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

1. For years, Virginia ruled the commonwealth in women’s lacrosse. But last year was tough for the Cavaliers. They lost to James Madison, twice, and lost to Virginia Tech for just the second time in school history.

No. 8 Virginia took a big step towards reestablishing its place in the pecking order, handling No. 6 James Madison 14-9 in Harrisonburg on Wednesday night in a game that was televised in the Mid-Atlantic region. Charlie Campbell made a career-high 15 saves and Avery Shoemaker scored five goals for Virginia, which improved to 8-3.

PHOTO BY JOHN STROHSACKER

Loyola's Taylor Van Thof won six draw controls in a 13-10 win over Georgetown on Wednesday night, setting a new school record with 319 for her career. Her sister, Taryn, held the previous record of 318.

In other notable women’s games on Wednesday:

  • Hannah Powers had three goals and three assists as No. 12 Loyola beat Georgetown 13-10.

  • Ashley Britton and Abby Hormes each scored three goals as High Point topped Towson 12-8.

  • Andie Aldave had five goals and nine draw controls as No. 7 Notre Dame improved to 9-0 with an 18-6 win over Vanderbilt

  • Virginia Tech won its third straight, beating Elon 16-8 behind six goals from Emma Crooks.

In the Division III ranks, No. 2 Tufts got a great challenge from No. 13 TCNJ, but prevailed 8-7 on a late goal from Colette Smith.

PHOTO BY KEVIN P. TUCKER

No. 2 Tufts moved to 5-0 with an 8-7 road victory at The College of New Jersey on Wednesday. Colette Smith had a pair of goals, including the game-winner with 4:51 left after TCNJ had scored two straight to the game up.

2. The Federation of International Lacrosse announced a set of rules for a new discipline of the sport that it would like member nations to experiment with as the group moves towards positioning the sport for a potential return to the Olympics.

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3. It was a D-III kind of day on USLaxMagazine.com yesterday.

4. Katrina Dowd, leading scorer for the 2013 U.S. gold-medal winning women’s team, found herself on the sidelines for the 2017 World Cup. That made her return to a USA uniform this past January all the more special.

5. Marty Delaney has discovered a new frontier for the adaptive sports movement. Lacrosse for the blind.

6. Major League Lacrosse held its supplemental draft on Wednesday and 28 players were picked up. Thomas Hoggarth, who is having a banner season with Buffalo in the National Lacrosse League (53 points in 14 games) went first to Ohio. Complete results available here.

WHAT WE’RE READING

• Erica Brown, head coach of Tiffin University, writes about the challenge of plans going wrong in the latest IWLCA “Behind the Whistle.”

Portia Hoeg is the new executive director for the Centennial Conference. Hoeg replaces Steve Ulrich, who announced his retirement in August. For lacrosse fans with long memories, Ulrich was one of the architects of the beloved College Lacrosse USA – the first national website for the sport, debuting in the 1990s.

• Some of the MCLA’s top programs will be coming to Maryland this weekend for the fourth annual Battle for Baltimore.

• Tragic story from Colorado, where 52-year-old Chris Hahn died while videotaping his son's high school lacrosse game.

• Dropping 25 pounds has paid big dividends for Albany's Mitch Laffin.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Great look at Lyle Thompson’s version of the Air Gait…but don’t sleep on the groundball that started it off..

WHAT’S ON TAP

  • Get ready for a pair of nationally-televised women's lacrosse games this evening. No. 2 Maryland heads to Penn State for a 5 p.m. game on ESPNU and then No. 10 Michigan visits Ohio State at 7 p.m. on the Big Ten Network.

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