25,710 See Lax In New Meadowlands Stadium
April 11, 2010 – The stadium was about 85% complete, but the New Meadowlands Stadium was the buzz for over 25,000 at Saturday’s Konica Minolta Big City Classic. The first ever game played on the field was by Princeton, NJ’s The Lawrenceville School against Highland Park, Texas in the Lawrenceville Invitational, which also saw former Georgetown great Brodie Merrill’s Toronto-based prep lacrosse factory, The Hill Academy, square off against The Haverford School of Philadelphia.
The prep games were followed by three college contests. Tenth-ranked Hofstra skinned by Delaware 12-11 in the most entertaining game of the day. The showdown between #1 Virginia and #2 North Carolina also didn’t fail to entertain, as the Cavs remained unbeaten, 7 to 5. Third-ranked Syracuse clobbered fifth-ranked Princeton 13-4 in the nightcap as Princeton’s first year coach Chris Bates didn’t make anyone forget Bill Tierney.
In Denver, Tierney’s University of Denver team beat visiting Louisville’s Bellarmine University 12-8 in a week where lacrosse venues across the state of New Jersey showed support for ailing Bellarmine coach Jack McGetrick. In other New Jersey lacrosse news, Rutgers travelled to Jacksonville, Florida to get clobbered 17-10 by two-year-old Jacksonville University.
