This is one of a regular-day series of boys’/men’s and girls’/women’s stories looking back on this date in lacrosse history)
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/5/20
5/5/08 – Boys’ notebook: League races heat up in season’s final weeks
By Chris Goldberg
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/5/08
As the boys’ season winds down to its final weeks, here is a small recap of the league races.
-La Salle (12-0 league) and St. Joseph’s Prep (11-0) appear to be on a collision course for the Catholic League title with the regular season now over. The Catholic League quarterfinals begin Friday; the finals are May 15 at Plymouth Whitemarsh.
-In the Inter-Ac league, Malvern Prep (8-0) can win the crown by winning at Germantown Academy (5-3) Tuesday or at Penn Charter Friday. Haverford School is in second place at 6-2.
-Ridley (7-1) can clinch the Central League title with a win over visiting Strath Haven Tuesday. Radnor (6-2), Springfield-Delco (5-2) and Lower Merion (5-2) are close behind.
-In the Suburban League, Downingtown East (6-0) and Downingtown West (5-0) are still unbeaten. They play at West on May 16.
5/5/08 – U.S. Under-19 national team coming to the area; squad features Philly’s Dolente, Green, Mackrides
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/5/08
Local lacrosse fans will get a first-hand look at the United States men’s under-19 all-star team – featuring four local players – when it makes one of its stops June 21 at 4:30 p.m. at the United Sports Training Center in Downingtown.
Ohio state sophomore midfielder James Green (Central Bucks East), Villanova freshman defender John Lade, Johns Hopkins freshman midfielder Matt Dolente (Malvern Prep) and Malvern Prep senior attacker Matt MacKrides were selected last summer to represent the United States in the 2008 International Lacrosse Federation (ILF) Under-19 World Championships this July in Coquitlam, British Columbia.
The U-19 team has scheduled four other exhibitions to prepare for the World Championships. Information was recently released by U.S. Lacrosse officials.
5/5/09 -College honors: Philly men help Penn, Penn State men pick up five weekly awards
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/5/09
Two players from Penn have been named the Co-Players of the Week in the Ivy League for their efforts in a season-ending 11-10 victory over Army Saturday.
Senior attack Craig Andrzejewski and senior goalkeeper Greg Murray (West Chester East) shared the award.
Andrzejewski had a spectacular game offensively for the Quakers, scoring three goals and dishing off four assists. The seven-point game was a season-high for the senior, and gave him 142 career points which puts him ninth on the Quakers’ all-time list. Andrzejewski also finished his career with 63 career assists, which is ninth all-time at Penn, and 79 goals which is 12th all-time.
Murray closed out his collegiate career in spectacular fashion, coming up with a career-best 17 saves. Murray began the season as the starter, but was supplanted midway through the year. Last weekend, he got the start on senior day at home, but was forced to come out due to illness and dehydration early in the third quarter. However, on Saturday he again got the start and this time he went the distance.
Penn State’s Forster, Adams, Mackrides sweep ECAC awards
Penn State swept three awards for the ECAC as it closed its season in style Saturday by defeating Georgetown, 12-11, in double overtime to finish the year. Senior goalie Drew Adams (Springfield-Delco), senior attack Rob Forster (La Salle), and freshman attack Matthew Mackrides (Malvern Prep) were each honored in Penn State’s final week in the ECAC Lacrosse League.
5/5/10 – Wednesday’s boys’ roundup: Creighton goal lifts Malvern Prep past EA in OT; PW deals Wissahickon first league loss
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/5/10
Ryan Creighton (two goals) scored the game-winner in the second overtime period as host Malvern Prep defeated Episcopal Academy, 6-5, today in a key Inter-Ac League boys’ lacrosse contest.
The win for Malvern (9-6, 4-2) left the Friars one-half game behind first-place Haverford School (4-1), which
comes to Malvern Prep for a showdown Friday (3:45 p.m). The Friars defeated the Fords when the teams first met.
Bobby Hill, Mark Jackson, Henry Lobb and Keith Dreyer also scored for the Friars and goalie Andrew O’Connell had a standout game. Drew Kennedy also was strong at the face-off X.
EA, which got two goals from Andrew Gordon and a goal and an assist from Chase Growney fell to 3-2 and 12-4. Gerry Smith and Tyler Odell also scored for the Churchmen.
Penn Charter 10, Germantown Academy 8
Tyler White netted five goals and Joey Sankey had two goals and three assists while Jackson Tamasitis made a whopping 18 saves as the Quakers claimed the Inter-Ac win.
5/5/11 – Thursday’s boys’ roundup, Late Edition: Ridley tops Springfield-Delco; Conestoga coasts
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/5/11
Kevin Garling and Eric Streicher each scored two goals and Tom McDermott posted nine saves in goal as visiting Ridley claimed a 7-2 victory over Springfield-Delco tonight in Central League boys’ lacrosse.
Ryan O’Kane and Kelton Heverly each had a goal and an assist for the Green Raiders, who improved to 7-2 in the league and 13-2 overall.
Tyler Morrissey and Mark Gurenlian both scores for the Cougars, who fell 6-3 in the league and 9-6 overall.
Conestoga 14, Haverford High 4
Jack Honebrink, Billy Flatley, Tanner Scott and Connor Frisina each scored two goals as the Pioneers remained undefeated in the Central League.
Radnor 8 Strath Haven 5
Charlie Rubin had five goals and an assist while Mike Barnes won12-of-16 face-offs and Brendan Manderack posted 10 saves to lift the Red Raiders to the Central League win.
5/5/12 – Boys’ lacrosse: Conestoga tops La Salle, 5-4, in battle of top-ranked PIAA teams
By Chris Mueller
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/5/12
Connor Frisina scored three goals – including the 100th of his career –and Jake Scott tallied the game-winner with 3:40 to play as host Conestoga earned a hard-fought 5-4 triumph over La Salle today in a game featuring two of the top-ranked teams in the state.
The Pioneers (ranked No. 1 in PIAA in state media rankings) improved to 14-3 as they gear for their season finale Tuesday at Garnet Valley. They have clinched at least a tie for the Central League title.
La Salle (ranked No. 2 in PIAA) is now 11-4 and is in first place in the Catholic League.
“Our defense and goalie play was really well today,” said Conestoga coach Brian Samson. “We did a great job on some of the hustle plays, and made some key groundballs when needed.”
5/5/13 – Men’s playoffs: Philly grads help Dickinson cap perfect season with Centennial Conference title
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/5/13
From Press Release and Staff Report
The #2-ranked Dickinson men’s lacrosse team captured its third consecutive Centennial Conference Championship, in dominant fashion, turning back #2-seed Franklin & Marshall, 16-2 on Saturday with many contributions from its Philly grads.
The host Red Devils (17-0) struck first as senior attackman Matt Cherry (Radnor) scored off a Will Scott (Emmaus) assist at the 10:57 mark of the first quarter. That was all the scoring in the early minutes as the score held at the end of one.
Sophomore midfielder Tyler White (Penn Charter) found the net with 5:35 to play in the half, and finished with two goals and one assist.
The Dickinson defense was outstanding in front of All-American goaltender Greg Hanley, keeping the Diplomats scoreless until the 9:45 mark of the fourth quarter.
5/5/14 – Philly grads help Penn State club team repeat as NCLL champion
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/5/14
A host of Philly grads helped the Penn State men’s club team defeat Navy, 14-8, Sunday at Rutgers to earn the Nittany Lions their second straight National Collegiate Lacrosse League championship.
Penn State (14-2) advanced to the final with a 23-10 rout of Cortland on Saturday. The Lions also downed Towson, 10-7, in the quarterfinals.
Luke Thompson erupted for nine goals in the championship win and Jamie Froehlich (Kennett) added three goals.
Junior attackman Blake Ament (Central Bucks East) said Penn State had lost to Navy, 9-4, at home back in early April. This time, the Lions executed the basics.
“I think the biggest thing is that when we lost to Navy on April 5 at home it put everybody in gear,” he said. “Coming into this game we knew we had to beat them on transitions and groundballs.
“We really executed. I think they were expecting to walk over us like the first time around. I think this game was the best all-around game we’ve played since I have been here.
5/5/17 -Boys’ lacrosse: @devils_lax trims @DEastBoysLax, 8-6, to strengthen hold on 1st in Ches-Mont
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/5/17
Staff Report
Brendan Harman scored three goals and Kevin Malone posted 10 saves as host Avon Grove defeated Downingtown East, 8-6, Thursday night to take a major step toward a Ches-Mont League championship.
The win keeps the Red Devils (13-1) perfect in the league at 9-0, with league games only against Great Valley and Oxford remaining. The Cougars (11-5) fell to 7-2. Henderson, which toppled Great Valley, 11-4, is in second at 8-1.
Avon Grove trailed, 4-3, late in the third period, but erupted for three goals in a span of 2:31, and two in 16 seconds, to close the quarter, giving it a 6-4 lead. Harman scored with 6 seconds left for the third.
“I think both our defenses are very strong; I believe we have one of the best defenses in the state,” said Harman. “But our offense has a lot of talent and everyone can score so sometimes we just need to get clicking and we can score at rapid rates, and I think we started to value the ball more in the second half.”
5/5/18 – CB East downs La Salle, 6-5, in OT in rematch of last year’s PIAA playoff
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/5/18
Staff Report
It was a much-anticipated rematch as Central Bucks East traveled to La Salle on Saturday afternoon.
After losing to the Patriots in the 2017 PIAA Class AAA State quarterfinals, the Explorers were looking for revenge, but Ryan Stout scored in overtime to give the Pats a 6-5 win.
CB East (13-2) dominated the first period, with Stout kicking off the scoring with a wrap around goal at the 7:16 mark. A short seven seconds later, Michael Ott scored the first of his three goals on the day to give the Patriots a 2-0 lead. East maintained possession for most of the first period, and with time winding down, Ott sent a rocket into the back of the net with only 9 seconds left to give East a commanding 3-0 lead.
But La Salle (9-4) battled back and scored three goals by Brendan Meagher, Ethan LaMond and Joey Taylor to make it 3-3 at the half. Another goal by Meagher with 7:14 remaining in the third gave the Explorers their first lead of the game. But it didn’t last long, as Ott scored a few minutes later to complete the hat trick for a 4-4 tie at the end of three.
