With the calendar flipping to September and new college years beginning, can new college lacrosse seasons be that far behind? It’s not too early to spotlight some of the top players from the region we’ll have an eye on next spring. These can be players coming off award-winning seasons, transfers … [Read more...]
NCAA denies IWLCA request, Sept. 1 still first ’22 contact date
Despite more than four-fifths of the coaching association favoring a change, the NCAA has declined to move the date of first contact for Class of 2022 girls recruits to next summer. With many high school and prep school players seeing their summer club seasons abbreviated, following spring seasons … [Read more...]
For New Hampshire’s Daziel sisters, a circle is now complete
Years ago, when it came time for Riann Daziel (East Hampstead, N.H.) to choose a college, there were a few reasons why a startup program at the University of Mount Olive (N.C.) looked attractive to her. One was the school and the warm weather that surrounded it. She had family in the region. And by … [Read more...]
Transfer roundup: Amherst’s Jimmy McAfee to Villanova
Two of the latest lacrosse transfers from the region are headed to Philadelphia. Villanova head coach Mike Corrado and his staff announced earlier this week the addition of graduate transfer and short-stick midfielder Jimmy McAfee from Amherst College. Meanwhile, goalie Shana Hecht is moving from … [Read more...]
COVID-19 college fallout: What’s changed for lacrosse?
For the first time in five months, colleges in the region are opening their campuses to students and student-athletes. Not every college, though, has unlocked its doors due to concerns over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and fall sports seasons have been largely decimated. Several conferences, most … [Read more...]
Stephen Gaskill’s inspiring road from Harlem Lacrosse to BU
In terms of miles, Stephen Gaskill’s journey from Chelsea, Mass., where he grew up in the shadow of the Tobin Bridge, to Boston University, where he’ll enroll next year, is a short one. In terms of what it took for him to get there, it’s practically an odyssey. Heading into his final year at Noble … [Read more...]