Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. Grace Griffin ripped a top-shelf goal with 39 seconds left to lift No. 12 Maryland to a 9-8 win over No. 14 Johns Hopkins in College Park on Wednesday.
GRACE.
— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) April 14, 2021
GRIFFIN.
GAME.
She rips it top shelf for the eventual game-winner in @MarylandWLax’s 9-8 victory over @HopkinsLacrosse. pic.twitter.com/7C2BiDnpLo
Division I Women’s Scores
No. 12 Maryland 9, No. 14 Johns Hopkins 8
Butler 12, Denison 9
Campbell 10, Radford 7
High Point 19, Longwood 7
James Madison 14, William and Mary 4
Mount St. Mary’s 17, Bryant 11
Navy 18, George Mason 9
Winthrop 21, Presbyterian 7
2. A Division II thriller highlighted the men’s slate Wednesday as No. 2 Le Moyne edged No. 6 Adelphi 15-14 in double overtime. Defenseman Nate Arnold emerged from a wild loose-ball scrum with his eighth ground ball of the game and took it the distance for the game-winning goal.
Division I Men’s Scores
Marquette 9, St. John’s 8 (OT)
Mount St. Mary’s 14, Sacred Heart 12
3. The Premier Lacrosse League and Athletes Unlimited announced their 2021 season schedules Wednesday.
The PLL season starts June 4. The All-Star Game is July 18 in San Jose and the championship game is Sept. 19 in Washington D.C. Each regular-season weekend will consist of five games (six during the final weekend in Albany). There’s a two-week break during the playoffs.
The AU season will take place July 19 - Aug. 22 in the D.C. area., during which the nascent women’s lacrosse league will also host a national summit for elite middle and high school girls’ lacrosse players from across the country.
4. Chris Bocklet appeared on “Overtime” with Paul Carcaterra, his first media appearance since suffering a traumatic brain injury in a longboarding accident Jan. 1 and being diagnosed with global aphasia. The podcast, available on Apple and Spotify, delves not only into the details Bocklet can remember from the accident, but also a life filled with love and lacrosse.
5. Holy Cross has canceled the remainder of its men’s and women’s lacrosse seasons due to a violation of COVID-19 protocols, the school announced Wednesday.
WHAT WE’RE READING
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Jeremy Fallis’ latest projections for the NCAA Division I women’s lacrosse tournament (including six seeded ACC teams).
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About the US Lacrosse high school boys’ and girls’ players of the week.
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How the Yale men’s lacrosse slogan “ONE: Only Need Everybody” has carried the team through a trying year.
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Dartmouth women’s lacrosse coach Alex Frank’s philosophy on coaching an Ivy League team during the pandemic.
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A Washington Post article on the player-driven Athletes Unlimited model set to take the stage for professional women’s lacrosse this summer.
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A Vanderbilt Hustler profile of Griffin Gearhardt, a senior attacker and leader for the Commodores women’s lacrosse team.
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The Pitt News checks in on the Panthers women’s lacrosse team, set to make its NCAA debut in 2022.
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About freshman Jake Naso’s surprising emergence as Duke’s star faceoff specialist.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
The goalie went coast to coast. It happened in a scrimmage, but still Gordon Ogden landed on "SportsCenter" with this play.
Goalie GOAL alert!
— Jersey Sports Zone (@JSZ_Sports) April 14, 2021
Welcome back NJ Lax! Red Bank Regional's Gordon Ogden gets in the cage and goes the distance for an insane goal in a scrimmage vs. CBA
We'll profile RBR's 3-sport star committed to Jacksonville lax Thursday on JSZ@rbrathletics @GordonOgdenIII1 pic.twitter.com/5H1hliLWUz
A 55-yard goal to break the 10-man ride.
ICYMI: Stevie Jones scored from deep against the 10-man ride to register his first career goal pic.twitter.com/QiLqDbVFVW
— Villanova Men's Lax (@NovaLacrosse) April 11, 2021
WHAT’S ON TAP
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Thursday nights are for must-watch ACC lacrosse. No. 5 Boston College hosts No. 4 Notre Dame (5 p.m. ET) on the women’s side, followed by No. 4 Duke at No. 2 Virginia in prime time (7 p.m. ET) on the men’s side. Both games will be on ACC Network.
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Check out the latest episode of the “Stick Drop,” a US Lacrosse Magazine podcast hosted by Sheehan Stanwick Burch on Apple and Spotify.
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More news and notes from NCAA men’s and women’s lacrosse, with contributions from Patrick Stevens and Ella Brockway, respectively.