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Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:

1. Season three of the Women’s Professional Lacrosse League started to take shape Thursday.

The WPLL announced that it will operate with four teams after shuttering WPLL Fire, that Amber McKenzie (née Falcone) will take over the WPLL Futures program that works in conjunction with the US Lacrosse National Team Development Program and that USC’s Lindsey Munday and Drexel’s Jill Batcheller will be the head coaches of WPLL Command and WPLL Fight, respectively.

Each team will be comprised of 22 players, with a 15-player travel roster. Each team has protected 12 players ahead of the late-April college and free agency draft.

2. The Premier Lacrosse League announced Thursday that Ticketmaster will be the presenting sponsor and official ticket partner of the league.

PLL co-founder Paul Rabil called the partnership “a historic moment for professional lacrosse,” citing Ticketmaster’s audience reach and technology.

3. The Maryland-Syracuse women’s lacrosse game originally scheduled to be played Friday  at Syracuse will now be played Saturday at Maryland due to concerns about the weather forecast. The news elicited some tongue-in-cheek responses from the Syracuse side on social media.

WHAT WE’RE READING

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Syracuse coach John Desko on his favorite Carrier Dome memory. The Orange will play their last game under the old roof tonight against Hobart before renovations force their home games elsewhere.

Sticking with Syracuse-Hobart, highlights from the third-oldest rivalry in college lacrosse.

WHAT’S ON TAP

  • Friday night lacrosse: Richmond at No. 11 Duke and Hobart at No. 4 Syracuse in two games with serious upset potential. Both the Spiders and Statesmen are receiving consideration in the Nike/US Lacrosse Division I Men’s Top 20.

  • Our weekly Gameday Guide to help you navigate the rest of this college lacrosse weekend.

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