One needs to see just a few plays of Grant Litchfield's football highlight reel to know his scouting report also applies to lacrosse. At Belmont Hill, Litchfield will careen down the field on kickoffs and blow up one blocker after another. As the fall begins, the linebacker from Sudbury, Mass., … [Read more...]
Harvard lands Gerry Byrne, UMass Lowell gets Lisa Miller
Two Division 1 programs in Massachusetts will have new head coaches for the 2020 season, as announced in recent days. Nearly two months after parting ways with Chris Wojcik, Harvard has found its next men's lacrosse coach in Gerry Byrne, a longtime assistant coach at Notre Dame. Meanwhile, UMass … [Read more...]
Chris Gray transfers from Boston University to North Carolina
One of the nation's top attackmen will have a new home for the 2020 season, according to a report from Ty Xanders of Inside Lacrosse. Chris Gray, fresh off a Patriot League record season of 111 points at Boston University, will transfer to the University of North Carolina. Gray, a two-time … [Read more...]
Danielle Spencer departs for Stanford, Dartmouth searches for new coach
After three years as Dartmouth women's lacrosse coach, Danielle Spencer has accepted an identical position at Stanford. During her three seasons in charge of the Big Green, they went 29-19 and recorded back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since the early 2010s. This spring, Dartmouth … [Read more...]
Andrew Baxter named new Fairfield men’s lacrosse coach
Just over a month after longtime coach Andy Copelan stepped down to pursue other opportunities, Fairfield has found a new men's lacrosse coach. After a seven-year run at Yale, Andrew Baxter will now lead the program, the school announced late Monday evening. Baxter has been the Bulldogs' defensive … [Read more...]
Amherst coach Jon Thompson shares lessons learned from 2019 season
Three days after the Division 3 national championship game, Amherst head coach Jon Thompson hadn’t yet broken down the film. That would come in due time, he told New England Lacrosse Journal in a one-on-one interview. Despite that, Thompson (Freeport, Maine) had a strong sense of where the Mammoths … [Read more...]
