AMHERST, Mass. – The New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) is excited to announce the 54 student-athletes who will compete in this year’s East-West Senior All Star Game on Friday, May 31st. The game will take place at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, R.I. Face-off will be at 6:00 PM. All players and coaches were nominated by the head coaches within the NEILA.  Players were then ranked and selected by a committee, awarding seniors from all three NCAA Divisions who played their college career in the New England region. This all-star game is the only one of its kin ..read more

AMHERST, Mass. — Amherst College has been named the Division 3 Champion as the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) announces the final polls of the 2019 season. The Mammoths are headed to Philadelphia for the NCAA D3 National Championship game after defeating former #1 team in New England Tufts University and arch-rival Williams College this week. The Mammoths received all six first place votes and join already crowned regional champs Yale (D1) and Merrimack (D2). Division III No. Team (#1 Votes) PR 1 Amherst (6) 3 2 Williams 2 3 Tufts 1 4 Wesleyan 4 5 Bates 6 6 Spri ..read more

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Trailing by a goal with less than 30 seconds to play, the No. 7 Merrimack College men’s lacrosse program turned to a pair of brothers – junior Dom Thomas and sophomore Christian Thomas – to extend the season. First, it was the elder Thomas netting the equalizer thanks to an incredible feed by sophomore Sean Black with less than four seconds on the clock to send it to overtime. Then, after the biggest faceoff win of sophomore Davis Cronin’s career, younger brother Christian Thomas sent the Warriors to Philadelphia with the game-winner just 29 seconds into the extra session, as ..read more

AMHERST, Mass. – The New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) is proud to announce the 2019 Players and Coaches of the Year, as well as the All-New England teams for Divisions 1, 2 & 3. The teams are voted on by coaches from their respective divisions, on ballots assembled from coach’s nominations of their own players. Boston University swept the Division 1 major awards, with attack Chris Gray earning Player of the Year honors and Ryan Polley voted by his peers as Coach of the Year. Charlie Bertrand of Merrimack College garnered 2019 Division 2 Player of the Year recognitio ..read more

First Round, May 7th 2019 Norwich 10 vs. New England College 12 @ Tufts Second Round, May 8th 2019 Elizabethtown 9 @ Amherst 21 Springfield 8 @ Ursinus 15 Western New England 8 @ Wesleyan 11 Keene State 10 @ Williams 21 New England College 7 @ Tufts 24 Third Round, May 11th, 2019 Wesleyan 13 @ Amherst 16 St. John Fisher 12 @ Williams 17 Stevenson 4 @ Tufts 19 Quarterfinals, May 15th, 2019 Amherst 13 @ Tufts 11 Williams 12 @ RIT 11 2OT ..read more

First Round, May 7th 2019 Norwich 10 vs. New England College 12 @ Tufts Second Round, May 8th 2019 Elizabethtown 9 @ Amherst 21 Springfield 8 @ Ursinus 15 Western New England 8 @ Wesleyan 11 Keene State 10 @ Williams 21 New England College 7 @ Tufts 24 Third Round, May 11th, 2019 Wesleyan 13 @ Amherst 16 St. John Fisher 12 @ Williams 17 Stevenson 4  @ Tufts 19 Quarterfinals, May 15th, 2019 Amherst @ Tufts Williams @ RIT ..read more

AMHERST, Mass. — The New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) announces the Week #12 polls for the 2019 men’s lacrosse season. With the Division 1 & 2 New England champions already announced, only the Division 3 poll will continue to run with multiple teams in the Division III NCAA tournament. Tufts University is once again the unanimous top team in Division 3 this week. The Jumbos received all seven first place votes once again. Along with Tufts, the remaining New England teams in the NCAA tournament are #2 Williams and #3 Amherst. Amherst and Tufts will clash in the quart ..read more

ERIE, Pa. – The No. 7 Merrimack College men’s lacrosse program started its national title defense with a resounding victory over third-seeded Mercyhurst University in the opening round of the 2019 NCAA Division II Men’s Lacrosse Championship on Wednesday at Tullio Field. After the Lakers scored the first two goals of the contest, it was all Merrimack from there on out; the Warriors would score the game’s next 14 goals spanning late in the first quarter to early in the fourth. By then, the game was well out of reach, as Merrimack advanced to the national quarterfinals to take on second-seeded A ..read more

First Round, May 7th 2019 Norwich 10 vs. New England College 12 @ Tufts Second Round, May 8th 2019 Elizabethtown @ Amherst Springfield @ Ursinus Western New England @ Wesleyan Keene State @ Williams New England College @ Tufts ..read more

Fairfield’s MAAC Championship season ends with 15-13 loss to Wagner FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The 2019 season came to an end for Fairfield University Women’s Lacrosse on Tuesday afternoon as the Stags were edged by visiting Wagner, 15-13, in the NCAA Championship Opening Round on Conway Field at Rafferty Stadium. Brooke Gallagher led the Stags with six points to complete just the third 80-point campaign in program history. Fairfield (15-4) wraps up its second straight Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Championship campaign – the program’s first-ever run of back-to-back titles – and its fourth ..read more