Denver lacrosse coach Bill Tierney to retire after season
January 6, 2023 GMTDENVER (AP) — Longtime college lacrosse coach Bill Tierney will retire from the University of Denver after the season and following a career that's produced seven national titles.
Falcons place WR Jared Bernhardt on IR with groin injury
October 22, 2022 GMTFLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons placed wide receiver Jared Bernhardt on injured reserve with a groin injury on Saturday.
Bernhardt was ruled out on Friday for Sunday's game at Cincinnati.
Wheelchair lacrosse athletes push sport with Colorado roots
September 10, 2022 GMTDENVER (AP) — The sun is burning on a Sunday morning at Wheel Park in Aurora. The Colorado Rolling Mammoth wheelchair lacrosse team have unloaded their equipment and are strapping in for another intense practice in one of the facility’s roller hockey rinks.
Ex-Maryland star Bernhardt tries switch from lacrosse to NFL
August 18, 2022 GMTATLANTA (AP) — Jared Bernhardt traded in his stick for the pigskin.
Less than 15 months after being honored as the nation's top college lacrosse player, Bernhardt has taken on the challenge of making it as an NFL receiver with the Atlanta Falcons.
US beats Austria 7-0, improves to 3-0 in world junior
August 14, 2022 GMTEDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Wyatt Kaiser and Carter Mazur each scored twice and the United States beat winless Austria 7-0 on Saturday to improve to 3-0 in group play in the world junior championship.
Lacrosse’s new, fast-paced version may be path into LA Games
August 13, 2022 GMTDENVER (AP) — Lacrosse player/coach/board member Dana Dobbie appreciates this new, fast-paced version of her sport called “Sixes.”
Not because the 37-year-old helped design the blueprint for the revved-up format that produces an abundance of offense.
SHR restructures as Frood leaves NASCAR team for lacrosse
August 2, 2022 GMTStewart-Haas Racing restructured its leadership department of the NASCAR team to replace president Brett Frood, who was announced as commissioner of the National Lacrosse League on Tuesday.
Frood has been with SHR since Tony Stewart became co-owner of the organization in 2009.
Roy Simmons III retiring from Syracuse lacrosse
June 28, 2022 GMTSYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Roy Simmons III announced Tuesday that he's retiring after more than three decades with the Syracuse men's lacrosse team.
“For me, this job was always about my involvement with young people and the opportunity to mentor as well as coach them,” Simmons, the team’s longtime director of operations, said in a statement.
Title IX: Strides for women of color in sports lag under law
June 22, 2022 GMTOnce Tina Sloan Green took over the lacrosse program at Temple University in the years after the passage of Title IX, the landmark gender-equity law, she never stopped thinking about the girls who weren't playing.
Pro lacrosse season begins as sport’s leaders eye Olympics
June 4, 2022 GMTALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Paul Rabil had a dream that went beyond the Premier Lacrosse League he founded with brother Mike four years ago. His passion was to bring the Native American sport to new heights with an eye toward getting it back in the Olympics for the first time in more than seven decades.
College athletes push mental health to the forefront
June 4, 2022 GMTCailin Bracken arrived at Vanderbilt to play lacrosse already well aware of the importance of athlete mental health. She knew of at least two female college athletes, including one from near where she grew up, who had taken their own lives.
Maryland completes perfect season in NCAA men’s lacrosse
May 30, 2022 GMTEAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Anthony DeMaio scored four first-half goals for his fifth hat trick in his last six games, Logan McNaney made 17 saves to be named the NCAA Tournament's most outstanding player and top-seeded Maryland completed a perfect season by holding off Cornell 9-7 on Monday to win the men’s lacrosse title.
UNC beats Boston College 12-11, wins women’s Lacrosse title
May 29, 2022 GMTBALTIMORE (AP) — Sam Geiersbach scored three times — including the go-ahead goal with about 5 minutes to play — and North Carolina beat defending-champion Boston College 12-11 Sunday to win the NCAA women's lacrosse title.
Occidental’s Shwayder, SFSU’s Jackson receive CalHOPE award
May 18, 2022 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Julia Shwayder and Breyon Jackson's battles to overcome adversity throughout their college careers and the examples they set for others are being recognized.
Shwayder, a lacrosse player at Occidental College in Los Angeles, and Jackson, a basketball player at San Francisco State, are the recipients of the first CalHOPE Courage Awards.
University: Georgia drug search intimidated Black athletes
May 10, 2022 GMTSAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The president of a historically Black college accused sheriff's deputies in Georgia of intimidating and humiliating the school women's lacrosse team when deputies pulled over the athletes' bus and searched it for drugs.
Jury awards $15M in damages in UVA lacrosse player’s killing
May 3, 2022 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A former University of Virginia lacrosse player is liable for fatally beating his girlfriend in 2010 and must pay $15 million in damages in a wrongful death lawsuit, a jury found Monday.
Mom, sister of slain UVA lacrosse player testify in lawsuit
April 28, 2022 GMTCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The mother of a former women's lacrosse player at the University of Virginia broke into tears during her testimony Thursday as she described the moment when she learned her daughter was dead.
Man serving time for UVa lacrosse player’s death takes stand
April 28, 2022 GMTCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A former University of Virginia lacrosse player serving time for the murder of his ex-girlfriend testified Wednesday in a wrongful death lawsuit that the only mental image he has of her death was of blood coming out of her nose, and that he doesn't remember breaking into her room and leaving her fatally injured.
ESPN, Athletes Unlimited agree to softball, lacrosse deal
April 27, 2022 GMTAthletes Unlimited and ESPN have reached a new rights agreement for women's pro softball and lacrosse.
At least 90 Athletes Unlimited events will be televised on linear networks over the two years of the deal, including 34 on ESPN or ESPN2 and 56 on ESPNU.
UVA lacrosse players had ‘rocky relationship’ before killing
April 26, 2022 GMTCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — In her 9th-grade essay, Yeardley Love wrote about what she wanted to do with her life: to attend the University of Virginia, to play lacrosse there, to become a lawyer and to maintain her close relationship with her family.
Jury selected for civil trial over lacrosse player’s death
April 25, 2022 GMTCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A jury was selected Monday in the civil trial of a man who was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2010 death of University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love.
Civil trial to begin in 2010 death of UVA lacrosse player
April 23, 2022 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A decade ago, University of Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely V was convicted of second-degree murder after a sensational criminal trial in the killing of his on-again, off-again girlfriend, Yeardley Love, a member of the UVA women's lacrosse team.
Syracuse’s Carrier Dome to get new name
April 20, 2022 GMTSYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse’s Carrier Dome has a new look and now will get a new name.
The university announced Wednesday that Carrier Global Corp. has agreed to end Carrier's hold on naming rights to the venue, which is home to the school's basketball, football and lacrosse teams, effective May 1.
Syracuse lacrosse slumping in Gary Gait’s 1st year as coach
April 15, 2022 GMTSYRACUCE, N.Y. (AP) — It's safe to say that Gary Gait's first year as lacrosse coach at Syracuse has been a challenge.
With three games left in the regular season, the Orange (4-7, 1-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) are the only team with a losing overall record in the five-team ACC.
BC coach Jerry York retires; most NCAA hockey wins ever
April 14, 2022 GMTBOSTON (AP) — Boston College coach Jerry York, the Hockey Hall of Famer who won five NCAA championships and the most games in college hockey history, said Wednesday that he is retiring.
York, 76, told his coaches and players that it seemed to be the right time after 28 years in Chestnut Hill and 50 in coaching overall.
Zegras’ goal helps Ducks top Coyotes, snap 11-game skid
April 2, 2022 GMTGLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Trevor Zegras scored another lacrosse-style goal, Isac Lundestrom had two goals and an assist, Anthony Stolarz made 22 saves for his third shutout of the season and the Anaheim Ducks snapped an 11-game losing streak with a 5-0 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Friday night.
Ex-college lacrosse player convicted of stabbing roommate
March 26, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A New York City jury has convicted the former captain of the St. John's University lacrosse team of stabbing and nearly disemboweling his roommate in a dispute over a loud party at their apartment in 2019.
Jessica Berman appointed new NWSL commissioner
March 9, 2022 GMTJessica Berman looks to rebuild trust with National Women's Soccer League players and fans after a series of scandals rocked the league last year.
Berman, a former executive for the NHL and the National Lacrosse League, was named the NWSL's new commissioner Wednesday.
Zegras scores twice, Ducks hold off Canadiens for 5-4 win
January 28, 2022 GMTMONTREAL (AP) — Anaheim scored three first-period goals, Trevor Zegras scored twice in the second period, and then the Ducks held off the Montreal Canadiens for a 5-4 win on Thursday night.
Zegras' first goal was the fourth lacrosse-style goal in NHL history.
Football to return to Shreveport’s Centenary College
November 10, 2021 GMTSHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — After more than 50 years without a football program, the game is returning to Centenary College.
“We haven’t played football here for quite some time, but the wait is over.
Crash kills 2 W. Connecticut State lacrosse players, hurts 1
October 23, 2021 GMTCOLCHESTER, Conn. (AP) — Two Western Connecticut State University men's lacrosse players were killed and a teammate was injured in a car crash in Colchester, state police and the university said.
The wreck Friday afternoon killed Jacob Chapman and Tyler Graham, both 18 and from Colchester.
Appeal seeking early release denied in U.Va. slaying
October 12, 2021 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A former University of Virginia lacrosse player’s efforts to get released early from his 25-year sentence in the 2010 slaying of his ex-girlfriend have been denied, again, by a federal appellate court.
New trial ordered in killing of teenage lacrosse player
September 25, 2021 GMTBALTIMORE, Md. (AP) — A Maryland court has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of the mistaken-identity killing of a teenager who was captain of a high school lacrosse team.
The Baltimore Sun reports that the Court of Special Appeals ordered a new trial for Shawn Little in the 2018 killing after it came to light that the judge had undisclosed communication with a juror.
After outcry, Catholic school renews lacrosse coaching offer
September 21, 2021 GMTLISLE, Ill. (AP) — A Catholic school in suburban Chicago reversed course Tuesday, offering a job to a girls lacrosse coach that had been rescinded when school officials learned the woman is in a same-sex marriage.
Supporters: School cut coach because of same-sex marriage
September 21, 2021 GMTLISLE, Ill. (AP) — A Catholic school in suburban Chicago rescinded a job offer to a coach after learning that she was in a same-sex marriage, the woman's supporters claim.
About 40 alumni, parents and students met outside Benet Academy in Lisle on Monday to support the woman who was to become coach of the girls lacrosse team.
League of their own: Softball players are part-owners
August 28, 2021 GMTVictoria Hayward will be back on the field this weekend as a player — and as an owner.
After hitting .300 at the Tokyo Olympics, the Canadian outfielder heads one of four teams that start play Saturday at Athletes Unlimited in Rosemont, Illinois.
Former coach sues Amherst College for alleged discrimination
August 18, 2021 GMTThe former head coach of Amherst College's men's lacrosse team is suing the college because of claims that school officials discriminated against him, and ultimately fired him, on the basis of his race.
Kayla Treanor named to take over Syracuse women’s lacrosse
June 23, 2021 GMTSYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Former Syracuse All-American lacrosse player Kayla Treanor has a job she's coveted since she graduated.
The 27-year-old Treanor was named the third women's lacrosse coach in Syracuse program history on Wednesday, succeeding Gary Gait, who also starred as a player at Syracuse and is now head coach of the men.
Gretzky, Nets’ Nash co-owners of new pro lacrosse team
June 21, 2021 GMTLAS VEGAS (AP) — The National Lacrosse League announced Monday that it's expanding to Las Vegas and hockey great Wayne Gretzky, Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash and team owner Joe Tsai and PGA star Dustin Johnson are co-owners of the new franchise.
Clemson to add 2 women’s sports to varsity roster
June 17, 2021 GMTCLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson is adding two women’s sports to its varsity roster.
The school announced in a news release Thursday that it would add women’s lacrosse and women’s gymnastics in the next two years.
‘New York Saints’ moniker catches on during Islanders run
June 11, 2021 GMTSeth Tierney got chills hearing Islanders fans at a jam-packed Nassau Coliseum chant, “New York Saints! New York Saints!”
By then, Tierney had figured out it wasn't about the now-defunct indoor lacrosse team by the same name he played three seasons for.
John Desko confident Syracuse men’s lacrosse in good hands
June 8, 2021 GMTFraught with emotion at the start of his final news conference at Syracuse, retiring men's lacrosse coach John Desko exuded confidence that the program he's helped build over the past 46 years as a player and coach will be in good hands.
Longtime Syracuse men’s lacrosse coach John Desko retiring
June 8, 2021 GMTSYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse men's lacrosse coach John Desko, who built a Hall of Fame career as both a player and coach, announced his retirement on Monday in the wake of a disappointing season.
Workers break ground on giant turf sports complex
June 7, 2021 GMTSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Workers have broken ground on a giant artificial turf sports complex in Sioux Falls.
The Sanford Sports Complex issued a statement Monday saying it will add 18 outdoor fields that include nearly 1.7 million square feet of turf.
Virginia beats Terps 17-16 to repeat as NCAA lacrosse champ
May 31, 2021 GMTEAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Matt Moore and Connor Shellenberger scored four goals apiece and goalie Alex Rode made a huge save in the final seconds, and Virginia held off previously unbeaten Maryland 17-16 Monday to win its second straight NCAA men's lacrosse championship.
North sets goals record, BC wins 1st women’s lacrosse title
May 30, 2021 GMTTOWSON, Md. (AP) — Charlotte North broke the single season NCAA goals record and No. 4 seed Boston College won its first women’s lacrosse national championship with a 16-10 win over No. 3 seed Syracuse in the NCAA championship game on Sunday.
Maryland and Virginia advance to men’s lacrosse title game
May 29, 2021 GMTEAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Jared Bernhardt had five goals and two assists, goalie Logan McNaney made a career-high 17 saves, and third-seeded Maryland beat second-seeded Duke 14-5 on Saturday in the Division I men's lacrosse semifinals at cold and rainy Pratt and Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field.
ACC purring with six teams in NCAA lacrosse final fours
May 28, 2021 GMTChampionship weekend in both men's and women's Division I lacrosse has a uniform feel — three Atlantic Coast Conference teams and one from the Big Ten in each tournament.
Each also features the top four seeds, which means North Carolina, the top seed in both, remains in the hunt for a sweep for the second time in five years.
Ex-Michigan and Ohio State athletes team up to stop abuse
May 19, 2021 GMTThe National Center for Missing and Exploited Children announced Wednesday that it is partnering with former University of Michigan and Ohio State University athletes who claim they were abused by team doctors, to help children avoid being survivors of sexual abuse.
North Carolina is king and queen of NCAA lacrosse tourneys
May 13, 2021 GMTAfter a one-year break because of the pandemic, college lacrosse is ready to decide its national champions, and North Carolina starts in a very good place: The Tar Heels are the top seed for both the men's and women's Division I tournaments.
Le Moyne women miss out on NCAA lacrosse tournament
May 11, 2021 GMTImagine the disappointment of the women's lacrosse team at Le Moyne College.
Ranked No. 3 in Division II, zero losses in a 12-game regular season, victories over seven top 20 teams by a cumulative 104-44, the only blemish on the record a 9-8 loss to nine-time and reigning national champion Adelphi in the semifinals of the Northeast-10 conference...
Appeal over dictionary use denied in U.Va. lacrosse slaying
February 19, 2021 GMTFALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected an appeal from a former University of Virginia lacrosse player that his 2012 murder conviction should be tossed out because of a claim the jury improperly consulted a dictionary...
Friendship between Ireland, tribes lives on in lacrosse
September 16, 2020 GMTMore than 170 years ago, a U.S. tribe did Ireland a solid. The European country has not forgotten it.
The Ireland Lacrosse team recently bowed out of the sport’s top international tournament to open up a spot for the Iroquois Nationals.
2 teen lacrosse players score goal in fight against hunger
August 3, 2020 GMTOwen Estee and Zach Appel found a way to both teach the sport that they love and help feed people in need when their lacrosse season was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic...
For these athletes, this is a spring break they don’t want
March 14, 2020 GMTOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Creighton right-hander Ben Dotzler was supposed to be in the bullpen at TD Ameritrade Park this weekend, readying himself to pitch against Northern Colorado...
Moore, Virginia dethrone Yale to win NCAA lacrosse title
May 27, 2019 GMTPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sitting at the podium for the postgame press conference, Matt Moore and Michael Kraus bobbed their head along as music blared down the hall.
They were eager to rejoin their teammates for a celebration eight years in the making.
Boys Lacrosse Five CIAC stories to watch
May 25, 2019 GMTJuvenile success
Storyline: New Fairfield won last year’s Class M championship, beating Guilford by a goal in the quarters and Hand by two in the final. The Rebels brought just about everybody back and has raced through a near-perfect regular season.
boys lacrosse Tigers thwart Warriors
May 10, 2019 GMTWILTON — “This is why people don’t like Ridgefield,” yelled a Wilton fan midway through the final quarter of Thursday night’s boys lacrosse game.
The reason for his frustration? Ridgefield had scored two straight goals to open a 9-7 lead and now the Tigers were content to move the ball around and take time off the clock.
HS LACROSSE: Crestwood Storms To WVC Crown
May 9, 2019 GMTSCRANTON — It hit like a tidal wave. Crestwood peppered Scranton Prep with a flurry of attacks on goal and found the back of the cage 10 times Wednesday during a clinching run in a matchup of two top lacrosse teams in the Wyoming Valley Conference.
ncaa women’s lacrosse Stags denied Seahawks
May 8, 2019 GMTFAIRFIELD — Goodbyes are never easy, especially for a group of seniors that’s done so much to establish a winning attitude.
So the final postgame speech wasn’t easy for Fairfield women’s lacrosse coach Laura Field in the moments after the Stags 15-13 loss to Wagner in the opening round of the NCAA tournament, played Tuesday afternoon at Rafferty Stadium.
Women’s lacrosse Fairfield draws Wagner in NCAA tournament
May 6, 2019 GMTThe day after winning a second straight MAAC tournament title, the Fairfield women’s lacrosse team was matched up with Northeast Conference tournament champion Wagner in the NCAA Division I tournament.
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP Cardinals blast Vikings in boys lacrosse
April 5, 2019 GMTThe Greenwich High School boys lacrosse team upped its record to 2-0 with a 17-3 triumph against host Westhill in an FCIAC game on Thursday.
Senior attack Jack Feda scored four goals, while senior Charlie Graves recorded a hat trick with two assists to lead Greenwich.
WVC LACROSSE ROUNDUP: Anderson Leads Sem
April 4, 2019 GMTAt The Pit in Clarks Summit, Ryan Anderson scored six goals and assisted on four more to lead visiting Wyoming Seminary past Abington Heights 11-7.
Anderson was backed by Lucas Bartron and Kevin Medico, who each scored twice.
Lehman Routs Tigers
March 31, 2019 GMTTUNKHANNOCK — When busing to an away game, the tendency is there for a player to pass the time by pulling out their smartphone.
But by Lake-Lehman senior Kate Roberts’ own admission, the Black Knights girls lacrosse team benefits when the phones are put down and the players are engaging with each other.
WVC GIRLS LACROSSE PREVIEW: Being The Elite
March 30, 2019 GMTLast year’s Wyoming Valley Conference featured a clear separation at the top of the league.
Wyoming Seminary, Lake-Lehman and Delaware Valley proved to be the clear upper echelon and engaged in some memorable contests over a wild final week of the season.
Announcer loses job after talk about Native American player
January 14, 2019 GMTPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A public address announcer has lost his job over a remark about a Native American player during a lacrosse game that he and the Philadelphia team called "insensitive...
Girls High School Lacrosse Vallarelli named GHS lacrosse coach
October 23, 2018 GMTWhether it’s playing at the professional level, conducting clinics, or coaching teams, Rachel Vallarelli leads a busy lacrosse life.
Vallarelli will be on the go even more this spring, since she recently added another role to her résumé.
Field Day for Lowell Catholic, City on Manning Field Makeover
July 16, 2018 GMTLOWELL -- As the Lowell Catholic High School's athletic program has expanded during the past several years, securing outdoor venues for their fall and spring sports has been a major challenge.
At the same time, Manning Field on Boston Road has been underutilized, and needs both maintenance and upgrades.
White Bear Lake lacrosse coach sent boy lewd photos, charges say
June 30, 2018 GMTA former White Bear Lake lacrosse coach repeatedly sent photos of her cleavage and exposed body to a 14-year-old boy, according to charges filed Friday.
Amber J. Cron, 20, of Forest Lake, was charged by the White Bear Lake city attorney with one count of gross misdemeanor distribution of obscene materials.
Sewickley Academy grad McClain caps lacrosse career wtih NCAA title
June 16, 2018 GMTSewickley Academy graduate Maggie McClain did something she never thought possible as a member of the Gettysburg women's lacrosse team.
McClain, a 5-foot-6 senior attacker, helped the Bullets to their second consecutive NCAA Division III title.
Class L Girls Lacrosse Semifinals: New Canaan 12, Darien 11
June 6, 2018 GMTNORWALK—Interviewing a teary-eyed coach following a state playoff game is no rare occurrence in high school sports.That coach being on the winning side however, isn’t something seen every day.According to New Canaan coach Kristin Woods, it’s the first time she’s welled up following a win, but after defeating top-ranked Darien 12-11 Tuesday night at Brien McMahon, she was just too overcome with emotion to hold back.“I’m fantastic, how else could I be right now?” Woods laughed.
MIAA GIRLS LACROSSE PAIRINGS
June 2, 2018 GMTDIVISION 1 NORTH
1. Chelmsford (18-2); 2. Marblehead (14-4); 3. Boston Latin School (16-2); 4. Woburn (15-3; 5. Central Catholic (14-4); 6. Reading (14-4); 7. Masconomet (12-6); 8. Andover (13-7); 9.
Class L Girls Lacrosse: Cheshire 12, Warde 10 Falling short
June 1, 2018 GMTFAIRFIELD — After the game was over, Warde girls lacrosse coach Tom Davis made his way over to his three seniors, Libby McKenna, Olivia Seymour and Cara Bebey, and, one by one, gave them each a fatherly hug.
Class L Boys Lacrosse Qualifying Round: Greenwich 14, Shelton 6 Johnson helps Cardinals pull away from Gaels
May 27, 2018 GMTTRUMBULL — Leo Johnson is a freshman who can finish, much to the delight of the Greenwich High School boys lacrosse team.
An attackman, Johnson showed a knack for finishing off a lot of scoring opportunities that came his way during the regular season and he continued to light the scoreboard in his first postseason game on Saturday.
District 2 Boys Lacrosse: Scranton Prep Ousts Wyoming Area
May 22, 2018 GMTWYOMING — The execution was perfect.
Dominic DeLuca drove around two defenders and found Jake Switzer for an open shot on the right side. The Wyoming Area sophomore drilled the ball across his body and toward the lower side of the net, but it missed the goal by a razor-thin margin.
District 2 Girls Lacrosse: Lake-Lehman Advances Past Crestwood
May 22, 2018 GMTLEHMAN TWP. — Everything’s on the line at this point in the girls lacrosse season.
Nine seniors started in Monday’s Crestwood at Lake-Lehman match, including the Black Knights’ quartet of Alicia Galasso, Hallie Jenkins, Kait Premus and Grace Butler, who have been teammates since before high school.