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Peter Lasagna

 
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Peter Lasagna completed his 20th season as head coach of men’s lacrosse at Bates College in the 2019-20 academic year.

Lasagna has led the Bobcats to eight appearances in the NESCAC Championships and two appearances in the NCAA Tournament.

Lasagna was named the "Walter Alessi Man of the Year" by the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association in 2017 and also earned NEILA's Division III Co-Coach of the Year award.

During the 2017 season, his 17th year at the helm of the Bobcats, Lasagna guided the Bobcats to a 14-0 record to start the year, including a perfect 10-0 mark in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) regular season and the No. 1 ranking in Division III for two weeks. The Bobcats made their seventh NESCAC tournament appearance under Lasagna, and their second NCAA Tournament appearance in the last three years, reaching the national quarterfinals and finishing the year with a 16-2 record.

Coach Lasagna led Bates to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2015, where the Bobcats advanced to the Sweet Sixteen before falling to eventual national champion Tufts. Lasagna was named both New England Coach of the Year by the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association and NESCAC Co-Coach of the Year by the New England Small College Athletic Conference.

In 2013 Lasagna led the Bobcats to a 7-6 regular-season record, including a 5-5 mark in NESCAC games. Bates made its first appearance in the NESCAC Men’s Lacrosse Championship tournament since 2006, earning the sixth seed and falling in a competitive quarterfinal game at Tufts.

Bates recorded its most victories, overall and in conference play, since 2006, when the team was 9-5 and 5-4. 2013 was Lasagna’s second time being named NESCAC Coach of the Year: he also received the honor in 2005.

Only the third head lacrosse coach ever at Bates, under Lasagna’s leadership eight Bates players have been named USILA All-Americans and one player went on to play for the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse.

A 1982 graduate of Brown University, Lasagna came to Bates after 18 years of coaching the Bears at his alma mater, including the last eight as head coach.

Lasagna compiled a 65-51 record as the Bears’ head coach, 30-18 in Ivy League games. Brown went to three NCAA Division I championship tournaments during Lasagna’s tenure, including an appearance in the national semifinals in 1994 and the quarterfinals in 1995. Lasagna was named Division I Coach of the Year by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association that year.