Such delays are expected to occur again next spring when Tulloch completes his first campaign with the Penn State ice hockey team and immediately jumps into the Nittany Lions roster.
“It's going to be difficult,” Tulloch said of balancing the two sports. “I'm going to miss fall ball for lacrosse because of hockey, and I'm going to come in a month late during the season. I'm going to work on my lacrosse stuff on my own as much as I can and get ready.”
Tulloch said he is eager and grateful for the opportunity to play both sports at the Division I level. There, playing defense on the ice hockey team takes precedence over scoring goals on the lacrosse team.
“For me, I always knew I wanted to play both sports in college,” said Tulloch, who has been involved in organized hockey since he was 6 years old. “I made my hockey decision in October of my junior year and finalized it a few months ago.” [playing lacrosse as well].both coaches [Jeff Kampersal/hockey and Missy Doherty/lax] I would like to have discussions and work together to put hockey first. ”
Penn State has won the past two College Hockey America tournaments and finished this season with a 22-13-3 record after losing in the NCAA Division I regional tournament.
“This is a fairly new program, but it has had success in recent years. Let's hope that continues,” said Tulloch, who has not yet declared a major. “I have to earn my spot and hopefully get enough playing time.”
Penn State will be acquiring an elite-level hockey player who spent the past two seasons and part of the season before that with the USA Hockey-sanctioned NAHA White 19 Under-AAA team. Tulloch, who turned 18 on Wednesday, had nine goals and 24 assists in 72 games last season, which ran from October to the first week of April.
“I wasn't aggressive at all before,” Tulloch said. “Every year, I have improved my level little by little.”
Creating offense is one of the things Tulloch does best on the lacrosse field. The attack/midfielder, who returned to the Spartans' lineup last week, scored nine goals in games against Niskayuna and Shaker.
“She's strong on the left, but she can play dodge with both hands and shoots strong,” Burnt Hills girls lacrosse coach Sean Klein said. “She's a tough girl.”
Tulloch said she is eager to help Penn State's lacrosse team, which has appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament 10 times since 2001, won two national championships and reached the Final Four four times. Penn State heads into this weekend's Big Ten Tournament with a 9-6 record on the season.
“Hockey comes first, but I also love lacrosse,” Tulloch said. “I don't want to give up.”
HOYT achieves milestone
Ryan Hoyt has been a special member of the Johnstown lacrosse team since his freshman year, with one of his highlights being scoring the game-winning point in the Section 2 Class D title game against Schuylerville. He scored a goal in overtime.
The star attacker scored another remarkable goal in a 15-10 non-league win at Greenwich/Cambridge last Saturday, the 200th of his four-year international career.
There are no official Section 2 records for men's lacrosse, but according to Gazette files, Aaron Lupo, who graduated from Schenectady in 2008, just scored 200 goals, and Dan Lupo, who played at Greenwich and CBA before graduating in 2010. Shippery scored a total of 212 goals. Justin Carte graduated from Schuylerville in 2019 with a second-season record 296 goals.
“He's not the type of kid to focus on that,” Johnstown coach Rob Berge said a day after Hoyt had four goals and two assists against Greenwich/Cambridge. “We are trying to secure a position for the section run. We were coming off a loss on Thursday. [against South Glens Falls], and it was all business.There was a small celebration nearby. [after Hoyt;s 200th]But if we hadn't done that, he probably would have been OK with it. ”
Hoyt scored two goals in the first quarter and three goals in the second to push his career mark to 200. The humble sniper knew he was nearing a rare plateau, but he didn't have the exact numbers in mind. I will participate in the contest.
“I didn't know either. Everyone cheered when I scored and I was confused at first,” Hoyt said. “I'm really happy to win.”
Hoyt ran from behind the cage, evaded a sliding defender, and took a shot for number 200. He added another goal in the fourth frame.
“I realized that when I scored 100 points as a sophomore.” [200] It would come at some point, but I never really paid attention to it,” said Hoyt, 17. “It's cool though.”
“He goes out there and plays. He doesn't go out there thinking about hitting milestones. He cares about winning and doing what he has to do to help us win games. ,” said Berge, the Sir Bills' second-year coach. “He could have had all 15 assists and the fact that we won 15-10 would have been fine for him.”
Hoyt set school single-season records with 66 goals and 100 points as a junior when he was named a first-team All-Star for Foothills Council, and after Saturday he has 23 goals and 12 assists through eight games.
“He's a really skilled evader. He's a natural left-hander, but he's worked hard to develop his right hand and can be effective in either direction,” Berges said. “And he's just as deadly as a feeder as he is a shooter. He's always getting assists.”
“If we get two guys, we'll give it to someone else on the team,” Hoyt said. “I love getting assists.”
His goal 21 seconds into overtime gave Johnstown one of its biggest wins in the 2021 Section 2 Class D final. Hoyt said he played for his older brother Joshua that day. Joshua was a senior on Johnstown's talented team in 2020, but never had a chance at a title because the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“That was definitely my favorite lacrosse experience,” Hoyt said of the OT goal. “I took a timeout and set up a play for me to shoot, but I'm nervous. I'm a freshman. It was a total blur from there, and then all of a sudden everyone started running out onto the field. .”
Hoyt played basketball and football at Johnstown and was named a second-team all-state, Class C running back last fall for his accomplishments on the gridiron. He holds the Johnstown football record for rushing yards in a game, season, and career.
Bin, bang, boom
Shenendehowa scored less than 10 minutes into the Suburban Council team's 3-0 win over Niskayuna on Tuesday, and five different boys started the game in a 12-7 win over Niskayuna. He scored a goal within 10 minutes, showing how powerful he is.
An early outburst gave Shenendehowa a 7-1 lead and the state-ranked Plainsmen maintained a cushion to bounce back from their first loss Saturday against Rye.
“We just jumped out of the box,” said Shenendehowa attacker Mason Carroll, who had a hat trick for Cortland. “Last year we had some trouble with them in the first quarter. We held a 3-2 lead at the half and they made a big jump. [in a 16-7 Niskayuna win]. Today was very different. ”
After Freddie Hicks set up Nick Stockwell's first goal, University at Albany scored three points of its own to anchor a 7-1 run that also included goals from Carroll, Nate Wolfe and Reid Miler.
“It's just team chemistry. We have 14 seniors. We've been playing together since second or third grade,” Carroll said. “We have that connection and it really helped us this year.”
Shenendehowa possessed the ball frequently in the first quarter, thanks in part to the faceoff work of Jake Moran, who won six of the first eight ties.
“He had a really good first quarter and we were winning possession,” Shenendehowa coach Jason Gifford said. “That gave our offense time to settle down.”
Rye defeated Shenendehowa 15-14 (7-1) last Saturday with a late goal.
“It was a tough loss, but I think we needed it,” Carroll said. “It was a good memory. We know that if we make a mistake, the other team could beat us.”
close call
Bethlehem's boys team defeated Ballston Spa 10-9 in overtime last Thursday and Saturday, building a lead and holding off General Brown 11-10 for back-to-back one-goal road wins.Dane Jones scores the fourth goal to cap Ballston Spa's win, while Jones and Sean Ryan complete hat tricks against General Brown
Bethlehem was 3-0 in one-goal games until Tuesday's 7-6 upset at Shaker.
Wipe out the champions
Queensbury defeated 2023 Class D champion Schuylerville 22-1 last Friday behind Lily Trowbridge's four goals and four assists, completing a sweep of the other three Section 2 girls champion schools. Queensbury, the current Section 2 Class C champion, has previously defeated 2023 area champions Saratoga Springs (Class A) and Bethlehem (Class B), both 10-6.
Queensberry improved to 7-0 Monday with a 14-4 victory over another Class A opponent in Shenendehowa. Caitlin Barton had five goals and Kady Duffy had four goals and three assists for the Spartans.
pair recognized
Bethlehem senior Bryce Morin and Greenwich sophomore Isabel Miller have been named the Albany Firewolves High School Athlete of the Week for the week of April 15th.
Both Morin and Miller are important contributors on their respective lacrosse teams and in the classroom. Maureen is a member of the Selkirk Fire Department and a lieutenant in the Civil Air Patrol. Miller participates in the university's choir and mock trial, and is starring in Greenwich's annual musical production, which this year will be High School Musical.
Flashback to 2009
Fifteen years ago, the Schenectady girls had their best season, winning eight straight games to finish 12-2 and second in the CDWLL (12-3 overall). Sarah Bonquist scored 71 goals that season, including nine in the win over Holy Names.
Albany Academy's Bridget Malicki had 10 goals and 13 points in a Section 2 Class C semifinal win over Schuylerville. After that, the Academy women's team won the second round of Class C for the second time in eight consecutive championships.
The Niskayuna boys team set a 24-1 winning record in Section 2, but its only loss came in the Class A state title game. Jared Franze set a Niskayuna record with 78 goals, and fellow All-American lacrosse player Dan McKinney set a school record with 70 assists.
Guilderland College's Bridget Daly, Jen Madsen and Danielle Tetreault earned All-America Lacrosse honors and alumnus Amanda Best after the Lady Dutch went 23-1 and suffered their only state Class A loss. and Courtney Davis were named All-America Lacrosse Honorable Mention. championship game.
In Schuylerville Boys' Varsity's second season, the Black Horses won their first Section 2 title and then became the first team to win a Section 2 Class C regional game. The Class C team in Section 2 had 0 wins and 9 losses in the regional competition.
