Four teams have battled their way to the semifinals of the NCAA Division 1 men's lacrosse championship. Princeton, Maryland, Rutgers and Cornell will now head to East Hartford, Conn., to determine the 2022 national champion. Maryland will face Princeton and Rutgers will square off against Cornell … [Read more...]
Why Bowdoin’s Ethan Barnard is better than your average Bear
There are players who leave indelible marks on their schools. And then there are players who leave indelible marks on the coaches that game-planned against them — and still failed to stop them. Bowdoin face-off man Ethan Barnard (Boxford, Mass.) is the latter. A draw specialist for prep juggernaut … [Read more...]
Division 3: Recognizing the All-Conference players and coaches
The NCAA Division 3 championship bracket is still going strong, with eight teams vying for the chance to play for the title. The goal for those top teams, which play quarterfinal games on Saturday, has always been to make it to Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn., on the Sunday before Memorial … [Read more...]
From the podcast: ISL playoff architect, Seb’s coach Adam White
On this week’s episode of New England Lacrosse Journal’s “Chasing The Goal” podcast, hosts Kyle Devitte and Jack Piatelli welcomed St. Sebastian's head coach Adam White. Adam White played lacrosse at Dartmouth and has been the coach at Seb's since the 2017 season. He recently won the prestigious … [Read more...]
Watch list: Analyzing the top five goal scorers in the ISL
In case you didn't know, the Independent School League playoffs are here. And, for fans of offense, all of the league’s top goal scorers are in the championship bracket. A tournament years in the making promises intense, competitive lacrosse, with a champion being crowned on Sunday at Belmont … [Read more...]
D-3 takeaways: How Tufts and Bowdoin pushed into Elite 8
It was a sweltering opening weekend of NCAA tournament play in Division 3, with several games matching, and then exceeding, the temperature challenge. It was a sampler platter of pretty much every kind of game imaginable. Blowouts, late-game runs, and one huge final-second defensive stand. Even if … [Read more...]