Big East News Articles

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.

Two BIG EAST men’s lacrosse teams will compete in the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship as Syracuse earned the league’s automatic berth and Notre Dame was an at-large selection. The Fighting Irish earned a No. 4 seed and will host Yale in the first round. Syracuse will play at No. 3 seed Duke.

No. 3 seed Syracuse defeated No. 4 seed St. John’s 12-4 in the championship game on May 5.

No. 3 seed Syracuse will play No. 4 seed St. John’s in the BIG EAST Men’s Lacrosse final at Villanova Stadium on May 5 at 12 p.m. ET. The game will be televised live on ESPNU.

No. 4 seed St. John’s upset No. 1 seed Notre Dame 8-7 in the BIG EAST Men’s Lacrosse Championship semifinal, held at Villanova Stadium on May 3.

No. 3 seed Syracuse used a 6-0 run to defeat No. 2 seed Villanova 15-6 at the BIG EAST Men’s Lacrosse semifinal in front of a crowd of 3,415 at Villanova Stadium on Thursday evening.

Three schools shared the BIG EAST men’s lacrosse regular season awards, as major award winners and all-conference teams were announced on Wednesday evening at the 2012 BIG EAST Men’s Lacrosse Championship banquet, held at the Philadelphia Marriott West.

Jim Siedliski, BIG EAST’s Associate Commissioner for Sport Administration, gives a behind the scenes look at the men's lacrosse championship in the second installment of a two part interview

The inaugural men's lacrosse championship is this week and four teams are vying for the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Championship.

Jim Siedliski, BIG EAST’s Associate Commissioner for Sport Administration, gives a behind the scenes look at the men's lacrosse championship in part one of a two part interview

Notre Dame's John Kemp named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week for the third time; Providence's Jake Nolan earns first BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week honor.

Notre Dame clinches regular-season title and No. 1 seed in the BIG EAST Championship.

Cunningham, Kemp and Megill announced as Tewaaraton nominees.

Notre Dame’s Sean Rogers tabbed as BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week; Georgetown’s Matt Winter takes home BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week.

Villanova’s Matt Bell and Notre Dame’s John Kemp Collect Weekly Awards.

SU’s Tommy Palasek takes BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, while VU’s John LoCascio named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week.

Rutgers swept the BIG EAST Player of the Week awards as redshirt-sophomore Scott Klimchak was named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week and sophomore Steven Lusby earned BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week.

St. John's midfielder Terence Leach earned BIG EAST Men’s Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week, while Villanova's Dan Gutierrez was tabbed as the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week.

Rutgers’ Will Mangan Named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week; Providence’s Christian Dzwilewski Tabbed as BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week.