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

1. Unbeaten champions were crowned on an exciting Sunday slate.

No. 1 North Carolina proved every bit the national title favorite, dominating Notre Dame in the ACC semifinals (18-4) and capping the conference championship with a 9-4 victory over Syracuse on Sunday afternoon.

Goalie Taylor Moreno was named ACC Tournament MVP for a second time, and the Tar Heels took home their fifth straight conference title.

Northwestern remained undefeated, sweeping through Rutgers (24-14) and getting past a test from Maryland (17-12) to take home the Big Ten championship. Izzy Scane dropped nine goals in the championship game victory, and she was named the tournament MVP. Check out the recap.

In the other Sunday conference tournament finals, Abby Hormes had six goals and seven draw controls to lead High Point past Radford for the Big South title. Caitlyn Petro set a single-season program record in draw controls to help UMass win its first Atlantic 10 championship since 2017.

2. North Carolina and Duke men split the ACC regular-season title

The two teams met on Sunday afternoon at a beautiful Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill. Chris Gray had three goals and three assists to lead the Tar Heels to the 15-12 win, allowing North Carolina and Duke to share the conference crown. With no ACC tournament, both teams will next suit up in the NCAA tournament. Read the recap here.

3. Villanova men’s lacrosse dismantled unbeaten Lehigh on Saturday.

The Wildcats were outmatched by Mike Sisselberger at the faceoff X but won every other major category to fuel a 16-8 upset victory over Lehigh. Colin Crowley had four goals and an assist in the big win, which bolstered Villanova’s resume heading toward the NCAA tournament.

Click here for the Saturday wrap.

Also Saturday, fifth-seeded Michigan and sixth-seeded Johns Hopkins each pulled off upset wins in the Big Ten quarterfinals. Connor DeSimone had three goals and three assists to lead the Blue Jays to their first win since March, while Michigan won its first-ever conference tournament game thanks to a hat trick from freshman Michael Boehm.

More on the Big Ten tournament.

4. Taryn Ohlmiller made her senior day count.

The Stony Brook star scored eight goals to lead the Seawolves to the big win over UMBC on Saturday afternoon. Also in action on Saturday, Fairfield avoided the upset bid from Marist in the MAAC quarterfinals and Hofstra won in the final minute over Towson in CAA play.

More in the Saturday wrap.

5. Andy Towers continues to tinker with the Chaos LC roster.

The PLL announced Friday night that Chaos LC acquired Chris Cloutier from Atlas LC in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2022 College Draft. Just minutes later, Chaos sent goalie Dillon Ward to Waterdogs LC for Wes Berg and a first-round pick in the 2022 College Draft.

More on the trade here.

WHAT WE’RE READING

  • UC Davis took home its first-ever conference title, downing Fresno State to take home the MPSF championship. Read more on how the Aggies did it.

  • Jared Nelson broke the NCAA career assists in Pfeiffer’s win over Greensboro on Saturday. Nelson’s 443 career points sit eight behind Jason Coffman for the most in men’s college lacrosse history. Nelson Rice has the story about the Nelson brothers’ bond at Pfeiffer.

  • More on the 2020 US Lacrosse Homer R. Schwartz Chapter Leadership Award winner Dave Cerny from the North Coast Ohio Chapter.

  • More on Lower Merion (Pa.) junior varsity captain Kamari Bolden, a 10th-grader with special needs who scored on a shovel shot during a game last week — a moment that went viral in the lacrosse community.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Liam Limoges with the BTB buzzer-beater for the Vermont win. The play was amazing; the celebration just as good. Controversy followed after it looked as though the clock started late on the game's final play.

Once you think Pat Kavanagh is done scoring #SCTop10 goals, he does it again. This one against Syracuse might top them all.

Ally Kennedy's parents stole the show on her senior day.

WHAT’S ON TAP

  • The Nike/US Lacrosse rankings come out for NCAA Divisions I, II and III today.

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