The sole Division 1 college lacrosse program in South Carolina has ceased operations—-for the second time in a decade. Greenville-based Furman University announced this week the elimination of its men’s lacrosse team, which had played at the D1 level since the 2011 season. South Carolina’s only other D1 program was launched by Presbyterian College in…
The news last month involving Johns Hopkins Lacrosse and coach Dave Petriemala was sad. And granted, it was momentarily exciting just to see some news—any news—coming out of Johns Hopkins University that didn’t involve outbreak clusters, serology tests, or case-fatality ratios. But the Hopkins athletic department, it turned out, was announcing that it had “mutually…
Bill Tierney’s coaching odyssey tends to find its way into the lives of many of the best lacrosse players from Colorado. And what exactly was the response to Bill Tierney’s decision after the 2009 season to leave Princeton, where he’d won 6 NCAA lacrosse national championships, and take over the head coaching position at the…
Something had long been missing from Missouri’s contribution to Division 1 college lacrosse. Florida had Sergio Salcido. Georgia had Nicky Solomon. Kentucky had Chase Carraro. Washington state had Drew Snider. Oregon had Peter Baum, and more recently, Sam Handley. Arizona too had both Pearce Bassett and Cade Van Raaphorst. Even Alabama, yes, Alabama, had Jack Jasinski.…
