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Lehigh Men’s Lacrosse 2012 Player Blog: #Good2Great

By Lacrosse Playground | April 6, 2012 |
On Thursday night of last week, our travel squad hit the road for Annapolis, with a tough Navy team waiting for us on the other side. We got into our hotel pretty late, so there wasn’t much to do other than go to sleep and rest up for the following day. Reminiscent of my prep school days, Coach Wilson came around and checked everyone in…one of his many versatile roles as an assistant coach. Read More...

HEADstrong Introduces Newest Awareness Product, Relentless Sweatband Watch

By Lacrosse Playground | April 6, 2012 |
Holmes, PA – Join Lacrosse Playground this season and support the HEADstrong Foundation and their relentless pursuit of defeating blood cancer by purchasing their newest awareness product; the Relentless Sweatband Watch. Lacrosse Playground has gained an exclusive look at HEADstrong’s newest item, soon to be available online. Read More...

ESPNU’s Best Lacrosse Plays from the First Half of the Season

By Lacrosse Playground | April 6, 2012 |
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...

Lions Clinch THSLL Playoff Seed With 8-6 Win Over Coppell

By Lacrosse Playground | April 6, 2012 |
On Thursday night at Hunt Family Stadium, the St. Mark’s Lions (11-2) clinched a THSLL playoff seed and a bye in the North District playoffs with an 8-6 victory over the Coppell Cowboys (7-5). The Lions under Coach Hayward Lee remain unbeaten in North District play through six games. First-year coach Alex Poole’s Cowboys suffered their third Division I loss with only three games remaining against HP, Plano, and mid-cities rival Southlake Carroll. This was the first meeting between the two teams since Coppell eliminated St. Mark’s by a score of 11-10 in the 2011 Texas State Championship Semi-Finals. Read More...

Syracuse Hosts Princeton For First Time Since 2008

By Lacrosse Playground | April 6, 2012 |
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Two of the most highly decorated programs in college lacrosse square off when No. 11 Princeton (6-2) visits the Carrier Dome for the first time since 2008 to meet No. 17 Syracuse (4-4) Saturday, April 7 at 4 p.m. The Orange (11) and Tigers (6) have won 17 NCAA championships between them. In addition, the two schools have combined for 50 NCAA Tournament appearances. Read More...

How To String: 9 Diamond Top String

By Lacrosse Playground | April 6, 2012 |
Two of our best content providers, The Lacrosse Network and East Coast Dyes, have teamed up to bring LPG readers weekly instructional videos on stringing. In the first video, Greg From East Coast Dyes, shows us how to string a 9 diamond top string. Read More...

Titan Women Host Special Olympics Day

By Lacrosse Playground | April 6, 2012 |
DETROIT -- There was a lot competition on campus on Wednesday, but instead of counting runs or goals, it was all about the smiles on kid's faces as Detroit hosted a Special Olympics Day on Wednesday. Read More...

No. 3 Virginia Grabs ACC Road Triumph at No. 9 Maryland, 12-8

By Lacrosse Playground | March 31, 2012 |
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Steele Stanwick tied a career high with eight points, pacing the No. 3 Virginia Cavaliers (9-1, 1-0 ACC) to a stellar road victory, 12-8, against the No. 9 Maryland Terrapins (5-3, 1-2 ACC) on Saturday afternoon, inside Byrd Stadium. Stanwick had three goals and five assists, his fifth-straight game of the season with at least a trio of helpers. Read More...

No. 2/3 Massachusetts Holds Off Harvard Men’s Lacrosse

By Lacrosse Playground | March 28, 2012 |
AMHERST, Mass. – Alex White scored a career-high three goals, and Kevin Vaughan recorded three assists, but the Harvard men’s lacrosse team fell on the road at No. 2/3 Massachusetts by a score of 16-8 Tuesday evening. Will Walker added two goals and an assist for the Crimson, which sees its overall record slip to 4-4. White also won 6-of-11 faceoffs and collected five ground balls, while Keegan Michel went 6-of-14 in faceoff chances. Will Manny (5-2-7) and Art Kell (4-1-5) paced UMass in scoring, as the Minutemen improve to 8-0 overall this spring. Read More...

Top High School Lacrosse Teams in the Nation Square Off in Lacrosseplayground.com Spring Classic Presented by Motive Pure

By Lacrosse Playground | March 14, 2012 |
Washington, D.C., March 14, 2012 - Some of the top high school lacrosse teams in the country will face-off in the LacrossePlayground.com Spring Classic Presented by Motive Pure. The inaugural event will be held March 23-24 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md. and features six high-action boys’ and girls’ high school lacrosse games. Read More...

Boathouse Sports and LacrossePlayground.com Announce “MAKE IT — TAKE IT” Contest Winner

By Lacrosse Playground | March 17, 2011 |
Philadelphia, PA – March 17, 2011 –The winner of the Boathouse Sports/LacrossePlayground.com "MAKE IT--TAKE IT CONTEST" was a submission from Dublin, Ireland's newest lacrosse team the "DUBLIN BAY PRAWNS."