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

Things felt a little normal this weekend, which is to say nothing was normal, and that’s the way we love February lacrosse.

1. In men’s lacrosse, there were two upsets involving top 5 teams, as Army overcame a slow start, falling behind 6-1, before rallying to beat No. 2 Syracuse 18-11 on Sunday behind four goals and three assists from Brendan Nichtern.

Remember the names.





They give us this #SCTop10 play and fuel @ArmyWP_MLax's 18-11 win over @CuseMLAX.

Nichtern: 4G, 3A
Abshire: 4G, 1A pic.twitter.com/vyFHY7xo7w

— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) February 21, 2021

On Saturday, Rutgers had the feel-good story of the weekend as transfers Colin Kirst and Connor Kirst led their late father’s alma mater to an 11-9 upset over No. 4 Penn State.

Kirst save Kirst goal

In their first games with @RUmlax, the Kirst brothers fueled the Scarlet Knights to an upset win over Penn State.

SATURDAY WRAP: https://t.co/Fh5B0qgceZ pic.twitter.com/v6pedTuQjp

— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) February 21, 2021

In other big games, No. 3 Virginia improved to 3-0 with a win over Loyola, Ohio State spoiled the debut of new Johns Hopkins coach Peter Milliman and Jake Carraway went off for eight goals as Georgetown blitzed Villanova 16-1.

2. In women’s lacrosse, half of the top 10 teams suffered losses this weekend, including a pair of upsets in the Big Ten on Sunday with Penn State outlasting No. 8 Maryland and Ohio State shocking No. 9 Michigan, a far cry from a week ago when the Buckeyes trailed Northwestern 18-0 in the second half.

PANDEMONIUM AT PANZER @PennStateWLAX takes down @MarylandWLax 15-13 to open the Big Ten season.

Olivia Dirks 5G. pic.twitter.com/awlIB2KSrP

— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) February 21, 2021

 No. 4 Syracuse will climb in the rankings after a blistering start resulted in an 18-6 win over No. 3 Loyola.

Sister to sister.
Behind the back.

Emma Tyrrell gets a pass from Meaghan Tyrell and @CuseWLAX leads at @LoyolaWLax pic.twitter.com/cKgDoEO5zi

— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) February 20, 2021

A pair of traditional ACC powers, Virginia and Duke, made early statements. The Cavaliers jumped all over No. 10 Richmond early, avenging a loss to the Spiders from a year ago, with a 15-9 win. The Blue Devils’ defense showed up in a 12-8 win over Virginia Tech.

Hofstra’s Alyssa Parrella became the all-time leading goal scorer in Colonial Athletic Association history with a seven-goal effort in a 17-11 win over Connecticut. Parrella now has 226 career goals, breaking the mark of 221 set by Loyola’s Stacey Morlang (1999-2002).

HISTORY IN HEMPSTEAD 

Alyssa Parrella breaks the @CAASports all-time record with her 222nd goal.

The @HofstraWLAX star passed Loyola’s Stacey Morlang. pic.twitter.com/0h4PgR4XTC

— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) February 20, 2021

WHAT WE’RE READING

• ESPN announced its complete women’s lacrosse schedule on Friday, featuring more than 180 games across all of its networks. The ACC Network will have a triple-header this Friday, highlighted by Boston College-USC and Duke-North Carolina. 

• USC’s trip East this week includes games at Stony Brook and Boston College. JMU transfer Maddie McDaniel will be an important factor in the Trojans hopes for success in 2021. 

• Former NFL running back Dalton Crossan hasn’t played lacrosse since high school, but Chaos head coach Andy Towers didn’t hesitate on taking a shot on the “next-level” athlete.

• Union women’s lacrosse coach Abi Jackson is all-in on racial equality.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Caitlyn Wurzburger makes this BTB look lightning quick even in slow motion.

Caitlyn Wurzburger BTB 

That’s all we have to say.

The once high-school phenom is making highlights at @uncwlax pic.twitter.com/aTYH3rG6ck

— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) February 21, 2021

Another freshman you may have heard about, Duke’s Brennan O’Neill with his own take on the BTB.

OH MY BRENNAN.

He goes BTB from a feed from Michael Sowers. @DukeMLAX in control pic.twitter.com/Dq7PL8dEk4

— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) February 20, 2021

WHAT’S ON TAP

• The Nike/US Lacrosse rankings come out later this morning and there will be plenty of shakeups after a weekend of upsets.

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