Surprise, surprise: Somers’ Marasco opts for Ohio State
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Somers attackman Joe Marasco, one of the nation’s top junior recruits, was all set to commit to the University of Virginia until paying an unofficial visit to Ohio State this past weekend. (Stuart Bayer/Journal News file photo)
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It seemed like a perfect fit.
The University of Virginia, winners of two national titles in the last five years, was in need of a high-scoring left-handed attackman. The Cavaliers focused on Somers’ Joe Marasco.
And Marasco was all set to become a Cavalier.
Until this past weekend, when an unofficial visit to Ohio State University changed all that.
Now, he told me today, his goal is to help the Buckeyes win their first national championship in lax.
His oral commitment to Ohio State is a very interesting turn of events indeed.
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Mike Dougherty has been covering sports in the Lower Hudson Valley for the last 20 years. After writing extensively about local high school and college athletics for The Journal News and LoHud.com, he spent a decade on the Knicks beat. Mike has also filed stories from the Final Four, NBA Finals, U.S. Open, PGA Championship and World Series. He graduated from Slippery Rock University after spending two years at Kennedy Catholic in Somers and now lives in Brewster.
Just an FYI  under NCAA rules, college coaches cannot publicly comment on recruits until those recruits sign National Letters of Intent. Therefore, we will have to wait a year to hear what Ohio State coach Joe Breschi or any members of his staff have to say about Joe Marasco.
Here’s a “news update”:http://lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071116/SPORTS02/711160434 on Marasco’s commitment to Ohio State that was posted on the LoHud.com homepage. We will have a full story Saturday in The Journal News and on LoHud.com.
“Here’s the complete report”:http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071117/SPORTS02/711170350/1061 that appeared today in The Journal News and on LoHud.com.
[...] this summer at Champ Camp, has verbally committed to play for the Buckeyes. Also, Joe Lombardi at Lax to the Max is reporting that Somers (N.Y.) attackman Joe Marasco has given his verbal commitment to the [...]