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

1. The lacrosse world was buzzing on Tuesday after a Bloomberg report indicated that Paul Rabil is starting a new outdoor league with a group of sports and media investors led by the Raine Group. The Premier Lacrosse League would be a six-team touring league beginning play in June 2019. Rabil declined to comment on the report.

2. Austin Staats was the No. 1 overall selection of the National Lacrosse League entry draft. Staats, who led Onondaga CC to the junior college national championship this year and helped the Iroquois Nationals win bronze this summer, was drafted by the expansion San Diego Seals.

The league's other expansion franchise, Philadelphia, selected MLL Rookie of the Year Chris Cloutier No. 2 overall.

Three players in the U.S. Indoor Team tryout pool were selected: Connor Fields (No. 10 to San Diego), Trevor Baptiste (No. 14 to Philadelphia) and Connor Kelly (No. 33 to San Diego).
 

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3. Regy Thorpe announced the roster split for the U.S. teams competing at the Lacrosse All-Stars North American Invitational this weekend as part of the tryout process for the 2019 U.S. team. The event starts on Thursday morning.

4. Tami Worley Kirby found her home at Penn State. After this weekend, she’ll be at home in the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

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Vanderbilt is getting ready for 2019 under new head coach Beth Hewitt.

WHAT’S ON TAP

  • Former Johns Hopkins, MLL and Team USA star A.J. Haugen is profiled as we continue our look at the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame Class of 2018.

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