but none of those schools is a lacrosse powerhouse on the order of Syracuse, Johns Hopkins, Princeton, UVa, or several other schools near Baltimore. These lacrosse powerhouses recruit heavily from both private and public high schools in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Baltimore and DC suburbs in Maryland, and northern Virginia. Lacrosse has an astonishing following in those states. The Landon-Georgetown Prep game is considered by some to be the best high school lacrosse game in the country.
I'd guess that, of those schools, none has a more scenic location than Ithaca, which is adjacent to lacrosse power Cornell. Cornell has the handsomest setting of any school I've ever seen.
I see that lacrosse is a varsity sport at Ithaca. What about the other schools? Is it a club sport there?
If he likes skiing or snowboarding, he'll have to go farther from those schools than he would were he to attend CU, where Eldora is less than an hour away. When he gets to those ski areas, he'll find that "best conditions ever" means "icepack." Further, there's no lift ticket price war back east as there is in Colorado.
Gratuitous links to old rankings:
ncaa division 1 men's lacrosse, scores and standings, 28 feb 04ncaa division 3 men's lacrosse, scores and standings, 28 feb 04Ithaca was sixth-ranked DIII then, and Cortland State, just down the road from Ithaca, was third-ranked. Cornell was twelfth-ranked in DI. Throw in Colgate, Hartwick, Oneonta, and Hobart, and he'd be right in the middle of things.
More links:
Division I againDIII againWait; I'm not done yet.
Men's Division I Forum PollMen's Division III Forum Poll for April 5