February 9, 2025 — Keeping a perspective on a milestone
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by Al Mattei
1h ago
The folks writing the news releases for the U.S. women’s indoor World Cup field hockey team summed up the 2025 campaign in a factual sentence: USA held on for the 5-3 victory and highest ever finish at the FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup. Thing is, you need to have a certain perspective on the finish ..read more
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February 8, 2025 — With a whistle and a draw, some interesting doings on Day 1
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by Al Mattei
2d ago
Yesterday afternoon, women’s lacrosse was played in anger for the first time in the regular season. Fifty-six teams in Division I, II, and III took up sticks, and there will be a few hundred contests between now and Memorial Day Weekend to figure out who the best collegiate teams will be. If there were a ..read more
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February 7, 2025 — NCAA Division I women’s lacrosse preview
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by Al Mattei
3d ago
AL’S FEARLESS 5IVE Boston CollegeMichiganNorthwesternSyracuseVirginia The hallmark of our Division I preseason coverage has always been a Fearless 5ive. But this season is likely to be all about the Terriffic 2wo. I believe Boston College and Northwestern will have a duopoly over the national ratings, the national headlines, and, ultimately, the tournament. Fine margins in ..read more
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February 6, 2025 — The striking lack of agency for some women’s sports figures
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by Al Mattei
4d ago
In the last week, I’ve seen a couple of interesting pictures on social media in the world of women’s sports. On one social media post, the picture shows the starting lineup for the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun — but with five red X’s on them. All five players that were starters for last year’s Sun side ..read more
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February 5, 2025 — The mission was clear
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by Al Mattei
4d ago
The U.S. women’s indoor field hockey team had a win and a loss after two of three pool-play matches at the 2025 World Cup. The Eagles had gotten three points from a win and a loss after two matches, and faced uncertainty headed into today’s final Pool A match with medal favorite Belgium. That’s because ..read more
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February 4, 2025 — A business decision, perhaps?
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by Al Mattei
5d ago
In September 2023, the Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics at the University of Delaware published a story about the forthcoming graduation of a prominent student. That student was Rolf van de Kerkhof, the school’s highly successful field hockey coach, who was scheduled to his master’s degree in international business in the spring of ..read more
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February 3, 2025 — Czechia 5, USA 3
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by Al Mattei
5d ago
Give the U.S. women’s indoor national field hockey team credit for starting off strong in its opening World Cup pool match against medal favorite Czechia. Indeed, in under three minutes, midfielder Reese D’Ariano scored what could be one of the goals of the tournament when she barrelled into the right wing corner and flipped a ..read more
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February 2, 2024 — A dreamscape, a reality
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by Al Mattei
1w ago
Friday night, I had a vivid dream. I was moving through a newspaper office somewhere in a snowy town in what I gathered was Alaska. I was assigned to write a story about first responders to some kind of local mishap. I was tying it to the brave actions of emergency medical and fire professionals ..read more
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February 1, 2025 — A look towards the 2025 lacrosse season
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by Al Mattei
1w ago
The U.S. domestic women’s and girls’ lacrosse seasons are getting started with an absolute torrent of games. Not only will it be Week 1 of the NCAA season beginning this Friday, but the opening fixtures of the Women’s Lacrosse League’s Championship Series will be taking place in Springfield, Va. Too, there will be scholastic action ..read more
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January 31, 2025 — Well, that didn’t take long
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by Al Mattei
1w ago
It was only a couple of days ago when USA Field Hockey dropped the senior women’s national team player pool, which is 37 members strong. The pool of players includes members of last year’s Olympic team, collegiate stars, and teenage star Reese D’Ariano. It was therefore a pretty diverse bunch of players that head coach ..read more
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