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

1. It’s transfer season. Ryder Garnsey, the former star attackman at Notre Dame who was granted his release Friday, would have to forfeit a year of eligibility in addition to sitting out a season if he transfers to another ACC school, according to Inside Lacrosse’s Terry Foy. Sources previously indicated to US Lacrosse Magazine that Garnsey was set to transfer to Virginia, pending admission.

Garnsey is not the only transfer with Virginia in his sights. Drew Supinski, the once-promising Johns Hopkins midfielder who has appeared in just eight games in each of his first two seasons, also could end up in Charlottesville. Blue Jays coach Dave Pietramala confirmed to Inside Lacrosse that Supinski had been granted a release. Supinski is considering Notre Dame and Virginia as destinations, according to the report, while former Monmouth faceoff man Justin Schwenk also is set to join the Cavaliers.

2. Will Manny is on the move. In a stunning Major League Lacrosse trade deadline deal, the Boston Cannons shipped their top scorer and three-time all-star attackman to the New York Lizards. Boston sent Manny and midfielder Joe LoCascio to New York in exchange for midfielders Dave Lawson and Chris LaPierre.

Manny, one of the most popular players in Boston, joins a crowded Lizards attack that already features Rob Pannell, Matt Gibson, Curtis Dickson and Tommy Palasek. He expressed surprise at the trade on Twitter.
 

3. Canada added incoming University of Denver freshman Quintin Bullen to its roster for the FIL Women’s World Cup. Bullen, a midfielder, presumably replaces Northwestern star Selena Lasota, who played in just four games for the Wildcats before going down with a season-ending injury. Lasota was on the original 18-player Canadian roster named in July, but does not appear on the current roster. Tessa Chad (Canisius) and Holly Lloyd (Loyola) were named World Cup alternates.

4. The National Lacrosse League continued its 2017 season awards rollout Tuesday, with Georgia Swarm forward Jordan Hall earning the Sportsmanship Award. Previously announced NLL award winners include Georgia’s Mike Poulin (Teammate of the Year), Toronto’s Tom Schreiber (Rookie of the Year), Toronto’s Brodie Merrill (Transition Player of the Year), Georgia’s Jason Noble (Defensive Player of the Year) and Colorado’s Dillon Ward (Goaltender of the Year).

5. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.) finished as the No. 1 team in the Nike/US Lacrosse South Region Boys’ Top 10. Raiders midfielder Kevin Crowley (Hofstra) was named the Epoch/US Lacrosse South Region Boys’ Player of the Year.

6. Brady Wein, a 9-year-old pediatric cancer survivor and the inspiration for Brady’s Bunch, finally played in his first lacrosse game May 27, a remarkable achievement considering the dire prognosis he received as a toddler.

7. The July/August NCAA championship edition of US Lacrosse Magazine drops this week.

WHAT WE’RE READING

  • This Fortune Magazine post on the best children’s hospitals in America, namely because it features a photo of Boston Cannons Josh Hawkins and James Fahey visiting a patient at Boston Children's Hospital. 

  • While these types of postseason recaps are common, reading Rutgers’ summary of 2017 makes it almost unfathomable the Scarlet Knights did not make the NCAA tournament.

  • Florida Launch rookie and recent Towson graduate Ryan Drenner is quickly developing a reputation in Major League Lacrosse not only as a reliable scorer, but also as someone willing to work hard and make sacrifices.

  • Can two professional women’s lacrosse leagues survive? ESPNW explored the UWLX-WPLL dynamic on the same day that the WPLL landed another marquee player in goalie Liz Hogan.

  • Team USA’s Alyssa Murray has amped up her workout regimen in preparation for the World Games.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

The Lacrosse Network, a subsidiary of Whistle Sports, was on fire Tuesday. Seriously, subscribe to TLN on YouTube and follow them on social media. It’s must-see lacrosse entertainment.

Curtis Dickson is a human highlight reel.

TLN has a full playlist of tutorials from Stanwick Lacrosse, including three-man passing and some fun shooting competitions.

The physicality of Major League Lacrosse is best captured in slow motion.

And finally, this lax rat is a pool shark.

WHAT’S ON TAP

  • The West is next in our wrap-up of the 2017 high school lacrosse season, releasing the Nike/US Lacrosse Top 10 and Epoch/US Lacrosse Player of the Year for girls’ lacrosse in the region. Find all the rankings here.

  • From the July/August edition, our cover feature on the NCAA champion Maryland men’s lacrosse team and why it was best suited to end the Terps’ 42-year title drought, plus an overdue nod to Cathy Reese’s restoration of the women’s lacrosse dynasty in College Park.

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