Dialed In: Your Lacrosse Fix for Wednesday, May 31
Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. A well-earned victory lap for the Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team.
It included an appearance by the bruised and battered Kavanagh brothers on the Pat McAfee Show, where Pat Kavanagh showed just how gruesome his hamstring injury was.
Pat Kavanagh shows Pat McAfee the bruise from his hamstring injury
— TLN (@LacrosseNetwork) May 30, 2023
(via @PatMcAfeeShow) pic.twitter.com/qEX32xebmB
Also making the rounds on social media:
Now this is how you celebrate a title.
— Dan Arestia (@danarestia) May 30, 2023
Sean Meehan (who started the bagpiping tradition), Brian Tevlin, Ross Burgmaster, Thomas Magnier, and Mike Condon play the bagpipes and get a champagne shower at the @NDlacrosse post championship tailgate.
: @GV_EL_BPT pic.twitter.com/dIOxQsTOv8
apparently the Notre Dame lacrosse championship may not count in @Stugotz790 personal record book… pic.twitter.com/OqH6mQ8uql
— GoJo Show (@GoJoShow) May 30, 2023
Thanks I am big fan of @NotreDame & always support all my grandchildren . It was fun to be present as Coach Corrigan won his 1st National title. https://t.co/z9Mgg6A8Yz
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) May 30, 2023
I hope this is all in jest @pkavv88 because two guys from Yale just helped you win the National Championship. @YaleLacrosse https://t.co/DEuOPfVjcQ
— Joe Tsai (@joetsai1999) May 30, 2023
These guys get it. Congrats fellas#GoIrish pic.twitter.com/oD1cCMlms7
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) May 30, 2023
2. The Fighting Irish are not resting on their laurels, however. Inside Lacrosse is reporting that they’ve already added four transfers for next year, including the prize of the portal in Brown attackman Devon McLane.
In other transfer news, IL also reported that Josh Zawada, a two-time All-American and the all-time leading scorer at Michigan, has entered the portal.
3. The IWLCA released the final coaches polls for Division I, Division II and Division III women’s lacrosse Tuesday, with all three national champions cementing No. 1 spots.
Pace’s Angelina Porcello was named Division II Player of the Year.
4. The latest Nike/USA Lacrosse high school rankings came out Tuesday. Here are the reports.
Boys: National Top 25 | Regional Top 10s
Girls: National Top 25 | Regional Top 10s
WHAT WE’RE READING
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Accountability, love and trust: How Notre Dame reached the pinnacle of lacrosse.
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Duke’s fourth national title will have to wait for another year — quite possibly next year, writes Patrick Stevens.
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Our old friend Corey McLaughlin wraps up the NCAA championships for the Baltimore Banner.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Fakes on fakes on fakes from Erin Coykendall as the Northwestern women’s lacrosse star grabs the No. 2 spot on “SportsCenter” with her wizardry from the national championship game.
No. 2⃣ play for No. 2⃣
— Northwestern Lax (@NULax) May 30, 2023
Erin Coykendall is back in SportsCenter Top Plays.
DaDaDa, DaDaDa pic.twitter.com/h8UGlsUFA1
WHAT’S ON TAP
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Phil Shore’s PLL preview continues with breakdowns of the Redwoods and Chrome.
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The final Tewaaraton Watch of the season, with the top individual award in college lacrosse set to be handed out Thursday.
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High school players of the week.
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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.