Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. In women’s lacrosse on Wednesday, No. 6 Loyola nipped No. 10 Princeton 16-15 in a battle of unbeaten teams on a rainy Wednesday night as Georgia Latch had three goals and three assists. Jamie Ortega became the fifth player in NCAA history to top 400 career points as No. 1 North Carolina beat High Point 23-9. No. 3 Maryland remained unbeaten with a 15-11 victory over Penn as Hannah Leubecker scored five times and Emily Sterling made 10 saves. Georgetown held off a five-goal rally by No. 14 Navy, upsetting the Mids 13-12.
HISTORY FOR JAMIE ORTEGA
— USA Lacrosse Magazine (@USALacrosseMag) March 23, 2022
She become the fifth player in @NCAALAX history to reach points.
We’ve got records falling and tornado warning between @uncwlax and @hpuwlax. pic.twitter.com/72Pyu0kpGz
2. The Premier Lacrosse League announced a four-year agreement with ESPN to televise the league’s games. The PLL had been with NBC for the first three years of its existence, but PLL games will now air exclusively across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN+, with all 47 games in 2022 available to stream on ESPN+.
3. North Carolina star Ally Mastroianni, a member of the 2022 U.S. women’s team, was the latest guest on The Stick Drop podcast with Sheehan Stanwick Burch.
Check out our own @allymastroianni on the latest Stick Drop podcast with @StanwickBurch:https://t.co/RmmWMzRR1e pic.twitter.com/RLbd0n8zQJ
— UNC Women's Lacrosse (@uncwlax) March 23, 2022
4. Speaking of North Carolina, U.S. women’s team star Taylor Cummings breaks down Sunday’s Tar Heel victory over Boston College in this week’s Taylor’s Takes.
5. Colin Burns (Georgetown Prep, Md.), McAllister Hobbs (Dallas Jesuit, Texas) and Logan Ip (Corona del Mar, Calif.) are the USA Lacrosse Boys’ High School Regional Players of the Week.
6. The USA Lacrosse Girls’ High School Regional Players of the Week are Kiley Mottice (Archbishop Carroll, Pa.), Clark Hamilton (Blessed Trinity, Ga.) and Zoe Martin (Colorado Academy).
7. The application process for tryouts for the 2023 U.S. men’s national team has opened.
We've got eyes on a repeat in 2023.
— U.S. Men's National Team (@USAMLax) March 23, 2022
Senior team tryouts are coming to @USA_Lacrosse from June 14-16. Apply now https://t.co/mUY3Ip4xpI
8. Siena Gore knew right away she wanted to come back for a fifth season when she lost most of the 2020 season to the COVID-19 shutdown. The Kennesaw State attacker is making the most of the extra year, currently leading the country with 53 goals scored.
9. Australia has named it’s roster for the 2023 World Lacrosse Women’s Championship, which USA Lacrosse will host this summer at Towson University.
From Down Under to @WorldLax2022
— 2022 Women's World Lacrosse Championship (@WorldLax2022) March 23, 2022
Check out Australia's final roster for this summer's event. pic.twitter.com/HLaXyeo5jV
WHAT WE’RE READING
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Quick reactions by an athletic trainer and a parent who serves in the FDNY helped save a referee’s life during a high school scrimmage in New York on Tuesday.
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Hampton’s men’s lacrosse program will play its first Southern Conference game this weekend. The Richmond Times-Dispatch looks at Hampton’s longterm building project.
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In this week’s IWLCA Behind the Whistle, Catholic women’s lacrosse head coach Meghan McDonogh writes about how her team spent part of Spring Break connecting with three other D.C. area women’s teams — American, District of Columbia and Howard.
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Kierin Ratliff-Kailbourne went to Pitt thinking she’d never play varsity college lacrosse. Now the former club standout is thriving with the Panthers new program and even scored the first goal in program history.
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New coach J.B. Clarke has led the Tampa men’s lacrosse to the No. 1 ranking in NCAA Division II.
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BYU is a unanimous No. 1 in the MCLA Division I rankings and St. Thomas tops the Division II poll.
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Georgia and Utah Valley top the latest WCLA national rankings.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Delaware State’s Rosella Nardi with the sweet stick control on the ground and the quick assist in last week’s win over Howard.
Rosella Nardi of @DSUlax is up for the Fan-Voted Lacrosse Play of the Week
— ASUN Lacrosse (@ASUNLacrosse) March 23, 2022
To vote for Rosella like this tweet, visit our Facebook page and use the emoji
Vote Now | https://t.co/C3HLDH9r2h#HornetPride pic.twitter.com/eNHObJcfYs
WHAT’S ON TAP
We'll have our high school Midwest rankings out later today.