Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. Chris Cloutier has been unstoppable in his rookie season with the Denver Outlaws and that was true again last night. Cloutier poured in six goals and added three assists as the Outlaws routed Boston 25-11 before a crowd of just under 30,000 in the team's annual July 4 fireworks game.
Cloutier has 24 goals in just five games while the two league leaders, Will Manny and Dylan Molloy are just eight goals ahead at 32 despite playing twice as many games as Cloutier.
Make it goals now for the rookie Chris Cloutier from @UNCMensLacrosse to go along with 3 assists. WATCH FREE @DenverOutlaws vs @BostonCannons at https://t.co/oJkK8CQ2nw or download the FREE LSN app pic.twitter.com/wlAsgOuZof
— Lax Sports Network (@LaxSportsNet) July 5, 2018
2. Jack Speidell scored five goals as the Team 91 Bandits beat the Express in an all Long Island final before a national televised audience on ESPN2 in the championship game of the World Series of Youth Lacrosse.
3. The July/August issue of US Lacrosse Magazine is hitting the mailboxes of our more than 430,000 members. The issue includes feature stories from the two NCAA Division I champions. Read about James Madison's seniors taking the ultimate underdog to new heights and Yale's long awaited NCAA championship.
4. The National Lacrosse League expansion draft is coming up on July 16 and the Philadelphia Wings and San Diego Seals will have some big names to choose from. Among the players unprotected were NLL championship MVP Jeff Shattler, Dan Dawson and Brodie Merrill.
5. The public result was a loss to the Major League Lacrosse All-Stars, but the U.S. men's team took big strides towards developing chemistry during last week's training camp in New England.