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Dialed In: Your Lacrosse Fix for Monday, May 22

May 22, 2023
Brian Logue

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

1. Penn State and three ACC’s schools continue dancing.

The NCAA men’s Division I final four is set and it features the top three seeds — Duke, Virginia and Notre Dame — and Penn State, which provided the drama in a 10-9 win over Army after a potential game-tying goal from the Black Knights was ruled to have come after the whistle.

In the other three quarterfinals, the stars stepped up on the big stage

2. Pace wins its first national championship.

Pace scored the first 10 goals of the game in a 19-9 victory over previously unbeaten West Chester in the NCAA Division II women’s championship. The Setters were playing in the final for the first time in school history.

3. The NCAA Division II men’s final is set.

Mercyhurst ended LeMoyne’s perfect, and final season as a Division II program with an 11-10 victory in the men’s semifinals. They’ll meet Lenoir-Rhyne in the championship game.

4. Two perfect teams remain.

The NCAA Division III women’s semifinalists include two unbeaten teams — Middlebury and William Smith. Middlebury plays Franklin & Marshall in one semifinal while William Smith will meet up with Gettysburg in the other.

5. Two heavyweights to play for men’s D-III crown.

Unbeaten Tufts ended RIT’s run for a third straight NCAA Division III men’s championship, while Salisbury continued to have Christopher Newport’s number. It will be the fifth time since 2010 that Salisbury and Tufts have played for the title with Salsibury winning twice (2011, 2016) and Tufts winning twice (2010, 2014).

6. A legend is gone.

Jim Brown, one of the very best to ever pick up a lacrosse stick, died last Thursday night. The two-sport Hall of Famer had stayed close the sport following his All-America career at Syracuse in the 1950s.
 

WHAT WE’RE READING

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Brennan O’Neill continues to defy words.

WHAT’S ON TAP

  • The U.S. men’s and women’s box teams began the path to the 2024 World Lacrosse Box Championships on Sunday in Utica, N.Y. We’ll have more later this week.

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