Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. Over the last several weeks, many lacrosse coaches from outside of the Big Ten have been sharing off-the-record information that the Big Ten will only be playing conference games this spring for men’s and women’s lacrosse, potentially playing a home-and-home schedule.
Inside Lacrosse wrote a story on Thursday sharing that sentiment based on feedback from women’s lacrosse coaches outside of the Big Ten that said they had been told by Big Ten coaches that they would not be able to schedule nonconference games in 2021. An unnamed men’s lacrosse coach told IL that no directive from the Big Ten Conference office to only play conference games had been shared with him.
2. Team USA star defender Megan Douty is the latest athlete featured in our popular Give & Go section of US Lacrosse Magazine. Was it two-time Tewaaraton winner and current U.S. teammate Katie Haus or the Turf Monster that got her as a freshman at Maryland?
If @MegDouty had a boat, what would she name it?
— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) December 11, 2020
No Douty About It
Ain’t No Douty
Learn more about the @USAWLax star in Give & Go.https://t.co/siEzm65oix
3. Syracuse’s Stephen Rehfuss on a lacrosse field? You can bet it’s going to be a family affair, including support from his five sisters. Nelson Rice profiles the star attacker for the Orange.
4. Angie Benson and Mark Ellis have made their voices heard on Blaxers Blog “Let’s Talk About It” series on Instagram. The lacrosse stars don’t plan on slowing down in 2021.
5. The Centennial Conference has yet to make a decision on spring sports, but the league, one of the top NCAA Division III men’s and women’s lacrosse conferences in the country, announced on Thursday that it will not hold fall or winter sports in the 2020-21 academic year.
#CentConf statement regarding fall and winter sports
— CentennialConference (@CentennialConf) December 10, 2020
https://t.co/4L1m45wBuK pic.twitter.com/LVkR7IViKZ
6. We love having veteran journalist Patrick Stevens as a key contributor to our college lacrosse coverage. Here’s a thread to some of his recent work for us.
Did knock out some offseason lacrosse stories in recent weeks. Such as a look at the hidden gem of @MercerLacrosse, which is coming off the first winning season in program history. @USLacrosseMag https://t.co/RzWIc3Ea7L
— Patrick Stevens (@D1scourse) December 10, 2020
WHAT WE’RE READING
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US Lacrosse Vice President of Lacrosse Operations Ann Kitt Carpenetti has been named to the World Lacrosse Women in Sport Commission.
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Denver men’s lacrosse coach Bill Tierney has been elected president of the Intercollegiate Men’s Lacrosse Coaches Association Board of Directors, succeeding J.B. Clarke who served in the role for the last six years.
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As Hanukkah begins, Major League Lacrosse profiles star faceoff specialist Max Adler of the Denver Outlaws.
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I think it’s pretty safe to say that no one has a cooler NLL-themed room than that of New York Riptide fan Chase Adler.
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A non-lacrosse story worth a read as ESPN’s Ivan Maisel chronicles the Army-Navy football rivalry. Navy men’s lacrosse player Xavier Arline, will be the Mids’ starting quarterback in the game on Saturday.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Lacrosse Film Study with a great collection of saves from three-time NCAA champion goalie Pat Cairns from Princeton.
@TigerLacrosse Goalie #17 Pat Cairns led the Tigers to 3 NCAA Titles (1994, 1996 and 1997).
— Lacrosse Film Study (@LaxFilmStudy) December 11, 2020
Career record: 37-3. pic.twitter.com/noH8jRH7jy
WHAT’S ON TAP
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The Lowe brothers closed out their Team USA careers on the same soil where their father one a national championship. A look back at a Perfect Ending.