Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. Spring Premiere in San Antonio went off without a hitch, although the U.S. men’s senior team nearly suffered a misstep against Japan. Will Manny put the U.S. ahead late as the senior men triumphed, 8-5.
2. The U.S. U19 team thumped Team Premiere — an assortment of top local talent with college commitments ranging from Virginia to Denver — 17-3. Brennan O’Neill, a Duke commit in his senior year at St. Anthony’s (N.Y.), tallied four goals and an assist.
3. In the first of two games on Sunday, the White team edged the Blue team, 7-6, in an exhibition intersquad. Marcus Holman had three goals and an assist.
4. O’Neill, Pat Kavanagh and Alex Slusher then paced the U19 team to an easy 14-2 win over Japan to close the weekend.
5. There was also a small NLL schedule on Saturday. Here are the results:
Philadelphia 15, New York 12
Colorado 13, Vancouver 9
WHAT WE’RE READING
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The Riptide are still searching for win No. 1, from Brandon Glogau of NLL.com.
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Joey Cupido recorded a hat trick as transition keyed Colorado’s win over Vancouver, writes Ryan Ireland of NLL.com.
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A GoFundMe has been set up for Adam Pascal, the former Holy Cross men’s lacrosse coach, whose wife and two children were the victims of a “double murder-suicide.” As of Sunday evening, the fundraiser had eclipsed $120,000.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Patrick Kavanagh hit the "juke" button on the PlayStation controller on this one.
Watch out lacrosse world, Lil’ Kavy’s got some moves. pic.twitter.com/yVLoxv4t48
— U.S. Men's National Team (@USAMLax) January 5, 2020
Ryan Brown skipped one top shelf.
Bullseye Brown bouncer.
— U.S. Men's National Team (@USAMLax) January 5, 2020
The guy can score however he wants. pic.twitter.com/xOQjKTNWLV
Senior team head coach John Danowski and Michael Ehrhardt addressed the U19 team between practices on Friday afternoon.
Two different teams. Same thing on our jersey.
— U.S. Men's National Team (@USAMLax) January 4, 2020
Coach Danowski and @AirHeart12 of the Senior team addressed the U19 team between practices today. pic.twitter.com/7sNjxOIiyB
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