Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. There wasn’t much midweek madness to report, but there were a few exciting games all the same.
No. 16 Army shut down No. 14 Syracuse in the fourth quarter, and Bobby Abshire took over from there in a 17-14 win for the Black Knights. And Towson led from the third quarter on in an 11-8 win over No. 20 Loyola, which is now 0-4.
In women’s lacrosse, 23 games were on the slate. At USA Lacrosse headquarters, No. 8 Michigan easily handled High Point (more on that here). Elsewhere, No. 9 Loyola outlasted Penn, Taralyn Naslonski reached a career milestone for Rutgers and Elon and Campbell played a crazy 22-20 shootout.
2. The MCLA released its latest updates to the New Balance Coaches Polls.
Brigham Young remains at the top of Division I, but Clemson — which features eight players who were formerly members of the shuttered NCAA Division I Furman program — is surging up to No. 2.
In Division II, ST. Thomas is clinging to the top spot with threats looming from Kennesaw State and Utah State.
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3. The WCLA also released the latest updates to its coaches polls.
Georgia is 10-0 and No. 1 in the WCLA’s Division 1 poll, and Loyola Club has ascended to No. 1 in Division 2 on the heels of a 5-0 start. UC San Diego (9-1) jumped from No. 5 to No. 2, and Utah Valley (3-0), which was inactive last week, dropped from No. 1 to No. 3.
4. Duke head coach Kerstin Kimel neutralized her daughter, Caroline, with a faceguard on Monday.
Talk about tough love. The longtime coach and East Carolina attacker had a good laugh about it a few days later, and Caroline Kimel took it as a sign of respect.
WHAT WE’RE READING
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UConn has started slowly in just about all of its contests this season. Charlotte Varnes reports on how the Huskies are working on upping the intensity.
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Taylor Cummings was back in the booth for Maryland-Florida last weekend. In “Taylor’s Takes,” she writes about her views from the booth and the other happenings in women’s lacrosse she paid attention to last weekend.
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When is it time for a coach to walk away? Former Roanoke coach Mary Schwartz writes for the IWLCA about her decision to retire.
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Ricky Schwartzberg, the former Archbishop Spalding (Md.) head coach, allegedly spent more than $170,000 of Peninsula Lacrosse Club funds on personal expenses over an 18-month period. Charges were filed, and Schwartzberg “maintains his innocence,” according to the Capital Gazette.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Kevin Lindley now stands alone as the Patriot League’s all-time goals leader after this crazy sequence and timely reaction led to the record-breaker.
Kevin Lindley is the @PatriotLeague’s all-time leading scorer.
— USA Lacrosse Magazine (@USALacrosseMag) March 2, 2022
What a sequence to lead to this historic goal. pic.twitter.com/y3hyCzXZXT
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