Patrick Stevens
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College sports for USA Lacrosse Magazine, Blue Ribbon Yearbook and more. Coming to a college hoops arena near you. E-mail: 64plus4@gmail.com "Annoyed, but dealing with it," then, now and always Appreciator of Felis catus
“Seriously, would you rather save a little money by raising the temperature the A/C kicks in during a heat wave, or pamper me? How is this even up for debate?”
Happy Conference Realignment Day 2026 (Basketball changes included below).
Georgetown's nonconference schedule this season ... * Four games against the top 50 from 2025-26 * Six games against the bottom 75 from 2025-26 * Two games against the 240 in between (Navy and Maryland)
A dispatch for USA Lacrosse Magazine from Charlottesville, where Kevin Cassese was introduced as Virginia's men's lacrosse coach Wednesday and the new financial realities of college sports loomed over a good chunk of the discussion. www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/col...
Kevin Cassese Introduced as Virginia Head Coach After 'Wild' Past Week
Cassese spent the previous three seasons under former head coach Lars Tiffany.
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Back in Charlottesville today, and before rolling over to Virginia for Kevin Cassese’s introductory presser, I corrected an oversight from this past weekend. I made it to Bodo’s.
Virginia promotes from within a week (almost to the minute( after it announced former coach Lars Tiffany's departure. Kevin Cassese was 136-104 with three NCAA tournament trips in 16 years at Lehigh before spending the last three seasons as the Cavaliers' offensive coordinator.
Also from yesterday, the six trophies in the Princeton lacrosse office were a reminder the Tigers had won national titles before. And now they've done so again after a 16-9 rout of Notre Dame on Monday. On Princeton's seventh heaven, for USA Lacrosse Magazine. www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/col...
Princeton Ends 25-Year Drought, Storms Past Notre Dame for NCAA Title
Chad Palumbo, Colin Burns and Ryan Croddick powered the Tigers to a 16-9 win, completing Matt Madalon’s decade-long rebuild and restoring a lacrosse blueblood to the top.
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From yesterday in Charlottesville, Princeton switched to a zone D nearly five minutes into the national final. Goalie Ryan Croddick took it from there, stopping 12 of the last 18 shots on goal he faced on the way to tournament most outstanding player honors. www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/col...
Croddick, Zone Defense Fuel Princeton’s Memorial Day Masterpiece
When Princeton goalie Ryan Croddick is seeing the ball well, Chad Palumbo says, "This team feels unstoppable." That certainly proved true championship weekend.
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Memorial Day pregame reading, Part II: Princeton's man with a plan is Colin Burns. The Tigers' pick-setting ace has had Scott Stadium as his phone's screen saver for a year. On the indispensable attackman who "has his hands in a lot of different cookie jars." www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/col...
Memorial Day Barbecue: Colin Burns Powers Princeton to Title Game
Unheralded relative to certain teammates, Colin Burns has proven as pivotal as any of them in Princeton's pursuit of its first national title in a quarter century.
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Memorial Day pregame reading, Part I: Air Force grad Josh Yago got one of the academy's grad school slots. Then he got a medical hardship waiver for a missed freshman year. Now he's playing in the national title game as Notre Dame's assists and points leader. www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/col...
Notre Dame's Josh Yago Making the Most of Bonus Season
His first assignment out of Air Force Academy? Grad school. The destination? South Bend. Playing lacrosse in the national championship? Gravy.
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Greetings from Charlottesville. End of the line for the college lacrosse season as top-seeded Princeton (16-2) aims for its first championship since 2001 as it faces second-seeded Notre Dame (13-2) in the NCAA title game. It's cloudy but not raining 90 minutes before game time.
Memorial Day pregame reading, Part II: Princeton's man with a plan is Colin Burns. The Tigers' pick-setting ace has had Scott Stadium as his phone's screen saver for a year. On the indispensable attackman who "has his hands in a lot of different cookie jars." www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/col...
Memorial Day Barbecue: Colin Burns Powers Princeton to Title Game
Unheralded relative to certain teammates, Colin Burns has proven as pivotal as any of them in Princeton's pursuit of its first national title in a quarter century.
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Memorial Day pregame reading, Part I: Air Force grad Josh Yago got one of the academy's grad school slots. Then he got a medical hardship waiver for a missed freshman year. Now he's playing in the national title game as Notre Dame's assists and points leader. www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/col...
Notre Dame's Josh Yago Making the Most of Bonus Season
His first assignment out of Air Force Academy? Grad school. The destination? South Bend. Playing lacrosse in the national championship? Gravy.
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Spotted near Scott Stadium … only one of those three accomplished greatness yesterday.
Requisite annual D-III tweet: Tufts defeats RIT 17-11 to win its third consecutive national title. It's the first Division III three-peat (III-peat?) since 2003-05 Salisbury. Tufts has won six D-III titles, all since 2010.
The Joey Spallina era at Syracuse didn't end with a championship, but the senior attackman still leaves an impressive legacy with the Orange. www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/col...
Joey Spallina Delivered Everything but a Championship to Syracuse
Spallina leaves Syracuse as the all-time scoring leader with a pair of final four appearances. But the thing he really went there to do is a dream left unfulfilled.
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Notre Dame's special teams were stout from start to finish, and the Irish's five man-up goals and ability to limit Syracuse to 0-for-8 shooting while man down went a long way toward securing a 15-7 victory. www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/col...
Special Teams Extra Special in Notre Dame Rout of Syracuse
The Fighting Irish scored five man-up goals and added a man-down tally in a 15-7 victory over Syracuse. They'll play Princeton for the national championship.
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Duke didn't lack for opportunities Saturday against Princeton. But the same thing that vanished during a rough stretch in the second half of the season did again in the semifinals: Shooting. Number of the day: Blue Devil midfielders were 0 of 23. www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/col...
Duke's Shooting Woes Return in NCAA Semifinal Defeat
Whatever Duke might regret from its 14-7 loss to Princeton in Saturday’s NCAA semifinals, it won’t be a lack of chances.
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Ryan Croddick figured out about 90 seconds in it would be a good day for him. Everyone else found out soon enough. On the Princeton goalie's 20-save outing and more about the Tigers' 14-7 drubbing of Duke. www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/col...
Croddick’s 20 Saves Power Princeton Past Duke, Into Final
It wasn’t 90 seconds into Saturday’s semifinal when Ryan Croddick made his first save and knew that it would be a good afternoon. Everyone else found out soon enough.
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From a busy day in Charlottesville at the NCAA semifinals, all for USA Lacrosse Magazine ...
From a busy day in Charlottesville at the NCAA semifinals, all for USA Lacrosse Magazine ...
When life deals you a hotel more than an hour from an event you’re covering … dig into your memory and recall a good Thai place you’ve been to five years ago.
Second-seeded Notre Dame (12-2) starters ... A: Yago, Behrman, Miller M: Jeffery, Angrick, Maheras D: Schwitzenberg, Gallagher, Lyght G: Ricciardelli Sixth-seeded Syracuse (13-5) starters ... A: Leo, Spallina, Thomson M: Rhoa, Hottle, Anderson D: Figueiras, Dwan, Beck G: McCool
And setting up the entire final four, from A to Z, for USA Lacrosse Magazine. www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/col...
NCAA Division I Men's Championship Weekend from A-to-Z
From Angrick to Zepf, here’s the full A-to-Z rundown of what to look for in this year’s final four.
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Pregame reading ... Duke's season was effectively dead in the water ... until it wasn't. A look at the last month for the surging Blue Devils, for USA Lacrosse Magazine. www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/col...
Duke's Season Was Dead. Then the Blue Devils Refused to Let Go.
The resurrection of the unseeded Blue Devils’ season is unlike any other in coach John Danowski’s 20-year run in Durham.
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Top-seeded Princeton (15-2) starters ... A: Burns, Kabiri, Palumbo M: Reynolds, Wade, Dunphey D: Spiess, Fox, Stahl G: Croddick Unseeded Duke (11-4) starters ... A: Colsey, Ortlieb, Johnston M: Sloat, Scioletti, Kershis D: Bard, Menendez, Johnson G: Cunningham
Greetings from Charlottesville, which is hosting this year’s lacrosse final four because Foxboro(ugh) had to relinquish it due to World Cup responsibilities. But fret not! They’ll have Foxboro(ugh)-like weather today! High of 57, clouds and occasional light rain. Princeton-Duke at noon up first.
