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

1. March is supposed to ring in the madness of college basketball, but college lacrosse put on quite a show for the nation on the opening weekend of the month.

ESPNU featured two men’s games this weekend and the sport delivered. Virginia rallied from four down in the fourth quarter to beat Syracuse 15-14 in overtime on Saturday.

On Sunday, ESPNU brought Notre Dame alum Mike Golic Jr., a rising personality for the network where his dad gained fame on radio, to the broadcast booth. The former high school lacrosse player who played football at Notre Dame received rave reviews on social media and the game was just as good with the Irish beating Maryland 14-13 in overtime.

Those were two of the six one-goal games involving Top 20 teams over the weekend. On Saturday, No. 3 Cornell edged Albany 17-16, No. 4 Yale beat UMass 12-11 in OT, No. 5 Penn State beat Penn 15-14 and No. 8 High Point beat Robert Morris 16-15 in double OT.

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2. Division I women’s lacrosse didn’t provide the same drama this weekend, but there were two notable upsets. Down four goals with five minutes to play, Navy scored the final five goals of the game to knock off No. 13 Florida 14-13 Saturday on Kelly Larkin’s game-winner with 17 seconds left.

On Sunday, No. 20 Stanford scored the final three goals of the game to beat No. 10 Stony Brook 15-12, ending the Seawolves 33-game home field winning streak.

At the top of the polls, No. 3 North Carolina scored a surprisingly dominating 21-11 win over No. 9 Northwestern, and No. 4 Syracuse strengthened its place among the nation’s elite with a 16-11 win over No. 5 Virginia.

3. After flooding the lacrosse world with a streak of news last week — team names, logos, coaching staffs, Week 3 location (Chicago) — the Premier Lacrosse League has said it will drop the news everyone has been waiting for later today — team rosters.

WHAT WE’RE READING

• You can't play Pong if you want to get kids' attention in the Fortnite era. Great insight on coaching from T.J. Buchanan of US Lacrosse.

• Patrick Stevens with a look at third-generation Maryland men’s lacrosse player Louis Dubick.

• Newsday breaks down the end of Stony Brook’s 33-game home winning streak in women’s lacrosse.

• The Southern Virginia University men’s lacrosse team bus caught on fire during a road trip near Philadelphia on Friday.

• Albany almost beat Cornell on Saturday, and that was without star Tehoka Nanticoke.

• Illinois high school lacrosse player Riley Maher and her battle to beat cancer.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

This clip from the Utah Valley – Simon Fraser MCLA game on Friday night went viral, drawing widespread social media coverage and commentary. You be the judge.

Cabrini’s Luke McCallion earned every bit of this goal against Dickinson.

Look ma, no eyes! Notre Dame’s Samantha Lynch with the no-look goal.

WHAT’S ON TAP

  • The Nike/US Lacrosse NCAA polls come out today. With No. 1 Loyola and No. 2 Maryland falling in Division I men's lacrosse, the top spot is wide open.

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