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Seven Stories and One Set of Beats: December 6, 2012

Get some lacrosse tickets, Army gets a "big" commitment, and LaxAllStars.com counts down their top 20 teams entering 2013.

This is obviously your favorite site, but other people actually write important stuff sometimes. Now is that sometimes.

Brine Clutch Elite Moment: Joel White
My most memorable clutch moment is stripping the ball from a Cornell defender to put it back on the ground with about 10 seconds left in the 2009 National Championship.

Preseason D1 Top 20 Poll: Teams 16-20
For the next 4 days I’ll be releasing my Preseason NCAA Division 1 Men’s Lacrosse Rankings in four five-team installments.

Johns Hopkins 2013 Lacrosse Schedule
Johns Hopkins announced their full Spring schedule this weekend.

Ridgefield 6-foot-3 sophomore defender hopes to help Army lacrosse come up big
“I am not a very flashy player,” Volante said. “I play smart with good fundamentals and always play for my teammates.”

Lacrosse players coach underprivileged youth
Throughout the fall, he brought members of Yale and Trinity’s lacrosse communities into the program and convinced equipment manufacturers to donate the necessary lacrosse gear.

Tickets on Sale for Whitman's Sampler Independence Classic
Tickets for the March 9 Penn State-Lehigh men's lacrosse matchup at PPL Park in Chester, Pa. went on sale Monday. The finale of the 2013 Whitman's Sampler Independence Classic presented by Inside Lacrosse at the home of Major League Soccer's Philadelphia Union, Penn State and Lehigh tangle in a match of top 15 foes.

Johns Hopkins will visit Carrier Dome to play Syracuse lacrosse March 16
Johns Hopkins vs. Syracuse at Dome on March 16, 2013.

Today's beats: Dave Brubeck died yesterday, the pioneer of California cool jazz and an innovator with few peers. I can't even put into words the influence that his quartet had on me; I instinctively hear his restrained right hand on a solo and Paul Desmond's light style that gave him that distinctive sound on the saxophone. A sad day for jazz fans everywhere.