Month: March 2013

Griffo Scores Late Goals to Lift Spartans Past Bears

By Lacrosse Playground | March 31, 2013 |
HICKORY, N.C. - In a game with five lead changes and eight ties, Greg Griffo scored two goals in the final three minutes to give the University of Tampa men's lacrosse team a 13-11 win over deep south conference opponent Lenoir-Rhyne Saturday afternoon at Moretz stadium. With the win the Spartans improve to 8-4 overall and 5-1 in conference play, while the Bears fall to 8-5 and 5-2 in the DSC. Read More...
Coast Guard Academy Lacrosse Posts Win Over WPI, 17-3

Coast Guard Academy Lacrosse Posts Win Over WPI, 17-3

By Lacrosse Playground | March 31, 2013 |
Worcester, Mass. – The #7 U.S. Coast Guard Academy Men’s Lacrosse team received goals from 10 different players as they posted a convincing 17-3 win over Worcester Polytechnic Institute last night. With the win, the Blue and Orange advance to 5-1, 1-0 in the PCLL South. Read More...
Apr 1, 2012; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels midfielder R.G. Keenan (25) scores against John Hopkins Blue Jays goalie Pierce Bassett (33) at the Big City Classic at MetLife Stadium. North Carolina Tar Heels defeat the John Hopkins Blue Jays 13-9. Mandatory Credit: Jim O'Connor-USA TODAY Sports

Video, Keenan’s OT Goal Lifts UNC Past Hopkins

By Lacrosse Playground | March 31, 2013 |
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - North Carolina junior face-off man R.G. Keenan will always remember the first ever game he played in Kenan Stadium. The Perry Hall, Md., native won the overtime face-off and scored six seconds later to lift #7 Carolina to a pulsating 11-10 overtime win over #10 Johns Hopkins before 5,922 fans and a national TV audience on ESPNU. Read More...
Jimmy Bitter High School Lacrosse Highlights

Jimmy Bitter High School Lacrosse Highlights

By Lacrosse Playground | March 29, 2013 |
Jimmy Bitter, who recently took a hit to the groin, has been tearing it up this season with his supported cast at UNC. Bitter plays with so much enthusiasm. He never takes a play off and, as you can see, it pays off to go hard. Read More...
January 1,2013; Tampa, FL, USA; South Carolina Gamecocks defensive end Jadeveon Clowney (7) against the Michigan Wolverines during the second half of the 2013 Outback Bowl at Raymond James Stadium. South Carolina Gamecocks defeated the Michigan Wolverines 33-28. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

2013 Lehigh Lacrosse Player Blog: Back On Track

By Lacrosse Playground | March 29, 2013 |
I know I haven’t mentioned Ty much in this blog, but I can’t think of a kid I respect more for how hard he works on the field and just how great of a kid he is. Even though he is in the grade below me, I look up to him more than anyone on the team. Read More...

South African Lacrosse Project Is An Experience Of A Lifetime, Limited Spots Available

By Lacrosse Playground | March 29, 2013 |
In early July of every year the South African Lacrosse Project (SALP) holds their annual lacrosse camp. It is held during the South African school holidays, which also coincide with ours. This allows them to bring over 15-20 American lacrosse players every year to help run the camp and coach the kids. Read More...

New York Lizards Reveal New Jersey

By Lacrosse Playground | March 29, 2013 |
NEW YORK - The New York Lizards unveiled their brand new, 2013 jersey, on Sports New York's The WheelHouse on Thursday evening as part of an official presentation by Eamon McAnaney to his Wheelhouse co-host Brian Custer. Lizards players Greg Gurenlian, Drew Adams, and Max Seibald joined McAnaney on-set to present the jersey. Read More...

Harvard Men’s Lacrosse and No. 12/10 Duke to Meet Saturday Live on NBC Sports Network

By Lacrosse Playground | March 28, 2013 |
The Harvard men's lacrosse team will welcome No. 12/10 Duke to Harvard Stadium Saturday, March 30 at 7 p.m. for a non-conference showdown live on NBC Sports Network. Mark Dixon will provide the play-by-play for the game with Evan Washburn adding color commentary. Read More...

Forest Lacrosse Club Shooting Shirts

By Lacrosse Playground | March 28, 2013 |
These shooting shirts were designed for the Forest Lacrosse Club which is the team for Jefferson Forest High School in Forest, VA. Right now they are a club team, but will soon be officially sponsored by their high school once Bedford County sanctions lacrosse as a varsity sport. Sleeves display an Argyle pattern. Made by Laxfactor.com.

Third Quarter Surge Lifts #7 North Carolina Over #19 Brown, 18-12

By Lacrosse Playground | March 28, 2013 |
Chapel Hill, NC - Seventh-ranked North Carolina utilized a 7-4 third quarter surge to earn an 18-12 win over 19th-ranked Brown at Fetzer Field before a national television audience on ESPNU. The Tar Heels extend their record to 6-2 for the season, while Brown had its five game winning streak stopped, falling to 5-2 overall. Read More...

Leopards Victorious in Double Overtime Thriller

By Lacrosse Playground | March 28, 2013 |
HIGH POINT, N.C. – With the clock running out in the second session of overtime, freshman attack Kevin Wanke found an open spot behind the High Point defense and put his shot in the back of the net to lift the Lafayette men’s lacrosse team to a double-overtime victory over High Point on Wednesday evening, 10-9. The Leopards were unfazed by two High Point goals in the final 1:29 of regulation to force the overtime session. Read More...

Brown Lacrosse Camo Shooting Shirts Worn In Memory of Fallen Teammate, Marine

By Lacrosse Playground | March 27, 2013 |
If you watched the Wednesday night game on ESPNU tonight, then you noticed the Brown players and coaching staff wearing Camo shooting shirts. The shirts were made to honor Charlie Kenney who died in August from an unexpected seizure. Read More...