colin Briggs
Brian Carroll, Ryan Benincasa, Tim Fuchs, Will Bolton,
Matt Lovejoy, Max Pomper, Rob Eimer, Chris LaPierre
Yeardley Love , Kelly Austin, Josie Owen
Claire Banta, Megan Dunleavy, Molly Millard
Liz Downs, Bailey Fogarty, Whitaker Hagerman
Kaitlin Duff, Charlie Finnigan, Caity Whiteley
Molly McClintic, Brittany Kalkstein, Ainsley Baker
Anne Thomas, Caroline McTiernan, Marghi Walters
Julie Gardner, Erin Laschinger, Lauren Benner
Marye Kellermann, Kim Kolarik, Annie Taylor
UVA Lacrosse. UVA Lacrosse.
Girls – We’re sorry about your game loss and end of the season. Our thoughts and blessings are with you regarding the loss of your friend and teammate Yeardley Love. At your young ages, this may be the first loss of a loved one. Yeardley will always be with you. Time does not heal everything but cherish the memories and funyou had with her.
Boys – Kick some butt today. We’re all with you.
Go UVA!
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