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-The LaxBacker Dinner Banquet is only 2 weeks away. Please book your seats now.

Saturday February 6, 2010
6:30PM - 10:30PM
The MeadowClub, Port Jefferson Station
$75/ Person (includes dinner and open bar)
For tickets: susan.abbott@stonybrook.edu


-The SB Recreation Center we've been hearing about for years is finally coming to fruition. Construction has begun between the Student Union and Pritchard Gymnasium.
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1848179021.html

http://commcgi.cc.stonybrook.edu/am2/publish/General_University_News_2/Stony_Brook_University_Receives_Additional_18M_For_Campus_Recreation_Center.shtml

http://www.sasaki.com/what/works.cgi?fid=483&page=4






The SB Recreation Center will house a gymnasium and Multi-Activity Courts against an articulated pavilion, weight and fitness rooms, multi-purpose studios and administration offices.


-SB Lacrosse Season Tickets are on sale now. You can purchase ahead of time at the following link: http://goseawolves.cstv.com/sports/m-lacros/spec-rel/012110aab.html

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-LaxBacker Dinner Banquet:
Saturday February 6, 2010
6:30PM - 10:30PM
The MeadowClub, Port Jefferson Station
$75/ Person (includes dinner and open bar)

Please contact susan.abbott@stonybrook.edu to purchase your tickets ahead of time. Contact us for hotel info.


-SB Lacrosse 2010 Schedule:
Sun. - 2/7/10 @ Lehigh (scrimmage) 1:00pm
Sat. - 2/6/10 LaxBacker Dinner Banquet 6:30pm
Sun. - 2/14/10 Yale (scrimmage) 1:00pm
Sat. - 2/20/10 Siena 1:00pm
Sat. - 2/27/10 @ Virginia 1:00pm
Sat. - 3/6/10 Towson 1:00pm
Sat. - 3/13/10 @ Delaware 1:00pm
Tue. - 3/16/10 St. Johns - time TBD
Sat. - 3/20/10 Denver 1:00pm
Tue. - 3/23/10 Cornell 7:00pm
Sat. - 3/27/10 @ Bryant 1:00pm
Sat. - 4/3/10 @ UMBC 1:00pm
Sat. - 4/10/10 Annual Odd/Even Alumni Game 4:00pm
Sat. - 4/10/10 Hartford 7:00pm
Sat. - 4/17/10 @ Binghamton - 1:00pm
Sat. - 4/24/10 @ Albany - 1:00pm
Sat. - 5/1/10 Vermont 1:00pm
Wed.- 5/5/10 America East Semifinal TBD
Sat. - 5/8/10 America East Final TBD
Sat. - 5/15/10 NCAA First Round TBD
Sat. - 5/22/10 NCAA Quarterfinal (Stony Brook/Princeton)


-Inside Lacrosse Preview: On January 13, 2010 IL did a very positive write up about the upcoming 2010 season for SB Lacrosse: http://blogs.insidelacrosse.com/2010/01/13/insidelacrossecom-ncaa-preview-2010-no-28-stony-brook/



Vonzel Legall '11 carries the ball against UMBC in 2009.

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On to the preseason rankings for 2010:

-(#28) Inside Lacrosse will be previewing the top 40 teams in Division I and will analyze SB on January 13, 2009. SB was ranked in the 28th slot, behind Colgate and in front of Delaware. (click on January 13 link) http://blogs.insidelacrosse.com/2010/01/04/insidelacrossecom-2010-ncaa-preview-full-calendar-of-coverage/

-(#23) Inside Lacrosse Magazine Coaches Poll has SB ranked in the 23rd slot, behind Ohio State and in front of Denver.
http://blogs.insidelacrosse.com/2009/11/23/inside-lacrosse-face-off-yearbook-2010-preseasons-coaches-top-25/

-(#18) Lacrosse Magazine has SB ranked in the 18th slot, behind UMass and in front of Denver. (Thanks to Todd Caissie '92 for that one) http://www.laxpower.com/laxnews/news.php?story=16636

-(#23) Laxnews has SB in the 23rd slot, behind Ohio State and in front of Delaware. http://www.laxnews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=429

-Laxpower has projected (assuming no changes whatsoever from last season) that SB will finish 8-6 for 2010. http://www.laxpower.com/common/wonloss2010.php


And now some NLL news:

-NLL Insider placed Rhys Duch '08 at #19 for its all-time Top 50 players. http://www.nllinsider.com/2009/12/28/nll-insider-top-50-rhys-duch-19-plus-all-time-rookie-countdown/


Rhys Duch '08 carries the ball against Harvard in 2007.

-NLL Insider put together a nice article with the spotlight on SB Head Coach Rick Sowell. http://www.nllinsider.com/2009/12/09/looking-back-with-rick-sowell/



Coach Sowell addresses the team in 2008.