As a standout player at the University of New Hampshire a little over a decade ago, Ashley Durepo (Concord, N.H.) was a key part of good teams that were annually in the hunt for an America East championship and national tournament berth. A four-year starter, she helped lead the Wildcats to a spot … [Read more...]
Lana Mickelson’s journey from Pentucket (Mass.) to Division 1
The road to Division 1 women’s lacrosse from Pentucket Regional (Mass.) High School isn’t a well-traveled one. Junior midfielder Lana Mickelson (West Newbury, Mass.) has had to blaze her own path, one that wasn’t without obstacles. From some “hard conversations” with her club coach to an unrelenting … [Read more...]
How close are the region’s D-1 women’s teams to playing?
Wednesday was supposed to be a celebrated day for women’s lacrosse in this region, with a pair of games (UMass at Boston College and Central Conn. State at UConn) marking the end of a long, 11-month, COVID-induced interruption of competition. But UMass had to suspend athletics for at least two weeks … [Read more...]
How close is each of the region’s D-1 men’s teams to playing?
On Saturday, for the first time in 11 months, college lacrosse games involving teams from New England were played. The games themselves will eventually be filed away as footnotes: Bryant won the fourth quarter in edging in-state rival Providence, 9-8; while Sacred Heart was handed a 20-8 loss by … [Read more...]
‘Be water’: College teams prepare to change on the fly
Sacred Heart men’s lacrosse coach John Basti feels his team has the right motto entering the new Division 1 season. “The motto we started was, ‘Be water,’” he said. “That was Bruce Lee’s motto. We adopted that. We don’t know what’s going to happen. Everybody needs to be prepared. Even if you’re not … [Read more...]
Founders League won’t crown champions in spring seasons
Westminster School boys lacrosse coach Ryan Curtis summed up a few weeks ago what likely all his colleagues in the Founders League were thinking: “I don’t think anyone wants the scenario, at any school, where the spring athletes are the ones who miss two seasons,” said Curtis, the program’s … [Read more...]
Phillips Exeter bonds strong, with Tessa Shields at the center
Caroline Kagan (Ipswich, Mass.) hasn’t had what one would call a typical postgraduate year at Phillips Exeter Academy. For one, she won’t set foot on campus as a grad student until next week. Since September, the in-person bonding with teammates has been replaced with Zoom meetings and … [Read more...]
Weekend Rewind: Morrill, #5 Denver hold on to edge Utah
College lacrosse is back. On Saturday, for the first time since last March, NCAA games that counted were played -- two of them. Fifth-ranked Denver edged Utah, 9-8, in the main attraction, hours after Bellarmine took down Mercer, 9-7. It was proof to players, coaches and fans that there will be … [Read more...]
NESCAC update casts doubt on spring lacrosse seasons
The New England Small College Athletic Conference released a statement on Wednesday that cast doubt about its ability to have spring lacrosse seasons. In the update from the presidents of the conference’s 11 member institutions, the league noted that while COVID case numbers have started to decline, … [Read more...]
Tufts seniors to NESCAC administrators: Just let us play
On the heels of Brown University lacrosse teams petitioning for the Ivy League to hold spring seasons, the seniors on the Tufts men’s team have reached out in similar fashion to the New England Small College Athletic Conference. A recent letter addressed to the NESCAC Council of Presidents and … [Read more...]
Staples (Conn.) goal: ‘We want to be in the conversation’
Even though it ended with a loss, there was a sense among the players on the Staples (Conn.) High School boys lacrosse team that the 2019 season was something special. With a new young coach in Will Koshansky, the former Penn standout who spent seven years in the MLL, the Wreckers went 14-6. That … [Read more...]
State of play: MIAA, CIAC, others take steps as spring looms
On Tuesday, winter high school sports athletes in Connecticut were cleared to hold their first practices of the season. On Wednesday, the MIAA voted against postseason tournaments in Massachusetts’ upcoming Fall 2 “wedge” season, but did not rule out the chance of sponsoring tournaments in the … [Read more...]
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