Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. We released the Nike/USA Lacrosse preseason NCAA rankings last week with reigning champions Boston College and Virginia topping the Division I groupings. Here are the full lists:
2. The USA Lacrosse Spring Premiere in Florida this week, which was slated to include the U.S. women’s national team against England, has been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns.
3. Looking back at 2021 with the best photos of the year.
The best lacrosse photos of 2021 https://t.co/PZTfz4a934
— USA Lacrosse Magazine (@USALacrosseMag) December 31, 2021
4. Give and Go with former Duke All-American and U.S. team player J.T. Giles-Harris.
5. Now this is pretty cool.
Captain Kyle Cassady, USAFA Lacrosse Alum, performed the B-2 flyover this morning at the Rose Bowl Game. He graduated from USAFA in 2014, and is now a B-2 instructor pilot with the 393rd Bomb Squadron at Whitman AFB#GotYourBack #CountOnMe #LetsFly pic.twitter.com/S9QKzsp6Se
— Air Force Lacrosse (@AF_Lax) January 1, 2022
WHAT WE’RE READING
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Get yourself “Game Ready.” Over-the-head checks with Jack Rowlett.
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Nigel Vital shared his experiences participating for the USA Select team during the Brogden Cup.
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Conditioning doesn't have to be a drag. Want to make workouts feel less like less work? Even the U.S. women's national team finds ways to disguise exercise in the form of fun.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Better celebration — Payne Durham on the football field with one of his two touchdowns to help Purdue beat Tennessee in the Music City Bowl, or back to his high school days when he was lighting up the scoreboard for Peachtree Ridge (Ga.) on the lacrosse field?
— ESPN (@espn) December 31, 2021
Before he was scoring TD’s for @BoilerFootball, Tight End/Attackman @pdurham22 was on the lacrosse field
— TLN (@LacrosseNetwork) December 31, 2021
You love to see it! https://t.co/1WBLo8yb22 pic.twitter.com/rJfse2sjRv
WHAT’S ON TAP
Team-by-team breakdowns from the Top 20 in the Nike / USA Lacrosse preseason rankings begins today with Bryant (men) and Penn (women).