The return of Division 3's most prestigious academic and athletic league is upon us. Yes, this weekend, all 11 men's teams in the NESCAC are in action. Most of them are playing one another, with one exception. Most conferences wait a few weeks -- even a month -- before they dive into traditional … [Read more...]
Watch list: Who are the guys making an early impact in NE-10?
The Division 2 season is off to a slow start. While half of the teams are well into their season, the top teams up north are just getting ready to play their first games. Weather is not a cooperative element, but the Northeast-10 is a conference that bides its time before it turns into a … [Read more...]
Watch list: These Mass. natives are doing big things in Division 1
You’ve heard of players like Georgetown’s Will Bowen (Cohasset, Mass.) and Maryland’s Owen Murphy (Medfield, Mass.) competing at the upper echelons of Division 1. However, several other Massachusetts natives have been making waves in the early part of the D-1 season, and a lot of them play right … [Read more...]
Weekend takeaways: Devon McLane and Brown surge, Yale stumbles
It was a weekend full of rivalries and upsets. In other words, it was a fitting end to a wild and raucous February that saw top-ranked teams fall across the nation. It would be quite the task to try and rank New England’s Division 1 teams right now, as nearly all of them have suffered an ignominious … [Read more...]
Q&A: New Thayer coach Bill Daye on goals, communication
Bill Daye is a name that many people heard for years on the sidelines of Boston Cannons games. First, as a player when the franchise was launched in 2001, and later as the first coach to deliver an MLL championship to the team in 2011. Daye is a player’s coach. Professional lacrosse players have … [Read more...]
Weekend primer: It’s the time of year when upsets abound
Ah, late February, the border between winter and spring. We have a lot of New England versus New England games on the docket this weekend. Most of those contests also happen to be impactful in the national picture even though they’re not in-conference duels. The end of February is when many teams … [Read more...]
