Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. “A momentous day for lacrosse enthusiasts around the world.”
The International Olympic Committee voted Tuesday to grant full recognition status to World Lacrosse, another milestone in the quest to get lacrosse back in the Olympic Games.
The vote took place during the IOC session in Tokyo ahead of the upcoming Olympics there.
2. Kelly McPartland was named the new women’s lacrosse coach at Wagner, the latest move in a busy offseason on the coaching carousel. McPartland replaces Michelle Tumolo, who left to take the head job at Army.
A former All-American midfielder at Maryland, McPartland was the defensive coordinator at Delaware for the last two seasons. She was on the staff at Columbia for four years before that.
3. USA Lacrosse announced All-Americans and award winners for the 2021 high school lacrosse season. The boys’ honorees included winners of the Bob Scott Award, while the girls’ list named recipients of the Jackie Pitts Award. Both included All-American, All-Academic and Coach of the Year award winners.
4. Longtime lacrosse media member Casey Vock is recovering from gunshot wounds after he was shot in the head while driving home from a hike May 30 in Baltimore.
Vock has worked as a writer and for Inside Lacrosse, 3d Lacrosse and Summit Lacrosse Ventures. According to a GoFundMe page established to assist Vock financially, he “survived a bullet that literally entered beneath his left temple and exited under his right eye, missing his brain by two inches and causing him to crash his car while the perpetrators drove off.”
Inside Lacrosse editor in chief Matt Kinnear wrote a column Monday describing Vock as “one of lacrosse’s most fiercely passionate advocates” and calling on the lacrosse community to contribute to his recovery.
WHAT WE’RE READING
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Jack Goods’ weekly PLL notebook recapping all the action from the PLL All-Star Game and festivities in San Jose.
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Athletes Unlimited and U.S. national team athlete Megan Douty’s tips for training for lateral movement.
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“They’re the future.” Why Rochester lacrosse is making a comeback in city schools and how the sport originally gained traction in Monroe County, per the Democrat and Chronicle.
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“It was so hype.” Sam Swart and Cody Radziewicz gave the Syracuse Post-Standard their enthusiastic endorsement of World Lacrosse Sixes, a new discipline they played for the first time at the recent USA Lacrosse Sixes training camp.
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Athletes Unlimited, the new pro women’s lacrosse league set to debut this week in Maryland, wants “to resonate with other women.” The Baltimore Sun’s Edward Lee wrote about Amber McKenzie and Holly Reilly, the two-time U.S. national team members and mothers who are returning to the field.
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The World Games 2022 inked a new TV agreement with CBS Sports. The network will televise a total of 12 hours of coverage stemming from The World Games, which will feature men’s and women’s lacrosse in Birmingham, Ala. There will be additional programming on Paramount+ Premium.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
EastBay is launching the next iteration of its conqHER platform — a content series on women who are breaking boundaries in sport — with an emphasis on lacrosse.
On Tuesday, the footwear, apparel and sports equipment retailer featured U.S. national team members Kylie Ohlmiller and Marie McCool, who shared their experiences as women in sports and role models as well as their goals to grow and diversify the lacrosse community.