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

1. After losing its first two games in nailbiters to Virginia and Johns Hopkins, Loyola picked up its first quality win Wednesday at Towson. The Greyhounds led early and stayed in command throughout the game in a rematch of the 2016 NCAA quarterfinal game, which also went Loyola's way.

Towson's Mike Lynch scored first, but Loyola responded with a four-goal rally to take the early three-goal advantage. Jordan Germershausen had two of his four goals in the first half to help the Greyhounds take a 6-2 advantage. 

The Tigers made a push at the end of the third quarter and start of the fourth quarter, cutting a 9-4 deficit with a three-goal rally. However, Germershausen finished with the game's final two goals to seal the win. 

Here's what else went down on the men's side Wednesday:

• Virginia bounced back from its loss to Penn with an 18-12 win over High Point. U.S. U-19 member Dox Aitken continued a great start to his career with five goals to lead the Cavaliers. Mike D'Amario also had four goals.

• Bennett Drake and Justin Reh combined for nine goals to lead No. 17 Abany past UMass in a convincing 17-8 victory. J.D. Colarusso had 13 saves for the Great Danes.

2. Elon won the battle of 2017 surprise teams, getting a game-winning goal from Sloane Kessler to beat No. 19 Virginia Tech 13-12. The Pheonix move to 5-1 on the season, taking down its third ranked team in program, including the second this season (they beat Virginia on Feb. 11).

Stephanie had a season-high five goals to lead her team, which trailed 7-5 at half. Elon started the second half strong, eventually carrying momentum to a 12-8 lead with 15:18 left in the game. But the Hokies weren't done. They put together a four-goal run of their own, culminating with a game-tying goal with Kristine Loscalzo with four seconds remaining.

Kessler finished off Virginia tech with the game-winner 1:10 into overtime.

Other games on the women's side of a wild Wednesday:

• Princeton goalie Ellie DeGarmo made a point-blank save off a free position attempt with one second left to give the No.9 Tigers the 15-14 win over Loyola. Princeton led 15-10 before Loyola scored four straight goals to cut the deficit to one goal with 1:31 left. Cami Whiteford had five goals for the Greyhounds.

• No. 15 Johns Hopkins continued its hot start, but it wasn't easy. The Blue Jays needed a goal from Cece Finney in overtime to get by Georgetown 11-10. Maggie Schneiderieth had a career-high six points and goalie Caroline Federico had a career-high 15 saves to keep her team in the game.

• Penn survived a late rally to get by Rutgers 11-9, aided by two goals and three assists from Alex Condon. The Quakers led 10-5 with 14 minutes left, and the Scarlet Knights cut the lead to 10-9 with 6:42 left before Condon sealed the game.

• Dartmouth keeps rolling. Elizabeth Mastrio had five goals and Taryn Deck scored four to help the Big Green blow out Boston Univeristy 19-7.

PHOTO BY JOHN STROHSACKER

3. Another chapter was written in the historic, yet wild, Maryland-Yale rivalry on Saturday.

The Bulldogs traveled to College Park, where they had been victim to two straight one goal defeats. And in true from, this one ended the same way, with Maryland holding on to win 12-11. But that was after the fierce rally from Yale and almost two hours of delays.

“The weather delays didn’t affect us. If God wants Maryland to win, we don’t have a choice. We’re fine with that,” Yale coach Andy Shay said. “Since I’ve been coaching here, we’ve never left that stadium feeling good about the way things went,” he said. “It’s always something.”

4. Denver and Colorado will face off Friday in the annual in-state rivalry game. However, this time a win might mean more than just bragging rights. No. 10 Colorado and No. 14 Denver are fighting for national relevancy, something that is not often achieved for teams from the West.

Colorado, as a fourth year program, is progressing nicely and following the upward trajectory shared by new programs before them. For Denver, it’s a return to prominence after making NCAA touraments in 2013 and 2014.

5. With the NLL talking expansion in the near future, it’s easy to get excited about the potential of box lacrosse. However, Neil Stevens says that fans should not get too jazzed about the idea.

Although there are success stories like the Saskatchewan Rush and its fan base, most NLL arena are not full. He also said that win more rosters, the quality of play has a chance to decrease.

WHAT WE’RE READING

• After a hot start, the No. 5 Penn State Nittany Lions are trying to stay focused on having fun on the field, especially with a matchup with No. 7 Penn looming.

• Carly Hewitt came to Butler thinking that she'd play four years of Division I soccer, but now she's taking on a new challenge with the women's lacrosse team.

• The famed Cambridge-Oxford (United Kingdom) rivalry had another classic match, this time in the sport of women's lacrosse. Cambridge came away with the 11-10 extra time win. Very descriptive game story.

• From the Baltimore Sun: Even with the adsence of defensive leaders like Alice Mercer and Taylor Cummings, the Maryland defense showed it's top notch in the win over North Carolina.

• Williams men's lacrosse has a new team member. The team signed onto a two-year commitment, through Team Impact, wth 6-year-old Parker Langenback, who suffers from spinal bifida. 

• The Denver Outlaws announced that veterans Michael Skudin and Max Schmidt will retire from the MLL. 

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Who doesn't love a good Carpool Karaoke? James Corden's infamous skit has blown up online. I know I've been dying to have US Lacrosse do its own Carpool Karaoke (stay tuned!), but in the meantime, check out John Dilks from the Saskatchewan Rush sing his heart out with sports anchor John Fraser.