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

1. The first full weekend of the college lacrosse weekend came and went with a few key results. No women’s result was bigger than UMass’s upset of then-No. 5 Boston College. Naturally, the Eagles will slide in the Nike/US Lacrosse Division I Women’s Top 20, to be released later today. Read up on a busy Saturday here.

2. The Maryland men nearly fell to Richmond, but the Terps were bailed out by Anthony DeMaio in overtime. Jared Bernhardt sent the game to overtime after scoring the final two goals of regulation. For more on Saturday’s men’s action — including Army’s dominating performance against UMass — head here.

3. Friday night’s men’s schedule was light, but there was plenty to talk about. Nothing more prominent than Chase Scanlan’s Syracuse debut, a win over Colgate in which he scored seven goals — the most by a player in his ‘Cuse debut. Read about that, and Navy’s win in Joe Amplo’s debut, here.

4. Duke coaching legend Kerstin Kimel became the seventh Division I women’s lacrosse coach to reach 300 wins when the Blue Devils crushed Gardner-Webb on Friday, 22-7. Also Friday, Northwestern scored 30 (yes, thirty) goals. Read about it here.

5. In non-college action, the NLL wrapped up Week 11. Here are the scores:

Buffalo 15, Vancouver 8
Saskatchewan 9, Colorado 7
Calgary 13, New York 9
Toronto 13, Buffalo 9
Vancouver 11, Rochester 10

WHAT WE’RE READING

  • Grant Ament became Penn State’s all-time points leader in the Nittany Lions’ win over Villanova, a place which Ament frequented when he was growing up nearby. Read the game story by Nelson Rice here.

  • Virginia opened its NCAA title defense with a win over Loyola, and now it’s time UVA to “move on.” Hobey Jiranek’s game story is here. ​

  • Also out of Charlottesville, Ty Xanders of Inside Lacrosse reported that touted freshman attackman Connor Shellenberger will redshirt in 2020. With so much talent in front of him, there was no clear path to playing time.

  • The Northwestern women have scored 54 goals in two games. That’s roughly one goal every 2 minutes, 13 seconds. Read more about Northwestern’s high-octane offense here.

  • Matt Hamilton was at Homewood Field on Saturday for Johns Hopkins’ 15-7 win over Towson. Joey Epstein did not play. Read about it here.

  • Brianna Harris’ career day lifted Florida over Colorado. Shannon Kavanagh scored the game-winner on a free position goal with under four minutes remaining. Read the game story by Joseph Salvador here.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

There were highlights all over social media with college Twitter accounts shaking off the offseason rust. First, let’s appreciate Cade Stratton slipping through two NJIT defenders.

Payton Cormier — from his knees! — cracked SportsCenter’s Top 10 plays.

Now, two highlights from the USC women. Early in the second half, Erin Bakes unleashed this laser beam from the eight-meter arc.

With the Women of Troy trailing by one with under four minutes to play against Hofstra, Kerrigan Miller shot off the pipe, caught the rebound and shot again. The second time was the charm.

WHAT’S ON TAP

  • Rankings coming on both the men’s and women’s sides.

  • Jack Goods' NLL Week 11 notebook.

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