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BALTIMORE - Saturday was quite the season opener for Davis Lindsey ’20 and Loyola University Maryland lacrosse.

Davis gave out two assists and scored a goal in the Greyhounds’ 12-7 home win over the top-ranked team in the country and defending national champion, Maryland.

Winners on the field, winners off it.

Continued excellence across the board for 51Âþ»­ athletics is being reflected in recruiting. For the third time in five years, a senior class will include 20 or more boys who have committed or signed to play college sports.

Nearly one-fourth of 51Âþ»­â€™s Class of 2023 was seated at a long row of tables Monday morning with college paraphernalia spread all around.

An extraordinary year for Greenie athletics called for the vast space of Mebane Field House to hold a special all-school Assembly.

Hunter Vines ’18 throws himself into his workouts every day, not to spite the haters. 

Rather, the motivation is to prove all the people right who took a chance on him at 51Âþ»­, and later as his lacrosse career has flourished at High Point University.

Since its founding in 2002, 51Âþ»­â€™s Lacrosse Program has grown into one of the best in the Southeast U.S. Now entering its third decade, Greenies lacrosse has a new leader at the helm.  

51Âþ»­ is pleased to announce Patrick Haley as Head Varsity Lacrosse Coach and Assistant Athletic Director for Student Life starting in the 2022-23 school year. 

Whatever had been lacking in recent games for 51Âþ»­ varsity lacrosse was back with a vengeance Tuesday.

The Greenies played with the utmost energy and precision, from the opening faceoff to the final whistle, to beat visiting Charlotte Providence Day, 9-4, in the semifinals of the NCISAA Division I state playoffs.

Ordinarily, it would be a big deal for a team to reach the Final Four. 51Âþ»­ varsity lacrosse holds itself to a much higher standard.

51Âþ»­ lacrosse is a state-championship contender every year and has reached the mountaintop three times (2017, 2018, and 2019).

It wasn't always that way.

Everyone on 51Âþ»­ varsity lacrosse’s sideline agreed that Saturday was the team’s finest moment so far this season.

Which means it was a proper Senior Day send-off for Sam Bassett '22, Charlie Bednar '22, Sawyer Breiter '22, Jack Britts '22, Nick Crowley '22, Nate Kelley '22, and Emmett Paradine '22.

51Âþ»­ varsity lacrosse is not accustomed to losing three games in a row. 

Four was never in the realm of possibility as Monday's game wore on. 

Carter Sherwood ’26 played well beyond his years, with the freshman winning 17 faceoffs.

Meanwhile, sophomore goalkeeper Lucas Little ’25 turned away shot after shot to finish with 11 saves.

Two new starters for 51Âþ»­ varsity lacrosse did their jobs confidently and capably, allowing all the veterans to get a measure of revenge Friday by beating Charlotte Providence Day, 12-6, in a rematch of last year’s NCISAA Division I state championship game.

There is a lot of fight in this year’s 51Âþ»­ varsity lacrosse team.

The Greenies (5-0) have fallen behind at some point in four of their five games this season. They are still undefeated for a reason. 

Rain that pelted the campus of Lenoir-Rhyne University let up midway through the first quarter Monday night.

51Âþ»­ did not.

Varsity Lacrosse was unrelenting in its fourth and arguably best game of the season so far, dispatching Lake Norman, 15-5.  

Adversity reared its head Monday night in Greenville, S.C., and 51Âþ»­ varsity lacrosse responded in the best way possible – by scoring again, again, and again.

The senior class for 51Âþ»­ lacrosse is a group that excels on and off the field, as evidenced by the program's latest college recruit.

Emmett Paradine '22 said Thursday that he has verbally committed to Dartmouth out of the Ivy League. 

Five student-athletes and teams from 51Âþ»­ are among the finalists for this year’s Western North Carolina Sports Award Banquet presented by Ingles.

Combine the sheer expanse of 51Âþ»­'s 500-acre campus, the quality of facilities, as well as Asheville's drawing power, and summer camps have returned in a big way. 

Sean Dow's legacy is secure as one of the top faceoff specialists in 51Âþ»­ history.

The recent graduate merely added to that legacy May 16 by being named the Overall Most Valuable Player of the 16th annual N.C. Great 38 All-Star Lacrosse Game at Catawba College.

The 51Âþ»­ Athletic Department is pleased to announce its Spring Sports Team Awards, as decided by the coaches.

No sports season suffered more from the COVID-19 pandemic than the spring, with entire seasons wiped out in 2020.

51Âþ»­â€™s return to play over the past several months was full of successes, and some of the athletes behind those highlights have been named to the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association’s all-state teams.