The Growth of Women’s Lacrosse Is Limitless
When Taryn, my younger sister, and I would play in the backyard with our sticks as kids, we loved the limitless possibilities of the game. Lacrosse allowed us creativity in physical form, and the more we had our sticks in our hands, the more accustomed we would be to them, and thus the game would […]
2023 Lacrosse Recruits Begin the Process, A Coach’s Reflection
According to the voluminous NCAA rulebook (257 pages for DIII and 464 pages for DI), Sept. 1 is the first opportunity to contact juniors in high school, as the country’s 2023 lacrosse recruits found out last week. Prior to that, there can be no correspondence between a DI head coach and a PSA – that’s the […]
Charlotte North Player Profile: Records Are Meant to Be Broken
Charlotte North grew up in Dallas, Texas, and was a three-sport star in field hockey, basketball, and lacrosse at the Episcopal School of Dallas. In hoops, she was an All-Conference player all four years, averaging 21.6 points per game as a junior and earning the title of her school’s all-time leading scorer. North was so […]
TD Ierlan Player Profile: NCAA Record Bulldozer
TD Ierlan was selected by Redwoods LC at No. 4 overall in the first round of the 2021 PLL College Draft, beginning the professional career of the illustrious college player. He has been producing very well throughout his first pro campaign, keeping up with what was expected from him after his performances at Denver, Yale, […]
Utah Lacrosse, Brian Holman Part Ways: Who’s in at Utah?
On Aug. 4, Utah announced that men’s lacrosse head coach Brian Holman was stepping down. This announcement came as a shock to many in the lacrosse world given the progress made at Utah and the timing of the decision. The Going Offsides team discussed in great detail many of the likely options, along with some […]
Allison Kwolek Becomes First Clemson Lacrosse Coach
In June, Clemson announced it would add women’s lacrosse to its list of athletics, and it made known the program’s first-ever head coach on Monday: Allison Kwolek. “Clemson offers the unique opportunity to build a program from the ground up and implement my vision and culture from day one,” Allison Kwolek said in a release. […]
Anne Murray Becomes Columbia Lacrosse Head Coach
Columbia lacrosse has a new head coach: Anne Murray. It is the inaugural head coaching opportunity for Anne Murray, who previously spent four years as an associate coach for Fairfield women’s lacrosse. She has been an associate coach at Mount St. Mary’s College, Virginia Tech, Rutgers, and Princeton since beginning her coaching career in 2009. […]
Meg Decker Named Xavier Women’s Lacrosse Head Coach
Meg Decker has been named the first head coach of the Xavier women’s lacrosse program, which will begin competition in the 2022-23 academic year as part of the Big East. In May, Xavier announced that women’s lacrosse would become its 19th varsity sport. Now about two months later, the Musketeers have their first head coach. […]
Jill Batcheller, Kayla Treanor Headline Big Women’s Lacrosse Hires
Two major hires in women’s college lacrosse happened last week, with Villanova naming Jill Batcheller as its next women’s lax head coach and Syracuse appointing Kayla Treanor to take over its program. Jill Batcheller spent the last three seasons as the head women’s lacrosse coach at Drexel, leading the Dragons to a 24-15 record, including […]
Dave Pietramala to Syracuse: What Does It Mean?
The rumors were true after all. After much speculation, Dave Pietramala was announced as the new defensive coordinator for Syracuse men’s lacrosse this week in a splash hire for new head coach Gary Gait. The confirmation of the acquisition officially brings together arguably the two greatest players at their respective positions and provides Syracuse with […]
Clemson Adds Women’s Lacrosse for 2023 Season
CLEMSON, S.C. – Clemson University will add women’s lacrosse and women’s gymnastics as varsity programs in the next two years, Director of Athletics Dan Radakovich announced on Thursday, live on Packer and Durham on ACC Network. Lacrosse is projected to begin competition in 2022-23, with gymnastics beginning competition in the 2023-24 academic year. “We are thrilled to be […]
Ranking NCAA DI Men’s Lacrosse Tournament Helmets
Memorial Day Weekend has come and gone, and it graced us with some unforgettable lacrosse. It drew to an end a wild DI men’s tournament that had plenty of overtimes, insane goals, games determined in the final seconds and more. It also had tons of outstanding helmets, so we’re ranking the lacrosse buckets that were […]