Lacrosse Playground

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Lehigh men’s lacrosse team scored four of the first five second-half goals to break a 5-5 tie, on the way to one of its biggest wins in school history as the Mountain Hawks downed the #4 North Carolina Tar Heels, 9-8 on Saturday evening. Junior Ryan Snyder won 13-of-20 faceoffs while three Mountain Hawks scored two goals apiece and freshman Matt Poillon made eight saves between the pipes. Read More…

Building, building, building…we’re constantly building. We build off each week and every game. There’s as much to take from a loss, as there is to take from a win. Last Saturday was a beautiful day, the sun was out and the weather was just right as we went up against UNC. Read More…

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — University of North Carolina sophomore All-America attackman Nicky Galasso underwent surgery to repair a fracture in his left foot last Friday and will be sidelined for approximately two months, UNC head coach Joe Breschi and men’s lacrosse athletic trainer Nina Walker announced Tuesday. Read More…

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Two seniors and one junior have been named as tri-captains of the 2011-12 University of North Carolina men’s lacrosse team, head coach Joe Breschi announced Tuesday. The three captains were chosen by a vote of their teammates on Monday, the day after the conclusion of fall ball for the Tar Heels. Read More…

UNC has received new gear for the 2012 season and it does not disappoint. The team will be wearing Titanium CPXR helmets and lacing up in their choice of Nike Huarache III’s or Nike Zoom Vapor Carbon LX cleats. Read More…

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.–North Carolina and Ohio State will open fall ball play Sunday, October 9 at 12 noon in the Fall Ball Lacrosse Classic at Calvert Hall College High School in Towson, Md. All proceeds from the game will go to the Michael R. Breschi Scholarship Fund at The Ohio State University. Read More…

United States women’s national soccer team and a two-time Olympic Gold medalist Heather O’Reilly is not only a badass soccer player, but she is also engaged to a former UNC laxer. Read More…

Lacrosse Playground, every once in awhile, features a different lacrosse athlete as part of our “Grip ‘N Rip” series, where we’ll find out what the best use to fine tune their game. Today we feature UNC All-American, Billy Bitter.