With four teams competing in NCAA Tournament play and three others opening inaugural seasons as NCAA sports, here's a look at one of the most successful years in the history of the Lynx in our 2011 Year in Review.
Lesley women's cross country raced to a program-record 23rd-place finish and the men finished in 31st place at NCAA New England Regionals hosted by Bowdoin College.
Three Lynx teams prepare to tackle the best competition in the region as men's soccer, women's and men's cross country travel to their respective NCAA sites on Saturday.
After their performances in the New England Collegiate Conference Championship, Lesley's Kyle Casiglio and Leah Miller were named NECC Men's and Women's Runner of the Week, respectively.
Both the Lynx men's and women's cross country teams repeated as NECC champions on Saturday, with Leah Miller winning NECC Runner of the Year at 19:07 and Elize McKelvey coming in third at 19:47.
For a second straight week, Lesley sophomore cross country runners Kyle Casiglio and Leah Miller were each named New England Collegiate Conference Runner of the Week, the league announced Monday.
Leah Miller finished first out of 162 runners with a time of 19:39 in leading the Lynx women to a first place finish out of 17 teams at Friday's Saints Invitational. The Lynx men finished 3rd out of 16 teams.
Lesley University sophomores Kyle Casiglio and Leah Miller have been named New England Collegiate Conference Runners of the Week, the league announced Monday.
Lesley University cross country runner Caroline McCormack was named New England Collegiate Conference Rookie of the Week and Leah Miller was named NECC Runner of the Week, the league announced Monday.
Lesley University cross country runner Kyle Casiglio was named New England Collegiate Conference Runner of the Week and freshman Evan Reseska was named NECC Rookie of the Week, the league announced Monday.
Both Lesley cross country teams ran to record finishes Saturday morning at the Pop Crowell Invitational hosted by Gordon College. Kyle Casiglio finished 18th out of 220 for the men, and Leah Miller finished in sixth out of 270 for the women.
Lesley sophomore cross country runners Kyle Casiglio and Leah Miller have been named New England Collegiate Conference Runners of the Week, the league announced this afternoon.
Kyle Casiglio paced a 19th-place men's finish out of 34 teams, taking 66th place out of 255 runners at Saturday's UMass-Dartmouth Invitational. On the women's side, Leah Miller finished 29th out of 255 with a time of 19:24.
Lesley's men's and women's cross country teams took part in Saturday's Northeastern University Invitational Saturday morning in Boston's Franklin Park.
Both are back-to-back defending champions, and both are picked to finish first yet again. Lesley's men's and women's cross country teams were both picked to finish in first in the NECC in this year's coaches' polls, the league announced this afternoon.
For a third consecutive year, Lesley University's women's athletics teams captured the NECC's Champion's Cup, the league's sport-wide winnings leader board. Three of Lesley's six women's teams won NECC titles, with two more making the NECC championship game.
Defending NECC men's and women's cross country champion Lesley University and NECC Coach of the Year Dan Flynn released the Lynx 2011 schedule on Thursday.