Lacrosse Playground

ISTANBUL, TURKEY — The Israel men’s national lacrosse team made their international debut on Friday, topping Turkey, 13-9, at Sadi Gülçelik Sports Center on Friday. Tel Aviv’s Mike Grosz scored the first goal in program history just three minutes into the match, and European official Henning Schmidt reacted by halting play to present the ball to Israel head coach Bill Beroza. Read More…

The tryouts for the Inaugural Empire State Cup are underway all over NYS. The actual event takes place in late July in Syracuse, but tryouts started this week and will be completed by the end of next week. LPG has a few game photos from the Somers tryout on Monday. Read More…

CHESTER, Pa. – For the third time in program history the Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team will be playing on Championship Weekend. No. 4 Notre Dame topped No. 5 and defending national champion Virginia 12-10 on Sunday afternoon in the NCAA quarterfinals at PPL Park. Read More…

CHESTER, Pa. – Duke University used a 13-0 run over the course of three quarters en route to a convincing 17-6 win over Colgate in front of 10,770 fans the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse quarterfinals at PPL Park. Senior Robert Rotanz had six points and CJ Costabile picked up 15 ground balls to lead the third-seeded Blue Devils to the NCAA semifinals for the eighth time overall and sixth consecutive. Read More…

The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team erased a five-goal deficit with seven straight goals bridging the second and third quarters, but Maryland wouldn’t go away as Joe Cummings scored with six seconds remaining to hand the Mountain Hawks a crushing 10-9 defeat, in an NCAA First Round game Sunday night. Read More…

Episcopal High School, based in Alexandria, Va, is having a stellar season. The Maroon, 11-6, are coached by Princeton All-American Scott Conklin. Conklin and the team decided to go with Nike sublimated Six Nations lacrosse uniforms this season and they are catching positive attention in a traditionally conventional league. Read More…

HAMILTON, N.Y. – The eighth-ranked and second-seeded Lehigh men’s lacrosse team put together one of its strongest offensive outbursts of the season, tying a season-high 16 goals to beat the #10 Colgate Raiders, 16-14 and win its first-ever Patriot League Tournament Championship on Sunday. The Mountain Hawks (14-2) jumped out to a 5-0 lead then held off a Raiders’ (12-3) charge to earn the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Junior Dante Fantoni earned Tournament MVP honors after posting nine points over the two games (five goals, four assists). Read More…

HAMILTON, N.Y. – For the first time in school history, the Lehigh men’s lacrosse team advanced to the Patriot League Championship Game as the #8 Mountain Hawks (13-2) downed #19 Army (7-7), 13-7, Friday night at Andy Kerr Stadium. Senior Adam Johnson posted his 14th-career hat trick while junior Dante Fantoni had five points on two goals and three assists to lead the Mountain Hawks’ attack. Read More…

The Denver Outlaws travelled east to scrimmage the Chesapeake Bayhawks this past weekend at Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Md. The scrimmage featured the teams’ traditional players, yet the rain apparently spoiled the afternoon. The two teams fought at least four times before the game ended. Read More…

EASTON, Pa. – The #12/10 Lehigh men’s lacrosse team dominated from the opening whistle and wouldn’t look back as the Mountain Hawks (12-2, 5-1 Patriot League) downed Lafayette, 16-6, in their regular season finale Saturday. With the victory, Lehigh enters next weekend’s Patriot League Tournament winners of 11 of their last 12 games. The 12 wins have tied a school record – previously accomplished in 1994 – while the five league wins have set a new school mark. Read More…