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Congrats to Matt Poskay as he has been named the next head coach at Wagner University. I know Glaude will say nothing can save Wagner but Poskay is a step in the right direction. And look at it this way, Wanger can only go up from here, right? Poskay was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2009 and has been fighting the disease since. Incredibly, Poskay battled the disease and led the MLL with 52 points in 2010. ""Lacrosse-wise and athletically, they're making the turn in a right direction with some recent hires," Poskay says. "It's in a great location. Student-athletes that want to come experience the New York City lifestyle but be a little bit removed, this is the right fit." (via insidelacrosse.com) Poskay is the name that is needed with a program like Wagner, that has had a hard time recruiting top tier talent. A solid resume and reputation in the sport, Poskay has ties to his alma mater and his roots in New Jersey.

Great news for the Joe Breschi and the North Carolina Tar Heels as former Georgetown Hoya attackman Davey Emala will be headed to Chapel Hill in the fall. Emala will have two years left at UNC as he finished his sophomore campaign with 35 goals and 48 points to lead the Hoya's in 2011. As Breschi loses Billy Bitter to graduation, he now adds a more than capable replacement in Emala.

"It's a special place, to be quite frank. It's the Naval Academy," Sowell said of what attracted him to Navy, noting though how tough it was to leave Stony Brook. "I'm excited about my future, but this place obviously means a lot to me. It's tough — bittersweet." (via Insidelacrosse.com). So the ship has a new captain. Its now time for Sowell to right the ship that was a 3-10 2011 season. Sowell is set to make $300,000 as Navy's eighth head coach.

According to sources, it looks like Seawolve's coach Ricky Sowell will take over the vacant head coaching spot at Navy. Sowell will replace Richie Meade, who led the Midshipmen for 17 years and amassed a record of 142-97. Some will say Meade was forced out at Navy by atheltic director Chet Gladchuk and legendary Army coach Jack Emmer had something to say on Meade's dismissal as well. "Richie has totally poured himself into the culture of the Naval Academy," Emmer said. "He's all about developing these young guys from a leadership standpoint to be better officers in the United States Navy. … He loves that role, and I can't imagine his former players would do anything but stand on their heads for Richie." (via The Baltimore Sun) Sowell will have big shoes to fill, as Meade was a household name at Navy and brought the Midshipmen to prominence with their 2004 National Championship appearance. Sowell has put together a nice program at Stony Brook, recruiting some great talent from across the nation and Canada and coming within one goal of knocking off Virginia in 2010 and moving to the Semi-finals. A late loss to Hartford in the 2011 America East Championship will haunt Sowell and his Seawolves players as Stony Brook had too much talent to lose that game. The former St Johns and Dartmouth head coach and Georgetown assistant, Sowell's resume speaks for itself and he is more than qualified for this position. There is no doubt that recruting will be a little harder as Navy is a top-tier academic program.

Sean Keeley gives his thoughts on why the 2011 National Championship game had the lowest attendance since 2002 and some reasons why the attendance has gone down since the 2008 game between Syracuse and Johns Hopkins

Lets see what the USA Today has to say about this weekends Quarterfinal matchups

Remember that game in 2009 when Syracuse faced Maryland in the Quarterfinals at Hofstra? Remember who the goalie was? Wasnt John Galloway, i'll tell you that much. Junior Al Cavalieri put on a show while earning his first career victory against the 'Terps. Galloway plans to be in net (stomach illnesses aside) and is excited for his first chance to face the 'Terps.