This is the first in a series of posts—intended for players, fans, and recruits—focusing on some of the lesser-known, lower-profile programs within Division 1 college lacrosse. One of the best lacrosse players to attend Monmouth University never, in fact, played lacrosse at the New Jersey school. Chris Hogan, who would ultimately win two Super Bowls…
Why include the lacrosse program at Deerfield Academy, a quintessentially leafy and prestigious boarding school located in western Massachusetts, in a site devoted to players and schools outside the sport’s traditional hotbeds? The answer involves one of lacrosse’s all-time best players. Actually, calling him that seems a little too dismissive. He’s been variously described as…
Upper Arlington has been one of the top high school lacrosse programs in the state of Ohio since the 1980’s. Which, back in the 80’s at least, wasn’t much of a claim. After all, as one-time Dublin Scioto coach Robert Scott pointed out to the Ohio State student newspaper in 2002, when he played at…
Division 1 college lacrosse always seems to be at least a couple of steps behind the state of California. But even if you hadn’t been all that alert, you might’ve detected the presence of Californians at the D1 level at least a couple of times over the years. Beginning maybe with the sight of Syracuse…
There are 178 Canadians on Division 1 college lacrosse rosters in 2022. This fact was mentioned in our recent profile of the powerhouse lacrosse program at Ontario’s Hill Academy, which has become a training ground for both Canadian and, increasingly, U.S. talent for D1 college teams. As a result of that post, we received a…
It’s not too difficult to pick up on the impact of Culver Academy grads on Division 1 college lacrosse. Last weekend was just one example. In the course of a single day, Mike Robinson, a junior attackman from Ontario, had 7 goals and two assists for Delaware against Monmouth; another former Eagle, Princeton’s Sam English,…
