Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. The Tewaaraton Awards Ceremony takes place tonight in Washington D.C. and will be streamed live via Lacrosse All Stars. Ben Reeves is the favorite to win the men's award — he's already won the USILA's Enners Award and led Yale to the national championship. The other men's finalists are Trevor Baptiste (Denver), Justin Guterding (Duke), Connor Kelly (Maryland) and Pat Spencer (Loyola).
The women's side appears to be more wide open with Sam Apuzzo (Boston College), Kristen Gaudian (James Madison), Marie McCool (North Carolina), Kylie Ohlmiller (Stony Brook) and Megan Whittle (Maryland) vying for the honor.
One of the great new traditions of the Tewaaraton event is a youth player clinic put on the day before the ceremony.
#NCAAWLAX will never be the same after the season these @Tewaaraton finalists had in 2018. The Foundation’s Youth Clinic was awesome today! #growthegame pic.twitter.com/4UMF84ZCOu
— Lacrosse All Stars (@LaxAllStars) May 30, 2018
2. Boston, currently in last place in the MLL, was busy on Wednesday. The Cannons traded Davey Emala to Ohio for Mark Cockerton and also announced that No. 1 overall draft pick Trevor Baptiste would suit up for the first time for this weekend's game against Florida. Boston's longtime faceoff specialist Joe Nardella will not dress.
NEWS: @BostonCannons @CoachQuirk says on MLL Press Pass on LSN that #1 overall draft pick @TrevorBaptiste1 from @DU_MLAX will start this week vs the @Florida_Launch and 2017 MLL All-Star @JNardss will not dress | #FLAatBOS Saturday 7pm ET https://t.co/oJkK8CQ2nw & the LSN app pic.twitter.com/sxs4LFRsBL
— Lax Sports Network (@LaxSportsNet) May 30, 2018
3. James Madison topped the final Nike/US Lacrosse Division I women's rankings and the Atlantic Coast Conference finished with five teams in the Top 20.
4. Yale and Duke flip flopped positions in the final Nike/US Lacrosse Division I men's rankings after the Bulldogs downed the Blue Devils in the NCAA final.
5. Bryant’s two-sport star Tom Kennedy is this month’s Give & Go subject.
WHAT WE’RE READING
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Add another Section championship to the amazing career of retiring West Genesee (N.Y.) High School boys' lacrosse coach Mike Messere.
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Marquette recruit Matt Carr has put up some stats at Grayslake North (Ill.) that you don't see very often — over 1,000 career faceoff wins AND over 100 career goals and assists.
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Taylor Cummings has signed with Red Bull, and shared her story, along with a unique cross-training outing with Irish camogie athlete Ashling Thompston.
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Marcus Holman has his sights set on gold – via U.S. national team partner STX
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North Greenville head coach Brianna Temples offers advice to young college coaches in the latest IWLCA Behind the Whistle blog.
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James Delaney has the interim removed from his title after leading the University of Indianapolis women’s lacrosse team to the NCAA tournament this year.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
An inside look at JMU's championship game victory.
Champions. #GoDukes pic.twitter.com/ZGS5lWQa4H
— James Madison Athletics (@JMUSports) May 31, 2018
A look at the top plays from the NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship.
A memorable season is in the books with Yale claiming the national title, so we look back at the top plays from the 2018 NCAA DI Men's Lacrosse Tournament.#NCAALAX pic.twitter.com/Ct9sdbqkCc
— NCAA Lacrosse (@NCAALAX) May 31, 2018
WHAT’S ON TAP
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The Under the Helmet video series, presented by Cascade Lacrosse returns today with a look at goalie John Galloway.
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