Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. The PLL Championship Game is set.
Waterdogs LC will make its first appearance in the championship game after taking down two-time champion Whipsnakes LC. Despite injuries to multiple key players, Andy Copelan’s team gritted out an 11-10 victory. Click here for the full recap.
In the second game of Sunday’s PLL semifinals, Chaos LC’s defense locked down on a high-powered Archers LC offense en route to a 9-7 victory. After advancing to the playoffs with a losing record for a second straight year, Chaos is headed back to the PLL title game. Click here for more.
2. Trevor Baptiste is the PLL’s Most Valuable Player.
The Atlas LC faceoff star took home the league’s top award on Friday night in Washington, D.C. In nine games this summer, the Atlas LC specialist won 153 of 219 faceoffs (70 percent) with 83 ground balls.
Click here for a full list of award winners from Friday night’s festivities.
3. Thomas McConvey goes No. 1 overall in the NLL Entry Draft.
McConvey, the fifth-year senior who transferred to Virginia from Vermont this offseason, was selected by the Rochester Knighthawks with the first overall pick. Click here for the full results.
4. Jared Bernhardt has officially suited up in an NFL game.
Although Bernhardt, the former Tewaaraton winner turned wide receiver, didn’t record a catch, he defied the odds by making his NFL debut on Sunday.
From the Tewaaraton Award for nation’s best college lacrosse player in 2021 … to active for his first NFL game as an undrafted rookie.
— Justin Felder (@Justin_FOX5) September 11, 2022
Quite a rise for Jared Bernhardt. pic.twitter.com/I1r6tQhc09
Former coach John Tillman made sure to support Bernhardt at the PLL semifinals.
Maryland head coach John Tillman supporting Jared Bernhardt with a Falcons t-shirt at the PLL semifinals @TerpsMLax pic.twitter.com/wtYoDCCCdX
— Kevin Boilard (@KevinBoilard) September 11, 2022
WHAT WE’RE READING
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Dane Dobbie is really good at lacrosse. He scored with a second left to force overtime, and then won the game for the Langley Thunder in the Mann Cup on Saturday night.
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Here’s something you don’t hear every day. Firefighters free a buck stuck in a lacrosse net in Hanover, Mass.
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A great story on the growing wheelchair lacrosse movement, led by the Colorado Rolling Mammoth.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Chris Cloutier has wrists of steel.
CHRIS CLOUTIER. THIS MAN IS RIDICULOUS. pic.twitter.com/QPjP7jy4IK
— USA Lacrosse Magazine (@USALacrosseMag) September 11, 2022
Eli Gobrecht out here snapping stick and taking names.
Eli Gobrecht broke that stick with out the force of a thousand suns.
— USA Lacrosse Magazine (@USALacrosseMag) September 11, 2022
Speaking of the Sun, it’s coming out in DC at @PLLWhipsnakes and @PLLWaterdogs are tied at 7-7. pic.twitter.com/1QnVXK0Gzo