Dialed In: Your Lacrosse Fix for Wednesday, March 29
Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. The first in-season updates to the Nike/USA Lacrosse high school rankings came out Tuesday.
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McDonogh (Md.), St. Anthony’s (N.Y.) and Academy of the New Church (Pa.) were the biggest movers in the Nike/USA Lacrosse High School Boys’ National Top 25. Previously unranked, ANC made a splash to start the season with a 10-9 OT win at reigning WCAC champion St. John’s (D.C.) and defeated St. Paul’s (Md.) 9-8 at the FCA Invitational.
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Maryvale (Md.), St. Anne’s-Belfield (Va.), Notre Dame Prep (Md.) and Owen J. Roberts (Pa.) all joined the Nike/USA Lacrosse High School Girls’ National Top 25. None were ranked in the preseason.
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Regional Top 10s also were updated for all five regions (Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, South, Midwest and West). Find the boys’ update here and the girls’ update here.
2. No. 1 Syracuse just keeps rolling.
The top-ranked team in the Nike/USA Lacrosse Division I Women’s Top 20, the undefeated Orange received another sterling performance from their star trio of Meaghan Tyrrell, Emma Tyrrell and Emma Ward. They combined for 17 points in a 19-13 win over Cornell at JMA Wireless Dome.
Other results Tuesday:
Drexel 9, San Diego State 5
Ohio State 16, Louisville 6
Pitt 13, Youngstown State 9
UConn 14, Hofstra 13 (OT)
3. Only two undefeated teams remain in Division II men’s lacrosse. Both reside in the Northeast-10.
No. 1 Le Moyne knocked No. 11 Pace from the ranks of the unbeaten with a 12-8 victory over the Setters, while No. 2 Adelphi outlasted Saint Rose in a 20-16 shootout.
The other undefeated team entering the week, No. 9 Frostburg State, lost in overtime to No. 17 Seton Hill. Trailing 13-9 entering the final two minutes of the game, the Griffins scored four goals in a span of 25 seconds to send the game to overtime. Vincent Cogliandro capped the crazy comeback with a man-up goal in overtime as Seton Hill prevailed 14-13.
WHAT. A. COMEBACK.
— Westmoreland Sports Network (@WestmorelandSN) March 29, 2023
Down 13-9 to Frostburg State with 1:33 remaining, Seton Hill scores four goals in 25 seconds to tie the game then wins it in overtime on a goal from Vincent Cogliandro. WOW! pic.twitter.com/St4LfCRXJW
4. No. 1 Tufts found a new way to win Tuesday. The Jumbos did it with defense.
Averaging a staggering 24 goals per game, Tufts met more resistance from Union in a battle of two teams ranked inside the top five of the Nike/USA Division III Men’s Top 20. The Jumbos trailed 7-5 midway through the second quarter but shut out the Dutchmen for the final 38 minutes to claw out a 14-7 victory.
Defenseman Kyle Adelmann spearheaded the effort with three caused turnovers and nine ground balls.
In another matchup of nationally ranked teams, No. 10 Bowdoin held off No. 20 Babson 13-12.
WHAT WE’RE READING
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Concordia men’s lacrosse player Brett Masaki recently underwent emergency surgery to remove a cancerous mass from his brain and was diagnosed with lymphoma, according to a Go Fund Me page established to generate financial support.
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“Be like Brent.” How Mount St. Joseph’s (Md.) honored its late coach before its game against rival Catonsville.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
The secret to Matt Campbell’s success as a midfielder? Might just be that the dude just never stops moving his feet.
Matt Campbell's feet NEVER stopped moving on this play @NovaLacrosse
— TLN (@LacrosseNetwork) March 27, 2023
(via FloSports) pic.twitter.com/T4FCgjeMe1
WHAT’S ON TAP
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Follow us on Twitter and Instagram for a special reveal of our April edition cover.
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High school players of the week.
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No. 7 Stony Brook visits Johns Hopkins and Princeton plays at No. 8 Maryland in women’s lacrosse action Wednesday.
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Matt DaSilva
Matt DaSilva is the editor in chief of USA Lacrosse Magazine. He played LSM at Sachem (N.Y.) and for the club team at Delaware. Somewhere on the dark web resides a GIF of him getting beat for the game-winning goal in the 2002 NCLL final.