Posts by Matt Chandik
’22 Rapid Fire Bella Rupolo Commits to Western Connecticut
Follow Team 91 on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Bella Rupolo knew going into her recruitment that she wanted one thing above all else. It didn’t necessarily matter where the school was located, as she initially thought she’d want to go South but decided against it after the pandemic started. It wasn’t a lacrosse fit, either. Rupolo just knew that…
Read More’21 Olivia Bento Commits to Limestone
Follow Team 91 on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Originally, Olivia Bento didn’t have a very long list of characteristics that she was looking for in a school. The Team 91 2021 attacker by way of St. Anthony’s knew that she wanted to study nursing, that she’d like to play Division II lacrosse and that she wanted to get away from the…
Read More’21 Kristen Vaccarelli Commits to Hartwick
It wasn’t long into Sam Tilts‘ coaching career that she realized that she had something special in Kristen Vaccarelli (highlights). The Team 91 2021 midfielder by way of Half Hollow Hills West didn’t take long to endear herself to Tilts, who noticed that Vaccarelli was always flying around the field to make plays. It’s when Tilts knew that Vaccarelli could…
Read More’21 Chloe Mihos Commits to Hartford
Follow Team 91 on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. There are players who play a sport their entire lives and won’t reach the highest level of college sports. Playing Division I is, at some point, every kid’s dream, and most won’t ever attain it. Then there are people like Chloe Mihos. “I used to be a competitive dancer,” said Mihos, a Team…
Read More’21 Josie Lettieri Commits to Dominican
Follow Team 91 on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. When her recruitment first started, Josie Lettieri had her sights set on the whole Division I lifestyle. The Team 91 2021 attacker by way of St. Anthony’s wanted to go to a big football school that offered the highest level of lacrosse and social scene, but after she started to look at schools in…
Read More’21 Lea Henke Commits to Dominican
’21 Michaela Lyons Commits to Southern Connecticut
Follow Team 91 on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Both Michaela Lyons and Sam Tilts can pinpoint the exact moment that changed the former’s career at the latter’s request, and both can remember it like it was yesterday. “We were short on defenders at a tournament in Florida in the fall of 2018, and we asked her to move back from midfield…
Read MoreTeam 91 Week 5 College Recap
Follow Team 91 on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Did we miss someone? Email us to let us know. Ally Turturro made sure that it was a great week for Monmouth. The Team 91 2016 alumna by way of Miller Place was a veritable scoring machine for the Hawks, putting in five goals in a 16-12 win over Rutgers and following it up…
Read More’21 Jasmine Soriano Commits to Wagner
Follow Team 91 on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Samantha Tilts knew early on that Jasmine Soriano was unique when Soriano joined the Team 91 2021 team, but she didn’t quite realize how special the attacker and midfielder by way of Long Beach was until the first time that Soriano sent her a report card. “I remember the first time that…
Read More’21 Jillian O’Brien Commits to Merrimack
Follow Team 91 on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Jill O’Brien‘s timing was far from perfect. The Ward Melville defender was looking for a team to play for two years ago with fall ball in full swing, and the Team 91 2021 coaches had already decided that the roster was full. Or so they thought. “As soon as Jill stepped onto the…
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