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 5/8/20
Male Student-Athlete: Plymouth Whitemarsh’s Greenberg is using his brain for success
By Chris Goldberg
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/8/08
Jacques Greenberg said he’s learned great empathy by growing up with a younger sister who has significant disabilities.
That has led the Plymouth Whitemarsh senior to pursue a career in neurology and psychiatry.
“I have a sister who is mentally retarded so I have always had to learn as much as I can about mental illness,” said Greenberg. “The brain controls everything. I want to go into psychiatry eventually, so I want to understand the brain.”
Greenberg, a four-year letter-winner and a key starter on defense for the Colonials, earned early admittance to Brown University’s pre-med program and will study cognitive neuroscience.
5/8/10 – Saturday’s boys’ roundup: Abington defeats Garnet Valley, Boyertown clinches playoff berth
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/8/10
Freshman Matt Rambo scored seven goals as Abington earned a 17-10 victory today over visiting Garnet Valley in a battle of teams ranked in the PA Media Rankings.
The Ghosts, ranked No. 4 in the PIAA Poll, improved to 16-1 with their 15th straight victory. The Jaguars, ranked No. 5, dropped to 11-4. The contest was a rematch of a contest last year in the District 1 tournament when Garnet Valley defeated Abington, 11-10, to secure the final state berth for the district.
Anthony Hensley and Joey Jones each scored three goals for the Ghosts while Jesse McGinley made nine saves. Thde Ghosts scored 11 gols in the second half.
For Garnet Valley, Mike Montella and Ricky Lehman each scored four goals.
Boyertown 11, Owen J. Roberts 9
The Bears wrapped up the fourth and final PAC-10 playoff berth by defeating the Wildcats as Matt Straface made 24 saves – 10 in the final period – and added two assists while Matt Salvetti had five goals and two assists. Alex Millard added four goals and one assist.
5/8/11 – Saturday’s boys’ roundup: Sankey hits 300 career points, helps Penn Charter throttle Garnet Valley
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/8/11
Senior Joey Sankey went over the 300 mark in career points and Tyler White scored five goals Saturday in leading Penn Charter to a 13-7 non-league boys’ lacrosse triumph over Garnet Valley.
Sankey, signed with North Carolina, had two goals and six assists and now has 164 career goals and 143 career assists. Shane Carr and Grant Guyer each scored twice and Jackson Tamasitis made 11 saves for the Quakers, who improved to 9-9.
Ridley 5, Abington 4
Eric Streicher scored twice and Tom McDermott made six saves as the Green Raiders toppled the Ghosts in non-league action.
Nick Pisko scored twice for Abington, while Ryan Ambler had a goal and two assists and Travis O’Connor made 10 saves.
Pennsbury 11, Council Rock North 5
Calvin Hopkins had four goals and an assists and Ricky Jutkiewicz added three goals and an assists while Drew Sweetland made 13 saves to pace the Falcons to the non-league win.
5/8/12 – Philly players lead Lynchburg to Old Dominion Conference crown and high seed in NCAA Division III tourney
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/8/12
The 2012 NCAA Division III men’s lacrosse championship tournament brackets were released Sunday evening, with Lynchburg College – led by numerous Philly grads – receiving a bye into the second round.
Unionville grads Joe Lisicky (left) and Jon Gill helped lead Lynchburg to the Old Dominion Conference championship and a first-round bye in the Division III tournament. Lisicky was named league MVP and Gill was an all-tournament pick and second-team all-league choice. Many other Philly grads also made key contributions.
The tournament’s first round begins Wednesday, May 9 featuring 24 of the 28 teams with just four teams earning byes: Cortland State, Tufts University, Salisbury University and LC. The Hornets will host the winner of a first round match-up between Denison University and Adrian College this weekend on a day and time to be announced later in the week. The victor advances into the national quarterfinals and will be one of just eight teams remaining.
Lynchburg enters the tournament having won 16 straight games, including a 10-4 victory over Washington & Lee University Sunday afternoon in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference title game. The Hornets have reached the NCAA Tournament six times, the last in 2008.
5/8/13 – Boys’ lacrosse: Malvern Prep tops Haverford School to remain tied for Inter-Ac lead
By Chris Goldberg
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/8/13
Tommy O’Connor scored five goals and Joe Dunn added three goals and two assists as visiting Malvern Prep defeated Haverford School, 13-10, Tuesday to keep pace atop the Inter-Ac League race with Episcopal Academy.
Malvern Prep, the top-ranked team by Phillylacrosse.com, improved to 7-1 in the league and 13-1 overall. EA – which downed Penn Charter, 7-1 – is 8-1. Both teams have one game remaining and if they win they will share the title.
Malvern Prep closes Friday with a home against against last-place Germantown Academy while EA hosts Haverford School (11-7, 5-3), which fell out of contention for the league crown.
5/8/14 – Boys’ roundup: Shanahan clinches title, Springfield-Delco downs U. Dublin, La Salle finishes undefeated in Catholic League
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/8/14
Alex Wagner had four goals and three assists and John Mehok scored four goals as host Bishop Shanahan routed West Chester East, 20-5 tonight to clinch the Ches-Mont League championship outright.
The Eagles (14-1) closed a 10-0 league season. They tied for the title last year with three other teams – the first league title in school history.
Dylan Alderman added three goals and two assists and Eric Giannetti had three goals and an assist for Shanahan.
Springfield-Delco 8, Upper Dublin 3
The Cougars (13-3) won a key gave for District 1 seeding as Lucas Spence had three goals and two assists and younger brother James Spence made 10 saves.
5/8/15 – Boys’ lacrosse: @MTLacrosse defeats @penncrestblax in big win for Lancaster County
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/8/15
Staff Report
The game had no bearing on the District 1 or District 3 seedings, but visiting Manheim Township enjoyed a monumental victory today when it rallied past Central League co-champion and defending PIAA champion Penncrest, 14-13, in overtime.
Davis Carr scored with 0.4 seconds left in regulation and 2018 Grayson Sallade (five goals) won it in overtime as the Blue Streaks improved to 18-2 Friday. The win came just a day after Manheim defeated Hempfield, 17-11, to win the Lancaster-Lebanon League crown.
Penncrest led, 13-11, with a minute and 30 seconds to play, when Manheim asked for a stick check on Penncrest face-off specialist Zach Groses. The call was an illegal stick and a 3-minute unreleasable penalty was called.
Manheim capitalized on the call as Sallade scored with 14 seconds left. Aaron Kager (17 of 23 face-offs) won the face-offandafter a time out, Carr scored with 0.4 seconds to go.
5/8/15 – PAC-10 boys’ championship: Hvazda OT goal helps @SFLacrosse top Owen J. Roberts for 5th straight crown
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/8/15
By Dave Kurtz, courtesy PAC-10Sports.com
The high five has been part of the sports landscape for nearly a half-century, a transcendental gesture of triumph and achievement.
Thursday night at Henry J. Bernat Field, the Spring-Ford Rams executed their own unique version of the high five, winning a fifth straight Pioneer Athletic Conference boys lacrosse championship with an 8-7 overtime victory over Owen J. Roberts.
These teams have met in every PAC-10 final and the Rams have won six of the nine years.
Dan Cassidy gathered in a groundball at the Spring-Ford defensive end, bolted up field at full gallop and laid a perfect pass on the stick of Jake Hvazda to the left of OJR goalie Brandon Calle. Hvazda did the rest, one-timing the ball into the net to set off a raucous celebration that included, you guessed it, a torrent of high-fives.
“Dan Cassidy did everything on that play,” said Hvazda, who finished with two goals and three assists. “He was hauling down the field and I just caught it and shot it. Danny was responsible, getting that ground ball and setting me up. I guess you could say I was in the right place at the right time.”
5/8/16 – Goalie Adoni (@gapatriotslax) leads Gettysburg to 9-2 win over @UrsinusMLAX in Centennial Conference final
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/8/16
From Press Release
Gettysburg senior goalie Jake Adoni (Germantown Academy) posted 13 saves as the Bullets toppled Ursinus College men’s lacrosse team’s bid for its first Centennial Conference crown was denied Saturday by Gettysburg for the second straight season, as the 7th-ranked Bullets rode their stifling defense to a 9-2 victory on The Battlefield.
Gettysburg (14-2), which defeated the Bears 11-10 in last year’s title game, clinched the conference’s automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament, leaving Ursinus (14-3) to await its fate when the field is revealed on the selection show, slated for Sunday night at 9 p.m. on ncaa.com.
The Bullets came in ranked third in Division III in scoring defense and looked every bit the part on their home turf, keeping the CC’s top offense off the board until senior Logan Panaccione’s man-up goal with 5:33 remaining in the fourth quarter. By then Gettysburg had opened up a 9-0 lead thanks in large part to Tommy Heller, who finished with five goals and an assist after a CC Tournament-record nine points in Wednesday’s semifinal victory over Swarthmore.
5/8/16 – Tourney MVP Rambo (@LaSalle_Sports) leads Maryland to Big 10 tourney title
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/8/16
From Press Release
The Maryland men’s lacrosse team defeated Rutgers, 14-8, on Saturday to claim the Big Ten Conference Tournament title Saturday night at Homewood Field. The championship marked Maryland’s fifth conference tournament title in history, and third regular season and conference tournament sweep.
Tourney MVP Matt Rambo, right, celebrates the Big 10 title with fellow Philly grads Tyler Brooke (Conestoga, 12), Ryan Lehman (Garnet Valley, 13) amd Jon Garino (Episcopal Academy, 12) – Photo by Rene Schleicher
With the win, Maryland (14-2) earned the Big Ten Conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, marking the Terps’ NCAA-best 14th straight NCAA Tournament appearance.
5/8/17 – Pansini Law Group Male Scholar-Athlete of the Week: Harriton 2017 ATT Atillasoy
By Chris Goldberg
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/8/17
Harriton 2017 attackman Hakan Atillasoy has been named the Pansini Law Group Male Scholar-Athlete of the Week.
The award recognizes senior and junior lacrosse players that excel in academics, service and athletics.
Hakan Atillasoy Profile:
High school: Harriton
Position: Attackman
College committed to: Ursinus College
Lax club team: Twist (Black)
Extracurricular Activities: Stock club, Speak Up, Ronald McDonald club, HHSTV Announcer, “Herd” School Spirit Group Leader.
Service Activities: Volunteering with Ashbee, our youth feeder program, for the past four years.
5/8/17 – Wesleyan’s Bergman (@SHBoysLacrosse), @LowerMerionLax grads Buckman (Bowdoin), Wolf (Amherst) are all-NESCAC
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/8/17
Senior goalie Ted Bergman (Strath Haven) of 17-1 and league champion Wesleyan University was named first-team NESCAC All-Conference. The all-NESCAC teams were announced Thursday by the conference office and voted on by the league’s coaches.
Bergman earned his second all-conference nod, while garnering First Team honors for the first time in his career. The senior goalie has been exceptional between the posts all year and leads the conference in goals-against average (8.66), and ranks second in both save percentage (57.4) and minutes (921:28).
Also making the second team were Lower Merion grads Evan Wolf (Amherst, sophomore attackman) and Bowdoin junior middie Daniel Buckman.
5/8/19 – WC East rallies past Henderson, 11-8, to clinch 1st Ches-Mont title since 2005; Grello is ‘Blue Collar’ winner
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/8/19
Staff Report
West Chester East senior midfielder Rocco Grello knew the Vikings had the potential to be a Ches-Mont League champion this year.
“I think we always had great team chemistry,” he said. “Many of us have been playing together since 6th grade and when we were working out in the winter I realized we had something special. Coach (Jim) Schorn always told us we were a special group and that we could do something great this year. We proved it!”
