Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. The U.S. men's national team 23-player travel roster is here. Sunday, coach John Danowski named the roster that will represent the United States in the Federation of International Lacrosse Men's World Championship July 12-21 in Netanya, Israel.
Danowski and his staff got one last chance to see the 48-player training team compete at Spring Premiere on Saturday before announcing the final roster on Sunday.
The roster features players from 13 different colleges and eight from the 2014 world championship team that won a silver medal in Denver, including three — Tucker Durkin (defense), Rob Pannell (attack) and Paul Rabil (midfield) — who were named to the all-world team in 2014 and named the most outstanding player at their respective positions.
Trevor Baptiste (Denver) was the only current collegian named to the roster. Here's the full roster for your viewing pleasure.
Name |
Pos |
MLL Team |
College |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Baptiste | FO | None | Denver ’18 |
| Jake Bernhardt | SSDM | Ohio | Maryland ’12 |
| Jesse Bernhardt | D | Chesapeake | Maryland ’15 |
| Ryan Brown | A | Charlotte | Johns Hopkins ’16 |
| Ned Crotty | A/M | Dallas | Duke ’10 |
| Matt Danowski | A/M | Chesapeake | Duke ’08 |
| Steve DeNapoli | SSDM | New York | Hofstra ’11 |
| Tucker Durkin | D | Florida | Johns Hopkins ’13 |
| Michael Ehrhardt | LSM | Charlotte | Maryland ’14 |
| Joe Fletcher | D | New York | Loyola ’14 |
| John Galloway | G | Dallas | Syracuse ’11 |
| Greg Gurenlian | FO | New York | Penn State ’06 |
| Kyle Hartzell | LSM | New York | Salisbury ’08 |
| John Haus | M | Charlotte | Maryland ’13 |
| Marcus Holman | A | Ohio | North Carolina ’13 |
| Jack Kelly | G | Denver | Brown ’16 |
| Rob Pannell | A | New York | Cornell ’13 |
| Paul Rabil | M | New York | Johns Hopkins ’08 |
| Tom Schreiber | M | Ohio | Princeton ’14 |
| Drew Snider | M | Denver | Maryland ’12 |
| Kevin Unterstein | SSDM | New York | Hofstra ’08 |
| Joel White | LSM | Dallas | Syracuse ’11 |
| Jordan Wolf | A | Dallas | Duke ’14 |
2. The Team USA Spring Premiere Blue-White Game went down to the wire on Saturday night at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. Team White rallied from an early 4-0 deficit to send the game to two extra periods, getting a game-winning goal from Connor Kelly (Maryland) and an add-on from Matt Abbott to beat Team Blue 9-7 after six periods.
The talent was on display all night, as fans were treated to plays like this from Paul Rabil and Rob Pannell.
END OF 1Q: Blue leading 4-0 behind a couple beautiful goals, like this one from @RobPannell3. WATCH: https://t.co/eHEyiG3JVV pic.twitter.com/fhLSx2nlZI
— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) January 6, 2018
Brian Phipps had 10 saves and allowed just three goals to keep Team White in the game. John Haus and Rob Pannell led Team Blue with two goals each, while Connor Buczek finished with two goals and Matt Kavanagh had a goal and three assists for White.
3. The Toronto Rock highlighted the NLL weekend with a record-breaking first half in its win over the Vancouver Stealth on Saturday night. The Rock, which featured U.S. national team member Tom Schreiber, dropped a league-record 17 goals in the first half en route to a 24-7 victory.
Record Breakers! 17 1st half goals tonight for the Rock set a NEW @NLL Record! pic.twitter.com/Ev0sjByDNQ
— Toronto Rock (@TorontoRockLax) January 7, 2018
The total was one more than the Montreal Express scored in the first half of a victory in 2001.
In other NLL news, the Saskatchewan Rush remained undefeated with a 13-9 victory over the Georgia Swarm in a rematch of the past two Champion’s Cup finals. Robert Church led the way for the Rush with three goals and three assists, helping fuel a strong third quarter that sealed the win.
The Buffalo Bandits used its home field advantage to pull away from the Calgary Roughnecks, moving to 2-2 with a 13-8 victory.
Bandits goalie Alex Buque had 44 saves on 52 shots to help his team remain in the lead throughout. Callum Crawford and Jordan Durston combined for seven goals to lead the Bandits offense.
4. Former Notre Dame player Alex Cade moved to California in 1999. He started Adrenaline Lacrosse in 2001 and the Adrenaline Shootout in 2003.
He’s seen his company expand into a lacrosse empire, but Cade still lives by his grassroots movement to grow the sport.
WHAT WE’RE READING
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Epoch Lacrosse brought in lacrosse player and product engineer Emily Plahn to help design and develop the company’s first women’s lacrosse head, called “The Purpose.”
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An inside look of Maryland’s new indoor facility at Cole Field House.
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The Florida Select 2020-21 girls' lacrosse team became the first travel team in Florida history to finish the fall season undefeated.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
The NCAA lacrosse season is rapidly approaching, and teams are already hitting the practice field. Notre Dame men's lacrosse (or at least whoever made this video) is certainly ready to get going. Disclaimer: You'll get pumped up watching this video.
Tokyo Indoor Lacrosse is getting the work in this winter, and having fun doing it. Check out some highlights from Japan.
Who’d fly to Tokyo and play with these guys? [IG/tokyo_indoorlacrosse] pic.twitter.com/ieSejvM81F
— TLN (@LacrosseNetwork) January 6, 2018
WHAT’S ON TAP
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We'll reveal our Division I men's and women's preseason Top 20 rankings today.
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Neil Stevens is back with another NLL notebook, recapping the Rush's statement win over the Swarm.
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