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Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
Brown shakes up rankings Monday with upset of No. 6 Villanova
Here at USA Lacrosse, we release rankings each Monday. Less than 12 hours after the Division I men’s rankings went live, unranked Brown ensured a shake-up next week with a 13-11 upset of No. 6 Villanova. The Bears returned seven seniors previously suspended for violations of university policies including noise violation complaints. One of those players, attackman Devon McLane, posted a hat trick and three assists in his return. Read more.
No. 12 Notre Dame rebounds with rout of Brown
No. 12 Notre Dame shrugged off a Saturday loss to No. 11 Virginia with a dominant 21-7 win over Brown Monday. Madison Ahern (5 G, 1 A), Jackie Wolak (3 G, 3 A) and Kasey Choma (3 G, 2 A) paced the Irish. Notre Dame Athletics has a full recap.That breakaway is
— Notre Dame Women’s Lacrosse (@NDWomensLax) March 27, 2023
Ahern now boasts five goals on the day as we head to the fourth quarter on ACCNX!#GoIrish pic.twitter.com/aNZIGAqvZk
Virginia back on top in Nike/USAL Division I men’s rankings
Virgninia beat No. 1 Notre Dame to become No. 1 after a one-week bump to No. 4 courtesy of a loss to Maryland. It’s a lot to untangle. Patrick Stevens gave it a shot.
Syracuse tops the Nike/USAL Division I men’s rankings again
Syracuse remained in the top spot in the Nike/USAL Division I rankings after scoring its sixth top-20 win of the season on Wednesday against Stony Brook, 16-11. The Orange followed that with a 17-5 rout of Louisville. The rest of the top five stayed the same: No. 2 Northwestern, No. 3 UNC, No. 4 Denver and No. 5 Boston College. Full rankings.
West Chester is No. 1 for a fourth-straight week in the Nike/USAL Division II women’s rankings.
Shake-ups in the top five highlight the Nike/USAL Division III women’s rankings.
Adelphi is looking like the team to beat in Division II men’s lacrosse, but they’re No. 2 in the rankings. Who’s No. 1?
There’s a ton of movement in the Nike/USAL Division III men’s rankings.
Speaking of movement, there’s a new No. 1 in Jack Goods’ NLL power rankings.
Logan Paff, from the parking lot (IYKYK)
Logan Paff from deep!#EverTrue pic.twitter.com/1WDhVp1lvr
— Brown Men's Lacrosse (@BrownU_MLAX) March 27, 2023
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Beth Ann Mayer is a Long Island-based writer. She joined USA Lacrosse in 2022 after freelancing for Inside Lacrosse for five years. She first began covering the game as a student at Syracuse. When she's not writing, you can find her wrangling her husband, two children and surplus of pets.