Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. The Chesapeake Bayhawks look to be finally getting a new stadium. The team and its ownership group have unveiled plans that include a new 10,000-seat, lacrosse-specific stadium and amphitheater in nearby Crownsville, Md.
The plans are part of what the Chesapeake Sports & Entertainment Group is calling a “multi-sport field and performance complex.” Included in the complex will be 20 multi-sport fields, parking and a promenade with various restaurants.
The Bayhawks could join the Ohio Machine as the only MLL franchises with a lacrosse-specific stadium. The Machine opened up Fortress Obetz at the beginning of the 2017 season.
2. Kenzie Kent has mastered two sports, starring for Boston College in both hockey and lacrosse. She’s set records, including the most goals ever scored in a women’s Division I NCAA tournament. She’s on top of the lacrosse world, but it’s just the beginning.
Kent, who was just selected by the Boston Storm in the UWLX College Draft on Wednesday night, could be looking to become the first female to go pro in both sports. She was drafted by the Boston Pride in the National Women’s Hockey League Draft.
“What I want with both of those sports is to see them grow,” Kent said of her hopes for lacrosse and hockey.
3. More NLL players are picking up knee injuries each year, many of which come in the season-ending variety. It’s a troubling rash of injuries that has effected big names like the retired John Grant Jr., Cody Jamieson, Rob Hellyer and Jesse King.
There might not be a specific reason for the influx of knee injuries, but more players are electing to wear braces to protect against them. Learn how NLL players are attacking recovery and trying to prevent future knee injuries.
4. Ben Rubeor is stepping down as head coach of the Loyola Blakefield (Md.) boys’ lacrosse program. Rubeor, the former All-American at Virginia and Chesapeake Bayhawks player, took over the program in 2015.
Rubeor led his team to the MIAA “A” semifinals in both seasons with Loyola Blakefield.