At St. George’s School, junior midfielder Izzy Lahah plays lacrosse -- and other sports -- with a single-minded purpose. “Me and my assistant coach often describe her as a golden retriever,” said Blair Ingraham, who coaches Lahah in lacrosse and field hockey. “She sees the ball, she needs the ball … [Read more...]
Recruiting: ‘Cuse commit Kaci Benoit next for loaded Darien
As a freshman at Hamden Hall Country Day School in Connecticut, Kaci Benoit’s college lacrosse dreams were admittedly modest. “I was not even thinking of a top-25, top-30 Division 1 school,” she said. And now? Try a top-two. Benoit, a junior midfielder at Darien (Conn.) High School, recently made … [Read more...]
The Division 3 experience: How the women’s game has grown
Michelle Smith is one of the women who has witnessed the growth of the Division 3 game from the ground level. Before she took over the program at Babson College in 2011, she was starring as a player at Trinity. Before that, she was learning the game growing up in Wayland, Mass., in a girls lacrosse … [Read more...]
Recruiting: UMass-bound Brigid Welch of Walpole a fast study
Brigid Welch didn’t pick up the sport of lacrosse until the seventh grade. “But since then I haven’t put down my stick,” she said. Welch, a midfielder at Walpole (Mass.) High School, became the latest junior from the MIAA ranks to finalize her college plans after committing to the University of … [Read more...]
Twice as nice: Why O’Keeffe sisters of Nobles chose Dartmouth
They were determined to make their recruiting journeys -- and arrive at their destinations -- separately. When it came time for college visits, talented twin sisters Fiona and Annie O’Keeffe from Noble and Greenough opted to split up, each taking in potential landing spots individually so as not to … [Read more...]
Goalie Jimmy McCool amped for Team USA gig before ‘Cuse
It started with a bet. New Hampton School senior goalie Jimmy McCool (West Roxbury, Mass.) is rarely at a loss for words, and sometimes those words land him in predicaments. After playing football at the school as a freshman, he got into a discussion with a former classmate about the merits —or lack … [Read more...]