Transfer Portal Focus: California’s George Pike and Avon Old Farms For a number of years now, Florida lacrosse has benefitted from a parade of seasoned coaches relocating to the state from northern hotbeds. The list of transplanted talent includes former Penn, Hopkins, and Towson coach, and Hall of Famer Tony Seaman. Also on the list…
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If you wanted evidence of the shifting demographics of Division 1 college lacrosse, you could start by looking at the career of Maryland coach John Tillman. John Tillman and the Terps? On the heels of a national championship game, why would you possibly focus on the runner-up? And yes, however narrowly and heartbreakingly, Maryland did, after…
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There was probably at least some initial confusion surrounding even the best lacrosse players from Arizona. Take, for instance, the D1 debut at Johns Hopkins of one of the players featured here. The fact that there’s another Phoenix—as opposed to the Maryland town of the same name—might’ve been news to some blinkered Blue Jay fans that…
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10 years ago this week a milestone in the history of Florida lacrosse was achieved in the swamp. No, not in “The” Swamp —as in the celebrated Gainesville haunt of Dan Mullen, Steve Spurrier, Urban Myer, and the Florida Gators. The particular “swamp” involved here was a decidedly lower-case one: the New Jersey wetland that…
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Players from outside traditional lacrosse hotbeds have been honored as the Under Armour All-Americans since the event’s inaugural game in 2006. That first game, for instance, included a 6’6, 260 lb. attackman from Rancho Bernardo High School and San Diego who more closely resembled an N.F.L. lineman—something which he ultimately became. But Will Yeatman was…
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They actually play lacrosse in Kentucky? They do. As a matter of fact, they actually play Division 1 lacrosse in Kentucky. The fact that this isn’t widely known, even among many knowledgeable college lacrosse fans, is telling—and unfortunate. And also Kentucky tends to be discarded as a regional laggard in lacrosse, in comparison to neighbors…
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Will Jared Bernhardt play college lacrosse in 2021? It might seem ridiculous to focus on whether an individual player will be on a college lacrosse field next spring when it’s still unclear whether anyone will be. Granted, Bernhardt’s an exceptional talent. A First-Team All-American and Tewaaraton Award finalist, the Maryland attackman is also indisputably one…
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The very first Division 1 college lacrosse game played in Georgia, fittingly enough, featured one of the state’s all-time best players. But Neal Hicks, who had a goal and two assists that day in 2008 against Dartmouth, wasn’t the only Georgian on the field for Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish roster also included Andrew Gleason,…
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It’s been addition by subtraction for the Mercer, Georgia’s only Division 1 college lacrosse program. Following the resignation of Kyle Hannan in August, the Macon-based school had named Chad Surman as his interim replacement. With an announcement yesterday by Mercer Director of Athletics Jim Cole, the interim part of the title is now gone: Surman…
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It’s pretty easy to snicker at Jacksonville’s self-proclaimed status as the “Lacrosse Capital of The South”. That’s assuming you came across the conceit on, say, a yard sign planted next to some sun-blistered campus equipment shed. Or on a bumper sticker slapped to the convertible of some ancient, leathery program booster. But that’s not the…
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Two potential candidates for this list of Minnesota’s all-time best Division 1 lacrosse players share an interesting distinction. They’ve yet to play a full season of D1 college lacrosse. Due to an injury to sophomore Cade Saustad (one of Texas’s all-time best lacrosse players) Quentin Matsui of Eden Prairie became one of several freshmen defenders…
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