Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. Staff writer Nelson Rice with a must-read feature about Jarrod Neumann.
Jarrod Neumann (@JNEU_88) didn't pick up a stick until high school. Now, he's one of the best defensemen in @PremierLacrosse and the world.
— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) July 9, 2020
"When we talk about great American stories, Jarrod is in some ways the great lacrosse story."
By Nelson Rice https://t.co/OYnYA82j5z
The Chaos star and Providence alum didn’t pick up a lacrosse stick until his senior year of high school. A natural athlete, Neumann has used his inquisitive nature to help pair knowledge with his skills.
Matt Striebel, his former high school coach at Northampton (Mass.), said Jarrod is the “great lacrosse story.”
“He came from nowhere in a lacrosse sense and reached the pinnacle of the game through all the virtues you want a player to have,” Striebel said.
A fierce competitor who is respected around the Premier Lacrosse League, Neumann is set to take the field for the PLL Championship Series later this month. Before the tournament begins, check out his story here.
2. More PLL jersey designs are here.
On Wednesday, the league unveiled the first uniform kits for Waterdogs LC. The PLL dropped jersey designs for Chaos LC, Chrome LC and Redwoods LC on Thursday. The rest of the league’s new uniforms are coming Friday.
The 2020 @PLLChaos jerseys ⠀
— Premier Lacrosse League (@PremierLacrosse) July 9, 2020
Not to Be Trifled With pic.twitter.com/5u0WXOMCvi
The 2020 @PLLChrome jerseys
— Premier Lacrosse League (@PremierLacrosse) July 9, 2020
Prepare for Battle pic.twitter.com/7ZhqTl8mN6
The 2020 @PLLRedwoods jerseys ⠀
— Premier Lacrosse League (@PremierLacrosse) July 9, 2020
Grounding Force pic.twitter.com/nPsCOlDGHo
Each of the new uniforms features mottos stitched into the neckline, and the league teased what’s to come Friday.
Coming Friday: pic.twitter.com/I1fcqgTgb8
— Premier Lacrosse League (@PremierLacrosse) July 10, 2020
3. Virginia and Navy men announced their incoming freshmen classes.
Virginia, still technically the defending national champion, will welcome 10 freshmen next season. Navy will bring aboard 19, including two five-star commits and four four-star commits.
WHAT WE’RE READING
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Jennifer Kent, the Boston College assistant coach, has taken solace in the fact that the pandemic has brought her lacrosse-loving family under one roof.
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Lauren Davenport, US Lacrosse’s manager of athlete development, writes that the lacrosse community should seek opportunities to invite people into our sport.
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How Hudl and Hudl Assist can help improve an athlete’s chances of standing out to recruiters.
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US Lacrosse will host a four-part diversity and inclusion webinar series.
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A US Lacrosse Sankofa Clinic helped Central New York’s Valley Lacrosse build up the sport in the region.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
John Grant Jr. will suit up in the MLL for the last time this July. Here he is scoring in an MLL game in 2000.
Of course @JohnGrantJr24 scored the first goal during the Summer Showcase in #TBT
— Major League Lacrosse (@MLL_Lacrosse) July 10, 2020
@Inside_Lacrosse pic.twitter.com/X4wdCACsee
WHAT’S ON TAP
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Former Pace women's lacrosse player Courtney Pabst had to have part of her leg amputated after unexpected setbacks during an ACL surgery. We tell her story.