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USILA DI Coaches Poll

http://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/usila-di-coaches-poll-denver-is-preseason-no-1/30528

Rank		Name	Points
1		Denver (0-0)	274 (0)
2		Notre Dame (0-0)	271 (0)
3		Duke (0-0)	268 (0)
4		Syracuse (0-0)	244 (0)
5		Johns Hopkins (0-0)	238 (0)
6		North Carolina (0-0)	234 (0)
7		Loyola (0-0)	198 (0)
8		Maryland (0-0)	191 (0)
9		Virginia (0-0)	189 (0)
10		Cornell (0-0)	177 (0)
11		Harvard (0-0)	134 (0)
12		Albany (0-0)	112 (0)
13		Penn (0-0)	105 (0)
14		Penn State (0-0)	69 (0)
15		Yale (0-0)	68 (0)
16		Drexel (0-0)	65 (0)
17		Hofstra (0-0)	57 (0)
18		Lehigh (0-0)	54 (0)
19		Bryant (0-0)	44 (0)
20		Army (0-0)	40 (0)

A Great Article

Lifestyles: Rorke Denver the Ultimate Warrior

Navy SEAL and Syracuse alum Rorke Denver ran 192 combat missions in Iraq

by Matt White | LaxMagazine.com | Twitter
Note: A shorter version of this Q&A appeared in the November 2014 issue of Lacrosse Magazine. To begin your subscription, join US Lacrosse today.
Rorke Denver has always taken the hard way.
Raised in California in the 1980s when lacrosse was rare there, he became an All-American defenseman at Syracuse. After college, he joined the Navy to be a SEAL and led multiple combat deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq. Now in the reserves, he has written a book ("Damn Few: Making the Modern SEAL Warrior"), starred in a movie ("Act of Valor") and speaks to corporate audiences about his experiences.

You grew up in California's Bay Area. How did you find the game and end up at Syracuse?

I played water polo in high school and was being recruited by big California schools to play that sport. My sophomore year, there was a sign outside my English class that a lacrosse club was starting. I took to it fast, and the game really clicked for me. After my junior year, my dad said, "Just for fun, do you want to go to a camp this summer?" I went to Syracuse's lacrosse camp, and it was wild. I thought I was going to get eaten alive out there. At end of the first week, coach Roy Simmons Jr. came up to me and said, "You're from where?" He said, "You're big and fast and can definitely play at this level." It all fell into place.

It worked out. You were an honorable mention All-American in 1996.

I'm really proud of this. It's kind of a strange concept, when you go on to do things like SEALs. But I feel like for those lacrosse lists, the names are sealed in the envelope before the season starts. I didn't have a pedigree. I was just grinding it out.

When did you decide to become a SEAL?

My granddad was a B-24 Liberator guy in the Pacific and was killed in action, as most of those guys were. So I had it in the family, but it was not a lifelong calling as it is for some people.
My senior year at Syracuse, my dad sent me a paperback copy of Winston Churchill's "My Early Life." [Churchill] was in the Frontier wars in the Pakistan-India border wars, and the Boer wars in Africa, where he was captured and escaped. I just put that book down and knew I wanted to serve.
I heard about a little program where they make Naval commandos down in Southern California where about 80 percent of the people don't make it. Those sounded like the right odds to me.

What action did you see?

The most aggressive and violent tour was summer of 2006 in Iraq. I was a platoon commander in Al Anbar. Just unbelievable events and output from our team, with Medals of Honor and too many Silver and Bronze stars to even count. Very kinetic engagements, taking out bad guys but also partnering with some of the sheiks and tribal warlords to get those tribal awakenings to happen. We went from a time when you couldn't go outside the wire without being in a gunfight to, six months after our deployment, people are walking around Rhymadi with no body armor.
We ran 192 combat missions in those seven months: sniper overwatch, direct-action assaults every other night, just full kinetic, which doesn't win wars, but it does move the needle.

A study commissioned by the SEALs found that, statistically, lacrosse players fare well in training. Why is that?

It is a warrior game. Having gone to Syracuse, I know [Onondaga] Chief [Oren] Lyons and some of the tribal elders who care for this game. And while they don't say it's a war game, it has those combative roots, a gift from the creator that was based on toughness and physicality.
You got all these positions: defensemen, attackmen, faceoff specialist, goalie. Same thing in a special ops team: You got snipers, you got your breachers, you got communications specialists, a medic in there. It's the ultimate sport for any military service, and definitely for special operations.

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In 14 years as a Navy SEAL officer, Rorke Denver faced drug lords in Latin America, violent mobs in Liberia and terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan. From Hell Week to hero, Denver’s book, “Damn Few: Making the Modern SEAL Warrior,” takes you inside an elite brotherhood and demonstrates the challenges of modern warfare. Lacrosse fans will find familiarity in anecdotal references to Denver’s time playing for legend Roy Simmons Jr. at Syracuse (1993-96) and his appreciation for Native American culture. “Damn Few,” co-authored by Denver and Ellis Henican, made The New York Times best seller list in March 2013.

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2014 FIL World Lacrosse Championships on ESPN

United States
Thursday July 10 vs. Canada, 9 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday, July 12 vs. Australia, 7 p.m., ESPNU
Sunday, July 13 vs. Japan, 7 p.m., ESPNU
Monday, July 14, vs England, 7 p.m., ESPNU
Tuesday, July 15 vs. Iroquois, 7 p.m., ESPNU
Iroquois
Friday July 11 vs. England, 10 p.m., ESPN3
Saturday, July 12 vs. Japan, 4 p.m., ESPN3
Sunday, July 13 vs. Canada, 10 p.m., ESPNU
Monday, July 14, vs Australia, 10 p.m., ESPNU
Tuesday, July 15 vs. United States, 7 p.m., ESPNU
ESPN2
Time Warner: Channel 301 (SD & HD) and channel 25 for non-digital customers
Verizon Fios: Channel 74 (SD) and 574 (HD)
DirectTV: Channel 209 (SD & HD)
Dish Network: Channel 144 (SD &HD)
New Visions: Channel 74 (SD) and 760 (HD)
ESPNU
Time Warner: Channel 370 in SD and HD
Verizon Fios: Channel 73 on SD and 573 HD
DirecTV: Channel 208 on SD and HD
Dish Network: Channel 141 on SD and HD
New Visions: Channel 73 on SD and 759 on HD

M|11 Gear Drive for Fields of Growth

Here is a great opportunity to have your lacrosse equipment picked up at your home and it will go to a fabulous charity. 

What we need: New or used lacrosse sticks and all other lacrosse related equipment for boys and girls.

Where: We will pick it up! Just leave the equipment you're willing to donate outside your front door and send the address to  footee711@aol.com OR drop off your equipment at 53 Glen Road, Greenwich, 06830

When: Saturday, May 31st

Local FoG Representatives: Eric Foote, Colgate University Lacrosse Class of 2016, GYL Alum: Kyle Foote, Current Captain of the Greenwich High School Lacrosse Team: Reed Barbe, Gettysburg College Men's Lacrosse

Why: Fields of Growth (FoG) aims to harness the passion of the lacrosse community into positive social impact through global leadership development, service and growing the game. Founded in 2009 by former college lacrosse coach and player, Kevin Dugan. FoG has become a popular non-profit among those in the lacrosse world that have a passion for international development. Fields of Growth staff members are passionate and committed to growing the game in the USA and in serving their local communities, however the emphasis of this organization is to harness the passion of the lacrosse community into positive social impact in developing countries.

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Women's Polls DI

IWLCA Division I Poll, Week 11

Syracuse University holds on to the top spot in the IWLCA’s Division I Weekly Poll for April 21, 2014 with the University of Maryland at #2 just three votes short of #1.  The University of Florida moves up to #3 and the University of North Carolina round out the top four.   Princeton University moves back into the top 20 at #19.

Rank	Institution	Votes (1st PL)	Record
1	Syracuse University	391 (220)	15-1
2	University of Maryland	388 (180)	16-1
3	University of Florida	350	15-2
4	University of North Carolina	342	13-3
5	Northwestern University	309	9-5
6	Boston College	307	12-4
7	Duke University	278	9-6
8	Pennsylvania State University	225	9-6
9	Johns Hopkins University	221	12-3
10	Ohio State University	186	12-4
11	University of Massachusetts	181	14-1
12	Loyola University of Maryland	175	12-4
13	University of Notre Dame	156	9-7
14	University of Virginia	147	9-7
15	University of Pennsylvania	124	8-4
16	Stony Brook University	101	13-2
17	Stanford University	81	12-3
18	University of Louisville	75	12-3
19	Princeton University	70	10-4
20	University of Albany (NY)	46	12-2

Also receiving votes:  University of Denver, United State Naval Academy, Georgetown University