Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. The Fight improved to 2-0 for the season with a 15-12 win over the Brave to kick of the Women's Professional Lacrosse League action from Richmond this weekend. Played in front of a big crowd during the IWLCA Champions Cup, Katrina Dowd, fresh off a training weekend with the U.S. team, scored four goals and Taylor Cummings had a goal, an assist, four groundballs, five draw controls and three caused turnovers.
HIGHLIGHTS from @WPLLBrave vs @WPLLFight game tonight
— WPLL (@prowomenslax) June 15, 2019
Final score: Fight 15 Brave 12 pic.twitter.com/DqAH2v43Lw
In the second game of the weekend, the Pride walloped the Command 18-5 with Halle Majorana scoring four goals, including a two-pointer, and adding three assists. Alex Aust also scored four times and Mollie Stevens had a hat trick.
2. The Whipsnakes improved to 3-0 in the Premier Lacrosse League, winning its third straight overtime game, this time against the previously undefeated Archers. For the second weekend in a row, Towson's Ryan Drenner played the hero on the Maryland-dominated Whipsnakes squad.
THE GAME WINNER!@dsnides23 on the ride and @ChefBoy_RD_ for the win! pic.twitter.com/8vmRIGpMRQ
— Premier Lacrosse League (@PremierLacrosse) June 15, 2019
In the other games, Josh Byrne scored in overtime to lead Chaos to a 12-11 win over Redwoods and the Atlas got their first win, beating Chrome 13-12 as Connor Buczek scored the game-winning goal with 48 seconds remaining.
3. In the lone Major League Lacrosse game of the weekend, Lyle Thompson had five goals and two assists to lead the Chesapeake Bayhawks to a 16-14 win over the New York Lizards. The Bayhawks improved to 2-0 and are tied with the Boston Cannons at the top of the standings. Here's one of Thompson's five goals.
HOW DOES HE DO THIS@lyle4thompson https://t.co/6HoFfHq4Gd pic.twitter.com/6ZBLBuFBte
— Major League Lacrosse (@MLL_Lacrosse) June 16, 2019
4. We wrapped up our way-early NCAA Division I women's rankings last week and North Carolina, with a loaded roster of returning talent, comes in at No. 1.
5. Andrew Stimmel is taking over as the new head coach at Marquette. Stimmel, an assistant coach with the 2020 U.S. Men's U19 team, had been an assistant coach at Yale.
WHAT WE’RE READING
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Inside Lacrosse’s Terry Foy talks with Loyola’s Pat Spencer on why he chose to pursue his basketball career at Northwestern.
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Part of the reason for John Grant Jr. coming out of retirement to play for the Denver Outlaws this season? So his daughter could see him play.
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Peterborough is getting ready to host the 2019 World Lacrosse Women’s U19 Championship.
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Brutal story from Canada with a physical attack on a referee.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Ridiculous one-handed play by Chesapeake’s Colin Heacock.
One hand > Two hands https://t.co/6HoFfHq4Gd pic.twitter.com/fTJrKgZrUX
— Major League Lacrosse (@MLL_Lacrosse) June 15, 2019
Makes sense that a couple of Notre Dame guys would garner attention as the PLL hit the Midwest in Chicago. Ryder Garnsey with a no-look pass to Matt Kavanagh for the BTB.
Ryder Garnsey No Look Pass
— Premier Lacrosse League (@PremierLacrosse) June 15, 2019
Matt Kavanagh BTB Goal
pic.twitter.com/CFn3TEgiQo
WHAT’S ON TAP
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The final U.S. roster for the World Lacrosse Women's U19 Championship will be announced today.
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