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

1. The U.S. women’s national team tryouts finished on Friday.

After three grueling days of tryouts featuring driving rain, a cicada invasion and actual lacrosse-relate challenges, the 60-plus players invited to the tryouts at USA Lacrosse Headquarters in Sparks, Md., have gone their separate ways.

Now the coaching staff and evaluators have their work cut out for them. They must trim down the incredibly talented pool of players, all of whom bring something different to the table.

There were no shortage of storylines from the tryout process, and we covered all the action. Check out notebooks from each try out below.

WEDNESDAY NOTES | THURSDAY NOTES | FRIDAY NOTES

2. Virginia Tech has found its next head coach.

A few weeks after John Sung and the Hokies parted ways, the university announced the hiring of Kristen Skiera. Skiera, a former Duke star, spent the past seven seasons as the head coach at Army.

Skiera led Army’s transition from club status to varsity status in 2015 and had the program have to an all-time great start in 2020 before the pandemic hit. The Black Knights regressed a bit in 2021, but Skiera’s work at West Point got her name into the mix for an ACC job.

More on the hiring here.

3. The second weekend of Premier Lacrosse League action is in the books.

Chris Hogan made his professional lacrosse debut on Saturday for Cannons LC. He didn’t record any stats, but he helped the Cannons put up a strong showing against the two-time defending champion Whipsnakes — who ultimately came out on top in a close game.

Check out the scores from the weekend’s games at Kennesaw State’s Fifth Third Bank Stadium in Atlanta.

FRIDAY

Waterdogs 14, Chaos 12

SATURDAY

Whipsnakes 15, Cannons 14
Atlas 12, Redwoods 9

SUNDAY

Waterdogs 14, Chrome 9
Archers 12, Chaos 

WHAT WE’RE READING

  • Matt Palumb, one of the most respected officials in the business and a USA Lacrosse member since 2006, spoke to Nelson Rice about the ins and outs of his career. More here.

  • Dalond Bidonne’s life changed when he joined Bridgeport Youth Lacrosse thanks to coach Don Wilson, writes Matt Hamilton.

  • Marisa Ingemi wrote for the New York Times about how Chris Hogan and others have found new opportunities in the Premier Lacrosse League.

  • Graham Harden, a former Mariemont (Ohio) High Schools girls’ lacrosse head coach and boys’ assistant, died from ALS. He was 52. Scott Springer of the Cincinnati Enquirer with more on his life and legacy.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Weekends are for PLL highlights.

WHAT’S ON TAP

  • Be on the lookout for our Monday PLL notebook from Jack Goods.

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