MUHS, MAV boys’ lacrosse players recognized

Five members of the Division I runner-up Middlebury Union High School boys’ lacrosse team received postseason recognition from the state’s D-I and Metro Division coaches, while eight members of the D-III champion Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative boys’ lacrosse team were honored by D-III and Mountain Division coaches. 

Recent history between the No. 2 seed Middlebury and No. 1 Champlain Valley union high school boys’ lacrosse teams heading into Sunday evening’s Division I championship game on UVM’s Virtue Field showed the margin between victory and defeat would likely b … (read more)

Mount Abe/Vergennes fell in the D-III titles games both of the last two years, but this season the senior-laden team was ready for Saturday’s state final.

The second-seeded Middlebury Union High School boys’ lacrosse team on Tuesday advanced to the Division I final with a 15-7 semifinal win over No. 3 Burr & Burton.

The second-seeded Mount Abraham/Vergennes boys’ lacrosse team rolled past No. 3 Fairfax on Tuesday, 15-6, in a Division III semifinal. On Saturday at 1:30 p.m., the 10-4 Eagles will play for the program’s first title at Norwich University.

Visiting No. 6 seed Stowe on this past Friday upset the No. 3 Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative girls’ lacrosse team, 5-4, in a Division II quarterfinal. 

In a Saturday duel that decided the No. 2 seed for the Division II girls’ lacrosse playoffs that begin this week, visiting U-32 defeated the Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative team, 10-4, in a game played at Mount Abe. 

The Middlebury Union High School boys’ lacrosse team in Division I and Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative boys’ lacrosse team in D-II each earned No. 2 seeds for the postseason play and will open their title quests with home games on Friday and Tuesday, … (read more)

The No. 8 Middlebury Union High School girls’ lacrosse team on Tuesday dropped its first-round home Division I playoff game to No. 9 Rice, 11-7.

It would be fair to label this year’s NCAA Division III women’s lacrosse tournament the Middlebury Invitational. 

The Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative boys’ lacrosse team won a pair of recent games to improve to 8-4 and apparently lock down the No. 2 seed in Division III. Playoff pairings will be announced Monday.

The Middlebury Union High School boys’ lacrosse team picked up two more recent wins, including another over defending Division I champion South Burlington, and improved to 10-2. 

The Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative girls’ lacrosse team on Saturday breezed past Division I foe Rice, 17-6. The Commodores improved to 12-2 and remained in second place in Division II heading into a home game vs. Spaulding scheduled for Wednesday aft … (read more)

In recent action the Middlebury Union High School girls’ lacrosse team lost on the road to two of the state’s top teams. The Tigers will take a 5-8 record into their final games, both at home, against Mount Mansfield on Friday at 4:30 p.m. and Champlain V … (read more)

In what was the first-ever regular-season meeting between Addison County’s two high school girls’ lacrosse programs, the Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative team claimed the victory on Tuesday over visiting Middlebury, 17-4, in a game delayed twice and th … (read more)