Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. The U.S. Women’s U19 team is headed to US Lacrosse headquarters today to start a training weekend ahead of the U19 World Championships in August.
In addition to practices, the training team will battle a squad of select WPLL and U.S. senior team players in an exhibition on Saturday night. The exhibition is open to the public, so bring a friend or two and check it out.
2. Ryan Conrad had a wild week.
He started by winning the national championship with Virginia on Memorial Day. Six days later, he suited up for Atlas LC in the opening weekend of the Premier Lacrosse League. More on his journey to pro lacrosse.
3. MLL stars are excited about the opportunity to play a full season with teammates coming from the NLL. The decision to move the start date of the 2019 season to June has helped NLL players like Dillon Ward, Zed Williams and Randy Staats make a smooth transition to the MLL.
4. The “Way Early” men’s Division I rankings looked at spots 6-10 yesterday. NCAA tournament teams like Syracuse, Notre Dame, Johns Hopkins and Penn fall at the end of the top 10. Denver also finds itself in the group.
5. Fairfield men's lacrosse has not hired a new head coach, at least not yet. After College Crosse reported that Yale assistant Andrew Baxter will be named the next head coach of the Stags, the school released this statement.
Official statement on the Fairfield Men’s Lacrosse Head Coach Search: pic.twitter.com/JSQypg8hRu
— Fairfield Men's Lacrosse (@StagsMensLax) June 6, 2019
WHAT WE’RE READING
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Former Bryant star Tom Kennedy is using skills learned in lacrosse as he tries out for the Detroit Lions this summer.
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College Crosse provides a list of potential candidates for the Marquette job, which was left open after Joe Amplo accepted the position at Navy.
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Pro Football Talk reports that Patriots legend Tom Brady and his lawyers sent a cease-and-desist letter to the PLL's Trevor Baptiste for using the "TB9" logo on his stick for marketing purposes. Brady owns the rights to the TB12 trademark.
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Navy men’s lacrosse assistant Ryan Wellner was “disappointed” about missing out on the head coaching job, but welcomed friend Joe Amplo to Annapolis.
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The Division II national champion Merrimack men’s lacrosse will throw out the first pitch at the Red Sox game on July 16.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
The PLL dropped a mini-movie on its inaugural weekend.
We're dropping a mini movie every week.
— Premier Lacrosse League (@PremierLacrosse) June 6, 2019
Introducing: PLL SZN__EPISODE 1 pic.twitter.com/RvEntdQon5
Check out highlights from Notre Dame women's lacrosse's trip to Morocco.
@NDWomensLax’s foreign tour continued with a day trip to Morocco where they met a few new friends. #NDlacrossetheocean #GoIrishpic.twitter.com/bjdwTvloxX
— The Fighting Irish (@FightingIrish) June 6, 2019
WHAT’S ON TAP
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The U.S. Women's U19 team begins training camp at US Lacrosse today.
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