Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. Don’t even bother trying to make predictions in the Big Ten anymore.
In the latest example how every team other than Northwestern is susceptible to an upset, unranked Johns Hopkins took down No. 19 Penn State 13-10 Wednesday evening at Homewood Field.
After Kristin O’Neill tied the score at 4 with 6:49 left in the first half, Hopkins scored the next five goals to take a 9-4 lead. Mackenzie Heldberg made the score 13-7 later in the game, and although Maria Auth scored the contest’s final three goals, Penn State could not complete a late comeback attempt.
2. There were four other Division I women’s games last night.
The Drexel women continued their offensive surge, topping No. 20 Navy 17-8. Drexel, ranked 15th, improved to 9-1 behind five goals from Lucy Schneidereith, four goals from Karson Harris and five points from Colleen Grady. Zoe Bennett made 11 saves.
SCORES
No. 15 Drexel 17, No. 20 Navy 8
Gardner-Webb 12, Presbyterian 11
Johns Hopkins 13, No. 19 Penn State 10
Mount St. Mary’s 18, LIU 6
Sacred Heart 12, Bryant 11
3. Women’s bracketology is back.
Although the pandemic has changed just about everything, there are still some constants in the first round of women’s lacrosse bracketology — coming every week until Selection Sunday.
Read Jeremy Fallis’ breakdown here.
4. Eight more boys’ and girls’ lacrosse players have earned national recognition.
With the Northeast Region still waiting to get going this spring, our high school lacrosse contributors named their boys’ and girls’ players of the week in the Mid-Atlantic, South, Midwest and West.
WHAT WE’RE READING
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Duke Athletics staff photographer Nat LeDonne has captured two marquee moments of the 2021 men’s lacrosse season. Nelson Rice with the story.
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Carly Randall, a Wesleyan assistant, grew up the daughter of a coach. She used those experiences to shape how she approaches coaching herself. More from Randall here.
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There are three new teams in the NAIA Men’s Lacrosse Coaches’ Top 10 Poll.
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Ric Beardsley never shied away from an opportunity to talk smack. He opened up about his penchant for getting under the skin of his opponents on “Overtime” with Paul Carcaterra.
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From Inside Lacrosse: A breakdown of the men’s Tewaaraton Award race.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Penn State’s Maria Auth was determined to score, and she wouldn’t even let the ground stop her.
Let’s discuss this EFFORT from Maria Auth!!! pic.twitter.com/xQundp5to8
— Tari | Official Lax Girl (@officiallaxgirl) April 7, 2021
WHAT’S ON TAP
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A story from Kyle Devitte on how Wesleyan will do anything — and roster anyone — to get on the field this spring.
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Justin Feil checks in with the Louisville women.