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

1. Lacrosse is growing in the West. If you hadn't heard, here's another reminder: the National Lacrosse League has awarded an expansion franchise to San Diego. The to-be-named team will begin play in November 2018 at Valley View Casino Center, the city's 51-year-old arena that seats slightly more than 12,000 for ice hockey and about 14,000 for basketball. San Diego team will give the NLL its 10th team, fifth in the Western Division to provide scheduling balance.

The franchise owner is Alibaba executive vice chairman (and billionaire) Joe Tsai, who played lacrosse at Yale. A column in The San Diego Union-Tribune hints that the addition is a breath of fresh air in the wake of the city losing the NFL's Chargers to Los Angeles.

Check out the franchise's official website.

2. La Salle's Lexi Kucia is walking lesson in perseverance. But it wasn't that long ago that the walking part was in doubt, much less, a collegiate lacrosse career. In high school, Kucia survived a car accident that had doctors originally doubting her ability to run again. She returned to the field in the same season, but later tore the ACL in her right knee during fall ball with the explorers. Yeah, she's back again.

3. Stick doctor? Do it yourself when it comes to stick stringing, writes Cody Hornung of STX.

4. Good news for interim Cornell men's coach Pete Milliman, as goalie Christian Knight has been awarded a fifth year of eligibility. Knight three times has earned All-Ivy League honors and won its rookie of the year award in 2014, in which the Big Red shared the league championship. But he lost his entire junior season to injury, and could do only so much last season as Cornell struggled. Matt Kerwick ultimately stepped down as coach, but Knight's return gives Milliman, a former associate head coach with the program, a known element.

5. More media outlets have pounced on Major League Lacrosse's brief exposure of players' personal information on its website. It's rarely good when an entity draws coverage from Deadspin. The league issued a statement on the matter to Lax Sports Network, via Inside Lacrosse.

Predictably, and perhaps justifiably, MLL players tweeted about the incident.

After speaking to both MLL front office and players, our top priority is getting to a place where player info is secure again (1/3)

— Paul Rabil (@PaulRabil) August 29, 2017

Criticizing MLL or its operators isn't going to get us closer to a short term solution - which we're in pursuit of (2/3)

— Paul Rabil (@PaulRabil) August 29, 2017

Through digital and other means, I fully expect players and those close to MLL to vent, and don't blame them. Hoping for solutions now (3/3)

— Paul Rabil (@PaulRabil) August 29, 2017

Almost forgot I played a single game in the @MLL_Lacrosse 7 years ago until today, thanks for the memories...& the leaked personal info

— Dan MacRae (@DanyMac88) August 29, 2017

One of the requirements is that you be willing to share your social security information with the League. Who will then share with the world

— Jack Reid (@GorillaMagilla) August 28, 2017

You couldnt sell a comedy script written based on the blunders of @MLL_Lacrosse this season. A Movie company would say its too unbelievable.

— Jerry Ragonese (@FlowGo37) August 28, 2017

6. The Six Nations Chiefs stayed alive in their Major Series Lacrosse final series against the Peterborough Lakers, winning Game 4, 11-10. Six Nations had a 10-5 lead going into the third period and withstood a furious Laker rally. Ryan Benesch had a goal and six assists to lead the Chiefs. Peterborough can punch its ticket to the Mann Cup with a win in Game 5 Thursday at home.

WHAT WE’RE READING

• On the road again. That's where Chris Laviano, a former quarterback at Rutgers and San Diego State, finds himself after leaving the latter to pursue a college lacrosse scholarship elsewhere.

• And here's a transfer that's ended her college lacrosse career. Marisa Romeo, a four-year lacrosse player at Harvard, has postponed life in the working world to walk onto the Syracuse basketball team.

• A 12-field turf complex in Delaware credits its good first year of operations as key in landing the 2018 US Lacrosse Nationals.

• Tragedy has struck the Harford County, Md., lacrosse community as James "Tyler" Pope, a rising senior at C. Milton Wright High, died Monday morning in a single-vehicle accident. Thoughts and prayers to his family and friends.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Ferris School in Delaware can represent somewhat of a second chance for some young people. The school is a secure-care, accredited treatment facility providing services for up to 72 court-committed males, ages 13 to 18.

US Lacrosse and the Sankofa Lacrosse Foundation found Ferris, which recently started a lacrosse program, an opportunity to put the sport to work in positively influence young lives.

"It's sort of my responsibility and obligation to give back," said Chazz Woodson, co-founder of Sankofa and a midfielder with the Florida Launch. "It's important to me personally, but I think it's important for all of us as caretakers of the sport to give back."

Here's part two of a video series looking at at Ferris School and the work of Sankofa made possible through US Lacrosse.

Also, check out this report on the sons of Johns Hopkins coach Dave Pietramala getting into box lacrosse.

At the #JrNLL @MiaWGordon caught up with Pietramala twins to discuss #BoxLax https://t.co/QXoKM483VB

— NLL (@NLL) August 29, 2017

WHAT’S ON TAP

• Today we'll continue our mythbusters series with a look at the growth of the game.

• US Lacrosse is expected to announce some tweaks to youth rules.

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