Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. The Six Nations Arrows are your Minto Cup champions. The Arrows again came back from a first-period deficit, scoring six unanswered goals to take home their third title in four years in a 3-0 sweep of the Coquitlam Adanacs.
Austin Staats led the way for the champion Arrows with two goals and two assists, and Owen Hill added two goals to the total. Staats finsihed with 13 points in three games, winning the series MVP, while Hill had seven points in two games played.
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In Major Series Lacrosse, The Petersborough Lakers took a 2-0 lead over the Six Nations Chiefs with a 9-7 win on Thursday night. Holden Cattoni (Calgary Roughnecks) had a hat trick and an assist.
2. The U.S. women’s national team may have come home from Europe with two gold medals, but they left a lasting impression on the women’s international game. With its third consecutive FIL World Cup win, Team USA is becoming the model for countries around the world to grow the game.
Ever since coach Ricky Fried joined the team in 2009 and implemented his infamous “Aces” ride, the U.S. women’s national team has been dominant. That, combined with a skilled and tireless offense, made for a team destined for gold.
“These are the Ricky years,” said Devon Wills, the co-captain and two-time All-World goalie. “We definitely put a stamp on the map in terms of how we played under this staff.”
PHOTO BY ADDY KERRY
3. The NFHS met in July and refined 15 boys lacrosse rules aimed at increasing safety and creativity within the high school game. Among the changes was an outlaw of “fish hooking” of mouthpieces, which will now result in a penalty, a rule allowing shots that leave the stick before time expires and another permitting schools to use a unified field supported by US Lacrosse.
According to Rick Lake, senior manager of the men’s game for US Lacrosse, these rules were also put in place to maintain consistency within all age groups and to make the game more exciting.
3. Stadium, a multiplatform sports network, reached an agreement to stream 24/7 on Twitter. With this agreement comes up to 2.500 college games streamed on Twitter, including lacrosse.
As part of the agreement, Stadium will stream games from conferences like the Patriot League, and Southern Conference. It’s another step in the increased exposure of lacrosse — which streamed live on Twitter during the 2017 season.
4. Does looking good really affect your performance? Do you really feel a boost when you look stylish? The “look good, feel good, play good” philosophy has been used for years and it’s been accepted as truth.
In our MythBusters series, we put the mindset to the test. Check out what we found.
WHAT WE’RE READING
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In some big high school lacrosse news, Chuck Ruebling is stepping down as head coach at Delbarton (N.J.), where he coached for 31 years. He recently won a Tournament of Champions title in June.
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Strawberry Mansion (Pa.) star Nadirah McRae had planned on arriving at Hartford to start her college lacrosse career. However, school officials failed to submit her transcripts, thus making her ineligible.
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With NLL draft prospects on team's radar long before they are eligible, Stephen Stamp breaks down which players' stock is rising and which might be falling for the time being.
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Are you an MLL hopeful? If so, you might want to read up on the requirements for the 2018 Player Pool.
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With the lacrosse emoji announced as a draft candidate included in encoding for Unicode 11.0, lacrosse fans' dream of having a stick to use with text messages is even closer to becoming real.
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After playing club in Napa (Calif.), Sonoma High School's Mary Gallo and Reese Dobson are pushing to add lacrosse as a sport at their school.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Chasing Rings Part VI is here! In the second-to-last installment, we follow the U.S. women's national team as it goes through pool play, all the way to the gold medal in the FIL World Cup. Hear from a few of the team's stars, as well as a few other sports celebrities along the way. You really don't want to miss this episode.
WHAT’S ON TAP
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The final chapter of the Chasing Rings series will go live today, so make sure you check back for coverage of the World Games.
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Today, we tackle the Top 10 NFHS myths as told by our Men's Officials Development Program.
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The WLA finals rage on with New Westminster holding a 2-1 lead over Victoria.