A two-sport athlete, Groh also lettered on defense for the Cavalier lacrosse team.
During the tournament, head coach Dom Starsia became the all-time wins leader in Division I men's lacrosse history, breaking Jack Emmer's previous mark of 326 wins.
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In one of the more significant NCAA lacrosse finals, Syracuse capped off a 14 and 1 season with its first NCAA championship, and fifth overall college lacrosse title, as they defeated Johns Hopkins 17 to 16.
Other notable players included Virginia's Jay Jalbert, Syracuse's Ryan Powell, and Delaware's lacrosse player of the year, John Grant, Jr., who led the Delaware Blue Hens to a number six national ranking and their first ever tournament win.
The championship game took place on May 30, 2011 at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, where Virginia won its fifth NCAA lacrosse championship and seventh college title overall, defeating Maryland 9-7 in the title game.
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During the tournament, Virginia head coach Dom Starsia became the winningest coach in Division I men's lacrosse history, earning his 327th career win in the quarterfinals against Cornell, surpassing Jack Emmer's record of 326.
To supplement his income, Enfield and current Johns Hopkins lacrosse coach Dave Pietramala operated lacrosse and basketball camps, which focused on shooting.
Bill Carpenter, the "Lonesome End" and a future Distinguished Service Cross recipient, continued the tradition as both a football and lacrosse star.
After graduating from high school, he attended the University of Virginia, where he played basketball and baseball for the Cavaliers and was the student body president.
In 1926 Rosabelle Sinclair established the first American women's lacrosse team at The Bryn Mawr School, bringing the Native American game to the United States from St Leonards School in Scotland (where it had arrived from Canada).
During her time as a student, she participated in basketball, swimming, and lacrosse.
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he is the father of current Virginia Cavaliers head coach Tony Bennett and current Northern Illinois women's basketball head coach Kathi Bennett.
On March 13, 2010, the team set the school record for the defeat of the highest ranked opponent when the Stags upset the then no. 3 nationally ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish 10-8 while competing in the inaugural 'Beating Cancer With A Stick Classic' at The Kinkaid School in Houston, Texas.
Gary Charles Gait (b. April 5, 1967 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian retired lacrosse player and currently the head coach of the women's lacrosse team at Syracuse University, where he played the sport collegiately, and an assistant coach with the Hamilton Nationals in Major League Lacrosse.
During the 2008 NCAA tournament, he surpassed Army coach Jack Emmer's former record of 326 wins to become the all-time winningest NCAA lacrosse coach.
He was professor of Landscape Engineering at the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, where he was responsible for establishing Syracuse University's lacrosse program.
American Olympic Committee president General Douglas MacArthur established a committee to organize the country's participation in the lacrosse event.
Younger brother Wells is a sophomore on the Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse roster, younger sister Covie is a sophomore on the Boston College women's lacrosse roster and youngest brother Shack is a junior on the Boys' Latin lacrosse squad.
Recruited by Kelly Amonte Hiller, head coach of the Northwestern Wildcats women's lacrosse team, Thornton committed to Northwestern in October of her senior year of high school.
The first intercollegiate lacrosse tournament was held in 1881 with Harvard beating Princeton 3-0 in the championship game.
In 2008, the ILF merged with the former governing body for women's lacrosse, the International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Associations (IFWLA), to form the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL).