Former Baltimore Bayhawks and Long Island Lizards midfielder Jarred Testa will be introduced Thursday as coach of the Denver Outlaws, a Major League Lacrosse expansion team that begins play in May 2006.
“He’s a guy you want on your side,” said Testa’s former college teammate Blake Miller, a member of the Lizards who also plays for the Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League. “He brings a lot of intensity as a player. I can’t see him not bringing that as a coach.”
Testa, 29, played for the Bayhawks from 2001-03 and helped them win the 2002 MLL title. He was an All-America player at Hofstra. As a coach, Testa has been an assistant at the Merchant Marine Academy and the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.
D-II regional includes Metro, Mesa and Mines
The Southwest Regional of the NCAA Division II women’s volleyball tournament begins Friday at Nebraska- Kearney, which is the top-ranked team in the country. Second-seed Metro State (21-8) will face No. 7 West Texas A&M (27-9) at 1:30 p.m., No. 5 Mesa State (22-6) will meet No. 4 Western New Mexico (26-4) at 4 p.m. and eighth- seeded Colorado Mines (20-10) will play top-seeded Nebraska-Kearney (33-1) at 6:30 p.m. The semifinals are Saturday, and the regional title match is Sunday.
Metro soccer team awaits quarterfinal match
Metro State (23-0), the No. 1-ranked defending NCAA Division II women’s soccer champion, takes on Seattle Pacific (19-0-3) in the 2005 Division II quarterfinals Saturday at 2 p.m. at Seattle Pacific.
On the men’s side, No. 1-ranked Fort Lewis (19-0-1) meets Cal State Dominguez Hills (17-4-2) in the Division II quarterfinals Saturday at 2 p.m. in Durango.
