Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. The U.S. women's national team brought home its eighth World Cup championship, beating Canada 10-5 on Saturday in Guildford, England. Canada gave the U.S. its biggest scare of the tournament, scoring three straight goals to pull within 8-4 with just under 10 minutes to go, but Laura Zimmerman and Sarah Bullard answered with goals to put the U.S. on the path to a gold medal.
Coverage from US LaxMagazine.com of the championship:
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Captains Sarah Bullard and Devon Wills played integral roles in helping the U.S. win the World Cup for the third straight time. Bullard and Wills were on all three of those teams, and Bullard also won a U19 title in 2007. Saturday's game ended with the ball in Wills' stick.
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Ally Carey found a heck of a way to celebrate her birthday — her third gold medal (U19 in 2007, World Cups in 2013 and 2017).
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Photos of the championship game victory from Ady Kerry and Adam Scott.
Ally Carey, Taylor Cummings Megan Douty, Jen Russell, Kayla Treanor, Michelle Tumolo and Devon Wills gave the U.S. seven of the 12 honorees on the All-World team.
The U.S. has little time to rest, as it flies to Poland on Tuesday and then begins the International World Games on Thursday — the first time lacrosse has been played at this multi-sport event. More to come on USLaxMagazine.com over the next several days.
2. Peter Baum scored the game-winning goal with under 90 seconds to play, giving Ohio a 13-12 win over Denver on Sunday night, and a season split in the series. The two teams, who played for the Major League Lacrosse title last year, are now tied atop the league standings at 8-4.
On Saturday night, two of the league's top rookies helped carry their teams to important victories. Dylan Molloy had six goals as Florida downed Charlotte 18-12, moving the launch to 7-6 for the season, and into third place. Josh Byrne had four goals as Chesapeake edged Atlanta 13-12. Matt Danowski scored the game-winner for the Bayhawks, who are tied with New York and Rochester in fourth place in the league standings at 6-6.
3. The NCAA formally approved its recommened rule changes for women's lacrosse in 2018. Included in the changes is free movement after the official blows the whistle, a revision on the draw to only allow three players from each team to compete for the ball inside the restraining lines until possession is gained (mirroring the US Lacrosse rule instituted last year), and a shot does not have to cross the goal line before the half ends for a goal to count, it just needs to be out of the shooting player's stick.
4. Former Syracuse and U.S. men's national team player Fred Opie visited with Tanner Guarino on his weekly podcast last week. Guarino is a former UMass player who plays in the UWLX with the Boston Storm and she also coaches at Natick (Mass.) High School.