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

1. The weekend in college lacrosse served up several affirmations.

• Northwestern looks unstoppable and Izzy Scane has to be considered a front-runner for the Tewaaraton Award. Not since the dynasty days of 2005-12 have we seen a Wildcats team run so roughshod over the competition. No. 3 Northwestern throttled No. 8 Maryland 25-12 and improved to 8-0 behind a nine-goal, three-assist performance from Scane, who is averaging more than eight points per game. The Big Ten rivals tussle again today at 1 p.m. Eastern (Big Ten Network).

• After Northwestern, the Big Ten women’s lacrosse race is wide open. Riding a six-game losing streak, Ohio State swept a two-game set against No. 10 Penn State in Columbus — winning 15-12 on Friday and 11-9 on Saturday.

• ACC men’s lacrosse is must-see TV. No. 7 Virginia and No. 9 Notre Dame provided further proof Saturday, with the Cavaliers prevailing 12-11 in South Bend.

• Maryland is the clear Big Ten men’s lacrosse front-runner and warrants consideration alongside Duke and North Carolina as being the best and most complete teams in the country. The No. 2-ranked Terps defeated No. 6 Rutgers for the second time in three weeks, using a 7-0 run to push past the Scarlet Knights 13-9.

• The archrivals are all right. The No. 4 Army and No. 15 Navy men’s lacrosse teams emerged from long layoffs no worse for the wear. The Black Knights handled Holy Cross 13-3 and the Midshipmen pulled away from Bucknell 13-10 after both squads were rendered idle for weeks due to COVID-19 protocols.

• Neither sweeping faceoff rules changes nor more than a year without live-game reps has taken any shine off TD Ierlan’s game. Playing for his third college team, the NCAA record-setting faceoff specialist went a cool 14-for-14 in his Denver debut Saturday.

Friday Wraps: Men | Women

Saturday Wraps: Men | Women

Sunday Wraps: Men | Women

2. The Premier Lacrosse League’s waiver period starts today and Cannons LC will have the first crack at a player pool still chock full of elite talent — evidenced by Phil Shore’s all-undrafted team consisting of players left on the table in last week’s entry draft.

WHAT WE’RE READING

• Justin Feil’s feature about Stony Brook’s Kira Accettella and Army’s Beth Hofmann — whose life stories each started 5,000 miles away before they were adopted by families here in the U.S.

• Kenny DeJohn’s report on an unusual Florida women’s lacrosse schedule that saw the Gators open the season with seven straight road games.

• Patrick Stevens’ scribblings on Richmond, a team still finding its way as of this report, which ran before a 17-10 win over High Point on Friday.

• Laurel Pfahler’s look at how California’s county-by-county disparity in COVID-19 status has created a chaotic scramble to schedule high school lacrosse games.

• How North Carolina’s condensed high school lacrosse season ended with champions crowned over the weekend. East Chapel Hill defeated Weddington for the girls’ state championship while Cardinal Gibbons (4A) and Marvin Ridge (1A/2A/3A) won the boys’ state titles.

• Two Sewanee women’s lacrosse players are the latest to respond to the racist taunts from spectators that were hurled at the Emmanuel (Ga.) men’s lacrosse team during a March 13 game at Sewanee. Sarah Strand and Sarah Hughes co-wrote, “A White Sport: Lacrosse Culture’s Racial Fraglity,” for the student newspaper

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Just enjoying these #LaxTop5 candidates from the weekend. Hat tip to ESPN content associate and former College Crosse editor Chris Jastrzembski for making this a thing.

"A herculean effort."

RT if you want to see Alston Tarry's goal on @SportsCenter tonight.#SCTop10 | #rayBucknell pic.twitter.com/DacjaUDmdM

— Bucknell Men's Lax (@Bucknell_MLAX) March 28, 2021

HOW DID HE SCORE THIS?! Scott Cole with the TOUGH groundball then finds the back of the net from a tough angle. #LaxTop5 #SCTop10 #PLTop3

Watch on ESPN+ https://t.co/lFmUxUhmF7 pic.twitter.com/Gfg2Xhao1X

— Lehigh Lacrosse (@LehighLacrosse) March 28, 2021

Johns Creek HS vs Cambridge HS, Jake Snow to Ryan Black for the between the legs BUCKET Friday night. Show up, show out! 18-5 W for the gladiators! @jcgladiators #SCTop10 #LaxTop5 pic.twitter.com/EJva30TTgC

— James Leary (@ChiefLeary) March 28, 2021

Tommy Angelicola FROM DEEP.

The @hurstmlaxtrain pole drills it from his own defensive zone. #LaxTop5? pic.twitter.com/lSwmTq067L

— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) March 28, 2021

What, lacrosse is hard? These guys could’ve fooled us.
Ian Evans BTB to Matthew Kemmis BTB @SJFC_MLax #SCTop10 #LaxTop5 pic.twitter.com/ZnzZMwJRQR

— SJFC Cardinals (@FisherAthletics) March 27, 2021

Hey @Chris_Jast - this dime @ryanlanchbury_7 #LaxTop5 worthy??? @SpiderMLAX pic.twitter.com/mv4obWVHIE

— COMMITTED COMBINE™ (@coachpughlax) March 27, 2021

Hey @Chris_Jast how about @LynchburgMLAX's Trammel Robinson going fake through the legs to put the Hornets up 8-2 over @CNULacrosse #LaxTop5 pic.twitter.com/LjOLMGICUO

— Upstream Lacrosse (@upstreamlax) March 27, 2021

BOBBY CASEY HOW IN THE WORLD⁉#RoarWithPride pic.twitter.com/aRtGtlWNJ6

— Hofstra Men's Lacrosse (@HofstraMLAX) March 27, 2021

WHAT’S ON TAP

• It’s Monday. You know what that means — updated rankings unveiled here.

• Scane and Northwestern look to keep the hot hand against Maryland. The teams square off again today (1 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network).

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