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

1. #LaxCon2020 was a big success with approximately 7,000 lacrosse enthusiasts gathering in Philadelphia. Whether they came to learn from some of the game’s brightest minds, get their picture taken with the sport’s biggest stars or see the latest gear, there was one common theme — a love of lacrosse.

FAN FEST IS HERE. ⁣
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Fans lined up more than an hour ahead of time, and now the Expo Hall is buzzing! #LaxCon2020 pic.twitter.com/t4aIm72yV6

— US Lacrosse (@USLacrosse) January 11, 2020

Smile  #LaxCon2020 is here!

So far today, we’ve hosted five clinics on the Live and Demo Fields. Plus, the Expo Hall is filling up.

Don’t miss out on the fun at #LaxCon2020  https://t.co/61HluFuQcI pic.twitter.com/O0DzbdvnVh

— US Lacrosse (@USLacrosse) January 10, 2020

SCENES FROM #LaxCon2020 Day ⁣
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Lacrosse fans, we can’t thank you enough for making this event a hit!  pic.twitter.com/JstsTfgcLL

— US Lacrosse (@USLacrosse) January 11, 2020

2. The Philadelphia Wings welcomed the lacrosse community to town and celebrated with an 18-10 win over Vancouver on Friday night. Buffalo, Toronto and Saskatchewan also had weekend wins and in the game of the weekend, Halifax stayed unbeaten with a 12-9 win over Colorado.

Jack Goods also had a profile on New England’s Callum Crawford, a big reason behind the Black Wolves hot start.

3. The U.S. women’s U19 team received their world championship rings on Friday night at the US Lacrosse Convention in Philadelphia.

I want, I got, I want it, I got it. 

The U.S. U19 Team got their @2019u19wclax championship rings tonight. Close-ups to come.  pic.twitter.com/QHck7HsHrW

— U.S. Women's National Team (@USAWLax) January 11, 2020

4. The countdown to No. 1 continued last week with season previews for Rutgers (men) and Navy (women), the No. 16 teams in our Nike/US Lacrosse Division I preseason rankings.

WHAT WE’RE READING

• Kelly Amonte Hiller (Northwestern) and Dave Pietramala (Johns Hopkins), both coaches and players for the U.S. national team program, were named the Tewaaraton Legend Award recipients for 2020.

• Drake Porter has helped bring stability to Syracuse’s goaltending situation.

• Tallahassee lacrosse fans will get a close-up look at Division I men’s lacrosse when Colgate and Jacksonville meet for a preseason game tomorrow night.

• College Crosse with a listing of the 25 new college varsity programs for 2020.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Just an absolutely ridiculous catch and finish by Philadelphia’s Kevin Crowley on Friday night – the 300^th goal of his NLL career.?

With one hand, and a defender all over him, @KevinCrowley21 was able to put away his 300th career goal! @SportsCenter  #SCTop10 #WeFlyTogether pic.twitter.com/IoE8w4bmZK

— Philadelphia Wings (@NLLwings) January 11, 2020

This is taking love and lacrosse to a whole new level. She said yes!

 

 

 

 

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She said yes! . When @farmshow_lax contacted me about this he admitted it was crazy, and I agreed! But, man did we pull it off! Congrats JR&Mel! #laxcon2020

A post shared by Martin Dandy (@dandydyes) on Jan 12, 2020 at 6:51am PST

WHAT’S ON TAP

• The Nike/US Lacrosse NCAA Division I preseason rankings continue with a look at our No. 15 teams — the Loyola Greyhounds in both the men's and women's polls.

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