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

1. The season is over.

A cascade of cancellations Thursday due to efforts to contain the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. culminated with the NCAA’s decision to stop all championships for winter and spring sports.

While only three lacrosse-playing conferences — the Ivy League, Patriot League and MAAC — had outright canceled the spring season at that point, the NCAA’s announcement proved to be the death knell.

Teams, coaches and players flooded social media to express their shock and dismay, as well as gratitude and empathy for those whose careers were brought to an abrupt end. Here is but a small sampling of the reactions:

2. The National Lacrosse League also suspended its season until further notice.

3. A handful of games did go on as scheduled Thursday, offering some sense of closure to those who were able to finish the season on the field of play.

In women’s lacrosse, Bri Carrasquillo scored in overtime to lift Yale to a 13-12 win at Fresno State. Olivia Markert scored a career-high six goals. There were impromptu senior ceremonies after the game.

At US Lacrosse, two top-five ranked Division II women’s teams competed. Jessica Meneilly scored six goals to lead No. 2 Le Moyne to a 16-12 win over No. 4 Indianapolis at Tierney Field in Sparks, Md. The Greyhounds, fueled by 14 draw controls from Peyton Romig, came back from a 10-goal deficit to pull within four, but the Dolphins held on to win.

4. Kyle Harrison took to social media to respond to a report by The Amherst Student that three members of the Mammoths’ men’s lacrosse team chanted the N-word outside of a black teammate’s suite March 7, provoking the teammate to punch one of them.

According to the report, Amherst’s dean of students sent an email on March 9 notifying students of “an altercation between two students involving the use of racist language and subsequent physical violence.”

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Michael Sowers, the Tewaaraton Award frontrunner whose potentially historic season ended prematurely Wednesday, addressed the COVID-19 cancellations in a video posted by Princeton.

WHAT’S ON TAP

  • More reactions and repercussions of the canceled season.

  • From our Innovation Edition, lacrosse DIY hacks for the do-it-yourself types out there.

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