Dialed In: Your Lacrosse Fix for Monday, June 5
Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. Redemption for Bandits
A year after losing to Colorado in the NLL championship series, Buffalo came back to throttle the Mammoth 13-4 before a packed house of 18,296 hometown fans in the decisive game three of this year’s final to win its first NLL title since 2008.
THAT'S THE W!
— NLL (@NLL) June 4, 2023
@NLLBandits are your 2023 NLL Champions! pic.twitter.com/3eVQJWQBtX
2. Waterdogs start PLL season with W.
The reigning PLL champion Waterdogs opened the 2023 PLL season with an 8-7 overtime win against 2021 champion Chaos. Connor Kelly scored the game-winner.
game over. pack the bags. start the busses! @connor21kelly got that DAWG in him pic.twitter.com/lr4d9MK5NP
— Waterdogs Lacrosse Club (@PLLWaterdogs) June 4, 2023
In the other games from opening weekend, Ryder Garnsey scored six goals as the Redwoods beat Atlas 13-12, Mike Sisselberger won 24 of 30 faceoffs in his PLL debut to lead the Archers past the Cannons 16-13 and rookie Cross Ferrara’s goal with six seconds left gave Chrome a 12-11 win over Whipsnakes, denying a late comeback from the Whips.
CROSS CEMENTED OUR WIN pic.twitter.com/anhcaOZoso
— Chrome Lacrosse Club (@PLLChrome) June 4, 2023
3. Dartmouth men’s lacrosse makes a change
Despite a solid 6-6 season that included a promising 5-1 start, Dartmouth has parted ways with head coach Brendan Callahan.
4. Ithaca legend Jeff Long retires
Jeff Long, a former U.S. men’s national team player and assistant coach, has retired after 36 seasons as the head coach at Ithaca College. The three-time All-American from Navy led the Bombers to 362 victories and also coached the women’s soccer team for 31 years.
5. A final college game.
Gina Carroll of Massachusetts was the MVP after leading the North team to an 11-9 victory over the South team in the IWLCA Division I All-Star game at USA Lacrosse.
That’s a sweep for the North Teams for this year’s Senior All-Star Weekend!
— IWLCA (@IWLCA) June 3, 2023
DI North wins 11-9
MVP: North #21 Gina Carroll @UMassLacrosse
: https://t.co/V7ZU9ZJ4DU pic.twitter.com/ddE9GSxk2O
WHAT WE’RE READING
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Leo Ullman, a Holocaust survivor who went on to play lacrosse at Harvard, threw out the first pitch at a recent New York Mets game.
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The Whitman-Hanson (Mass.) girls’ lacrosse team won a playoff game just days after one of their JV players, Ava Patete, died after being hit by a commuter train.
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The Notre Dame women’s lacrosse is enjoying an off-season tour to Greece.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Ryder Garnsey. Unreal determination.
Goal of the year, game 1, first quarter???? Whew. This man hit the slip n slide 3 times, got up and got a bucket. This generation of player is so damn skilled and creative.
— Kyle M. Harrison (@KyleHarrison18) June 3, 2023
pic.twitter.com/02nCq7JjWs
Connor Fields. Wizardry.
.@connorfields05 GOES ONE-HANDED BETWEEN THE LEGS TO CLOSE OUT THE FIRST HALF! pic.twitter.com/eQ2ERhKCwm
— Premier Lacrosse League (@PremierLacrosse) June 3, 2023
WHAT’S ON TAP
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The season-ending Nike / USA Lacrosse NCAA Division I rankings come out today.
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Brian Logue
Brian Logue has worked at USA Lacrosse since 2000 and is currently the senior director of communications. He saw his first lacrosse game in 1987 - Virginia at Delaware - and fell in love with the sport while working at Washington and Lee University.