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After three straight runner-up finishes, Boston College wins its first NCAA women's championship.

Sun May 30 2021 | Patrick Stevens | College COURTESY OF NCAA PHOTOS EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — What began as the Year of the Transfer in Division I men’s lacrosse has produced a national title matchup with distinctly different traits. Continuity and cohesion are the watchwords for third-seeded Maryland (15-0) and fourth-seeded Virginia (13-4), who will meet in Monday’s final at Rentschler Field. Fifth-year players have clearly powered both to varying degrees. The Terrapins have attackman Jare...

Maryland started slow but completed a dominant performance in a blowout win over Duke.

Wed May 26 2021 | Matt DaSilva | Fuel Johns Hopkins Madison McPherson is one of 63 players trying out for the U.S. womens national team June 9-11 at USA Lacrosse headquarters in Sparks, Md. (Courtesy of Hopkins Sports) Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world: 1. U.S. women’s national team tryouts June 9-11 at USA Lacrosse headquarters in Sparks, Md., will include a one-hour live stream on Lax Sports Network on Thursday, June 10, USA Lacrosse announced Tuesday. Sheeha...

It’s nearly Championship Weekend. Chalk advanced through to the NCAA semifinals in both the Division I men’s and women’s brackets, an interesting development considering the caliber of games it took to get to this point. On the men’s side, North Carolina, Duke, Maryland and Virginia are the teams left standing to chase a national title. Patrick Stevens recapped how we got here. On the women’s side, a national title will be won by either North Carolina, Northwestern, Syracuse or Boston...

Cornell won the inaugural NCAA championship 50 years ago in 1971.

Sat May 22 2021 | Patrick Stevens | College PHOTO BY NCAA DIGITAL MEDIA Chris Gray (4) hoists Lance Tillman (0) to celebrate one of Tillmans four goals Saturday in North Carolinas 12-11 overtime win over Rutgers in the NCAA quarterfinals at Hofstras Shuart Stadium. HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — It takes a while for traffic to clear out on Long Island. Connor McCarthy was ready when it did. The graduate transfer waited to get a clear look at the cage, then fired in the game-winner with 1:38 left in overti...

Sat May 22 2021 | Patrick Stevens | College PHOTO BY LEE WEISMANN / HOFSTRA ATHLETICS Charlie Bertrand scored once during Virginias 14-3 route of Georgetown. HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Saturday’s NCAA quarterfinal made Georgetown coach Kevin Warne think he was in the middle of a movie. And not in a good way. Fourth-seeded Virginia’s defense dominated fifth-seeded Georgetown’s overmatched offense, and Connor Shellenberger scored six goals as the Cavaliers cruised into the semifinals with a 14-3 ...

Shafer was benched April 10 but came back to reclaim the starting job the next week.

Mon May 17 2021 | Matt DaSilva | Fuel Forty-three years ago, this magazine debuted as the first feature publication devoted exclusively to lacrosse. The periodical was produced by the Lacrosse Foundation, which 20 years later was one of eight organizations that merged to form what was then US Lacrosse and is now USA Lacrosse. These walls in Sparks, Maryland — and these pages in your hands — possess an institutional memory of the sport unlike anything you’ll find in the lacrosse world. The...