A Repeat Falls Short

Ted Forst '19 (no. 43 above) starred at Bronxville High School before competing for Yale lacrosse the past four years. (Yale Athletics photos)

After winning the men's NCAA lacrosse championship last year, Yale attempted a repeat in 2019 and knew all season it would be everybody's target:  Beat the champions, who just so happened to have come from the Ivy League.

The Bulldogs scrounged and hustled their way back into the tournament this season even without winning the Ivy championship. (Penn took the Ivy title this season.)  During the tournament, the team unleashed a massive offensive assault, scoring the highest number of goals in tournament history.  It punched out Georgetown, Penn and Penn State before gaining a spot in the nationally televised championship game against Virginia.

The year 2019 might be the year of the Cavalier (this year's men's basketball champion). In men's lacrosse, Virginia gained control of the championship meeting in Philadelphia on Memorial Day and beat the Elis, 13-9. Yale finished the season 17-3, second in the nation.

This year's squad featured Westchester native Ted Forst '19, a regular midfielder who played in 13 games in 2019 and finished his career with six goals scored and five assists. Two of those goals came in a win against Harvard last season. (His brother Brendan played at Harvard lacrosse this season.)

He also received Yale awards for the most improved player and for character and spirit in 2018. At Bronxville High, where he was president of the study body as a senior, he helped his team win the 2014 state championship.