Monthly Archives: October 2009

Southern California Lacrosse: US Lacrosse Names Henry “Hank” Nunez “Program Administrator Of The Year” For His Work With Orange County Lacrosse Association And In Founding Tustin Youth Lacrosse

Posted on October 26, 2009 | Leave a comment
 

 Program Administrator of the Year
Henry ‘Hank’ Nunez – Tustin, Calif.

US Lacrosse

Henry "Hank" Nunez

Henry "Hank" Nunez

This award is given to an outstanding administrator of a league or program who runs a program of excellence that upholds the mission and vision of US Lacrosse. Hank Nunez is the founder of the Hewes Middle School and Tustin youth lacrosse programs. He is the commissioner for the Orange County Lacrosse Association boys’ teams where he coordinates fields, divisions, playoffs and training. Nunez ensures the proper growth of the game, making sure that new programs in his area are started in the right way by providing leadership and resources. Nunez plays a large role in making lacrosse one of the fastest growing sports in Southern California.

 

http://www.laxmagazine.com/genrel/102609_usl_youth_excellence_awards

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College Lacrosse Recruiting: Quality Of “Planning” Is Key To Being Successfully Recruited By College Lacrosse Program

Posted on October 26, 2009 | Leave a comment

www.victoryrecruiting.com 610-620-3189 www.collegerecruiting.tv

www.victoryrecruiting.com 610-620-3189 www.collegerecruiting.tv

Time is crucial regarding college recruiting. Can I get it all done?

 

 Any worthy goal can be reached and some goals require more time and attention than others. The key to successfully navigating the college recruiting process is planning. If you have a plan in place, even if it is a “catch up” plan, you will give yourself the best chance in reaching your goals.

 Develop your plan with detail and confidence. You do not want to just ”throw something together” and swing for the seats. It would be better to have less time and an impeccable plan than to have too much time and a mediocre plan. Remember, your confidence level is half the battle here!

  Tom Kovic

 Victory Collegiate Consulting

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Colorado Lacrosse Showcase: Major League Lacrosse Denver Outlaws Defeat University Of Denver 15-13

Posted on October 25, 2009 | Leave a comment

denver lacrosseAfter leading for the first three quarters, the University of Denver men’s lacrosse team gave up three fourth quarter goals to the Denver Outlaws, losing the inaugural Colorado Lacrosse Showcase 15-13 on Saturday afternoon at the Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium.

Junior Todd Baxter (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and sophomore Mark Matthews (Oshawa, Ontario) each had a hat trick and an assist in the contest, while sophomore Alex Demopoulos (Canton, Conn.) scored two goals with five assists. 

Senior Charley Dickenson (Dallas, Texas) and junior Andrew Lay (Denver, Colo.) also tallied a goaldenver outlaws lacrosse and an assist a piece, while freshman Chase Carraro (Louisville, Ky.), sophomore Patrick Rogers (Portland, Ore.) and senior Deke Jackson (Boise, Idaho) each scored one goal.

“If you had told me coming into this game that we would only lose by two to the Denver Outlaws, I would have been happy, but of course with the way that we played today we were disappointed with the loss,” said head coach Bill Tierney. “I am so proud of the way our guys performed and with the way they answered to the pressure of playing against one of the best professional lacrosse teams.”

Drew Westervelt led the Outlaws with seven goals and Brendan Mundorf added three goals and an assist, while Lou Braun, Shane Koppens, Dan Hardy, Jeff Sonke and Matt Brown all found the back of the net as well.

Serving as the defensive coach during the first two periods of action, Brown then came out of the intermission dressed in his No. 16 Outlaws jersey, providing fresh legs and a another scoring option.

The Pioneers will enter the Carrier Dome on Friday, Feb. 19 to face an Orange team that posted a 16-2 overall record last season and a dramatic 10-9 come-from-behind win in overtime against Cornell at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., to capture the program’s 11th National Championship.

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High School Lacrosse Recruiting Profile: Los Gatos (CA) High School Boys Lacrosse Defenseman Eli Burnham Is A Scholarship-Athlete Playing At NCAA Div. III Birmingham-Southern Lacrosse (AL)

Posted on October 25, 2009 | Leave a comment
Eli Burnham Birmingham Southern lacrosse

Eli Burnham was the defensive MVP at Birmingham-Southern last spring

(From Los Gatos Observer Article) Graduating from Los Gatos High School before lacrosse became a sanctioned high school sport did not slow Eli Burnham down.

BirminghamSouthern LacrosseAfter playing all through high school for the West Valley Red Hawks lacrosse club, Burnham now plays lacrosse at Division III Birmingham-Southern in Alabama, which added lacrosse as a varsity sport last spring.

Burnham, a defenseman, was one of only nine players to play in all 15 games for the Panthers last spring, starting 11. He scored a goal and had three assists while his team posted a respectable 6-9 record in its inaugural season. Burnham was named the team’s most-valuable defensive player.

In high school, Burnham was captain of the Red Hawks, who posted a 44-2 record during his three years of varsity play and won the California Varsity Club Lacrosse Championship in 2008.

He was also named an Academic All-American by US Lacrosse, the national governing body of Lacrosse. While with the Red Hawks, he earned a spot as a starter on the Northern California All-Star Team traveling to compete at the University of Denver recruiting camp as well as the U-17 Vail tournament.

Burnham’s academic achievements at Los Gatos High School more than qualified him for the honor of Academic All-American. He took four AP classes as a junior and five AP classes as a senior. Burnham scored a combined 2310 on his SAT and had a 4.38 cumulative GPA.

Burnham took part in a scholarship competition at Birmingham-Southern and finished in the top 2 out of 185 applicants. He was awarded the “Thomas E. Jernigan Honor Scholarship,” a full academic scholarship for four years, and he is one of 35 students who were accepted into the college’s Honors Program.

http://www.losgatosobserver.com/2009/10/22/where_are_they_now_eli_burnham

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College Lacrosse Profile: Virginia Men’s Lacrosse Defenseman Ken Clausen Interviewed On Need For UVA To Get Tougher In 2010 (Video)

Posted on October 25, 2009 | Leave a comment
On the heels of consecutive final four exits, UVA is looking to get tougher in 2010. Defenseman Ken Clausen will be a big part of that plan.

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Men’s Lacrosse National Champions From 1881 (Harvard) -2008 (Syracuse)

Posted on October 24, 2009 | Leave a comment

 ncaa national lacrosse championships

Year

Champion
1881 Harvard
1882 Harvard
1883 Harvard, Princeton, & Yale
1884 Princeton
1885 Harvard
1886 Harvard
1887 Harvard
1888 Princeton
1889 Princeton
1890 Lehigh
1891 Johns Hopkins
1892 Stevens Tech
1893 Lehigh
1894 Stevens Tech
1895 New York University
1896 Lehigh
1897 Lehigh
1898 Johns Hopkins
1899 Johns Hopkins
1900 Johns Hopkins
1901 Swarthmore
1902 Johns Hopkins
1903 Johns Hopkins
1904 Swarthmore
1905 Swarthmore
1906 Johns Hopkins
1907 Johns Hopkins, & Cornell

Year

Champion
1908 Johns Hopkins
1909 Johns Hopkins
1910 Swarthmore
1911 Johns Hopkins
1912 Harvard
1913 Johns Hopkins, Harvard
1914 Navy
1915 Johns Hopkins
1916 Lehigh
1917 Lehigh
1918 Navy
1919 Navy
1920 Navy, Syracuse
1921 Navy, Lehigh
1922 Syracuse, Navy
1923 Army
1924 Syracuse
1925 Navy, Syracuse
1926 Johns Hopkins
1927 Johns Hopkins
1928 Johns Hopkins
1929 St. John’s (MD)
1930 St. John’s (MD)
1931 St. John’s (MD)
1932 Johns Hopkins
1933 Johns Hopkins
1934 Johns Hopkins

Year

Champion

Year

Champion

Year

Champion
1936 Maryland 1949 Johns Hopkins 1961 Army, Navy
1937 Maryland, Princeton 1950 Johns Hopkins 1962 Navy
1938 Navy 1951 Army, Princeton 1963 Navy
1939 Maryland 1952 Rensselaer 1964 Navy
1940 Maryland 1953 Princeton 1965 Navy
1941 Johns Hopkins 1954 Navy 1966 Navy
1942 Princeton 1955 Maryland 1967 Maryland, Navy, Johns Hopkins
1943 Navy 1956 Maryland 1968 Johns Hopkins
1944 Army 1957 Johns Hopkins 1969 Army, Johns Hopkins
1945 Army, Navy 1958 Army 1970 Johns Hopkins, Navy, Virginia
1946 Navy 1959 Army, Johns Hopkins 1971 Cornell
1947 Johns Hopkins 1960 Navy 1972 Virginia

Year

Champion

Score

Defeated

Venue
1971 Cornell 12 – 6 Maryland Hofstra Stadium, Hempstead, NY
1972 Virginia 13 – 12 Johns Hopkins Byrd Stadium, College Park, MD
1973 Maryland 10 – 9 (2 OT) Johns Hopkins Franklin Field, Philadelphia, PA
1974 Johns Hopkins 17 – 12 Maryland Rutgers Stadium I, Piscataway, NJ
1975 Maryland 20 – 13 Navy Homewood Field, Baltimore, MD
1976 Cornell 16 – 13 (OT) Maryland Brown Stadium, Providence, RI
1977 Cornell 16 – 8 Johns Hopkins Scott Stadium, Charlottesville, VA
1978 Johns Hopkins 13 – 8 Cornell Rutgers Stadium I, Piscataway, NJ
1979 Johns Hopkins 15 – 9 Maryland Byrd Stadium
1980 Johns Hopkins 9 – 8 (2 OT) Virginia Schoellkopf Field, Ithaca, NY
1981 North Carolina 14 – 13 Johns Hopkins Palmer Stadium, Princeton, NJ
1982 North Carolina 7 – 5 Johns Hopkins Scott Stadium
1983 Syracuse 17 – 16 Johns Hopkins Rutgers Stadium I
1984 Johns Hopkins 13 – 10 Syracuse Delaware Stadium, Newark, DE
1985 Johns Hopkins 11 – 4 Syracuse Brown Stadium
1986 North Carolina 10 – 9 (OT) Virginia Delaware Stadium
1987 Johns Hopkins 11 – 10 Cornell Rutgers Stadium I
1988 Syracuse 13 – 8 Cornell Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY
1989 Syracuse 13 – 12 Johns Hopkins Byrd Stadium
1990 Syracuse[a] 21 – 9 Loyola (MD) Rutgers Stadium I
1991 North Carolina 18 – 13 Towson Carrier Dome
1992 Princeton 10 – 9 OT Syracuse Franklin Field
1993 Syracuse 13 – 12 North Carolina Byrd Stadium
1994 Princeton 9 – 8 (OT) Virginia Byrd Stadium
1995 Syracuse 13 – 9 Maryland Byrd Stadium
1996 Princeton 13 – 12 (OT) Virginia Byrd Stadium
1997 Princeton 19 – 7 Maryland Byrd Stadium
1998 Princeton 15 – 5 Maryland Rutgers Stadium, Piscataway
1999 Virginia 12 – 10 Syracuse Byrd Stadium
2000 Syracuse 13 – 7 Princeton Byrd Stadium
2001 Princeton 10 – 9 (OT) Syracuse Rutgers Stadium
2002 Syracuse 13 – 12 Princeton Rutgers Stadium
2003 Virginia 9 – 7 Johns Hopkins M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore
2004 Syracuse 14 – 13 Navy M&T Bank Stadium
2005 Johns Hopkins 9 – 8 Duke Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
2006 Virginia 15 – 7 Massachusetts Lincoln Financial Field
2007 Johns Hopkins 12 – 11 Duke M&T Bank Stadium
2008 Syracuse 13 – 10 Johns Hopkins Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA

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Lacrosse Music Tour: LXMPro In Orange County (CA) On Nov. 21 To Feature Chapman Men’s Lacrosse Vs. UC Santa Barbara And Singer “AKON”

Posted on October 24, 2009 | Leave a comment

LXMPro Chapman Vs Santa Barbara

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College Women’s Lacrosse: Stanford Women’s Lacrosse Announces Challenging 2010 Schedule That Includes Northwestern, Syracuse And Maryland

Posted on October 23, 2009 | Leave a comment
Stanford LacrosseStanford women’s lacrosse coach Amy Bokker announced the 2010 schedule on Tuesday. The schedule includes nine home games to be played at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium as well as a difficult road schedule.

Date                                     Opponent                      Location                Time 

10/03/09                         Harvard                          Boston, Mass.      8:30 a.m. PT                                              Massachusetts              Boston, Mass.      10:50 a.m. PT10/04/09                         Boston University       Boston, Mass.      6:10 a.m. PT                                              Boston College              Boston, Mass.      8:30 a.m. PT                                              New Hampshire            Boston, Mass.      9:40 a.m. PT10/17/09                          UC Davis                         Stanford, Calif.    10:00 a.m. PT                                               Saint Mary’s *               Stanford, Calif.      1:00 p.m. PT10/18/09                          Saint Mary’s                   Berkeley, Calif.      8:45 a.m. PT                                               Fresno State                  Berkeley, Calif.     10:15 a.m. PT                                               California                        Berkeley, Calif.     12:30 p.m. PT                                               UC Davis                          Berkeley, Calif.       2:00 p.m. PT10/25/09                          California                        Davis, Calif.               9:50 a.m. PT                                               UC Davis                          Davis, Calif.             12:50 p.m. PT                                               Saint Mary’s                   Davis, Calif.              2:10 p.m. PT                                               Fresno State                  Davis, Calif.              3:30 p.m. PT

01/31/10                           Cal Playday                    Berkeley, Calif.          All Day

02/19/10                           LeMoyne                         Syracuse, N.Y.       10:00 a.m. PT02/21/10                           Syracuse                          Syracuse, N.Y.       10:00 a.m. PT02/26/10                           Northwestern                Stanford, Calif.        4:00 p.m. PT02/28/10                           Ohio State                        Stanford, CA            1:00 p.m. PT03/04/10                           Davidson                         Stanford, CA            4:00 p.m. PT03/07/10                           Vanderbilt                     Stanford, CA             1:00 p.m. PT03/22/10                            Cincinnati                      Stanford, CA             1:00 p.m. PT03/25/10                            Maryland                       College Park, Md.    4:00 p.m. PT03/27/10                            Towson                           Towson, Md.             10:00 a.m. PT03/31/10                             Hofstra                            Stanford, CA             6:00 p.m. PT04/02/10                            Fesno State *                 Fresno, Calif.            7:00 p.m. PT04/04/10                            California *                     Berkeley, Calif.        1:00 p.m. PT04/11/10                             Denver                             Denver, Colo.           12:00 p.m. PT04/16/10                             Oregon *                          Stanford, Calif.        6:00 p.m. PT04/18/10                             Saint Mary’s *                Stanford, Calif.        1:00 p.m. PT04/25/10                             UC Davis *                      Stanford, Calif.         1:00 p.m. PT04/29/10                             MPSF Championships Denver, Colo. TBA04/30/10                             MPSF Championships Denver, Colo. TBA05/01/10                             MPSF Championships Denver, Colo. TBA05/02/10                             MPSF Championships Denver, Colo. TBA

The Stanford women will play a challenging schedule that includes five teams from last year’s NCAA tournament. They will open their home season against the defending national champion, Northwestern, on Feb. 26.

Last season the Cardinal finished 14-4 and won its fifth consecutive MPSF title, but were not selected for the NCAA tournament. In 2010, they will look to continue to raise the reputation of West Coast lacrosse as they seek their second NCAA bid in program history and first since 2006.

In addition to Northwestern, the Cardinal will face returning tournament teams Syracuse, Vanderbilt, Maryland and Towson. Vanderbilt will travel to Stanford on Sunday, March 7, but the Cardinal will have to face the other three opponents on the road.

The difficulty of the schedule should allow Stanford to prove they belong in the NCAA tournament if they can beat some of the nation’s top teams.

Conference play begins Friday, April 2, when they travel to the Central Valley to face Fresno State. A week later they face Bay Area rival, California, also on the road. The home conference season opens Friday, April 16, when Oregon comes to town. Saint Mary’s and UC Davis make up the rest of the home conference schedule.

Stanford will seek its sixth consecutive MPSF tournament title beginning Thursday, April 29. This season the University of Denver will host the competition.

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NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse: Lacrosse Loses An Average Of $640,000 Per School As Football And Basketball Are Only Profitable Sports

Posted on October 23, 2009 | Leave a comment

NCAA Men's Lacrosse(From Wall Street Journal Article)

Whenever the NCAA issues a report documenting the net revenue of sports across the country, there are always two inevitabilities: Football and basketball make gobs of money, while almost everything else is in the red.

Costly Competition

Here are the median revenues for collegiate sports in schools that have major football programs.

NCAA MEN’S SPORT 2008 NET REVENUE PER SCHOOL
Football +$1,950,00
Basketball +$518,000
Baseball -$709,000
Track & Field, Cross Country -$657,000
Lacrosse -$640,000
Ice Hockey -$605,000
Soccer -$583,000
Swimming -$545,000
Wrestling -$518,000
Gymnastics -$418,000

Source: NCAA

 You name it, and colleges lose money on it. In a list examining the athletic departments of 119 Division I schools, 15 of the 17 men’s sports the NCAA examined lost money. Baseball and track and field were the most costly, and even fencing had a median loss of $114,000. Only basketball and football were profitable, but they don’t bring in enough cash to offset the money-draining volleyball and wrestling teams of the world.

The combined annual profit for football and basketball (using median figures) was about $2.5 million. But if you take the median profits of every sport the NCAA documented, the typical athletic program lost almost $4 million. (And that doesn’t include women’s sports—all 19 the NCAA examined lost money, including basketball.)

Baseball teams are a particularly substantial financial drain largely because these programs offer nearly as many scholarships as basketball and travel as much as football teams. Another major problem is attendance. Some of the most prestigious football programs welcome 100,000-plus fans to home games. Meanwhile, last year when San Diego State had pitching phenom Stephen Strasburg—the No. 1 pick in the 2009 MLB Draft and widely considered one of the best prospects ever—the team averaged 1,012 fans per game. That’s not to mention television contracts. Major networks aren’t exactly lining up to broadcast the national gymnastics championships.

But in the end, if your basketball and football teams rake in wins, your school will rake in cash. The Florida Gators’ cross-country and swimming teams, among others, lost $4.6 million last year. Football and basketball? They pulled in a gaudy $49.4 million.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704224004574489281301154084.html

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Western College Women’s Lacrosse: Denver Women’s Lacrosse Announces 2010 Schedule Which Includes Duke, North Carolina and Stanford

Posted on October 23, 2009 | Leave a comment

denver lacrosseThe University of Denver women’s lacrosse team will play nine of 17 games at Barton Lacrosse Stadium in addition to hosting the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament, DU head coach Liza Kelly announced today.

Date                            Day                  Opponent                Location  

Jan. 29                        Fri.                    St. Mary’s           Moraga, Calif. 

Jan. 31                        Sun.                 Cal Play-day       Berkeley, Calif.

Feb. 12                       Fri.                   Duke                      Durham, N.C.

Feb. 14                       Sun.                 UNC                   Chapel Hill, N.C. 

Feb. 18                       Thurs.             Stony Brook      Barton Stadium

Feb. 22                       Mon.               Duquesne           Barton Stadium

Feb. 28                       Sun.            Mt. St. Mary’s          Barton

Mar. 3                         Wed.               Loyola                   Barton Stadium

Mar. 6                         Sat.                  Holy Cross           Barton Stadium 

Mar. 20                       Sat.                  Rutgers              Barton Stadium

Mar. 26                       Fri.                    George Mason     Washington, D.C.

Mar. 28                       Sun.                 Albany                  College Park, Md.

Apr. 2                          Fri.                    California              Berkeley, Calif.

Apr. 9                          Fri.                   UC Davis           Barton Stadium 

Apr. 11                        Sun.                 Stanford                Barton Stadium

Apr. 17                        Sat.                  Fresno State         Barton Stadium 

Apr. 24                        Sat.                  Oregon             Eugene, Ore.

Apr. 29-May 2 Thurs.-Sun.           MPSF Championship      Barton Stadium 

May 8                         Sat.                  Play in Game (A-10 Champion @ MPSF Champion)

May 16                       Sun.                 First Round NCAA Tournament           TBA

May 22                       Sat.                  Second Round NCAA Tournament      TBA   

May 28-30                 Fri-Sun            Final Four NCAA Tournament     Towson, Md.          TBA

ALL TIMES MOUNTAIN AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Denver will face four of the nation’s top ranked teams from last season: North Carolina (fourth in the NCAA in 2009), Duke (fifth), Stanford (13th) and Loyola (18th). Additionally, the winner of the MPSF Tournament in Denver will face the Atlantic-10 champion for a berth in the NCAA Tournament.

 “We have created a challenging schedule that should help our young team develop as we head into the MPSF Tournament,” Kelly said.

 The Pioneers open the season with four straight on the road, beginning at St. Mary’s (Jan. 29) and in Berkeley, Calif., for Cal-Play Day (Jan. 31).

 Denver then takes on two of the nation’s toughest teams when DU heads to Duke (Feb. 12), which finished fifth last season after falling in an overtime thriller to Penn in the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals, and the University of North Carolina (Feb. 14), which played in the national championship game last year.

Denver return home for six straight at Barton Lacrosse Stadium against Stony Brook (Feb. 18), Duquesne (Feb. 22), Mount St. Mary’s (Feb. 28), Loyola (March 3), Holy Cross (March 6) and Rutgers (March 20).

 After another road swing, DU returns home for three final regular season home games against UC Davis (April 9), Stanford (April 11) and Fresno State (April 17).

 DU will host the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament at Barton Lacrosse Stadium on April 29-May 2. The winner of the MPSF title will play the Atlantic-10 champion for an NCAA Tournament bid.

 The Pioneers return 23 players from the 2009 squad, including All-MPSF honoree Ali Flury (Arnold, Md.) and MPSF Co-Newcomer of the Year Ashley Harman (Boyertown, Pa.). DU finished the 2009 season with a 10-8 overall record and went 4-2 in the MPSF.

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