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

1. Conference tournaments are in full swing, and you can check out full roundups from yesterday's men's games and women's games.

Among the highlights, a defensive-minded Big Ten men's semifinal between Johns Hopkins and Ohio State got physical, to say the least. The former rallied in support of its goalie, who in the fourth quarter was sent to the turf via a push from behind. Alex Concannon assisted the game-tying goal and scored the winner with 11 seconds to play, lifting the Blue Jays to a 6-5 win and a rematch with Maryland in the final.

Towson fended off Delaware in overtime, 9-8, thanks to Matt Sovero's game-winner. The Tigers will indeed buck the odds and play for a fourth consecutive CAA championship. Lower-seeded teams ruled the day in the MAAC semifinals. And Denver's Trevor Baptiste set a record for career faceoff victories.

On the women's side, Denver held Georgetown scoreless for 22 minutes and Elizabeth Behrins scored five goals in a 12-7 upset of the Hoyas. The Pioneers will draw against Florida for the Big East championship Saturday. Lower-seeded teams ruled the day in the MAAC semifinals here, too; ditto that in the Southern Conference.

2. Prior to this season's 15-6 loss to York, when was the last time the Salisbury men got shellacked in a game? Fortunately for the Sea Gulls, they've put aside their early struggles and are peaking heading into a rematch with the Spartans for the Capital Athletic Conference title.

 

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3. The 18th annual US Lacrosse Women's Collegiate Lacrosse Associates National Championship hits Round Rock, Texas, Wednesday. Check out our preview of the event, which features 28 of the best non-varsity teams competing for titles in two divisions.

4. Will ‘X’ mark the spot for the 2018 U.S. men's team? Here's a look at the cover of the May/June edition of US Lacrosse Magazine, which members of US Lacrosse have begun receiving.

 

5. Oh, Canada.

WHAT WE’RE READING

  • The Syracuse Post Standard profiled Syracuse men's goalie Dom Madonna and his efforts to refocus.

  • The Baltimore Sun published a Q-and-A with John Hardt, chair of the NCAA Division I men's lacrosse committee, and a women's notebook examining possible top seeds for the NCAA tournament.

  • The New Haven (Conn.) Register previewed Yale going into the Ivy League men's tournament, of which the Bulldogs have won three straight.

  • NJ.com ranked the 50 best current women's lacrosse players that hail from the Garden State.

  • The Chicago Daily Herald caught up with local high school athletic directors regarding spring sport participation numbers, as lacrosse was an Illinois High School Association sanctioned sport this spring.

  • A WFMY-TV reporter (poorly) went one-on-one with High Point women's goalie Jill Rall.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Marcus Holman has had a fun few years. The 2017 Major League Lacrosse champion with the Ohio Machine will try to help Team USA win the FIL World Championship this summer. He goes under the helmet, presented by Cascade, to share more about his journey.

 

WHAT’S ON TAP

  • It's another busy day in conference tournament play, moreso on the women's side. UMass takes on Davidson in an Atlantic 10 women's semifinal to get things going at 1 p.m. Check out schedules and scores for men and women, and we'll have roundups this evening.

  • We'll preview the National Lacrosse League divisional semifinals, which have Rochester hosting New England in the East tonight and Colorado hosting Calgary tomorrow night.

  • Selection Sunday is, well, Sunday. We'll have roundups of league championship games and full coverage of who gets in and who gets left out of the NCAA tournament.

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