Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. The sport’s Native American roots will be celebrated with the 17th annual Tewaaraton Awards Ceremony in Washington D.C. tonight. US Lacrosse Magazine editor Matt DaSilva breaks down the 10 finalists hoping to bring home the hardware.
2. As should come as no surprise, the NCAA champion Maryland men’s and women’s teams swept the top spots in the final Nike/US Lacrosse college rankings of the season. But how far did Boston College and Navy’s runs to the NCAA women’s final four shoot them up in the rankings? Check out our final Division I rankings for the season.
PHOTO BY JOHN STROHSACKER
3. The second annual US Lacrosse WallBall Challenge opens today. Anyone can participate – just download the SNYPR app and track your progress as you help raise funds for the US Lacrosse First Stick Program, a grant program that helps provide equipment and other resources to start-up lacrosse programs.
What We’re Reading
-
Atlanta native Scott Ratliff recounts his tale to heading to Loyola and then back to his hometown to play professional lacrosse in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
-
Boston.com shares an anecdote about New England Patriots head coach and lacrosse superfan Bill Belichick that was pulled from our Overtime series with Paul Carcaterra from last year. He reveals one of the best compliments he ever received, and it had nothing to do with football.
-
If you’re a fan of hair, you’ll enjoy BroBible's annual All-Flow teams.
-
The backstory behind Hall of Fame Coach Richie Moran’s memoir, It’s Great to Be Here
What We’re Watching
We've been fortunate enough to have Brady's Bunch participate in US Lacrosse tournaments over the years, and this past weekend was even more special as Brady Wein got to play in his first lacrosse tournament.
Why we love sports & #lacrosse today: @bradywein12 plays in his first tournament https://t.co/oJkK8CQ2nw #WP4SE pic.twitter.com/iwNv5jUAEN
— Lax Sports Network (@LaxSportsNet) June 1, 2017
We had some fun in College Park yesterday with a special photoshoot with Maryland’s men’s and women’s championship lacrosse teams. You’ll see the results of the photoshoot coming up in the July/August print edition of US Lacrosse Magazine – a free benefit of membership for the more than 450,000 US Lacrosse members around the country.
Such a fun photo shoot this morning in College Park, Md. Thank you @NCAA_Lax DI champions @MarylandWLax and @TerpsMLax! ( @josh_rottman) pic.twitter.com/mPZJAR53BX
— Megan Schneider (@mschneider713) May 31, 2017
What’s on Tap
-
We release the final Nike/US Lacrosse men’s and women’s Division III rankings today.