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

1. The Premier Lacrosse League pulled out all the stops for its inaugural weekend. More than 13,000 fans attended the three games at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., while PLL social media channels generated more than 20 million impressions.

2. Major League Lacrosse also enjoyed a successful opening weekend, especially in Boston and Atlanta, where two MLL franchises unveiled new stadiums. The Cannons sold out Veterans Memorial Stadium in Quincy, Mass., a renovated venue in which their ownership invested $1.5 million.

3. The Women’s Professional Lacrosse League commenced its second season alongside the PLL games at Gillette Stadium. The defending WPLL champion Command and Fight emerged with wins.

4. The National Lacrosse League unveiled nominees for its 2018-2019 season awards. Dane Dobbie (Calgary Roughnecks), Lyle Thompson (Georgia Swarm) and Matt Vinc (Buffalo Bandits) are up for MVP.

5. Amy Altig, a U.S. team assistant who spent the last nine seasons in the same capacity at Penn State, was announced as the new head coach at Delaware.

WHAT WE’RE READING

  • Way-early rankings for 2020 in Division I men’s lacrosse, starting with teams in the 21-25 range.

  • Joe Keegan’s 10-man ride wrapping up the first weekend of PLL action, with a special mention of Redwoods attackman Joey Sankey, who shone in his first game since August 2017—a period that included two knee surgeries and a bout with testicular cancer.

  • ESPN ratings were up 20 percent for the NCAA men’s lacrosse semifinals and 50 percent for the NCAA women’s lacrosse championship, according to Inside Lacrosse.

  • Command assistant coach Amanda Belichick, New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick’s daughter, welcomed the opportunity to see Gillette Stadium from a different perspective Saturday.

  • After sustaining a ghastly leg injury in the NCAA quarterfinals May 18, Duke’s Wilson Stephenson was released from a New York City hospital Sunday.

  • All three IWLCA senior all-star games at US Lacrosse were decided by one goal. In Division I, the South rallied to defeat the North 13-12 on a “Braveheart” goal by James Madison’s Hanna Haven. 

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

The PLL’s greatest accomplishment in Week 1? Defying physics.

WHAT’S ON TAP

  • The way-early 2020 rankings countdown continues with Division I men’s lacrosse teams ranked in the 16-20 range.

  • Profiles of the Colorado Youth Lacrosse Association and the Connecticut-New York Lacrosse Association, as we launch a series of articles on community-based lacrosse leagues that are thriving despite the growing trend toward privatization in youth sports.

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