Welcome to #BestOfLax2022. Help us celebrate the past year of lacrosse by voting in 15 polls spread over 15 weekdays in December. All voting will be conducted on Twitter (@usalacrossemag), and fans will have 24 hours to let their voices be heard.

For more information — including upcoming categories, rules and more — check out our introductory post to #BestOfLax2022.

Some moments just hit different.

2022 was a year defined by marquee moments. From history on an international stage to a farewell to two of the best to ever wear the red, white and blue, we found ourselves reminsicing quite a bit when coming up with just four nominees for our opening category to Best of Lax 2022.

Here are the nominees for Best Moment.

For the moment that hit us right in the feels. VOTE in our #BestOfLax2022 poll to determine the best lacrosse moment of 2022.

NOMINEES: https://t.co/ir5vuRvhgf

— USA Lacrosse Magazine (@USALacrosseMag) December 5, 2022

BEST MOMENT

For the singular moment that hit us most in the feels.

STICKS UP FOR DELAWARE STATE

Sydney Anderson and Delaware State women’s lacrosse endured an act of racial injustice back in April. The Delaware State team bus was pulled over and subjected to an unwarranted search and seizure in Georgia on the way home from a three-game road trip. Anderson took action and wrote an article — “Delaware State Women’s Lacrosse Team Felt Racially Profiled by Police in Georgia” — in DSU’s Official Hornet Newspaper, “The Stinging Truth,” which received national attention. The lacrosse community rallied behind the Hornets, with teams across the nation raising their sticks high in the air as a sign of support.

KIRST V. KIRST, PART II

The Kirsts are the lacrosse siblings that keep on giving. During the NCAA semifinals in May, Colin Kirst (Rutgers) and CJ Kirst (Cornell) couldn’t help but smile as CJ chased Colin around the goal at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn. CJ’s Big Red ultimately won the game before falling to Maryland in the national championship game. Shout out to photographer Rich Barnes for capturing the moment.

JAPAN WINS BRONZE AT THE WORLD GAMES

Japan’s men’s team made international history in Alabama. During the international debut of the Sixes discipline at The World Games, Japan showed it could hang with the sport’s best. In capturing bronze, Japan celebrated as if it had just won gold — and players spoke highly of the efforts back home to progress the sport.

CUMMINGS, TREANOR GO OUT ON TOP

U.S. national team legends Taylor Cummings and Kayla Treanor took a moment together on the turf at Johnny Unitas Stadium before a July 4 game against England during the World Lacrosse Women’s Championships in Towson, Md. The tournament, ultimately won on home soil by the U.S., proved to be their final ones in red, white and blue. The two-time All-World honorees and former college rivals both retired in the weeks after leading the U.S. to gold.