Professional PLL
06:00 PM
Jul 19
Phi
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Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. The Premier Lacrosse League is coming back to Baltimore.
The league announced Saturday it will host four games Aug. 5-6 as part of its 2023 regular season schedule. Homewood Field — one of the PLL’s top-selling venues — will also be the site of the inaugural PLL Junior Championships and recognition of the Pro Lacrosse Hall of Fame Class of 2023.
2. The National Lacrosse League season got underway with six games over the weekend.
Week 1 in brief:
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The New York Riptide nearly erased a six-goal deficit with a furious rally late in the fourth quarter. The comeback fell short and the San Diego Seals prevailed 15-14 at Nassau Coliseum. Curtis Dickson (five goals and three assists) and Dane Dobbie (one goal, five assists) inflicted most of the damage for the Seals. Jeff Teat factored in 12 of 14 Riptide goals with four goals and eight assists.
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Doug Jamieson made 45 saves and four players netted two goals apiece to lead the Albany Firewolves to an 11-10 win over the Buffalo Bandits at KeyBank Center. It was tied at 9 midway through the fourth quarter. Kieran McArdle scored the go-ahead goal on an Albany power play.
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Tom Schreiber had three goals and five assists and Nick Rose made 53 saves to lead the Toronto Rock to a 19-8 win over the Vancouver Warriors at First Ontario Centre.
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The Halifax Thunderbirds led from start to finish in a dominant opening night performance, dispatching the Philadelphia Wings 18-8 at Scotiabank Centre. Five players netted at least seven points, led by Clarke Petterson (four goals, four assists). Blaze Riorden, a three-time PLL Goalie of the Year who plays forward in box, led Philadelphia with five goals.
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Trailing 9-6 at halftime, the Rochester Knighthawks scored seven unanswered goals spanning the third and fourth quarters en route to a 16-11 win over the Georgia Swarm at Gas South Arena. Connor Fields led the way with four goals and seven assists, setting a franchise single-game record with 11 points.
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Mark Matthews (two goals, 10 assists), Robert Church (four goals, six assists) and the Saskatchewan Rush were in midseason form in an 18-6 win over the Colorado Mammoth.
3. High school lacrosse will be a sanctioned championship sport in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association voted unanimously Friday to approve boys’ and girls’ lacrosse as a sanctioned high school championship sport beginning in the 2023-24 school year.
WHAT WE’RE READING
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Another Hasselbeck playing college lacrosse. Henry Hasselbeck, a three-sport standout that was recruited to follow in his father’s footsteps as a college football quarterback, has committed to Maryland for lacrosse. Matt Hasselbeck was an NFL QB for 16 seasons. Henry’s sisters, Annabelle and Mallory, play lacrosse at Boston College.
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About Duke defender Madison Beale, Inside Lacrosse’s No. 3-ranked incoming freshman in Division I women’s lacrosse. And Beale’s counterpart on the men’s side, North Carolina’s Dominic Pietramala, who is redshirting the 2023 season.
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How an ordinary high school lacrosse game turned into a life-or-death situation for New York City firefighter Anthony Mendez and sanitation worker Mark Rini, who were coaching the Monsignor Farrell team when they sprang into action to save the life of a spectator.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
North Carolina two-sport standout Julia Dorsey heads in the eventual game-winning goal off a corner kick to help the Tar Heels advance to the NCAA women’s soccer championship game.
JULIA DORSEY.
— USA Lacrosse Magazine (@USALacrosseMag) December 3, 2022
Already an @NCAALAX champion.
Now a stone cold scorer for @uncwomenssoccer.
She scores the eventual game-winner and UNC advances to the national title game.
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It didn’t take long for the NLL to make an appearance on “SportsCenter.”
It didn't take long to crack #SportsCenterTop10@SaskRushLAX forward Marshall Powless checks in at #7! pic.twitter.com/tgqi2LWuPp
— NLL (@NLL) December 4, 2022
WHAT’S ON TAP
Our #BestOfLax2022 campaign launches with fan voting on Twitter and more on Instagram. Follow all month long as we tip our cap to the athletes who made it a year to remember.