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

1. ​The college lacrosse season did not come in quietly as Air Force worked its magic once again. The Falcons beat Duke for the third time since 2016 and gave No. 5 Duke a February loss to an unranked or lower ranked team for the fourth straight year.

2. Maryland didn’t look like the defensive-minded, patient Turtles we’ve come to expect in a 23-12 win over High Point. The Terps unfurled 70 shots with its experienced offensive unit, highlighted by this pretty connection from Anthony DeMaio to Logan Wisnauskas.

BTB assist ALERT 

Demaio  Wisnauskas pic.twitter.com/qIC8yKyTLu

— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) February 1, 2020

3. US Lacrosse Magazine Preseason Player of the Year Grant Ament certainly started 2020 off the right way.

WELCOME TO 2020, 

He drops  points (4G, 6A) to lead @PennStateMLAX to the 16-9 win over @LafayetteMLAX.

Also, Mac O’Keefe with 6G. pic.twitter.com/gU7bs5kyBK

— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) February 1, 2020

4. The NLL’s maiden voyage to Las Vegas included this last second bomb from Brodie Merrill to help San Diego beat Colorado 17-10 in Sin City.

MUST WATCH: Brodie Merrill goes 200ft to score an empty-netter with 0:01 remaining in the second quarter. pic.twitter.com/sOgMA8TSmV

— NLL (@NLL) February 2, 2020

Love Merrill’s description of the goal.

"It's probably 15 years of being bored at morning shootaround working on those long shots... I was relieved it got there in time and hopefully we can build off of that." - @BrodieMerrill_ on his 200ft buzzer-beater goal to end the first half. pic.twitter.com/Grlk7NPEqg

— NLL (@NLL) February 2, 2020

5. 2,600 for a February game is sweet. Even better when the school president is showing support for the lacrosse program. Utah opened with a 16-10 win over Bellarmine.

On what may be the last blue-sky day we see for a while, our men's lacrosse season opener on Saturday drew 2,600 fans—the largest home crowd for a D1 lacrosse game west of the Mississippi. And the team got the win! Well done, Coach Brian Holman. @UtahLacrosse @utahathletics pic.twitter.com/8T2iY4vzO4

— Ruth V. Watkins (@RuthVWatkins) February 3, 2020

WHAT WE’RE READING

• The 2020 NCAA Division I women’s lacrosse season opens on Friday. Here’s a look at the season from A to Z.

• Twenty years after Louis Acompora's death, the family continues its mission to make lacrosse safer.

• Maryland's John Geppert is inspired by his late brother.

• Boston University transfer Chris Gray was everything North Carolina hoped for, and more, in his Tar Heel debut.

• The Schneidereith family takes the lacrosse sibling story to a whole new level.

• Coker honored late teammate Garrett Bakhsh before its season opener on Sunday.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Not every behind-the-back play in lacrosse is must-see, but this goal by Colorado’s Dylan Kinnear was a thing of beauty..

OH MY! Kinnear making the behind-the-back look E-A-S-Y... pic.twitter.com/tA0Fcnztiy

— NLL (@NLL) February 2, 2020

Behind-the-back bounce shots also deserve their own special recognition. Quinnipiac’s Will Abbott.

Will Abbott's BTB goal from yesterday's season opener at Rutgers made it on @SportsCenter! #BobcatNation #SCTop10 pic.twitter.com/2NdhA80EXv

— Quinnipiac Men's Lacrosse (@QU_MLAX) February 2, 2020

WHAT’S ON TAP

• The first Nike/US Lacrosse Men's Division I rankings of the season come out today.

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