Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. TD Ierlan set NCAA single-season records for faceoff wins (359), winning percentage (79.1) and ground balls (254) while propelling Albany to its first final four, announced his transfer location — Yale. Yale ended Albany's season in the NCAA semifinals.
2. On the flip side of the ledger, Albany made a big hire in naming Katie Rowan as its new women's lacrosse coach. Rowan spent the last three years at Wagner, leading the Seahawks to a pair of NCAA tournament berths. Rowan is the all-time leading scorer in U.S. World Cup history with 69 career points after leading the U.S. to gold in 2009 and 2013. The former Syracuse star was an assistant at Albany from 2011-12.
3. The April issue of US Lacrosse Magazine featured several stories from people of color about their lacrosse journeys. Editor Matt DaSilva writes about the importance of sharing these stories.
4. It's a big week for teams in the bottom half of the MLL standings as they try to make a move. Atlanta (3-5) hosts league-leading Dallas (7-2), Florida (3-6) heads to Charlotte (6-3), Ohio (2-6) hosts Denver (5-4) in a rematch of last year's championship game and Boston (3-6) hosts New York (4-4). Chesapeake (6-2) is on a bye week.
5. The race on the Road to Delaware is heating up with seven qualifying events for the US Lacrosse Nationals slated for this weekend. Adrenaline, NXT and Bitter Lacrosse all held qualifiers last weekend.
WHAT WE’RE READING
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Lars Tiffany celebrated the two-year anniversary of his hiring at Virginia. The Cavaliers made big strides in year two, snapping their ACC losing streak and reaching the NCAA tournament.
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Steve Govett lives and breathes lacrosse. The start-up season with the San Diego Seals in the National Lacrosse League has him in unfamiliar territory, a season without games.
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An in-depth look at Syracuse women's lacrosse for 2019.
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College Crosse continues its review of 2018 with a look at Binghamton's season.
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The National Lacrosse League has announced the nominees for its end-of-season awards.
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Brice Queener, an assistant the last two years at Fresno State, is the new head women's lacrosse coach at Southwestern University.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
The Under the Helmet series with Team USA, presented by Cascade Lacrosse, visits with Ned Crotty who has experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows with Team USA.
.@USAMLax’s Ned Crotty doesn’t ever plan on coming home without the gold again. @CascadeLacrosse | Go #UnderTheHelmet: https://t.co/aurZHN4VSi pic.twitter.com/6x0T740mTj
— US Lacrosse (@USLacrosse) June 21, 2018
WHAT’S ON TAP
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The WPLL has two games this weekend. New York and Baltimore will play on Saturdayat Calvert Regional Sports Park in North East, Md., with the Project 120 Lacrosse Tournament. New England will play Upstate on Sunday at the University at Albany as part of the Capital City Lacrosse Classic.
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