Dialed In: Your Lacrosse Fix for Wednesday, Nov. 29
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Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. The National Lacrosse League’s 37th season starts in two days.
The subject of a new docuseries on Prime Video, the San Diego Seals got the Jack Goods treatment Tuesday as part of our 2023-24 NLL preview. Is the clock ticking?
Also from the league itself, 10 things to know going into NLL Faceoff Weekend and as part of the “NLL Top 50” series a breakdown of the 15 best forwards.
2. The Toronto Rock placed Tom Schreiber on injured reserve Monday.
It’s the latest development in an up-and-down year for Captain America, whose summer run as Premier Lacrosse League MVP and championship game hero was inspired by the death of his high school teammate and friend.
From our November/December edition, read “The Summer of Schreiber.”
3. The Boston Cannons and Maryland Whipsnakes executed the first PLL trade since the home city splash.
OFFICIAL TRADE
— Premier Lacrosse League (@PremierLacrosse) November 28, 2023
The Boston Cannons have acquired Defenseman Bryce Young and Midfielder Connor Kirst from the Maryland Whipsnakes in exchange for LSM Matt Rees and the Cannons' 2024 and 2025 third round College Draft picks. pic.twitter.com/QNeHbgiHDj
Signaling a look toward its future, the Whipsnakes traded defensive mainstay Bryce Young and midfielder Connor Kirst to the Cannons for long-stick midfielder Matt Rees and third-round picks in the next two drafts.
The Whips also extended goalie Brendan Krebs through 2025.
A smarter way to train: Why STATSports is the favored GPS tracker in high-performance sports.
How college women’s lacrosse changed when the game format switched from quarters to halves, a study published by the Journal of Science in Sport and Exercise.
‘Where his heart was,’ the new stadium seating at Coker University being built in honor of late lacrosse player Garrett Bakhsh, who died in a 2020 bar shooting.
Highlights and interviews from the Athletes Unlimited exhibition that drew quite a crowd at the IWLCA Presidents Cup in Florida and allowed AU to experiment with a new scoring system.
It's about growing the game #AULax | @IWLCA | @Nike pic.twitter.com/whj5jKvcel
— Athletes Unlimited (@AUProSports) November 28, 2023
Unveiling this year’s Best of Lacrosse categories and nominees.
Previewing the 2023-24 season for the Saskatchewan Rush.
Honoring the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame Class of 2023.
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.
