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NLLinsider.com produced a list of the top 20 high level draft prospects for the 2011 season of the National Lacrosse League and Elmira’s very own Brad Levick ’09 ranked among the elite 20. The National Lacrosse League is a professional indoor lacrosse league that contains 11 teams based in Canada and United States. ...Read
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Nazareth College, which captured the conference championship last year as the fourth seed in the tournament, is the favorite to capture the Empire 8 Men’s Lacrosse Championship again this season, according to the preseason coaches’ poll. The Golden Flyers received seven first-place votes. Two Empire 8 teams are ranked in the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Preseason Poll. Ithaca College is ranked 14th and Nazareth follows at 15th. Stevens Institute of Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology, and St. John Fisher College each received votes. ...Read More >>
Nazareth College hosted the Empire 8 Boys Lacrosse Clinic on Sunday, Jan. 24 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Turin Sports Dome in Fairport, N.Y. Proceeds from the clinic, which is for boys ages 10-17, benefited Bellarmine University Head Coach Jack McGetrick and his family. ... Read More >>
Stevens Institute of Technology Director of Athletics Russell Rogers announced that Gene Peluso will take over as the 19th men’s lacrosse coach in the 125-year history of the program. Peluso, who began coaching in 1992 after a decorated playing career at Nazareth College, was the head coach at Rochester Institute of Technology for the past eight seasons. While at RIT he compiled an overall record 88-45. He consistently had his teams in postseason contention and will look to do the same with Stevens as he tries to get the program back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2006. ...Read More >>
Ithaca men’s lacrosse coach Jeff Long has been elected to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame. The eight-member class of inductees was chosen from a group of 24 finalists and the newest hall of famers will be inducted Nov. 7 in Hunt Valley, Md. Long recently completed his 22nd season as head coach of the Ithaca men’s lacrosse team and earned his 200th career win as Bomber coach this season in a March 10 victory over Whittier. ...Read More >>
Three members of the Ithaca men’s lacrosse team were named Aal-Americans by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association. Senior defender Neth Wiedemann was a first-team selection and earned all-America honors for the third consecutive year. He is the program's sixth three-time USILA all-American. Senior attackman Alec Siefert and junior midfielder Nic Heckman received honorable mention. ...Read More >>
Three Stevens Institute of Technology players were honored as senior attackman Matt Keating and sophomore goalkeeper Dave Decker were both named second-team All-Americans, and senior attackman J.R. Oreskovich was an honorable mention All-American. This gives the program 62 in its 125-year history, but it is the first time Stevens lacrosse has placed two individuals on the second-team. ...Read More >>
Scott Castle, a sophomore midfielder on the Nazareth men's lacrosse team, has been recognized as an honorable mention All-American by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association. Castle appeared regularly on the first midfield line in all of Nazareth's 18 games in 2009. He contributed 33 points on 20 goals and 13 assists. Among his goals was a game-winner in overtime in Nazareth's season-opening 9-8 victory at Springfield. Castle also was recognized earlier this spring as a first-team Empire 8 Conference all-star. ...Read More >>
The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association has named Dave Wood of the St. John Fisher College men’s lacrosse program to its Division III All-American Second Team as a short stick specialist. Wood, Fisher's first All-American in men's lacrosse, finished his senior season ranking second in NCAA Division III in faceoff percentage (.706) with 211 wins in 299 attempts. ...Read More >>
Junior captain Bobby Steinhauser won 18 of the 26 face-offs he took, sophomore goalkeeper Dave Decker made 17 saves, and senior attackman J.R. Oreskovich had five points as the Stevens Institute of Technology men’s lacrosse team won the ECAC Metro/South title with a 15-9 win over Drew University on Sunday at the De Baun Athletic Complex in Hoboken, N.J. The Ducks scored the game’s first seven goals and were never threatened en route to their 12th win of the season. ... Read More >>
The Empire 8 announced its Men’s Lacrosse All-Conference team with sophomore Dave Decker of Stevens Institute of Technology being named Empire 8 Goalkeeper of the Year for the second consecutive time and senior attack Matt Keating of the Ducks selected as Empire 8 Player of the Year. ...Read More
Goalkeeper Todd Dermody and the Nazareth College defense shut down the St. John Fisher offense as the fourth-seeded Golden Flyers defeated the third-seeded host Cardinals 9-4 in the Empire 8 Men's Lacrosse Chamionship final. The title is the fifth for Nazareth and second in the past three years. Dermody made seven saves and was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. ...Read More >>
Ryan Schmidt scored his fourth goal with 2:01 left in regulation to lift third-seeded St. John Fisher College to a 15-14 win over second-seeded host Stevens Institute of Technology in the semifinals of the Empire 8 Men's Lacrosse Championship. The Cardinals will host fourth-seeded Nazareth College in Sunday's conference championship final at noon. ...Read More >>
Junior Mark DeCirce scored on an assist from Joe Jacobs-Ferderbar with 29 seconds remaining in overtime to give fourth-seeded Nazareth College a 13-12 win over top-seeded host Ithaca College in the semifinals of the Empire 8 Men's Lacrosse Championship. The Golden Flyers will play at St. John Fisher in Sunday's championship final. ...Read More >>
Ithaca College (7-1 conference, 14-1 overall) earned the top seed for the Empire 8 Men’s Lacrosse Championship and will host one semifinal. The Bombers, who are the top seed for the sixth consecutive year, will face fourth-seeded Nazareth College (5-3, 8-6) at 4 p.m. on Friday. Second-seeded Stevens Institute of Technology (6-2, 10-5) will host third-seeded St. John Fisher College (6-2, 14-2), also at 4 p.m. on Friday. ...Read More >>
The No. 4 Ithaca men's lacrosse team (14-1, 7-1 Empire 8) earned an 11-10 win at No. 23 Stevens Institute of Technology Saturday night. The victory clinched the Empire 8 regular season title for the Bombers, and the top overall seed for the upcoming Empire 8 tournament. ...Read More >>
The St. John Fisher College men’s lacrosse team held on to defeat visiting Nazareth College 13-12 on Wednesday in a pivotal Empire 8 Conference matchup at Fisher’s Growney Stadium. With the win, Fisher, playing in its eighth year as a varsity program, sets a new College-record for victories, improving its overall record to 12-2 on the year. The win also lifts Fisher’s Empire 8 record to 4-2 and drops Nazareth College to 6-5, 3-2. The victory also marks the first time the Cardinals have beaten their East-Avenue rival in men’s lacrosse. ...Read More >>
The RIT men's lacrosse team defeated Empire 8 rival and previously undefeated Ithaca College 10-7 on a snowy, windy afternoon on RIT's Turf Field. The Tigers never trailed in the contest as they handed the third-ranked Bomers their first loss of the season. ...Read More>>
The No. 5 Ithaca College men's lacrosse team (6-0) scored three goals in the span of one minute in the third quarter to break open a close game and went on to an 11-8 win over No. 2 Cortland (4-1) Saturday afternoon at the Stadium Complex. ...Read More >>
Freshman A.J. Tingle began his collegiate career by scoring the game-winning goal with 1:01 remaining as Rochester Instiutute of Technology scored the final three goals to defeat fifth-ranked Adelphia 12-11 on Friday. The Tigers trailed 6-1 in the first quarter. ...Read More >>
Ithaca College, which finished 17-3 last year and advanced to the NCAA Division III Men’s Lacrosse Championship semifinals, is the choice by the conference coaches to repeat as Empire 8 men’s lacrosse champions. The Bombers received seven first-place votes. ...Read More>>
David Burke, a junior midfielder on the RIT men's lacrosse team, was one of 10 winners given the Walls-Olson Scholarship. The Walls-Olson scholarship is awarded to students who demonstrate strong leadership skills and active involvement in student affairs....Read More >>
The men’s lacrosse team (17-2) defeated Western New England 13-12 in overtime in the NCAA quarterfinals Wednesday. With the win, the Bombers advance to the NCAA semifinals for the first time since 2002. Ithaca will face Cortland in Sunday's semifinal. ...Read More >>
Attackman Erinn O'Hara scored four goals and added three assists and goalie Todd Dermody registered a career-high 22 saves Sunday as Nazareth won the ECAC Upstate Championship for men's lacrosse with a 16-9 victory over host RIT. ...Read More >>
The men’s lacrosse team defeated RIT 12-9 in the Empire 8 Tournament final Sunday to win the Empire 8 title for the first time since 2002. Ithaca earns an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Junior goalie Ben Connery was named tournament MVP after making a career-high 26 saves in the championship game. ....Read More |
Dates: May 7 & 9, 2010 |
