Big East News Articles

Syracuse's Henry Schoonmaker was named the BIG EAST Men's Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week, while Villanova's John LoCascio earned BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week honors.

Notre Dame junior attackman John Scioscia tallied six goals and one assist to lead the Irish to a 17-5 win against Marquette on Tuesday at Loyola Academy.

Kevin Cernuto of St. John's was named the BIG EAST Men's Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week, while Syracuse's David Hamlin picked up BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week honors.

A look around the league.

St. John's junior attackman Kieran McArdle was named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week after recording 17 points in a 2-0 week for the Red Storm, while senior Jeff Lowman earned BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week honors after posting 34 saves.

No. 3/3 Notre Dame defeated No. 8/8 Ohio State 9-4, while Georgetown dropped a 13-8 decision to No. 9/6 Loyola in BIG EAST action on Wednesday night.

Kieran McArdle was chosen as the BIG EAST Men's Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week after recording 12 points in a conference win, while Syracuse's Sean Young was selected as the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week after leading the team's defense in a win against No. 5/4 Johns Hopkins.

Providence's Sean Wright earned BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, while Syracuse's Brian Megill was named the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week.

Freshman attackman Matt Kavanagh wins BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week after leading Notre Dame's men's lacrosse to a 10-9 triple-overtime win against No. 9/8 North Carolina. Georgetown redshirt-sophomore Jake Haley made a career-high 17 saves to lead the Hoyas to a 10-9 win against Dartmouth and earn BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week honors.

Both St. John's and Villanova suffered losses on Tuesday night.

Kevin Cernuto from St. John's was named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, while Syracuse's Brian Megill earned BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week honors.

Notre Dame swept the BIG EAST men's lacrosse weekly awards as junior midfielder Jim Marlatt earned BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week and senior goalie John Kemp was named the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week.

BIG EAST men's lacrosse preseason honors and poll announced.

Men’s Lacrosse Championship returns to Villanova; women’s lacrosse championship will be held at Georgetown.

Eight BIG EAST men’s lacrosse players were honored on the USILA All-America Teams, released by the organization on May 24. In addition, six BIG EAST student-athletes were chosen to compete in the USILA/LAXWORLD 2012 North-South Classic, which was played on May 25 at Harvard Stadium.

Notre Dame men’s lacrosse fell to top-seeded Loyola (Md.), 7-5 in the semifinals of the NCAA Championship on Saturday afternoon at Gillette Stadium.

The Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team will play Loyola at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 26 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.

No. 4 Notre Dame topped No. 5 and defending national champion Virginia 12-10 on Sunday afternoon in the NCAA quarterfinals at PPL Park.

No. 4 seed Notre Dame used nine different goal scorers in a 13-7 victory over Yale on Sunday evening at Arlotta Stadium in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship.

After Syracuse erased a four-goal second quarter deficit to tie the score at five, No. 3 Duke answered with five of the next six goals to eliminate the SU men’s lacrosse team in the opening round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament, 12-9 on Saturday at Koskinen Stadium.