I have finally posted photos from North Carolina Lacrosse vs. Cornell from last Saturday. My week has been packed with work and I had not had time to post these.This win was a huge win for the program. First, Cornell was in the quarterfinals, loosing by one to Duke. Second, the Tar Heels shaked a hex that had been on the team. Many times before, the Heels built a large lead quickly, only to fall in the end. Saturday, the Heels built a huge lead quickly, only to see it get etched away by the Big Red. This game however, the Heels kept their heads about them and won in a convincing 13-8 game. (Had the Heels not had 3 defense guys out in the final seconds, it could have been 13-7).

I’ve been truly overwhelmed by my workload and have not yet had a chance to post the photos from the games I photographed recently.  The following are on the way:

• Duke W Lacrosse vs. Maryland (not posting unless special request)
• Duke M Lacrosse vs. Maryland
• North Carolina M Lacrosse v. Cornell
• UNC M Basketball v. Wake Forest
• UNC M Basketball v. FSU

Tuesday of last week, I emailed Art Chase, sports information director for Duke men’s Lacrosse, to explore the feasibility of going with the Duke men’s lacrosse team last weekend for the Final Four in Baltimore, MD. Originally the plan for me was to go for Inside Lacrosse. But, after reviewing their budget, it was apparent they would not be able to afford flying and housing me up there. Looking at my budget, I couldn’t afford the trip either. Between hotels, gas and food, it was going to be at least $1,000. The email to Art was a shot in the dark to see if he had a photographer going up with him to Baltimore with the team. Ever since James Schaffer from Inside Lacrosse did a photo story on the team for their “Two Days In Durham” article, I wanted to something with the team also. But I thought the chances of Art saying, “Sure come on up with us”, were about as high as me emailing head coach John Danowski, asking if I could play and him saying “Yes”.

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