Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. Another season, another year with Chesapeake and Denver flexing their muscles atop Major League Lacrosse. Last year’s league finalists are both 2-0 after picking up wins on Sunday before a national television audience on ESPN2.
2. Perhaps no play made us appreciate the return of lacrosse more than this one from Randy Staats. Staats dealt with a wild check attempt and casually went over his shoulder for a pass to Kyle Jackson, who deposited a goal in the Cannons' win over New York on Saturday. Boston, Chesapeake and Denver were Saturday’s opening day winners.
MLL PLAY OF THE DAY
— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) July 19, 2020
Randy Staats with a man on his back, flips a BTB beauty to Kyle Jackson for the @BostonCannons goal.
Sounds familiar @IRQ_Nationals?
RECAP: https://t.co/wDaPJN5P7m pic.twitter.com/DxIF7hu05L
3. The Premier Lacrosse League released the results of its first round of COVID testing for its Championship Series, which gets underway in Utah on Saturday. Team USA star and Atlas’ defenseman Tucker Durkin was among the players who tested positive.
4. The Premier Lacrosse League is getting ready to start its training camp this week. While most of the players and the league shared pictures of their flights to Utah, Dillon Ward and crew gave us a laugh with their trials by automobile.
***UPDATE 2*** Our guy at Reliable Truck and Auto helped us out with a tire and got us back on the road!! @PLLChaos @PremierLacrosse @jasonnoble45 @ELaw_15 @trevorbaptiste9 https://t.co/PpYS4xFKfH pic.twitter.com/rC5gZy7j8G
— Dillon Ward (@DillWard37) July 19, 2020
WHAT WE’RE READING
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Alice Mercer and Alyssa Parker, members of the U.S. women's national teams in lacrosse and field hockey, respectively, will have an Instagram Live discussion on the value of multi-sport participation.
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WBAL TV (NBC in Baltimore) recently visited US Lacrosse headquarters for a look at the new statue honoring Yeardley Love.
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Blue-collar Zach Goodrich is in just his second Major League Lacrosse season, but he is already a leader for the Boston Cannons.
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Mark Evanchick was a dominant high school football player, but the former Penn current Philadelphia Barrage defenseman would rather talk about lacrosse in the here and now.
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Mason Meagher, an Air Force commit, and his 12-year-old sister, Dylan, found plenty of time to work on their lacrosse games while quarantined.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
The reaction time for Shayne Jackson on this goal for Philadelphia on Sunday was just … wow.
Philly tough @ShayneJackson32 is on the board pic.twitter.com/BQ20Drlfbk
— Philadelphia Barrage (@phillybarrage) July 19, 2020
Who needs an angle? New York’s Andrew Pettit certainly doesn’t.
What do you call this shot by @apettit9 pic.twitter.com/7zoXoM4aop
— Major League Lacrosse (@MLL_Lacrosse) July 19, 2020
WHAT’S ON TAP
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We'll begin rolling out tips and advice from professional lacrosse players featured in our July/August digital edition, an exclusive for US Lacrosse members. First up? WPLL star and 2017 U.S. team gold medalist Alex Aust.