Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world.
1. Buffalo, Colorado and Philadelphia keep rolling as the NLL returns to action.
The Bandits lead the East and moved to 3-0 early in the season with a 12-8 victory over the Toronto Rock thanks to seven points from Josh Byrne. Philadelphia got past the Georgia Swarm on an overtime game-winner from Blaze Riorden. Colorado roared back from down seven goals to top Vancouver 18-15 and improve to 3-1.
FRIDAY
Colorado 18, Vancouver 15
SATURDAY
Philadelphia 12, Georgia 11 (OT)
Albany 10, Saskatchewan 5
Buffalo 12, Toronto 6
San Diego 15, Panther City 12
2. Owen Grant is the next in a line of Canadians to join the Delaware men’s lacrosse program.
Grant and attackman Mike Robinson and Tye Kurtz will look to lead Delaware to a CAA title. Catch up on the No. 16 Blue Hens.
3. Marin Hartshorn is the leader of the Rutgers women’s lacrosse offense.
Hartshorn steers the ship for the Scarlet Knights, who made a surprise run to the NCAA tournament in 2021. Click here to learn about No. 16 Rutgers and its hopes for 2022.
WHAT WE’RE READING
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Adam Charalambides is relishing the opportunity to play with the Vancouver Warriors after a seven-year career at Rutgers.
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USA Lacrosse CEO Marc Riccio pens the “Letter from the CEO” in the January edition, answering the question: What does USA Lacrosse do?
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Another Spallina is headed to Syracuse. Brett Spallina, an LSM out of Mount Sinai, joins brother Jake and Joey as Orange recruits.
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Duke men’s lacrosse announced its 2022 schedule on Friday.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
The NLL honored the Every Child Matters initiative over the weekend, paying tribute to the many Native children lost at residential schools.
This weekend, we played for something much larger than ourselves #NLLUnites | #EveryChildMatters pic.twitter.com/64s66Tf57C
— NLL (@NLL) January 9, 2022
Phil Caputo flicks in a beauty of a BTB.
This behind-the-back goal by Phil Caputo was INSANE pic.twitter.com/Zv1t0cS9wX
— Panther City Lacrosse Club (@PantherCityLax) January 9, 2022
Pat Spencer was dunking all over guys this weekend.
THROW IT DOWN PAT SPENCER pic.twitter.com/PPhaxZPJGq
— Capital City Go-Go (@CapitalCityGoGo) January 9, 2022
WHAT’S ON TAP
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The NCAA previews continue, with both the Johns Hopkins men and Denver women checking in at No. 15.