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1. Wagner and coach Michelle Tumolo are moving on in the NCAA women’s lacrosse tournament. The Seahawks scored the final two goals to pull away from Fairfield for the 15-13 victory in one of two NCAA play-in games on Tuesday.

Fairfield’s Diana DeVita tied the game at 13-13 with 8:43 left. Wagner responded two minutes later with an Erin Kerstetter goal to take the lead, and clinched the game with 2:57 left on a Maria Henwood goal.

In the other play-in game, Jacksonville got five goals from Alexis Deaken to cruise to a 22-6 victory over Mercer — the Dolphins first NCAA tournament win. Jacksonville scored 16 first-half goals and coasted to the victory. It will now face Michigan in Ann Arbor.

2. The NCAA Division III Men’s tournament got underway on Tuesday. The highlight of the day came when SUNY Maritime’s Brett Trodden scored the game-winning goal in overtime to seal a 14-13 win over Grove City.

David Calhoun scored for Grove City with 13 seconds to send the game to overtime.

Elsewhere, New England College downed Norwich 12-10 behind five goals from Patrick Stone, Stockton ran away with a 20-9 victory over Morrisville State and Colin Corcoran scored the game-winning goal to seal John Carroll’s 7-6 overtime win over Hope.

3. Dylan Molloy, one of the brightest young stars in the game, will play for the MLL's New York Lizards this upcoming season. The team announced Tuesday it had signed Molloy, the MLL All-Star who won the 2016 Tewaaraton.

Molloy had been in the Premier Lacrosse League Player Pool until last week. PLL Head of Lacrosse Josh Sims announced Molloy's departure from the league on April 30.

4. Joe Tsai moved from Taiwan to the U.S. when he was 13. He attended The Lawrence School, hoping to play baseball, but found lacrosse shortly thereafter. His love for lacrosse took him to Yale, where he played for the Bulldogs.

After his lacrosse career ended, he started another career in business. Now, he’s the co-founder of Alibaba Group and owner of three professional sports teams — the Brooklyn Nets, San Diego Seals and New York Liberty.

Tsai talks about his journey in Overtime Season 2 Episode 3, from his first stick to his business success.

5. Chaminade (N.Y.) made the jump to No. 2 in this month’s Nike/US Lacrosse High School Boys National Top 25. The Flyers are 11-0, including wins over St. Anthony’s (N.Y.), Manhasset (N.Y.), Yorktown (N.Y.), St. Ignatius (Calif.), Wilton (Conn.) and Fairfield Prep (Conn.).

Calvert Hall (Md.) led the top 25 once again, followed by Chaminade, St. Anthony’s, Gonzaga (D.C.) and Culver (Ind.). For the Warrior/US Lacrosse Players of the Month, Sal Miccio (Northpoint), Luke Blanc (Seton Hall Prep), Brock Gonzalez (St. Thomas Aquinas), Graham Bundy (MICDS) and Jake Taylor (Regis Jesuit) are this month's honorees. 

6. Unbeaten Episcopal Academy (Pa.) and one-loss Ridgewood (N.J.) move into the top 5 of the Nike/US Lacrosse High School Girls National Top 25. U19 training team member Olivia Dirks has helped Episcopal to a 14-0 record and No. 4 ranking, while Ridgewood took down Moorestown (N.J.) to rise to No. 5.

Check out the rest of the monthly top 25. As for the Brine/US Lacrosse Players of the Month, here is the list: Danielle Pavinelli (Northpoint), Blair Pearre (McDonogh), Jordyn Case (Weddington), Sydney Zimmerman (Rockford) and Zoe Ziegler (Lake Oswego) are honored.

7. Penn’s Reed Junkin is the Warrior/US Lacrosse Player of the Week after making 32 saves in two Ivy League tournament games. Loyola’s Hannah Powers takes home Brine/US Lacrosse Player of the Week after dropping 18 points in two games to lead the Greyhounds to the Patriot League title.

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  • The NCAA Men's Division I tournament gets underway with the play-in game tonight. UMBC travels to Marist at 7 p.m. on ESPN3.

  • The NCAA Division II Men's first round will be played tonight, with Mercy battling Seton Hill, Mercyhurst meeting Merrimack, UIndy and Queens (N.C.) clashing and Wingate and Tampa facing off.

  • The second round of the Division III Men's tournament features a number of matchups tonight.

  • We'll have the weekly Division I Women's notebook.

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