Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:

1. Another great read from Nelson Rice — this one coming from our December print edition, as he traveled to Syracuse to go deep on the new era of Orange men’s lacrosse with legends Gary Gait and Dave Pietramala in the fold.

2. The Kirsts were the winners of “Best Genes” category in our #BestOfLax series. Read their inspirational story here.

And the winner for the lacrosse family with the Best Genes in 2021 is ...

The inspiring Kirst family with 43.2% of the vote

Don't know their story? Check it out here: https://t.co/VZAOKIJMpP pic.twitter.com/CCguexOdPw

— USA Lacrosse Magazine (@USALacrosseMag) December 9, 2021

Voting is currently under way in the “Best Glow Up” category, featuring breakout performers Kevin Rogers, Mike Sisselberger, Emma Ward and Kayla Wood.

3. Former Purdue club player Audrey Powers went out of this world — to space — on a recent flight with William Shatner.

Former Purdue lacrosse player Audrey Power became the 71st woman to travel to space in October.

The Blue Origin VP joined William Shatner on the New Shepard spacecraft for its 18th suborbital flight.

Learn more about Power in "Life After Lax."https://t.co/Zd5anpcjCc

— USA Lacrosse Magazine (@USALacrosseMag) December 9, 2021

4. The Premier Lacrosse League Top 50 players countdown continued with spots 25-21.

Introducing #25-21 on the Players Top 50.

25. Garrett Epple
24. Danny Logan
23. Brad Smith
22. Dhane Smith
21. Zach Goodrich

Voted on by the players.
Presented by @warriorlax pic.twitter.com/bHF2c1tefD

— Premier Lacrosse League (@PremierLacrosse) December 9, 2021

WHAT WE’RE READING

• USA Lacrosse continues its look at findings from a recently released study of the use of headgear in women’s lacrosse. Dr. Trish Kelshaw, part of the research team for the study, will be featured on a webinar this coming Monday, Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. There is no charge, but advance registration is required.

• Jessica Davos, a former assistant at Albany, will be the interim women’s lacrosse coach at Union for the 2022 season, replacing Abi Jackson who left for a role with Athletes Unlimited.

• Some said the pandemic would hurt the Ivy League. Apparently not. Ty Xanders of Inside Lacrosse has an early read on the top recruiting classes for 2023 and the list includes Penn and Princeton among the top five classes on the men’s side.

• USA lacrosse has a position opening for manager of annual giving.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Give him an inch and Tom Schreiber will take a mile. #CaptainAmerica and the Toronto Rock play at Halifax tonight.

WOW, what a goal by @TomSchreiber26 Just enough room for #CaptainAmerica to find twine. pic.twitter.com/4GdtJIR4F0

— Toronto Rock (@TorontoRockLax) December 9, 2021

WHAT’S ON TAP

The National Lacrosse League has seven games on the schedule this weekend, highlighted by Saturday’s San Diego at Colorado game on ESPNews (8:30 p.m. Eastern), the league’s first game on an ESPN linear network this season. The full streaming/broadcast schedule is available here.

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