Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. This week’s Overtime with Paul Carcaterra features newly-minted NCAA championship coach Lars Tiffany.
"It was like the greatest meal you ever had. It just tasted so good, the final four."
— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) June 5, 2019
Lars Tiffany experienced his first @NCAALAX final four in 2016. It's a major reason he left Brown for @UVAMensLax.
Now, the NCAA champion joins OVERTIME.
LISTEN: https://t.co/AY8jkP2Q4q pic.twitter.com/Npkvlxte6m
2. Megan Taylor winning the Tewaaraton resonated far beyond the University of Maryland program.
Megan Taylor's @Tewaaraton resonated far beyond the @MarylandWLax program as a goalie won the sport's highest honor at the collegiate level for the first time. https://t.co/HyKPN0tHJs pic.twitter.com/EYPPfQn6dX
— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) June 4, 2019
3. Our “Way Early” rankings for Division I men’s lacrosse looked at spots 16 through 20, which features a pair of teams from North Carolina.
4. The U.S. U19 women’s team will hit US Lacrosse this weekend for another training weekend. North Carolina’s Elizabeth Hillman’s competitive spirit will be on display.
5. The Colorado Youth Lacrosse Association serves a broad range of players and has helped lay the groundwork for the some of the top talent to come out of the state.
WHAT WE’RE READING
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Dom Starsia has seen a lot in his lacrosse career, but that doesn’t mean the PLL head coach stops getting butterflies.
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Inside the numbers in Week 1 of the MLL season.
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A great all-access look at Notre Dame women’s lacrosse team’s trip to Europe.
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Speaking of Notre Dame, future Irish player Jackie Wolak of Ridgewood (N.J.) High School is closing in on 500 points in her high school career.
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The IWLCA has added Melissa Lehman (Penn), Lauren Morton (Boston University), Scott Tucker (Limestone) and Susan Stuart-Elliott (Colorado College) to its board of directors.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Austin Kaut barely had time to react as 44-year-old John Grant Jr. showed he still has it scoring the first goal of the Major League Lacrosse season.
"Hands don't get old" pic.twitter.com/D5RGtd1EDb
— Major League Lacrosse (@MLL_Lacrosse) June 5, 2019
WHAT’S ON TAP
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We look at spots 11-15 in our "Way Early" Division I men's rankings.
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