Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. It was a busier Monday than usual in college lacrosse, highlighted by a pair of great games in the Pac-12.
No. 12 USC improved to 10-1 with a 10-9 victory over Stanford behind 17 saves from Riley Hertford. Kelsey Huff had three goals and Katie Ramsay had two, including this rocket in the first half.
Settin' the tone.
— Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) March 26, 2019
Katie Ramsay doubles the score for @USCTrojansLax early in the game and it's our @OpusBank #12Best moment. pic.twitter.com/kS1EMQia5J
Stanford won’t have to wait long for a shot at revenge. The Cardinal host USC on Sunday.
Cal, down two goals with less than a minute to play, rallied for a 12-11 OT victory against Arizona State. Nikki Zaccaro had the game-winner.
No doubt.
— Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) March 26, 2019
The game-winning goal from @CalWLax's Nikki Zaccaro gets the @OpusBank #12Best moment. pic.twitter.com/yHBGUtQFnP
Also, Maggie Kane had a hat trick as No. 9 Michigan improved to 12-0 with a 16-5 win over Niagara. The Wolverines host No. 15 Johns Hopkins on Saturday in an important early season Big Ten game.
7:28 | Kane scores her third of the day off of a free position shot. The score is 14-5.#GoBlue pic.twitter.com/lIITvg2kE1
— Michigan Women’s Lacrosse (@UMichWLAX) March 25, 2019
In the lone Division I men’s game of the day, Brown’s Phil Goss made 17 saves, but Villanova played some pretty good defense of its own to post a 10-9 victory.
With his caused turnover today, @tjcomizio moves into 4th place in program history with 52 caused turnovers, passing Chris Conroy in the process #GoNova pic.twitter.com/BsHkZpb6mo
— Villanova Men's Lax (@NovaLacrosse) March 26, 2019
2.We released our weekly Nike/US Lacrosse NCAA rankings yesterday, and Yale and Boston College continue to lead our Division I men’s and women’s rankings, respectively. The full list:
3. From the cover of our preseason preview to big-time goal after big-time goal, Syracuse’s Emily Hawryschuk is the Brine/US Lacrosse National Player of the Week.
4. An eight-point performance in Maryland’s 16-9 win over North Carolina earned Logan Wisnauskus Warrior/US Lacrosse Player of the Week honors.
5. Monroe (N.Y.) Community College has won 95 straight games in women’s lacrosse and six consecutive National Junior College Athletic Association, but a 4-0 start to this season has Harford (Md.) Community College at No. 1 in the first poll of the regular season.
For the first time since 2014, there's a new women's #NJCAALacrosse No.
— NJCAA Lacrosse (@NJCAALacrosse) March 25, 2019
With impressive wins to open the season, Harford becomes the first Maryland program to be ranked No. 1 since 2012!
https://t.co/vKIUDhjEKC pic.twitter.com/jGCtOpcRPP
6. McDonogh, ranked 14th in the Nike/US Lacrosse Boys’ High School preseason rankings, improved to 6-0 with a 12-11 win over No. 1 Culver Military on Monday. Culver will be at US Lacrosse to play the Haverford (Pa.) School on Wednesday in a game that will be streamed by Lax Sports Network.
WHAT WE’RE READING
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US Lacrosse has announced a partnership with Swax Lax to be an official training partner of the organization.
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5-year-old Patrick Mahoney, who has been fighting a brain tumor for the last year and a half, is the newest signee to the Boston University men’s lacrosse team.
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West Orange (N.J.) High School will debut its new girls’ lacrosse program this week.
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Just 5-foot-1, Camdyn O’Donnell has overcome a lot in her young lacrosse career. The Poway (Calif.) High School player is headed to San Diego State.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
The PLL goes deep on Matt Kavanagh as part of its “Island Bred” video series.
Matt Kavanagh is Island Bred.
— Premier Lacrosse League (@PremierLacrosse) March 25, 2019
Led @FlyerVLax in scoring as a Junior and Senior
USA U19 MVP and Gold Medalist
4x All-American for @NDLacrosse
Here's how Kavanagh's Long Island roots made him one of the best attackmen in the world today: pic.twitter.com/RCZ0uQ3Ymn
Hard work makes the reward so much sweeter.
Want to know what Lehigh Lacrosse is all about? Check out these seconds below. Tremendous grit, toughness and determination on display on both ends of the field, all captured in this sequence. pic.twitter.com/M9uh5cpCB0
— Lehigh Lacrosse (@LehighLacrosse) March 25, 2019
Saving the best for last in the NLL Goals of the Week.
Goals of the Week with @ReneePWash
— NLL (@NLL) March 25, 2019
Comment with your favorite goal below!!@CachZurrier @NLLRoughnecks @jmacintosh44 @GeorgiaSwarmLAX @Joshbyrne94 @NLLBandits @Hallsy44 @NLLwings @BenMc90 @SaskRushLAX @thatKILLENkid @MammothLax@DanDawson6 @SealsLax pic.twitter.com/OjdqcBOqQJ
WHAT’S ON TAP
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Yale men’s lacrosse coach Andy Shay is this week’s guest on our Overtime with Paul Carcaterra podcast. The podcast dropes today.
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Bill Tierney will take his Denver team to his old stomping grounds at Princeton University for an intriguing matchup. Game time is set for 6 p.m. and it will be carried on national TV on ESPNU.
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