| Date | Opponent | ||
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| 3/12 | DE LASALLE | ||
| 3/13 | GRANITE HILLS | ||
| 3/17 | CORONADO | ||
| 3/26 | SAINT IGNATIUS PREP | ||
| 3/31 | WHEAT RIDGE | ||
| 4/03 | CORONA DEL MAR | ||
| 4/07 | OUR LADY-GOOD COUNSEL | ||
| 4/08 | AMADOR VALLEY | ||
| 4/17 | LOS ALAMITOS | ||
| 4/20 | SAN MARCOS | ||
| 4/24 | at Foothill-Santa Ana | ||
| 4/27 | RANCHO BERNARDO | ||
| 4/30 | WESTVIEW | ||
| 5/04 | at Poway | ||
| 5/07 | at Fallbrook | ||
| 5/11 | at Mount Carmel | ||
| 5/12 | at Carlsbad | ||
| 5/14 | at Torrey Pines | ||
| Coach: Dallas Hartley |
Last season, Notre Dame capped an undefeated regular season with another GWLL title and set a program record for both wins and winning percentage. They finished #9 in the final rankings, and while the season ended on a disappointing note with a playoff loss to Maryland, it was just one more step for a program that has consistently 
outperformed preseason expectations. This year the Irish start the season right where they left off: ranked #9 in the first Nike/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll. With the amount of returning talent in South Bend, it’s hard not to expect another great year out of Notre Dame.
There is no debate that Notre Dame will face stiffer competition this year than they did in their last season of GWLL play. In fact, you could not open and close the season against any stronger opponents than Notre Dame is facing. The Irish will travel to Durham, North Carolina to take on No. 2 Duke February 20th and end the regular season against No. 1 Syracuse May 1st. They also play three other ranked opponents (Loyola, Denver and Georgetown) and three teams that received votes for the top 20 (Ohio State, Villanova, Penn State). Last season they were the only ranked team in the GWLL and played no top 5 teams.
The only thing that could hurt Notre Dame this year is the lack of a Big East automatic qualifier or conference tournament. Notre Dame was dominant in the GWLL and repeatedly won the AQ for entrance to the tournament. Without the AQ, or a conference tournament to boost strength of schedule the way the ACC does, ND will have to build its resume through only its 13 regular season games. This makes the already pivotal games against Duke, Syracuse and Georgetown even more crucial to deciding the tournament fate of the Irish.
Along with a new conference and new stadium Notre Dame will also feature a different looking offense than what we’ve seen in the past. Ryan Hoff, Notre Dame’s all-time leading goal scorer and one of the best pure finishers in NCAA history, graduated in 2009 leaving a large void to be filled on offense. Rather than try to replace Hoff with a player with a different skill set, the coaching staff decided to modify the offense to best suit the weapons they have. “We want to put our players in the best position to succeed,” says head coach Kevin Corrigan, “we don’t want to try to replace Ryan with someone who has different skills than Ryan had. You won’t see us running the same offense with a crease attackman as we have in the past.”
So who will step up on offense? Returning starters from last year include pre-season 2nd Team All-American Grant Krebs and Zach Brenneman at the midfield along with senior captain Neal Hicks at attack. All three of these players had large offensive roles last year and should be key players to watch this season. Brenneman and Hicks are both very dangerous with the ball in their sticks and Krebs, who was recognized as an honorable mention All-American last year, has a deadly outside shot. Complementing Neal Hicks at attack will be Nick Beattie and either Sean Rogers, senior Colin Igoe, or some combination of the two. At midfield David Earl and a number of other players, including some freshmen, look to have an impact. Notre Dame brought in a highly touted class of midfielders who could all contribute at some point this season. “They all do something different and are great athletes who can help our team. We’ll try to find ways to get them on the field as the season goes on,” says Corrigan before adding with smile, “but it might not be a great idea to throw them to the wolves against the top team in the country on the road to start the season. We’ll bring them along as fast as it makes sense to.”
What makes Notre Dame a scary opponent for any team is their defense, which allowed an NCAA best 6.19 goals per game last year. Goalie Scotty Rodgers (pre-season 1st team All-American) and Sam Barnes (pre-season 2nd team All-American) anchor a defense that is known for not giving up easy goals. Rodgers, who had an NCAA best 6.14 GAA and save percentage (63.3%), will take over a lot of the communication responsibilities from Regis McDermott who graduated last year. Stepping in at close defense for McDermott will be senior captain Mike Creighton. It is not easy to replace a player like McDermott, who was a 3rd team All-American and a true leader, but if there is one person who could ease the transition it is Creighton. Many of Creighton’s teammates commented on how he had really stepped up this fall and his recent election as a team captain reflects those sentiments. Coach Corrigan seemed to echo those feelings on Creighton. “We don’t want Mike to try to be Regis. We want Mike to be Mike,” said Corrigan, “and while he wasn’t a starter last year it isn’t like he hasn’t played before. He’s been playing for us for four years and played in every game for us last year. We’re very confident in him.” On top of that, Notre Dame also features pre-season All-Americans at LSM in Andrew Irving and at the faceoff X in Trever Sipperly. Irving scooped up 51 groundballs last year as a sophomore and Sipperly won 56% of faceoffs a year ago.
Many believe that the reason Notre Dame plays consistently staunch defense is their discipline, communication and coaching. Combine their great system with an abundance of returning talent and you begin to understand why many people are optimistic about this team. In football there is a very old and accepted adage that “defense wins championships.” Only time will tell if the same holds true for lacrosse.
| Date | Opponent | ||
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| 3/06 | J SERRA CATHOLIC | ||
| 3/11 | NORTHWOOD | ||
| 3/13 | MIRA COSTA | ||
| 3/13 | DE LASALLE | ||
| 3/19 | MARINA | ||
| 3/20 | at Corona Del Mar | ||
| 3/23 | HUNTINGTON BEACH | ||
| 3/25 | at Woodbridge | ||
| 3/27 | LOS ALAMITOS | ||
| 3/30 | TRABUCO HILLS | ||
| 4/01 | at Northwood | ||
| 4/09 | vs. Amador Valley | ||
| 4/13 | EL TORO | ||
| 4/15 | at Huntington Beach | ||
| 4/20 | WOODBRIDGE | ||
| 4/22 | at Trabuco Hills | ||
| 4/24 | LA COSTA CANYON | ||
| 4/28 | at El Toro | ||
| 5/01 | at Coronado | ||
| Coach: Jon Fox |
The Chapman vs BYU game will be telecast LIVE on Fox College sports on Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 7PM Pacific time.
The game will be presented by STX and kicks off the 2010 college lacrosse TV season with a rematch of the 2009 MCLA semi-final game (Chapman 10 BYU 9). This game will also be the debut of 3-time NCAA All-American from Johns Hopkins University, Kyle Harrison, as Chapman University’s offensive assistant.
Check your cable TV provider for availability of Fox College Sports.
Check your local listing for rebroadcasts of the game.
Join the action at the fantastic Chapman venue where the action will be fast, bruising and loud. Come cheer on the Panthers or Cougars and see the game played at the highest level available – you’ll be glad that you came – guaranteed!
DIVISION I
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| 02/06 | Arizona 17, Northern Arizona 6 Baylor 14, Rice 7 Chapman 15, San Diego 2 Florida 9, Miami (FL) 6 Florida State 19, Auburn 6 Georgia Tech 9, Vanderbilt 8 (OT) Mars Hill (D-II) 18, Tennessee 3 Minnesota St. Mankato 16, St. Cloud State 7 Nebraska 12, Carleton 5 Portland State 20, Willamette 5 SMU 15, Texas Tech 5 San Diego State 8, Loyola Marymount 7 (OT) Simon Fraser 18, Western Washington 3 South Carolina 20, C. of Charleston 3 Tennessee 10, Sewanee (D-III) 9 Texas A&M 10, TCU 9 (OT) |
| 02/05 | California 10, UC Santa Barbara 6 Central Michigan 21, Ferris State 6 Clemson vs. UNC – Charlotte (ppd.) UCLA 12, UNLV 9 |
DIVISION II
| 02/06 | Arizona 17, Northern Arizona 6 CSU Channel Islands vs. Long Beach State (ppd.) Calvin 6, Saginaw Valley 4 Concordia (CA) 10, Pepperdine 5 Elon vs. North Carolina Club (ppd.) Emory 21, Furman 2 Georgia Southern vs. Georgia State (ppd.) Nebraska 12, Carleton 5 Northern Michigan 12, UW – Eau Claire 5 Northern Michigan 9, Saginaw Valley 4 Palm Beach Atlantic 11, Florida Gulf Coast 9 Portland State 20, Willamette 5 Simon Fraser 18, Western Washington 3 Tennessee Wesleyan 15, Kennesaw State 14 UC Merced vs. UC Santa Cruz (ppd.) UW – Eau Claire 11, Calvin 6 |
| 02/05 | Central Michigan 21, Ferris State 6 Clemson vs. UNC – Charlotte (ppd.) Creighton 10, Carleton 7 Northern Michigan 9, Calvin 4 |
| 02/07 | Arizona State 12, Southern California 7 Cal Poly SLO 25, San Diego 1 Central Michigan 15, Michigan 8 Florida Club 17, Florida State 2 Texas State 1, St. Edward’s 0 Texas State 17, Trinity (TX) 3 Trinity (TX) 14, St. Edward’s 6 UC Davis Club 17, Sonoma State 1 |
| 02/06 | Arizona 14, Southern California 10 Arizona State 10, Pepperdine 9 California Club 13, Stanford Club 8 Chapman 15, Southern California B 4 Clemson 10, Tennessee 7 Florida Club vs. Florida Gulf Coast (ppd.) Florida State vs. Florida Gulf Coast (ppd.) Georgia 18, Tennessee 4 Georgia 20, Clemson 2 Lindenwood 17, Tenn. Wesleyan 3 Sam Houston vs. Rice (ppd.) Santa Clara 20, Sonoma State 3 Southern Methodist 19, North Texas 4 UC Davis Club 19, Chico State 3 UC Santa Barbara 18, UC San Diego 0 UC Santa Barbara B 15, UC San Diego B 0 UC Santa Cruz 13, San Jose State 8 Westminster 16, Boise State 11 |
The Arizona men’s lacrosse team opened its season on Saturday at the Laxcat Coliseum against NAU, but it was the Laxcats who supplied the lumber.
Several of the 16 freshmen on the Laxcats’ roster came up big in Arizona’s 17-6 victory. Eight of the goals were scored
Junior attacker Frankie Connell fends off an NAU defender as he attempts to pass the ball up field. Tim Glass/Arizona Daily Wildcat
by freshmen, including six between midfielder Jordan Goldstein and attackman Graham Seamans.
“We’ve seen them doing this every day in practice, so it’s not too surprising,” said senior captain Alex Beauchamp of the freshmen. “We’ve been expecting it out of them.”
The home opener was also a family reunion of sorts for head coach Mickey-Miles Felton, who was seen giving bear hugs to the home crowd before the start of the game. Saturday was his first game as head coach of the men’s lacrosse team since 2001. Adorned in black, with the exception of his red boots, Felton was the only Laxcat to feel the heat against NAU.
“I think we had a pretty good performance,” Felton said. “I think we showed where we need improvement and the areas we’re strong in. We got a chance to play everybody today so that was positive.
“It was important to get everybody playing, especially at home,” Felton added. “We’ve been waiting and waiting for a game. It’s time to rock ‘n’ roll.”
Arizona opened the game with a penalty on the face-off, giving NAU the first possession of the game. It was about the only highlight for NAU in the first half.
Junior midfielder Tanner Chitwood scored first for the Laxcats less than a minute and a half into the game. It was one of three goals for Chitwood of the day. Beauchamp, who had one goal of his own, set Chitwood up for two of his goals.
“It was his first hat-trick, which was big for him,” Beauchamp said. “It’s always good to get the teammates involved. I like scoring goals, but every time I can get the assist it’s that much better.”
Arizona was quick to add to its lead, as Goldstein scored another goal not even a minute after Chitwood’s.
The Laxcats showed their offensive firepower in the first quarter, with six different players posting goals, three of whom were freshmen. The team finished the first quarter with a 6-0 lead. Overall, nine different players scored on the day, and five of them had two goals or more.
However, Arizona lit up more than the scoreboard on Saturday as it supplied the hits on defense too. Seamans put a vicious side hit on NAU senior attackman Drew Robertson with just more than a minute to go in the first quarter that made everyone in the stands shout. Robertson walked off the field with assistance and did not return.
In the second quarter, Arizona added to its lead when freshman attackman Alex Potter scored on an assist by defenseman Justin Ghio, who sliced through the NAU defense to get the assist with just more than 12 minutes to go in the second.
Goldstein supplied the final goal of the half with less than five minutes, and Arizona went into half time with a 9-1 lead.
“We came out strong in the first half,” Beauchamp said. “We got a lot of good effort from a lot of key players.”
At the start of the second half, Arizona came out sluggish and allowed NAU senior attackman Troy Elliot to score the first goal of the half. He would add three more goals by the game’s end. Arizona, however, overcame its sloppy play in the third and got a much-needed lift from junior attackman Frankie Connell, who scored two goals in the quarter. Arizona led 11-3, heading into the fourth.
“We had a good intensity in the first half, and after half time we were a little sluggish in the third quarter,” Felton said. “That cost us.”
After two more goals by NAU’s Elliot, Arizona’s lead was brought down to six at 11-5. With just more than nine minutes to go in the fourth quarter, Arizona put the game out of reach with goals by Chitwood and Seamans. Both players scored within 10 seconds of one another. Arizona would score four more goals before the game ended, including two more by Seamans, who led all scorers with four goals.
“Seamans got the game ball,” Felton said. “The odd thing about Graham (Seamans) and I is that I coached against him last year (in high school), and I had to figure out (a) defensive strategy to keep him from scoring too many goals. He lit it up today.”
“It was fun,” said Seamans. “Being a freshman and having my first home game was exciting. In high school, I didn’t really have that many fans (attend games) so the crowd was awesome.”
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Sophomore Shannon Smith (West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon) led a balanced offensive attack for Northwestern, recording six goals and dishing out three assists as NU roared past Massachusetts 18-6 in its season opener. Senior Danielle Spencer (Rochester, N.Y./Brighton) also added five goals as nine different Wildcats recorded points on the evening.
Northwestern Attacker Shannon Smith became the seventh player in program history to record nine points in a game.
Smith, who set personal bests in points, goals and assists, struck quickly for the Wildcats (1-0), notching the first goal of the 2010 season with just over two minutes gone in the opening half. Her goal helped spark a seven-goal outburst over a 16-minute period as the ‘Cats pounced to the 7-0 lead midway through the opening stanza. Smith would tally two more goals during the run, with junior Brooke Matthews (Baltimore, Md./Friends School), sophomores Lacey Vigmostad (Northport, N.Y./Northport) and Alexandra Frank (Westwood, Mass./Westwood) and Spencer each notching a tally.
The Minutewomen (0-1) answered back with a pair of goals 38 seconds apart to cut the deficit to five at 7-2, but all that did was fuel the Northwestern fire. The reigning champs responded with a pair of goals from both Smith and Spencer that spanned 64 seconds to reclaim momentum with an 11-2 lead. Spencer would add her fourth of the half, which was complimented by a goal from freshman Erin Fitzgerald (Mt. Sinai, N.Y./Mt. Sinai) and another from Frank, giving Northwestern the 14-3 break at the half.
Northwestern retained control of the second half as well, as goals by Frank and Spencer within the opening 90 seconds gave the Wildcats a 16-3 lead. Both the Minutewomen and Wildcats exchanged goals for the remainder of the game, with Smith, Spencer and sophomore Lizzie Abramson (Wilmette, Ill./New Trier) rounding out the scoring for NU. Matthews and freshman Taylor Thornton (Dallas, Texas/Hockaday School) each added an assist for the ‘Cats.
With her nine points on the night, Smith becomes just the seventh player in program history to accomplish the feat and the first since Hannah Nielsen dropped nine on Syracuse last season. Her six draw controls is also a personal-best.
Frank also set personal highs with her three goals and two assists, while her five caused turnovers is also a career-high. She becomes just the fourth player in Northwestern history to record five caused turnovers and the first since Christy Finch in 2008.
Northwestern dominated Massachusetts in nearly every statistical category, outshooting the Minutewomen 37-14 while holding a 21-5 edge in draw controls. UMass did have a 13-3 save advantage on NU as sophomore Brianne LoManto (Miller Place, N.Y./Rocky Point) recorded three saves while allowing just three goals in nearly 40 minutes of work.
With the victory, Northwestern improved to 9-1 all-time against Massachusetts and extending its winning streak over the Minutewomen to nine games. It also extended the Wildcats’ consecutive victory streak to 30 games, marking the third 30-game wining streak in program history.
The game, a rematch of last year’s NCAA first-round matchup, was the showcase game of the 2010 WomensLax.com Surfside Cup at Rancho Bernardo High School. The crowd of 1,315 fans was treated to a great game on a pleasant southern California evening, with the exception of a 10-minute rain downpour midway through the second half.
The Wildcats now have a few weeks off to make any necessary adjustments before returning the West Coast at the end of the month. Northwestern heads to northern California to take on Stanford and California on Feb. 26 and 28.
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The Santa Barbara Shootout fair weather schedule is now available to the public on the Shootout page of this website. Ninety-five games will be played over three days by 48 teams across four divisions of play. Thirty college teams will play in the recently expanded WDIA Division while the remaining 18 teams are in the Super, Competitive and U-19 divisions. The Shootout is a set schedule event with pre-determined match-ups to provide teams from all over the country the opportunity to play arranged games.
Divisions for 2010
WDIA Game Division (Set Schedule of Opponents)
Super Division (Post-Collegiate, NCAA DII/DIII & Most Competitive College-Clubs)
Competitive Division (College-Clubs & Most Competitive “B” Teams)
Risers Division (College-Club “B” Teams & Beginning Programs) Merged into Competitive Division
U-19 Division / HS Varsity (National USL Rules for U-19 Play)
For the first time La Playa Stadium at SBCC will host some Shootout games, courtesy of the SBCC Athletic Department and the new SBCC Women’s Lacrosse Club. La Playa has seen lacrosse before back when it was a grass facility. It was a location for the Semana Nautica 7 A-Side Co-Ed Lacrosse Tournament in the 1990’s. Notably, the Friday 6:30pm game featuring SBCC and Marymount College of Palos Verdes is the first California community college versus community college women’s lacrosse game. It is also the first CC versus CC women’s lacrosse game west of the Mississippi. UCLA and Michigan will warm up the turf at 5:00pm before SBCC and Marymount take the field. at 6:30pm Following the community college game Colorado will play Texas at 8:00pm.
At the same time all this history is being made at SBCC games will also be contested at UCSB. Eight teams open play at 3:00pm on Storke Field before UCSB faces Lindenwood in a 4:30pm match-up in Harder Stadium. The Gauchos are the defending champions of the WWLL and Lindenwoed are the defending champions of the WCLL. Four night games on the UCSB Rob Field turf wrap up the twelve Friday games that kick off the Shootout. Men’s lacrosse fans even have something to look forward to on the weekend of the Shootout. The UCSB Men’s Lacrosse team will host rival Cal Poly SLO at 1pm on Saturday at the UCSB Lacrosse Field (aka The Pit). Then on Monday both UCSB teams will take on BYU in a double header with the women squaring off at 11:00am and the men facing off at 1:00pm.
“If you’re one of those people who can’t get enough lacrosse,” says UCSB head women’s lacrosse coach Paul Ramsey, “then this is the weekend to be in Santa Barbara.”
UCSB, SBCC and Brine are pleased to present the 22nd Annual Santa Barbara Shootout for the enjoyment of all.
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