The best Lacrosse coverage is at LaxJournal.com http://www.laxjournal.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:00:29 -0500 RSSCreator 1.2 http://www.laxjournal.com/images/design/laxlogo.jpg http://www.laxjournal.com New England Lax Journal http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2012/02/03_atkinson_to_coach_daniel_webster.php The Daniel Webster College (Nashua, N.H.) department of athletics has announced the promotion of Karen Atkinson to head coach of the Eagles field hockey and women's lacrosse programs. The announcement was made by DWC Director of Athletics Robin Seidman. A native of Reading, Mass., Atkinson served this past fall as assistant coach of the field hockey program. She is a 2011 graduate of Salem State ... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2012/01/31_umass_men_ranked_11th_in_usila.php The University of Massachusetts is the highest ranked men’s lacrosse team in the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association’s Division 1 preseason poll. UMass earned 121 points in the poll for its No. 11 ranking. Other New England teams in the poll include Harvard (13th, 97 points) and Yale (18th, 56 points). New England teams receiving votes include Hartford and Bryant. Defending ... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2012/01/29_cannons_ready_to_regroup.php Steve Duffy took the job with a plan. What followed were two tense weeks of sweating out a pair of potentially franchise-altering drafts before the new coach of the Major League Lacrosse champion Boston Cannons could step back, take a deep breath and be satisfied that plan had, largely, worked. Duffy was hired to replace Bill Daye as Cannons coach just a week before the MLL expansion draft threatened ... Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2012/01/29_new_england_lacrosse_longmeadow.php Every month, New England Lacrosse Journal profiles the development of lacrosse in towns around New England. For most people, the town of Longmeadow, Mass., brings two things to mind: good living and lacrosse. A suburb of Springfield that borders the Connecticut River and the Nutmeg State itself, Longmeadow is among the wealthiest Massachusetts communities west of Worcester, with a great school ... Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2012/01/29_drill_down_the_numbers_drill.php The numbers drill is one of my absolute favorite drills because it incorporates fast breaks, 5-on-4s and 6-on-5s all in one. Not only is this a great drill to run in practice, but it also serves as a great warmup before games because it involves the whole team. The set-up A. Start with a goalie in cage, along with three attackmen and three defensemen in one end of the field. B. Arrange the remaining ... Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2012/01/26_cannons_receive_their_championship.php BRIGHTON, Mass. – It can be difficult enough for Major League Lacrosse players spread throughout the East Coast to make the commitment each week in the summer to fly into Boston for a Friday night Cannons practice and a Saturday game. A Tuesday night in January for a team dinner? That’s not fitting into anyone’s schedule. But this wasn’t just any Tuesday night and it wasn’t ... Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2012/01/24_ghitelman_added_to_harvard.php Former University of Virginia All-America goalie Adam Ghitelman, who won a national championship with the Cavaliers in 2011, has joined the Harvard men's lacrosse staff as a volunteer assistant coach, head coach Chris Wojcik has announced. "I'm happy to welcome Adam Ghitelman to Harvard, and he will be a great addition to our program," Wojcik said. "Adam is a proven winner ... Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2012/01/24_hey,_ref_tying_up_loose_ball.php A Red defender has just stripped his attackman, picked up the loose ball and started upfield. The White attacker is in hot pursuit, revenge on his mind. As they near midfield, the attacker’s desperate, angry wrap check gets nothing but ribs. Flag down! The defender smartly dishes the ball to a midfielder who drops it; as I begin to raise my whistle to blow the ball dead, the horn sounds to ... Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2012/01/24_hey,_ump_rules_limit_players.php Putting oneself in harm’s way is generally considered foolish. The rules of most sports leave it at that. Women’s lacrosse, however, prohibits play where one puts oneself in danger. It is actually against the rules. My informal survey shows this to be another unique aspect of the women’s game and something that can help guide umpires, parents and players to understand certain calls. The ... Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2012/01/22_buyers_guide_sticks_and.php Buyer’s Guide: Sticks and Heads BRINE http://www.brine.com Brine Remix Superlight Newest member of the Superlight family. Keep opposing teams guessing as you always mix things up with this new offensively designed head with Noz, a patented technology of injecting a lacrosse head with nitrogen gas making this one of Brine’s lightest heads. Channeled sidewalls for uniform stiffness. ... Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2012/01/18_hangin_out_with__daniel.php Harvard student Daniel Eipp not only excels in the classroom, where he is a pre-med student, he is a slick attackman on the field. As a freshman, Eipp was fourth on the Crimson in points, was selected as an All-Ivy League honorable mention and won the NEILA Rookie of the Year award. All his success earned the Groton, Mass., native a spot on the United States Under-19 team that will compete in the 2012 ... Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2012/01/18_boston_franchise_eyes_nall.php In the twisting world of professional box lacrosse in New England, the region lost a team last fall — when the Boston Blazers canceled their 2012 National Lacrosse League season — gained one in December, but was left wondering about the future come January. The new North American Lacrosse League announced in late December that a franchise had been awarded to Tyler Low and Jason Wellemeyer ... Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2012/01/17_sherman_named_maine_maritime.php Maine Maritime Academy Director of Athletics Eric Sabean has announced the appointment of Adam Sherman as the Mariners' head coach. Sherman, who has served on the Academy's football staff since last July, will assume his new duties immediately. He will also retain a role with the football program. "We are thrilled to have secured a coach with such a broad array of talents," said ... Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2012/01/15_new_england_players_selected.php Several players with New England ties were selected in Friday’s Major League Lacrosse 2012 Collegiate Draft. Players drafted with New England connections include the following: Duke’s CJ Costabile (New Fairfield, Conn), fifth overall by Chesapeake Virginia’s Colin Briggs (Narragansett, R.I.), sixth overall by Denver Duke’s Robert Rotanz (Westport, Conn.), eighth overall ... Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2012/01/14_cannons_add_eight_players.php The Boston Cannons selected eight players in the 2012 MLL Collegiate Draft on Friday, beginning with Chris Boland, a Johns Hopkins attackman, with the 15th overall pick. The Cannons added a total of eight players to the Collegiate Inactive Roster, who can be activated once their NCAA seasons are complete. With their first five picks, the Cannons focused on adding depth at both ends of the field. ... Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2012/01/13_state_of_the_game_cheating.php There’s a fine-line difference between playing at the edge of the rulebook and trying to beat the rules. One is competing; the other is cheating. Increasingly, however, at all levels of lacrosse, I find players and coaches crossing that line and somehow believing they’re entitled to do it either because they can get away with it or the consequences from being caught are small. The problem ... Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2012/01/13_20_headliners_for_2012.php Every season starts with promise and excitement. In the sports world, it’s the proverbial coming of “next year” in all of those season-ending declarations of “Wait ’til next year.” With the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championships in Foxboro, Mass., and the Boston Cannons defending their first Major League Lacrosse crown, there’s little doubt about the New ... Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2012/01/10_herrera_named_st_joseph_(conn).php Former assistant coach Jim Herrera has been hired as the new head lacrosse coach at Saint Joseph College (West Hartford, Conn). Herrera began his coaching career eight years ago working his way throughout the youth level in Avon, Conn., and also served for four years on the program’s Board of Directors. He was the JV coach at the Ethel Walker School for two years before coming to Saint Joseph ... Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2012/01/04_boston_to_host_mlls_championship.php Major League Lacrosse announced Wednesday that Harvard Stadium will be the host site for the 2012 MLL Championship Weekend on Aug. 25 and 26. Harvard Stadium is the home venue of the 2011 MLL champion Boston Cannons. "We are pleased to bring Championship Weekend back to Boston in 2012," said MLL Commissioner David Gross. "We have had proven event success in Boston as evidenced by ... Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2012/01/04_cannons_announce_2012_schedule.php The Boston Cannons, defending Major League Lacrosse champions, have announced their 2012 season schedule, beginning Saturday, April 28 and culminating with the MLL Championship Weekend on Saturday, Aug. 25 and Sunday, Aug. 26 at Harvard Stadium. The 14-game regular season will include seven home games taking place April through August. The Cannons, who won the franchise's first title in 2011 ... Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2011/12/28_graham_named_head_coach_at.php Marc Graham, who served as the defensive coordinator at Trinity College in Connecticut for five seasons, leading the Bantams to the top-ranked scoring defense in the NESCAC in the 2010 season, has been named head men's lacrosse coach at Vassar College. Graham becomes the eighth coach in program history, and comes to Vassar from Defiance (Ohio), College where he was the program's first-ever ... Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2011/12/27_sports_medicine_ankle_sprains.php The recent focus of the lacrosse medical community has been on sports-related concussions and anterior-cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries, and while both of these injuries are serious and deserve attention, the most common injury sustained while playing lacrosse is the sprained ankle. At both the collegiate and high school levels, male and female lacrosse players sustained sprained ankle injuries at ... Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2011/12/23_glynn_named_mit_womens_coach.php MIT athletic director Julie Soriero has announced the hiring of Holly Glynn as the new head coach of the women's lacrosse program. Glynn comes to MIT following a brief stint as an assistant coach at Mount Ida College. Prior to her time at Mount Ida, Glynn was the head of lacrosse at Sedbergh School in Sedbergh, United Kingdom, for the 2011 season. During her tenure, she coached the school's ... Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2011/12/22_giving_back_through_lacrosse.php Through the years, sports and charities have in some ways become intertwined. Everyone in New England thinks of the Red Sox when the Jimmy Fund is mentioned; for the past two years, Major League Baseball’s Roberto Clemente Award has gone to Red Sox players, with Tim Wakefield and David Ortiz honored. Think of pink towels and shoes in the National Football League for breast cancer awareness. ... Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2011/12/14_maines_moore_named_stetson.php Maine native Nicole Moore has been named Stetson University women’s lacrosse coach. "I am really excited about bringing Nicole in to be our first women's lacrosse coach," Stetson Director of Athletics Jeff Altier said. "She comes very highly recommended from some of the best coaches in the country and she has an abundance of experience as an assistant coach. I believe she ... Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2011/12/10_voyageurs_represent_team_usa.php Five members of the Vermont Voyageurs were on the Team USA roster for the second annual “Bowhunter Cup,” played Oct. 16 against the Iroquois Nationals in upstate New York. Ethan Farrell (Nantucket, Mass.), Merrimack grad Greg Rogowski, Brandon Dube of Endicott College, Dan Deckelbaum and Ryan Hotaling — who also was a member of the Boston Blazers — were on the USA squad for ... Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2011/12/08_cannons_lose_quinzani,_add.php The Boston Cannons had a major roster shake-up on Wednesday with the 2012 Major League Lacrosse Expansion Draft held. The draft allowed the league’s two new expansion franchises – Charlotte Hounds and Ohio Machine – to fill out their rosters. In addition to the expansion teams, other MLL franchises had picks acquired through trades. Overall, the Cannons lost Max Quinzani (Charlotte ... Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2011/11/30_quinnipiacs_caro_earns_iwlca.php The Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association has named Quinnipiac University women’s head coach Danie Caro as the recipient of the President’s Cup. The President's Cup is awarded to that individual who has worked to promote, develop and enhance the intercollegiate women's lacrosse game during the past year. Caro currently serves on the Board of Directors for ... Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2011/11/30_hey_ump_changes_over_cards.php Of all proposed rules changes for women’s lacrosse in 2012, the one that has created the most “pushback” or controversy is playing short on the offensive and defensive ends after yellow cards. Up through last year, when a player earned a yellow card, their team’s requirement to keep four players above the restraining line was lifted, reduced by the number of players on temporary ... Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.laxjournal.com/news/2011/11/30_hey,_ref_rules_can_be_confusing.php It’s late in the game, and White is trailing when its goalie makes a save and runs out of the cage to scoop up the loose ball. The clock is ticking and the goalie’s time to advance the ball and beat the count is about to end, so he launches a full-field desperation pass. A second after he releases the ball — so while the ball is in flight — a Blue attacker hits him late. Flag ... Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST