Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. Asher Nolting, Brent Adams and Kris Alleyne explained to US Lacrosse Magazine’s Matt Hamilton why they decided to speak up about recent racial injustices.
“Normally, I’m not one to put my thoughts out like this,” Nolting said. “This time was one of those times where I needed to speak up and talk about this stuff. We have a long way to go, so I just keep looking forward to keeping the focus on this issue.”
Adams and Alleyne expressed similar sentiments. Alleyne said that even though it’s scary, “it’s also beautiful seeing how many people are getting together to have these tough conversations.”
Adams thinks “people peacefully coming together is really the most powerful thing that can happen.”
See the trio’s full thoughts here.
2. Despite hopes to resume the NLL season and play the playoffs, commissioner Nick Sakiewicz announced Thursday that the postseason is canceled. Instead, all effort will be placed on planning the league’s upcoming 35th season.
Some players, however, were caught off guard by the announcement, which was made in a Twitter video message by the commissioner.
Does it not feel like the @NLL broke up with us over social media? I feel like they should have sent the players, the ones who put their bodies on the line, an email before announcing it to the public...
— Cody Jamieson (@Cjamieson88) June 4, 2020
3. On this week’s episode of “Overtime” with Paul Carcaterra, take the opportunity to learn more about Devon Wills, one of the most decorated athletes in our sport’s history.
“Lacrosse was introduced to me at the right time,” she said, “and it took over and became a new passion to replace what hockey was for me growing up.”
Check out more takeaways from the episode here.
4. The Connecticut Hammerheads announced the signing of Virginia attackman Joe French.
We're excited to announce Joe French as the newest member of the #SharkAttack Let's go Joe‼️ pic.twitter.com/CGEOL64Mce
— Connecticut Hammerheads (@CtHammerheads) June 4, 2020
WHAT WE’RE READING
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U.S. women’s U19 gold medalist Kasey Choma is up next in the May/June edition of Give & Go.
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Lehigh’s Conor Gaffney and St. Joe’s’ Zach Cole were high school teammates and now dominate the faceoff in college.
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Paul Ohanian writes that US Lacrosse’s Safe Sport program offers more than just background checks.
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As part of its celebration of Pride Month, US Lacrosse will hold a series of live discussion with prominent individuals from the lacrosse community.
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Senior captain Sydney Gagnon is returning to the Stony Brook women’s lacrosse team in 2021.
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Bennett Conlin of the Daily Progress writes about how UVA head coach Lars Tiffany discussed the university’s history of slavery in one of the team’s virtual meetings.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Hammerheads fans, get ready for this.
.@_joefrench has with @CtHammerheads
— Major League Lacrosse (@MLL_Lacrosse) June 4, 2020
He. Has. Skills.pic.twitter.com/TL4BDDcrHq
WHAT’S ON TAP
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US Lacrosse unveils another group of Impact Athletes.