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

1. Four-time defending champion Canada defeated the U.S. 16-6 in the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship opener for both teams Thursday night at Langley Events Centre in Langley, British Columbia. Mark Matthews, Shayne Jackson and Robert Church combined for 19 points in  the victory. Canada has never lost in WILC competition.

Thursday’s round-robin scores (division):

Australia 20, Costa Rica 1 (Orange)
Slovakia 24, Scotland 14 (Green)
Finland 20, Austria 5 (Orange)
Serbia 8, Switzerland 6 (Yellow)
Iroquois 17, Israel 6 (Blue)
Czech Republic 29, Mexico 6 (Green)
Canada 16, United States 6 (Blue)
Netherlands 11, Ireland 8 (Yellow)

2. Matt Rambo was named the Premier Lacrosse League MVP during the league’s award ceremony Thursday night. Rambo, whose Whipsnakes will compete in the PLL championship game Saturday in Philadelphia, leads the league in points (42) and assists (23).

PLL award winners:

Rookie of the Year: Tim Troutner (Redwoods)
Defensive Player of Year: Jarrod Neumann (Chaos)
LSM of the Year: Michael Ehrhardt (Whipsnakes)
SSDM of the Year: Dominique Alexander (Archers)
Faceoff Man of the Year: Trevor Baptiste (Atlas)
Goalie of the Year: Blaze Riorden (Chaos)
Attackman of the Year: Matt Rambo (Whipsnakes)
Sportsmanship Award: Connor Farrell (Chrome)
Teammate of the Year: Mark Glicini (Chaos)
Midfielder of the Year: Tom Schreiber (Archers)
Leadership Award: Kyle Harrison (Redwoods)
Humanitarian Award: Scott Ratliff (Archers)
Coach of the Year: Andy Towers (Chaos)
MVP: Matt Rambo (Whipsnakes)

3. Former Lehigh and MLL players Roman and Cameron Lao-Gosney are pursuing careers in the film industry. The brothers worked together on a series featuring Tom Schrieber and on the Wolf Athletics commercial shown during PLL games.

4. Dallas Rattlers rookies Craig Chick and Sean Sconone are MLL MVP nominees after leading an 0-6 team to a second-half surge and the precipice of the playoffs.

 

WHAT WE’RE READING

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Turning that switch, with some words of encouragement from Captain America himself.

Inspiring speech from Chaos midfielder Mark Glicini on winning the Jimmy Regan Award as the PLL’s Teammate of the Year.

WHAT’S ON TAP

  • Jack Goods’ PLL championship preview.

  • Day two of the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, with all games streamed free on Lax Sports Network. The U.S. plays Israel at 7:30 p.m. (10:30 p.m. ET).

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