Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. The highlight of the men’s lacrosse weekend might have been the highlight of 2019 season. What better occasion for it to happen than the 100th Army-Navy game.
Matt Manown scored a goal he will never forget, pushing his way in and diving for the overtime game-winner to give Army the 9-8 victory at Annapolis. Chaos ensued. Patrick Stevens followed with this great story.
A CLASSIC IN ANNAPOLIS!
— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) April 13, 2019
Matt Manown caps the 100th meeting between @ArmyWP_MLax and @navymlax with the game-winning goal in OT. Army wins 9-8 in a back-and-forth affair.
(@CBSSportsNet) pic.twitter.com/XTyhthjmhQ
In other men’s action, Duke picked up a crucial 12-7 victory over Virginia — handing the Cavaliers their first ACC loss. Syracuse got by North Carolina 12-9 on the road.
Boston U earned the biggest upset of the weekend, downing No. 3 Loyola 18-11 in Allston, Mass on Saturday. Ohio State downed Johns Hopkins at Homewood to cap Sunday, which included a Cornell win over Notre Dame and a Maryland victory over Rutgers.
2. North Carolina flexed its muscles in women’s lacrosse action this weekend, picking up an 11-5 win over No. 3 Syracuse in ACC play. Katie Hoeg had a career-high six assists to lead the Tar Heels to the impressive win.
Also in women’s action over a scattered weekend, the Ivy League just got more interesting. Dartmouth turned a halftime deficit into an upset win over No. 8 Penn to make it four teams with one loss in conference play.
Friday, Stanford got a game-winning goal from Katherine Gjertsen to get past Colorado in overtime. Sunday, Stony Brook beat USC for its third win in six days and JMU survived a test from Hofstra.
Wheels! Ally Kennedy beats the double team and scores on the empty net to seal a 12-10 win for @StonyBrookWLAX over USC. Kennedy's fifth goal of the game. pic.twitter.com/vxESATZj4b
— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) April 14, 2019
3. Salisbury survived a thrilling War on the Shore against Washington College on Saturday. Zach Pompea scored the game-winning goal in overtime to give the Sea Gulls the 15-14 win. Pompea tied the game with 2.9 seconds left in regulation.
CLUTCH! @SalisburyMLAX buried the game-tying goal with 2.9 seconds left in regulation before going on to win in OT... pic.twitter.com/jcOba5xHZm
— Warrior Lacrosse (@warriorlax) April 14, 2019
Also in small college, No. 1 Adelphi went down to Le Moyne in Division II action. In addition, unbeaten No. 3 Mercy was upset by Mercyhurst. Big changes coming in the Division II rankings.
4. The Saskatchewan Rush are entering the stretch run of the NLL season with a four-game win streak, thanks to victories over San Diego (14-8) and Philadelphia (16-11) in consecutive days.
Elsewhere in the NLL, the Toronto Rock clinched a top 3 seed in the East with a 13-12 win over New England. Buffalo also took over first in the East with a Georgia loss to Calgary.
NLL Standings
East
1. Buffalo (12-4)
2. Georgia (12-5)
3. Toronto (11-6)
4. New England (8-8)
5. Rochester (5-11)
6. Philadelphia (3-13)
West
1. Saskatchewan (10-6)
2. San Diego (9-7)
3. Calgary (9-8)
4. Colorado (6-10)
5. Rochester (4-11)
WHAT WE’RE READING
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Regis downed No. 2 Lindenwood in women’s Division II action to continue the best start in school history. We checked in Friday on Regis in the women’s Division II notebook.
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Lacrosse is picking up real steam in the Santa Clarita Valley of Southern California.
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Players from North Brunswick and South Brunswick in New Jersey came together to raise $5,000 for the Go$theGoal’s Lace Up 4 Pediatric Cancer campaign.
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Albion player Drew Harm is making the most of his lacrosse season before he undergoes surgery to remove a second brain tumor.
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NCAA.com shares the three teams that have surprised in men’s Division I this season.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Check out some highlights from this past weekend’s action.
JAKE’S FAKES
— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) April 14, 2019
Jake Carraway scored 5 goals, including this beauty, in @HoyasMLacrosse’s 16-13 win over Villanovapic.twitter.com/YKxONgpxCX
Caroline Sdanowich draws the charge on one end and Maddie McDaniel scores the game-winner on the other end.@JMULacrosse nips Hofstra 9-8 in double OT in key @CAASports game. pic.twitter.com/wBDBJUGgL0
— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) April 14, 2019
Cole Williams with the buzzer-beater (). After furious 3Q, you won't want to miss this finish between @jhumenslacrosse and @OhioStateMLAX on @ESPNU. pic.twitter.com/MoWpWdDA5O
— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) April 14, 2019
Chris Gray BTB James Burr backhand FINISH. @TerrierMLAX off to a good start against @LoyolaMLAX, leading 7-5. #SCTop10 pic.twitter.com/qJuyS3NulK
— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) April 13, 2019
Kaitlyn Cerasi with the winner as @UMassLacrosse beats Richmond 13-12 in OT to win the @atlantic10 regular season title. Cerasi had 4g, 3a and Lauren Hiller made 17 saves. pic.twitter.com/DYLcnd6lPe
— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) April 14, 2019
We showed you the view from the press box yesterday, but you HAVE to @bryanh96's no-look goal in @HobartLacrosse's @NECmlax win over Bryant from field level!#SCtop10 | #GoStatesmen | #NECmlax pic.twitter.com/K0moRjdE1H
— HWS Athletics (@HWSAthletics) April 14, 2019
Loyola women's lacrosse highlights to the tune of "Old Town Road." Yes.
Got the horses in the backpic.twitter.com/Fvkvt9cj79
— Loyola Lacrosse (@LoyolaWLax) April 14, 2019
Get mesmerized by the skill by Zach Currier.
The skill is insane#warpforward #warriorlax @cachzurrier pic.twitter.com/3TnCnAAIj8
— Warrior Lacrosse (@warriorlax) April 12, 2019
WHAT’S ON TAP
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The latest Nike/US Lacrosse rankings come out today.
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