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ESPNU released top plays from the first half of the 2012 season. Relive the best moments, according to ESPNU, by watching this highlight reel. Read More...
Virginia's Steele Stanwick scored an incredible one-handed goal against Maryland Saturday. After drawing a slide and taking on two defenders, Stanwick somehow managed to get a good look at the goal and score. UVA ended up winning, 12-8. Read More...
This issue of Stylin’ Strings Lax Customs is Part 2 of our UVA stick series. This round of heads came in after our first consultations with some of the players over their Christmas break. Grab Two Saber’s, Get some Flow, and Twice the Showtime in this five stick rundown special. Read More...
Hopkins and Virginia battled for the Doyle Smith Cup this past weekend. UVa won the Doyle Smith Cup the first five seasons it was awarded before losing it at Homewood Field during a 12-11 setback last season. The game is the seventh annual battle for the Doyle Smith Cup, a spoil since 2006 that goes to the regular season winner in the series. Read More...
A big helmet-to-helmet hit in the Johns Hopkins vs. Virginia game last weekend occurred when Blue Jay Rob Guida got bopped by Virginia's Pat Harbeson. The Referees called it a one minute non-releasable penalty, but Quint Kessenich wanted an ejection. Read More...
As 412_Lax put it, "Zach Palmer decided to score one handed against UVA. Canadians keeping it casual in Charlottesville." Palmer and the Jays did work this weekend by beating UVA in overtime. This goal, however, made the lacrosse Gods smile. It's pure perfection mixed with a lot of creativity. Remember his behind-the-back goal against the Terps last year? Read More...
Follow the University of Virginia's men's lacrosse team as it journeys through the 2012 season attempting to reclaim the National Championship, which it achieved in an exciting and unlikely fashion in 2011. This all-access show will provide an inside look into one of the most successful and respected programs in recent memory, led by the NCAA's all-time winningest Division I lacrosse coach, Dom Starsia. Read More...
Steele Stanwick gets checked to the ground, cradles, and feeds Mark Cockerton from his back in the first quarter against Cornell Saturday. How does Stanwick do it over-and-over again? He's one of the smallest people on the feed, yet, has the heart of an 8' giant. If he's Orion, then his team is Cedalion. Read More...
BALTIMORE, Md. – Steele Stanwick found Colin Briggs in front of the crease to lift the No. 1 Virginia Cavaliers (7-0) to a 9-8 overtime win over the No. 3 Cornell Big Red (3-1) in front of 17,138 fans inside M&T Bank Stadium at Saturday’s Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic. Virginia is now 4-0 all-time in the Face-Off Classic. Read More...
Virginia's Dom Starsia will make $250,000 in annual compensation thanks to a new five-year contract he surreptitiously signed in January. That is a 64.8 percent raise from the guaranteed allotment he received from his previous contract. He stands to make additional money from team sponsors deBeer Lacrosse and Nike. Read More...
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Rob Emery took a Colin Briggs pass and ripped it for the game’s final goal with 4:48 left in the contest, lifting the No. 1 Virginia Cavaliers (1-0) to a season-opening triumph over the No. 20 Drexel Dragons (0-1) on Saturday afternoon, 9-8. Just over three minutes prior, Bobby Hill tallied his first collegiate goal to tie the game, 8-8, in front of an over-capacity crowd of 2,331 inside Vidas Field. Capacity crowd is listed at Vidas Field at 1,500. Read More...
For this episode of the new season of Stylin’ Strings Customs we wanted to come out of the gate swinging to trump the sticks of last season like the Goalie Houndstooth/Flag & the Inside Out Clover for Jake Byrne. We had some correspondence with someone inside the UVA organization. This developed into trading emails with head coach Dom Starsia. After he viewed the SS Lax website and understood what we do he invited us down for a very anticipated special day with the team. Read More...
