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NCAA Lacrosse: Video Highlights Of Denver Men’s Lacrosse Vs U.S. Men’s National Lacrosse Team At 2012 Champion Challenge

Posted on February 3, 2012 | Leave a comment

Highlights from the 2012 Champion® Challenge a US Lacrosse event featuring Denver vs U.S. National Team at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort.

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NCAA Lacrosse: Northwestern Women’s Lacrosse Loses To Team USA 16-6 In US Lacrosse Champion Challenge Exhibition On Jan 29

Posted on January 31, 2012 | Leave a comment

Northwestern tested its mettle against arguably the best women's lacrosse team in the world on Sunday, falling 16-6 to Team USA in exhibition play at the U.S. Lacrosse Champion Challenge in Orlando, Fla.

 The matchup presented a chance for the current ‘Cats to go up against a number of former Northwestern greats, who combined to score eight of Team USA’s 16 goals.

The Wildcats, who shook off a slow start and eventually found their rhythm to the tune five second-half goals, were led in scoring by Amanda Macaluso’s two goals and one assist. Senior goalkeeper Brianne LoMantoplayed the full 60 minutes in the net and made 11 saves. .

“It’s obviously a lot to handle, they have unbelievable players top to bottom,” said NU head coach Kelly Amonte Hiller of Team USA. “We did a nice job battling and we did some good things defensively. It was just some little things that cost us — ground ball battles, turnovers toward the beginning. We just have to keep working on those things before the season.”

For more: http://www.nusports.com/sports/w-lacros/recaps/012912aab.html

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Lacrosse In The Military: “Navy SEALS” Have Benefitted From Skills Learned Playing Lacrosse (Video)

Posted on January 30, 2012 | Leave a comment

Lacrosse is a sport that has produced successful BUD/S candidates. The skill sets learned in lacrosse such as pain tolerance and mental toughness translate well over to Navy SEAL training.

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NCAA Lacrosse: Denver Men’s Lacrosse Loses To U.S. Men’s National Lacrosse Team 16-15 In Overtime

Posted on January 29, 2012 | Leave a comment

Despite an eight-point showing from senior Mark Matthews(Oshawa, Ontario), the University of Denver men’s lacrosse team fell 16-15 in overtime to the U.S. National Team on Sunday afternoon from ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

Matthews finished with eight points on four goals and four assists, while fellow senior Patrick Rogers (Portland, Ore.) added five goals. Also scoring for the Pioneers was junior Eric Law (Centennial, Colo.) with three goals and junior Cameron Flint (Georgetown, Ontario) with two goals. Senior Alex Demopoulos (Canton, Conn.) rounded out the scoring with one goal and three assists for four points.

Sophomore Jamie Faus (Lakeville, Conn.) finished with an impressive 14 saves while allowing only 16 goals. The sophomore faced 64 shots.

Kevin Leveille led the U.S. National Team with five goals and one assist, while Chazz Woodson finished with three goals and an assist. Goalkeeper Drew Adams made 11 saves and allowed eight goals in 34 minutes of action.

After the United States’ Matt Stiebel opened the scoring just three minutes into the action with an unassisted goal, DU’s Law scored with 9:53 on the clock off a pass from Matthews. Matthews found the back of the net less than two minutes later off a pass from Law and the Pioneers tool a 2-1 advantage. Denver extended its lead to 3-1 with 6:38 left to play as Law scored a man-up goal off a pass from Matthews.

USA answered 37 seconds later off a goal by Stephen Berger and then tied the game at 3-3 with 3:52 left to play in the quarter.

Both teams exchanged two goals apiece to open the second quarter. It wasn’t until the 5:15 mark that the U.S. took the advantage off a goal by Max Seibald. Berger gave the U.S. team a two-goal cushion with 4:39 to play.

Demopoulos scored for Denver with 2:02 remaining, but the U.S. had two goals from Woodson to take a 9-6 lead with 1:26 before the half. Flint cut the deficit to two goals with a goal with 12 second left on the clock.

Denver outscored the U.S. 5-3 in the third quarter to tie the game at 12-12 with goals from Matthews, Flint, Rogers (2) and Law. The U.S. took a two-goal lead within the first three minutes of action of the fourth quarter, and then after a goal by Matthews, took a 15-13 lead off a goal by Leveille with 10:23 left. Rogers scored the Pioneers’ final two goals to send the game into overtime.

Leveille scored the game-winner with 1:11 left in extra time to give the U.S. team the 16-15 win.

For more:  http://www.denverpioneers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=10874&DB_OEM_ID=18600&ATCLID=205370639

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NCAA Lacrosse: “Lacrosse Magazine” 2012 “Preseason NCAA Men’s Div I Lacrosse” Rankings Feature #1 Virginia Followed By Duke, Johns Hopkins, Cornell And Denver

Posted on December 29, 2011 | Leave a comment

NCAA Division I Men

1. Virginia
2. Duke
3. Johns Hopkins
4. Cornell
5. Denver
6. North Carolina
7. Maryland
8. Syracuse
9. Notre Dame
10. Villanova
11. Harvard
12. Massachusetts
13. Princeton
14. Penn State
15. Penn
16. Bucknell
17. Yale
18. Hofstra
19. Loyola
20. Ohio State

Preseason Player of the Year: Rob Pannell, Cornell

For more:  http://www.laxmagazine.com/college_men/DI/2011-12/news/122911_lacrosse_magazine_releases_college_preseason_rankings_and_honorees

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NCAA Lacrosse: “Lacrosse Magazine” Releases 2012 “Preseason NCAA Div Women’s Lacrosse” Rankings Featuring #1 Northwestern Followed By Maryland, North Carolina, Duke And Florida; Stanford Ranked #9 And Notre Dame #18

Posted on December 29, 2011 | Leave a comment

NCAA Division I Women

1. Northwestern
2. Maryland
3. North Carolina
4. Duke
5. Florida
6. Virginia
7. Princeton
8. Boston College
9. Stanford
10. Loyola
11. James Madison
12. Penn
13. Dartmouth
14. Syracuse
15. Penn State
16. Vanderbilt
17. Georgetown
18. Notre Dame
19. Albany
20. Harvard

Preseason Player of the Year: Shannon Smith, Northwestern

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NCAA Lacrosse Recruiting: “Ivy League Lacrosse” Schools Now Offer “Financial Aid Awards” That Are Superior To “NCAA Div I Lacrosse Scholarships”

Posted on December 24, 2011 | Leave a comment

“…the new, plentiful financial aid awards have permitted Ivy League coaches to compete head-to-head in the same recruiting arena as some big-time scholarship programs. And in sports like baseball, soccer, wrestling or lacrosse, where most athletic scholarships are split into partial scholarships worth a half or a quarter of the cost to attend, it is not uncommon for an Ivy League financial aid package to be superior to the athletic scholarship…”

At most Ivy League institutions, families earning less than about $65,000 annually are now asked to make no contribution to their children’s education. Families making $65,000 to $180,000 might be expected to pay 10 percent to 18 percent of their annual income on a sliding scale. Ten years ago, such families would have been expected to pay almost twice as much, and their child would probably have accumulated a debt of about $25,000 after four years.

The current guidelines vary from institution to institution and can be affected by multiple factors, but each Ivy League member has significantly increased aid packages and has shown noteworthy largess. And in another unprecedented move, a vast majority will match the aid package offered by another Ivy League member. That makes the financial aid awards in the Ivy League generally the most generous of any group of colleges or universities in the United States.

For more:  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/sports/financial-aid-changes-game-as-sports-teams-in-ivies-rise.html

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Lacrosse In The Community: Philadelphia-Based “LEAPS Lacrosse” Mentors At-Risk Youth Using “Lacrosse To Teach Life Skills” (Video)

Posted on December 10, 2011 | Leave a comment

LEAPS’ mission is to enrich the lives of youth through lacrosse and education, as well as instill the importance of a healthy and active lifestyle. All of which will, in turn, help them develop a positive worldview. LEAPS will show that with hard work on and off the field, anyone can be successful.

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Team USA Lacrosse: US Lacrosse Announces Rosters For “2012 Champion Challenge” U.S. National Men’s And Women’s Lacrosse Teams

Posted on December 9, 2011 | Leave a comment

US Lacrosse has announced the U.S. national men's and women's senior teams rosters for the 2012 Champion Challenge, a US Lacrosse event. Both national teams will face off against top collegiate and international competition at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Jan. 27-29.

The 21-member U.S. men’s senior team will play the University of Denver Sunday, Jan. 29. Leading the coaching staff for Champion Challenge will be several members of the U.S. men’s national team that claimed Team USA’s ninth title at the 2010 Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Cup. The staff includes Kevin Cassese, currently the head coach at Lehigh University, Shawn Nadelen, entering his first season as head coach at Towson University, and Brian Dougherty, head coach at Chestnut Hill College. The roster includes players from the 2010 World Cup team and the 2009 training team as well as numerous professional level standouts.

The full U.S. men’s roster:

No. Pos. Name Current Team College
6 G Scott Rodgers Hamilton Nationals Notre Dame ’10
9 M Matt Striebel Rochester Rattlers Princeton ’01
10 D Matt Bocklet Denver Outlaws Johns Hopkins ’08
13 M Stephen Berger Charlotte Hounds Washington ’04
14 G Drew Adams Long Island Lizards Penn State ’09
19 A Kevin Leveille UMassters LC Massachusetts ’03
20 M Stephen Peyser Long Island Lizards Johns Hopkins ’08
22 A Casey Powell Hamilton Nationals Syracuse ’98
24 M Chris Eck Boston Cannons Colgate ’08
25 A Chazz Woodson LXM Pro Tour Brown ’05
26 M Doug Shanahan Ft. Lauderdale Flamingos Hofstra ’01
27 D Steven Waldeck Toronto Nationals Stony Brook ’10
29 D Lee Zink Denver Outlaws Maryland ’04
33 D Michael Evans Chesapeake Bayhawks Johns Hopkins ’09
41 D Brian Farrell Boston Cannons Maryland ’11
42 M Max Seibald Denver Outlaws Cornell ’09
43 D Greg Bice Ohio Machine Ohio State ’04
44 M Steven Brooks Chesapeake Bayhawks Syracuse ’08
56 M Peet Poillon Chesapeake Bayhawks UMBC ’09
91 A Mike Leveille New York Athletic Club Syracuse ’08
99 A Dan Glading Chesapeake Bayhawks Virginia ’09

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National Youth Lacrosse: US Lacrosse “Sports Science & Safety” Committee Releases Recommendations For 2012 Including Training, Practice, Hydration, And Concussion Prevention

Posted on December 3, 2011 | Leave a comment
The US Lacrosse Sports Science and Safety Committee, a diverse group of professionals that specialize in a variety of disciplines within the sports medicine field, today released the position paper “Boys’ and Girls’ Youth Lacrosse Participation Recommendations.” The paper codifies US Lacrosse’s effort to combine existing medical literature with common-sense solutions during a year-long project to turn the focus of the youth game to player development, team play, sportsmanship and safety. The project reached a milestone in September, when, after nine months of research and development, age-appropriate playing rules for youth lacrosse were passed by the US Lacrosse Board of Directors. CLICK ON PICTURE TO VIEW RECOMMENDATIONS.

For more:  http://www.uslacrosse.org/UtilityNav/AboutTheSport/HealthSafety/CommitteeMembers.aspx

 

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