June 2, 2010
College notebook: NE connection leads Duke
by Ed Flaherty/
Max Quinzani (Duxbury, Mass.) scored the game-winning goal in the national semifinals for the Duke men's lacrosse team. (photo: Getty Images)
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The Duke University men’s lacrosse team’s New England connection was in full effect over the weekend in Baltimore, providing the two biggest goals on the biggest stage as the Blue Devils won their first-ever national championship.
Duke senior Max Quinzani (Duxbury, Mass.) provided the heroics against Virginia in Saturday night’s semifinal victory, scoring the game-winning goal with just 12 seconds remaining in regulation.
Fellow New Englander CJ Costabile, a sophomore from New Fairfield, Conn., took things a step further on Monday as he won the opening faceoff in overtime against Notre Dame in the national championship game and raced straight down the field before firing home the title-clinching goal in Duke’s 6-5 win.
"It's sick,” Costabile said in an NCAA press release following the championship game victory. “The best feeling about it is we set this goal from the beginning of the year. Guys who have been here before me, [those guys] who have been here three times before and finally seeing them walk off that field with a big smile on their faces is the best moment about that."
On the game-winning play, Costabile won the faceoff against Notre Dame’s Trever Sipperly and raced straight down the field, firing a shot high over Notre Dame goalkeeper Scott Rodgers’ right shoulder.
The goal was just the 11th of Costabile’s Duke career and his first game-winning tally for the Blue Devils.
“I let it fly,” Costabile said in a TV interview following the game. “I just let it go and see where it ends up.”
Rodgers, who was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, said facing a rushing Costabile was a difficult situation.
"You don't really know what you are going to get,” he said in an NCAA press release. “They are coming at you with a 6-foot pole and they can choose to go low or high. We had two guys chasing back on that last play and that isn't what a goalie wants to see. Our game wasn't lost on one play though; it's lost throughout the game."
Costabile was 6-for-10 on faceoffs throughout the game and took control quickly on the game-winning play.
"It was a battle throughout the game, there was that one faceoff that went for over 25 seconds,” he said. “It was a battle and to come out that clean [on the final faceoff], to get my hands in there and pull it out really quick the ball popped out in front of me, it was awesome. I mean the faceoff game is such a team thing and my wings did a great job on that, allowing me to pick up that ground ball really easily."
“CJ Costabile made a play at the end and sometimes in big games somebody’s got to make a big play,” Duke coach John Danowski said of the game-winning goal in a TV interview.
While Quinzani was held to just an assist in the championship game, marking the first game all season he didn’t score a goal for the Blue Devils, the senior tallied four goals in the semifinals against Virginia, including the game-winning tally.
On the game-winning goal, Quinzani took a feed from Ned Crotty and scored with 12 seconds remaining, propelling Duke to the national title game.
Crotty (63 assists in 2010) and Quinzani (68 goals in 2010) have a chemistry that helped them connect on the game-winner.
"I have all the confidence in him and we let him do it,” Quinzani said of Crotty in an NCAA press release. “I tell him all the time that if you throw it, at least you know I'm going to catch it and something good is going to happen.”
“We certainly didn't design it for Ned to throw it to Max,” Danowski said in an NCAA press release. “We would have been delighted for anybody to catch it and throw it in at that point. The way it worked out today was special because those kids have worked so hard."
Quinzani closes his career with an NCAA-best streak of 66 games with a goal or an assist. He scored 199 goals, second most in Duke and NCAA history and helped the Blue Devils to a 65-13 record in his 78 career games.
For their efforts, Quinzani and Costabile were both selected to the all-tournament team.
Other New Englanders on the Duke roster include David Lawson (Westford, Mass.), Parker McKee (Old Greenwich, Conn.), Will McKee (Old Greenwich, Conn.), Henry Meyer (Newton, Mass.), Tom Montelli (Weston, Conn.), Jason Orlando (Sudbury, Mass.), Sam Payton (Cos Cob, Conn.), Robert Rotanz (Westport, Conn.), Sam Spillane (Darien, Conn.) and Dan Theodoridis (Norwalk, Conn.).
Division 1 men
►The New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association has announced the rosters for the 2010 NEILA Turfer East/West All-Star Game.
The game will be played at Emerson College on Sunday, June 6 at 4 p.m.
The coaches of the East squad are Merrimack assistant Chris Lewis and Tufts assistant Brett Holm.
The coaches of the West squad are Brian Kingsbury of Castleton State and Jake Beebe of Springfield College.
The East roster includes Bowdoin attack Adam Tracy, Saint Anselm attack Matt O’Connell, Colby Attack Whit McCarthy, Lasell attack Brian Yepez, Bentley attack Kevin Gould, Endicott midfielder Brad Lipkivich, Tufts midfielder James Atkins, Merrimack midfielder Mark Webber, Saint Anselm midfielder Ryan McDonald, Providence midfielder Jackson Fallon, Bentley midfielder Brad Tunis, Mount Ida College midfielder Matt Vernick, Southern New Hampshire midfielder Terrance Nash, New England College midfielder Matt Vozzolo, Merrimack defender Shane Mahar, Roger Williams defender Rian Kearney, Mount Ida defender Kevin Mulvey, Bowdoin defender Henry Andrews, Providence defender Ryan Riedle, Saint Anselm defender Kevin Debenedetto, Salve Regina defender Nate Burns, Merrimack goalkeeper Cory Spinale and Endicott goalkeeper Eric Hagarty.
Members of the West team include Western New England attack Tim Santye, Sacred Heart attack Tim Katz, Sacred Heart attack Evan Morgan, Western Connecticut attack Andrew Barbieri, Wesleyan attack Jon Killeen, Western Connecticut attack Adam Lanehart, Springfield midfielder Joe Macchi, Castleton attack Jake Rick, Castleton midfielder Mike Martinez, Fairfield midfielder Kevin Peters, Western Connecticut midfielder Kirk Zachary, Wesleyan midfielder Matt Warp, University of Massachusetts midfielder Bob Hayes, Hartford midfielder Justin Bearse, Quinnipiac midfielder Alex Delmaida, Springfield defender Peter Sessa, Western New England defender Nick Zaleski, Springfield defender Mike Smith, Plymouth State defender Tim Nicholson, Keene State defender Kyle Barnett, Bryant defender Matt Murnane, Trinity defender Colin Murphy, Quinnipiac defender Crandon Leahy and Sacred Heart goalkeeper Tom Trgo.
Division 1 women
►The Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Association has announced its Division 1 All-America teams for 2010.
The IWLCA will honor the National All-Americans at the IWLCA All-American banquet on June 12, 2010 at the Crowne Plaza Valley Forge in King of Prussia, Pa.
New England players named to the first team include Duke junior midfielder Sarah Bullard (Needham, Mass.) and North Carolina senior midfielder Jenn Russell (Andover, Mass.).
Second team selections include Boston College senior attack Lauren Costello (Levittown, N.Y.), Vanderbilt senior attack Sarah Downing (Morristown, N.J./Hotchkiss School, Conn.) and Northwestern sophomore attack Alexandra Frank (Westwood, Mass.).
Named to the third team were Penn senior midfielder Emma Spiro (Wellesley, Mass.) and Dartmouth senior goalkeeper Julie Wadland (Andover, Mass).
►The IWLCA has named 40 student-athletes to play in the Division 1 North-South Senior All-Star Game, which will take place at the Champions' Cup on Saturday, June 12.
The Division 1 game will begin at noon at the United Sports Training Center in Downingtown, Pa.
New England players named to the Division 1 North team include McKinley Curro (Boston University attack), Carissa Hauser (Sacred Heart attack), Kara Kelly (Brown midfielder), Rachel Klein (Boston University goalkeeper), Ashley Mitchelides (Connecticut attack), Erin Rigby (Fairfield attack), Chelsea Wagner (Sacred Heart goalkeeper) and Xan Weitzel (Boston University attack).
Named to the South team was North Carolina midfielder Jenn Russell (Andover, Mass.).
►The Northwestern University women’s lacrosse team stormed out to a 6-0 lead against Maryland in Sunday’s NCAA Division 1 championship game but couldn’t keep No. 1 Maryland from rallying as the Terrapins defeated the Wildcats, 13-11.
Alexandra Frank (Westwood, Mass.) had a goal and a ground ball for Northwestern, while Gabriella Flibotte (Cohasset, Mass.) and Sara Harrington (Westwood, Mass.) also played in the championship game for the Wildcats.
Other New Englanders on Northwestern’s roster include Rachel Fox (Andover, Mass.) and Maria Tedeschi (Norwell, Mass.).
Frank and Flibotte helped Northwestern defeat North Carolina in the semifinals on Friday, 15-10.
Frank scored a pair of goals for the Wildcats, while Flibotte caused a pair of turnovers and picked up four ground balls. Both players added three draw controls for Northwestern.
The loss ended the collegiate career for North Carolina’s Jenn Russell (Andover, Mass.), who is a Tewaaraton Award finalist.
Division 2 men
►Several New England-area players helped C.W. post defeat LeMoyne, 14-9, for the Division 2 men’s national title on Sunday.
Brad DeSouza (Trumbull, Conn.) had an assist in C.W. Post’s victory, while Matt Riccio (Trumbull, Conn.) started for the Dolphins and had one ground ball in the win and John Wood (Marblehead, Mass.) had a pair of ground balls.
New Englanders on the C.W. Post roster who didn’t see playing time for the Dolphins on Sunday include Nick Watson (Trumbull, Conn.) and Nick Foote (Trumbull, Conn.).
For LeMoyne, Mike Rabbitt (Simsbury, Conn.) started and had a goal and a ground ball, while Jikado Hanna (Hopkinton, Mass.) saw playing time in the loss.
Division 2 women
►The Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association has honored several New England-area women’s Division 2 players with All-America honors.
The IWLCA will honor the National All-Americans at the IWLCA All-American banquet on June 12, 2010 at the Crowne Plaza Valley Forge in King of Prussia, Pa.
Named to the first team was Stonehill senior defender Jackie Craig.
Second team selections include Merrimack senior attack Mia Basile, Stonehill senior midfielder Jacki Ladino and Stonehill sophomore attack Sam Lynott.
►The IWLCA has named 38 student-athletes to play in the Division 2 North-South Senior All-Star Game, which will take place at the Champions' Cup on Saturday, June 12.
The Division 2 game will begin at 1 p.m. at the United Sports Training Center in Downingtown, Pa.
New England players named to the Division 2 North team include Jaclyn Craig (Stonehill defender), Jackie Ladino (Stonehill midfielder) and Carole Lee (Southern New Hampshire attack).
Division 3 men
►Amherst College has announced that head men’s lacrosse coach Tom Carmean will resign his position to become head coach of the Guilford College men’s lacrosse program.
Carmean led the Amherst men's lacrosse program to an 82-76 record and four NESCAC championship semifinal appearances from 2000-10, including an impressive 32-14 stretch from 2003-05.
Competing in one of the most accomplished conferences in Division 3, the Lord Jeffs finished among the top four teams in the NESCAC six times during Carmean’s tenure, earning the No. 3 seed in the conference tournament in 2005 and 2010. This past season, Amherst posted a 7-4 record in its final 11 games and used notable wins over Bowdoin and Williams to once again finish as one of the conference’s top teams.
“I am looking forward to competing in such a well-established league,” Carmean said. “The ODAC has such highly respected programs, and I look forward to making Guilford more and more competitive in the conference.”
Division 3 women
►The Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association has honored several New England-area women’s Division 3 players with All-America honors.
The IWLCA will honor the National All-Americans at the IWLCA All-American banquet on June 12, 2010 at the Crowne Plaza Valley Forge in King of Prussia, Pa.
Named to the first team were Trinity senior midfielder Liz Bruno, Babson senior midfielder Anna Collins and Tufts senior defender Alyssa Kopp.
Second team selections include Colby senior attack Amy Campbell, Colby senior defender Caroline Duke, Middlebury senior attack Dana Heritage, Trinity junior attack Rachel Romanowsky, Williams junior goalkeeper Julia Schreiber and Bowdoin sophomore midfielder Katie Stewart.
Named to the third team were Bates sophomore midfielder Jenna Dannis, Bowdoin sophomore attack Katie Herter, Trinity junior attack Caite Irvine, Amherst sophomore defender Meredith LaRose, Tufts sophomore midfielder Stephanie Perez and Babson senior midfielder Kaitlyn Pettengill.
►The IWLCA has named 41 student-athletes to play in the Division 3 North-South Senior All-Star Game, which will take place at the Champions' Cup on Saturday, June 12.
The Division 3 game will begin at 2 p.m. at the United Sports Training Center in Downingtown, Pa.
New England players named to the Division 3 North team include Quinn Sanborn Brueggemann (Williams defender), Amy Campbell (Colby attack), Anne Cook (Trinity defender), Caroline Duke (Colby defender), Tracey Ferriter (Williams midfielder), Sarah Remes (Trinity midfielder), Kathleen Scheld (Amherst midfielder), Whitney Thayer (Williams attack), Peggy Wefald (Mount Holyoke midfielder) and Loretta White (Wellesley midfielder).
The Division 3 North team will be coached by Trinity’s Kate Livesay.
