Dialed In: Your Lacrosse Fix for Wednesday, Sept. 27
Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
The National Lacrosse League announced it will unify the East and West divisions to have single-table standings in which teams are ranked regardless of geography.
The most impactful change to the NLL schedule in history.
— NLL (@NLL) September 26, 2023
Introducing the Unified Standings. pic.twitter.com/MgynZeIdkf
The league also unveiled the 2023-24 schedule. Each team plays each other once with four additional “flex” games to capitalize on rivalries, storylines and star player matchups. Opening weekend is Dec. 1-2.
WHAT WE’RE READING
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Kenny DeJohn’s follow-up from the PLL championship game in Chester, Pa., where several Archers newcomers proved pivotal in pushing the team over the hump for its first league title.
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Another K.D. special — this one on Navy women’s lacrosse senior captain Katie Golbranson, who originally made the team as a walk-on.
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How a chance encounter connected Wall Street executive Melissa Meager with the North Carolina women’s lacrosse program.
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Five NLL matchups to look forward to this season.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
First-year program Virginia State women’s lacrosse is hosting the first-ever HBCU Play Day on Oct. 8.
Come on out and Support the Very First HBCU Play Day!!!
— IWLCA (@IWLCA) September 26, 2023
October 8th!!!!
Games start at 10am
Meet and Greet: 3:30pm-5pm
…ItStArTs…#hbculacrosse #hailstate #unity @VSUsports pic.twitter.com/tTMMrAyEPf
It wouldn’t be a Tom Schreiber championship game winner without some clock drama.
You be the judge: Schreiber's GWG came a lot closer than previously thought.
— Kevin Brown (@kevbrown89) September 26, 2023
Shot clock doesn't start until five seconds in, but you can tell they accelerate it from :28-:23.
Assuming I got the right whistle start time, Schreiber's release point comes ~:31.97-32.02... pic.twitter.com/Mn9RIRQH0z
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.