Monday Lax Links

-College Lacrosse Leveled the Field

-Is it Time to Change NCAA Tournament Selection Criteria?

-The History of Head Gear in Girls Lacrosse

-Utah Climbs the Mountain in their First Season

-LIU Chooses the Shark as it's New Mascot

-GLVC Adds Lander (SC) As Member

-Minnesota, the Sleeping Giant

-Napa Valley Adds Boys and Girls Lacrosse

-Lacrosse Growing in Thorold, ON

-PITT Set to Join W. Lacrosse Ranks

-Lacrosse Team Tries to Increase Growth in South Dakota

-Lacrosse Gaining Traction in Western Kentucky

-Growing Lacrosse in Qunicy, MA

-Harlem Team Changing the Face of Lacrosse

-Chris Hogan Buys 100 Tickets to Final Four for Penn State Students

-Lacrosse Growing in Owensboro, KY

Posted in: Box Lacrosse,California,Canada,Conferences,Division I,Division II,Equipment,Kentucky,Massachusetts,Minnesota,MLL,NCAA,New York,Parity,Pennsylvania,Professional,South Dakota,Urban Growth,Utah,Youth

MLL Eyeing South Florida Franchise

On the surface, the Major League Lacrosse (MLL) All-Star Game at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton on Saturday, June 30 will serve as a showcase of top players from franchises throughout other parts of the country.

But on closer and deeper scrutiny, the attraction at 7:30 p.m. at the Owls' new football stadium could be a prelude to another pro sports team in South Florida.

While it is not being officially called a "test market" event, the MLL will be monitoring the game to determine whether Boca Raton will receive an expansion franchise to start play in 2014.

According to insidelacrosse.com, the southeast United States is being strongly looked at by MLL, and cities topping the list of franchise possibilities include Boca Raton, Atlanta and Dallas.

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-Pensacola High School (FL) to Add Lacrosse

-Adam Sandler Rocks Hofstra Lax Shirt on Late Night

-Bradenton, FL Hosts Lacrosse Camp

-Israel Lacrosse Debuts Against Turkey

-Yale Assist Hired as BU's First Coach

-Muscle Milk BeanShot Tournament Grows the Game in New England

Posted in: Conferences,Division I,Florida,High School,International,Israel,MCLA,MLL,North Carolina,Ohio,Parity,Professional,TV Coverage,Youth

Notre Dame Western Most #1 Team In NCAA Lacrosse History

SOUTH BEND — Welcome to the western frontier of the men's college lacrosse civilization.

A wilderness, of sorts.

Notre Dame is one of the remote outposts in the sport's wild west. Only Air Force and Denver are more distant from the center of the universe.

Lacrosse is as East Coast as that thin, foldable New York-style pizza and crab cakes. It comes with an attitude and a bias against anything that doesn't conform.

All that causes Kevin Corrigan little angst. The Irish lacrosse coach for the last 23 years, Corrigan has made a career out of riding in the face of the bias.

Focus. Do the work, day-to-day. Believe in the system.
The system has worked pretty well lately. Two years ago, an undefeated regular season and No. 2 national ranking were spoiled by a first-round elimination in the NCAA Tournament. Last year, struggles through the regular season were followed by a magical run through the tournament that ended in an overtime loss to Duke in the national championship game.

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Posted in: College,Cut Sports,Division I,High School,Indiana,Massachusetts,Montana,Movies,Parity,Youth

Aurora University (IL) Prepares for Inaugural Year

The trouble with being the first at anything is there is no history to use for comparisons.

So for Brendan Dawson, Aurora University men’s lacrosse coach, thoughts of what he has coming back from last year simply do not exist since this will be AU’s maiden voyage in the sport.

There are indications the Spartans, who open the season Saturday at the College of Wooster, might be pretty good. AU dominated both Illinois State University and Judson in recent scrimmages.

“We did well in the scrimmages but we saw some things that we need to work on,” Dawson said.

Dawson, a graduate of Salisbury College where he was a member of four (2 as a player and 2 as an assistant coach) NCAA Division III national championship teams, was given the job of starting the AU program in June of 2009 and has spent the last 20 months recruiting and formulating his plans.

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-Debate Continues Over Whether Villanova Should go to FBS

-2nd Year WLAX Florida (#17) Defeats #20 Denver

-High Point WLAX Get's First Program Win

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-Penn State A Sleeping Giant?

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Posted in: Canada,Coaching Hires,College,Division I,Division II,Florida,Georgia,Illinois,Industry,MLL,NLL,North Carolina,Ohio,Parity,Pennsylvania,Professional,Urban Growth,Washington D.C.