Cornell's 1971 Championship Set Off 'a Whole New Era' in Lacrosse
Cornell won the inaugural NCAA championship 50 years ago in 1971.
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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 Tillman's four goals Saturday in North Carolina's 12-11 overtime win over Rutgers in the NCAA quarterfinals at Hofstra's 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 overtime to nudge top-seeded North Carolina past Rutgers 12-11 in an NCAA quarterfinal at Shuart Stadiu...
Sat May 22 2021 | Patrick Stevens | College PHOTO BY LEE WEISMANN / HOFSTRA ATHLETICS Charlie Bertrand scored once during Virginia's 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 rout at Shuart Stadium. “They are the longest defense we’ve played all year,” Warne marveled....
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. There’s a new logo on the facade and a new masthead on the cover. But rebranding in some ways has res...