Seven Stories and One Set of Beats: April 12, 2012

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Colleges use lacrosse to recapture suburban students
Midwestern liberal arts colleges add lacrosse programs to hold on to a demographic that presidents say is central to the institutions' identities and bottom lines.

Major League Lacrosse Senior Showcase Announced
Sometimes talent can be overlooked the first go around. Just ask every team in the MLL, I doubt that any of the teams would of let Rookie of the Year Jeremy Boltus drop to the 8th round of the draft last season knowing what they know now. Next month undrafted seniors will get to try and prove themselves one last time in the MLL Senior Showcase.

University of Michigan Official Athletic Site
Saturday, April 14, promises to be an action-packed day at Michigan Stadium. Following the 2012 Mott Spring Football Scrimmage sponsored by PNC Bank, the "Battle at the Big House" at 2:30 p.m. will pit Michigan's first-year varsity men's lacrosse team against Ohio State in the inaugural match-up of the two rivals. Admission to all of the events Saturday at Michigan Stadium is free.

Neufeld Proving Recruiters Wrong
Siena senior attack Bryan Neufeld scored his 200th career point last week, a lofty milestone for a college lacrosse player.

St. John's has shot at first playoff berth
In the eighth year of its revived program, St. John's is within reach of the one significant goal on every lacrosse team's wish list: playing in May.

College lacrosse: Q&A with ESPN's Mark Dixon
Former Johns Hopkins midfielder offers his leading contender for NCAA title and breaks down some of the conference favorites

Lambrecht: Down The Strech They Come in MD1
As we swing into the homestretch of the 2012 regular season, here are a few observations from around the Division I men's lacrosse landscape. And I promise not to draw a stall warning.

Today's beats: Amstel pounded "Chelsea Dagger" into your brain, but that wasn't even the best track off of Costello Music -- it was "Flathead." Now you have all the information necessary to build a laser cannon.