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

1. The NLL opened its season this past weekend – and the buzz never left Philly. More than 11,000 fans attended the Wings’ opener for the league’s biggest attendance in Week 1.

“It was amazing, the amount of energy the fans produced,” rookie forward Chris Cloutier said.

WEEK 1 SCORES

Buffalo Bandits 17, Philadelphia Wings 15
Georgia Swarm 16, New England Black Wolves 12
Vancouver Warriors 14, Calgary Roughnecks 13

Despite the 17-15 loss to Buffalo, the Wings proved they could hang, boosted by a 25-of-35 faceoff performance from Trevor Baptiste despite chipping his tooth.  

“For our first foray back into it, I think it was a pretty good game,” coach and general manager Paul Day said. 

Read more news from this weekend’s games in today’s notebook.

brb, reliving our first goal  pic.twitter.com/p2pwVkxQRw

— Philadelphia Wings (@NLLwings) December 15, 2018

Trevor Baptiste chipped his tooth, got player of the game. #WeFlyTogether pic.twitter.com/Sd5YL06bfv

— Philadelphia Wings (@NLLwings) December 15, 2018

@CHIEF_OSIKA out here feeling like Santa, delivering an early gift to @Lpatten12 who’s boarding the line of the naughty or nice list after this filthy goal pic.twitter.com/mNNlu4CfiQ

— Philadelphia Wings (@NLLwings) December 16, 2018

Congrats to @NLLcommish for a tremendous opening @NLLwings game today! pic.twitter.com/1QviNTejZ0

— Alexander Brown (@MLLCommish) December 15, 2018

2. Team USA, both the senior men’s and women’s national teams, was recognized by the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday for their gold medal performances in the FIL world championships this year and last summer.

 

 

 

 

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Hey @ravens, see you Sunday

A post shared by US Women’s National Team (@usa_wlax) on Dec 11, 2018 at 1:28pm PST

 

 

 

 

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World Champions at the @Ravens Game! . . . . #USALAX #USAWLAX #USAMLAX #USA #USALacrosse #lax #lacrosse #workchamps #honor

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Having a day with #ForeverTeam Love this Squad. #Still #CawCaw

A post shared by Greg Gurenlian (@gregbeast32) on Dec 16, 2018 at 1:44pm PST

3. Johns Hopkins coach Janine Tucker was added to LaxCon’s speaker lineup Friday.

“Janine Tucker continues to be one of the most sought-after coaches for events like LaxCon because of her depth of knowledge, experience, and ability to engage an audience,” US Lacrosse director of events Kim Rogers said.

4. Get to know Kasey Choma, the U.S. under-19 training team player and Notre Dame commit who talks about her ACL recovery and multi-sport participation.

What We’re Reading

• Follow along with Renee Washington for “The NLL Unstrung,” which dives into the history of the league.

• Inside Lacrosse recaps the NLL’s opening weekend, while Philly.com covers the Wing’s season-opening loss.

• Prior to the season’s start, Jack Goods previewed Toronto and Vancouver.

• The Wall Street Journal questions whether box lacrosse will stick this time on Long Island, following the recent announcement of an expansion franchise coming to the area.

• Syracuse men’s lacrosse releases its 2019 schedule, the Baltimore Sun breaks down upcoming games for Navy men’s lacrosse and the Capital Gazette analyzes next season for Navy women’s lacrosse.

What We’re Watching

Catch more NLL highlights from Week 1 action.

Confirmed. We got an alley-oop in Philly and it’s not by @JoelEmbiid. @NLLBandits lead at the half. pic.twitter.com/GIfQ2DZGi7

— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) December 15, 2018

Straight from the Goalie @GeorgiaSwarmLAX are pulling away against @NEBlackWolves
Watch Live FREE: https://t.co/4PtnwYn9Dq pic.twitter.com/FTw3zzD0Pq

— Bleacher Report Live (@brlive) December 16, 2018

When you leave @ReillyOConnor9 alone on one side of the turf...Bad things are going to happen.

Be apart of the action on Dec. 28th at our home opener: https://t.co/6WMsg6Zl6y pic.twitter.com/LtmJAOmWwR

— NE Black Wolves (@NEBlackWolves) December 16, 2018

.@ChadTutton12 flys across the crease for a goal
Watch @neblackwolves vs @georgiaswarmlax on @brlive  https://t.co/pnJqvC0vZm#NLL #NEvsGA #LaxOn pic.twitter.com/YDCWo1ah42

— NLL (@NLL) December 16, 2018

Keep that ball! Barker's first #NLL goal after a hard pick and open roll to the cage. pic.twitter.com/H0NYdmGPcw

— Vancouver Warriors (@nllwarriors) December 16, 2018

"No one would have given us that game and we don't care, it's all about what's in the room and there's a lot of heart there." Matt Beers comments following the Warriors 14-13 OT win over the Calgary Roughnecks. pic.twitter.com/5bsBaHbrYh

— Vancouver Warriors (@nllwarriors) December 16, 2018

Sunday nights are best spent watching highlights!

Take a look at some of the action at the Rough House last night. pic.twitter.com/CQT3eu8fTy

— Calgary Roughnecks (@NLLRoughnecks) December 17, 2018

Plus, new Oregon head coach Chelsea Gamble talks with Lax Sports Network about her plans for the 2019 season.

Conversation with @OregonWLAX head coach @cgamble7 as we continue our @pac12 2019 season previews. Watch on the LSN app or here: https://t.co/nwIE2dc5C8

— Lax Sports Network (@LaxSportsNet) December 16, 2018

What’s On Tap

• Return to uslaxmagazine.com later today to read about the best lacrosse moments from 2018.

• Christmas is one week from Tuesday – and lacrosse was one of the sports played by The Whos. Learn more in the video below!

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Did you know lacrosse is in Dr. Seuss classic book How The Grinch Stole Christmas? Watch on the LSN app or here: https://t.co/OhldCkjAwb #TheGrinch

— Lax Sports Network (@LaxSportsNet) December 15, 2018

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