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

1. Charlotte North is the IWLCA Player of the Year.

Just one day after being selected first overall in the Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse College Draft, North earned the nod from the IWLCA. The Boston College attacker was also named the IWLCA Attacker of the Year.

Could there be more honors in the not-too-distant future for North? On Thursday night, the Tewaaraton Foundation will hand out this year’s Tewaaraton Awards, for which North is a finalist.

More here.

2. UMass midfielder Aidan Kaminska has died at 19.

Kaminska, a sophomore, scored nine goals this season and started the first game of his career on May 5 in the CAA tournament. He died at his parents’ home on Monday, per reports. No cause of death was revealed.

More here.

3. Welcome to World Lacrosse, Nigeria and Rwanda.

Both nations were announced as members of World Lacrosse on Wednesday, bringing the total global membership to 77 and membership in Africa to six.

More here.

4. Central Michigan is in the market for a new head coach.

The university announced Wednesday that Sara Tisdale will not seek a contract renewal, meaning CMU will have a new coach next season for the first time in seven years. Avery Blackmon will serve as the interim for now, but a nationwide search for Tisdale’s replacement is under way.

More here.

5. The NCAA Division I women’s lacrosse championship game was the most-watched women’s college lacrosse game on record.

WHAT WE’RE READING

  • After months of conference shakeups, Jeremy Fallis provides a blueprint to what it all looks like at the close of the 2022 season.

  • A couple of PLL rules changes — including the possible return of the “Air Gait” — add some zest to the upcoming summer season.

  • We kicked off our celebration of the 50th anniversary of Title IX with this piece from Emma Healy on how Rachael Rollins helped save the UMass women’s lacrosse program.

  • We revealed the USA Lacrosse High School Boys’ and High School Girls’ Players of the Week.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Going Pro: Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse will go behind the scenes this summer to tell the stories of four AU rookies from Season 1.

WHAT’S ON TAP

  • Tewaaraton Award winners will be announced this evening.

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