Alex Frank is counting the days before she sees the bulk of her players in person for the first time since perfection was interrupted last spring. The 2008 Westwood(Mass.) High School graduate and three-time Northwestern University national champion as a player could not have scripted a better start … [Read more...]
Winter Watch: Optimism, realism are sharing a table at Harvard
Gerry Byrne’s first season as Harvard University men’s lacrosse coach was over after four games when the coronavirus health crisis struck. Nearly 10 months later, Byrne still hasn’t seen many of the players in person who left campus that harrowing week in March and have yet to return. The Ivy League … [Read more...]
Peak performance: Molly Little of Denver now on national stage
Liza Kelly said she knew the University of Denver women’s lacrosse team was getting a good athlete and skilled player in Molly Little (Tiverton, R.I.) when the Tabor Academy alum transferred in from the University of Vermont following her freshman year. The Denver head coach soon determined Little … [Read more...]
Duxbury’s Nick Marrocco still loving the championship impact
In the middle of a lost summer for much of the world, Nick Marrocco found something within himself to overcome the 120-degree turf night after night after night, and the punishing string of games that he said left him sore for two weeks, to lead an undermanned team competing amid the fears and … [Read more...]
Face time: Alleyne’s aim is diversity, inclusion, inspiration
Kris Alleyne wants to do what he can to make lacrosse a sport where kids who look like him believe they can grow up and realize the opportunities he’s enjoyed because of it. The Connecticut Hammerheads goaltender said for a good 10 years he was the only Black player on his team as he grew up about … [Read more...]
Sean Sconone cemented elite goalie status with Hammerheads
All Bill Warder needed from Sean Sconone was for the goalie to stand on his head and put the team on his back, and the Connecticut Hammerheads coach was pretty sure everything would work out in the Major League Lacrosse tournament season. It was a big ask, Warder readily admits, but one he made of … [Read more...]
Behind the bubble: How unlikely heroes boosted champ Cannons
In a season like no other in history – in a world where guarantees and constants had become so elusive and fleeting – the Boston Cannons had a chance to do something indelible amid so much uncertainty. In their sixth game in nine days, playing the 20th season as a founding franchise of a league … [Read more...]
MLL: Playoff rematch worth the wait for Corcoran, Cannons
Scott Corcoran’s long-sought homecoming has turned into one long road trip. The Merrimack College and Austin Prep alumnus thought it was about time when he was traded to the Boston Cannons from the New York Lizards on March 4 after three Major League Lacrosse seasons. But when the world started to … [Read more...]
Cannons, Hammerheads poised for sprint to the MLL finish
The marathon is about to turn into a sprint for the Major League Lacrosse championship. While the MLL has found a way to persevere with its 20th season amid the coronavirus health crisis, it will certainly be a season like no other starting Saturday, when all six teams travel to Navy-Marine Corps … [Read more...]
‘Heartbroken’ — Mass. guidelines force cancellation of Senior Classic
Tom Dalicandro knows he should have known better than to get his hopes up about seeing the vision of a Senior Classic lacrosse tournament for all those players across Massachusetts who missed out on their final high school season come to fruition this summer. He just couldn’t help it. “I think it … [Read more...]
Michael Kraus set to make another mark in Connecticut
Michael Kraus (New Canaan, Conn.) drove all the way from Virginia to Connecticut, and back, before he learned he was coming home to stay. The New Canaan High School alumnus said he returned to Connecticut soon after the coronavirus health crisis canceled the University of Virginia lacrosse team’s … [Read more...]
Ally DaCosta’s return bolsters Merrimack’s D-1 foundation
It was an adjustment. The opponents were faster. The players were taller. The penalty for any letup in focus or intensity was something the Merrimack College women’s lacrosse team had not experienced in recent years as it steadily rose to the top of the Division 2 Northeast-10 Conference. “Obviously … [Read more...]
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