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06:00 PM
Jul 19
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Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. Princeton’s Kate Mulham scored five goals as the Tigers beat rival Penn 15-13 on Wednesday night at ESPNU. Kyla Sears, this week’s guest on The Stick Drop with Sheehan Stanwick Burch, added three goals and an assist, including this key fourth quarter goal on a hustle play that was ruled to come just before the shot clock expired.
4th (10:07) Kyla Sears beats the clock and secures the hat trick!
— Princeton Women's Lax (@princetonwlax) April 20, 2022
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In another key women’s game on Wednesday, Grace Coon scored a career-high seven goals as Connecticut beat Yale 20-14, the Huskies first win ever over the Bulldogs.
Grace Coon have a day! She nets her 7th of the day to put us up 20-14 with 3:32 to go! pic.twitter.com/8zJY363DZZ
— UConn Lacrosse (@UConnWLAX) April 20, 2022
2. U.S. team star Taylor Cummings got her first studio experience on Sunday and she praises the efforts that have helped lead to more coverage of women’s lacrosse on television in this week’s Taylor’s Takes column.
3. Single day tickets are now on sale for the 2022 World Lacrosse Women’s Championship at Towson University and one of the teams coming — Uganda — needs help in getting there. Uganda head coach Kali Bills, head coach at Adrian, offers an insight into the team in the IWLCA “Behind the Whistle” blog.
4. Iona, Rutgers, Yale, Ohio State and Duke top the list of women’s NCAA Division I teams that have exceeded expectations this season according to Lacrosse Reference, with the Gaels already 8.5 wins over their expected total.
5. On the men’s side, it’s been Utah, Jacksonville, St. Bonaventure, Boston University and Ohio State ahead of projected expectations.
6. Navy sophomore goalie Jo Torres has been a catalyst for her team’s current hot stretch of play heading into a rivalry game against Army this weekend.
7. Boston College Club and Utah Valley are the top seeds in their divisions for the 2022 USA Lacrosse WCLA National Championships coming up next month in Round Rock, Texas.
8. A very compelling thread on Twitter yesterday from the official athletic account of Baldwinsville (N.Y.) Central School District on an incident involving adults confronting an official in a parking lot. Our sport needs better support and appreciation for officials that make the games possible.
We have a major, major problem with how our spectators (Home/Visitor) are treating umpires, referees, & officials (U, R, & O) I just received a report today that after a lacrosse game last week, two officials were confronted by an adult who verbally assaulted them in the parking
— Baldwinsville Bees (@Bville_Bees) April 20, 2022
WHAT WE’RE READING
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Georgetown rolled over Loyola on Tuesday night, but that doesn’t mean it was just another game for the Hoyas. The win was the first for Georgetown in the series since 2015.
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Virginia Tech has risen to the top spot in the MCLA Division I poll while Kennesaw State is hanging on in Division II.
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The USA Lacrosse Boys’ and Girls’ High School Players of the Week.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Athletes from around the world are getting ready for the 2022 World Lacrosse Women’s Championship, hosted by USA Lacrosse from June 29 through July 9 at Towson University.
116 games. 11 days. All for gold. We're doing it BIG this summer.
— 2022 Women's World Lacrosse Championship (@WorldLax2022) April 20, 2022
Single-day tickets are now on sale for the biggest women's lacrosse event ever. See you in Towson!
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WHAT’S ON TAP
There's a doubleheader on the ACC Network tonight, starting with the North Carolina-Notre Dame men's game at 6, followed by Duke and North Carolina playing for the ACC women's regular season championship at 8. Follow all the games by checking out our TV/Streaming listings.