Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. Grace Griffin ripped a top-shelf goal with 39 seconds left to lift No. 12 Maryland to a 9-8 win over No. 14 Johns Hopkins in College Park on Wednesday.
Division I Women’s Scores
No. 12 Maryland 9, No. 14 Johns Hopkins 8
Butler 12, Denison 9
Campbell 10, Radford 7
High Point 19, Longwood 7
James Madison 14, William and Mary 4
Mount St. Mary’s 17, Bryant 11
Navy 18, George Mason 9
Winthrop 21, Presbyterian 7
2. A Division II thriller highlighted the men’s slate Wednesday as No. 2 Le Moyne edged No. 6 Adelphi 15-14 in double overtime. Defenseman Nate Arnold emerged from a wild loose-ball scrum with his eighth ground ball of the game and took it the distance for the game-winning goal.
Division I Men’s Scores
Marquette 9, St. John’s 8 (OT)
Mount St. Mary’s 14, Sacred Heart 12
3. The Premier Lacrosse League and Athletes Unlimited announced their 2021 season schedules Wednesday.
The PLL season starts June 4. The All-Star Game is July 18 in San Jose and the championship game is Sept. 19 in Washington D.C. Each regular-season weekend will consist of five games (six during the final weekend in Albany). There’s a two-week break during the playoffs.
The AU season will take place July 19 - Aug. 22 in the D.C. area., during which the nascent women’s lacrosse league will also host a national summit for elite middle and high school girls’ lacrosse players from across the country.
4. Chris Bocklet appeared on “Overtime” with Paul Carcaterra, his first media appearance since suffering a traumatic brain injury in a longboarding accident Jan. 1 and being diagnosed with global aphasia. The podcast, available on Apple and Spotify, delves not only into the details Bocklet can remember from the accident, but also a life filled with love and lacrosse.
5. Holy Cross has canceled the remainder of its men’s and women’s lacrosse seasons due to a violation of COVID-19 protocols, the school announced Wednesday.