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

1. It wouldn’t be a midweek night of lacrosse without an upset nobody saw coming.

The unranked Towson women defeated No. 8 Loyola 13-7 behind four goals from Maryland transfer Nikki Sliwak. Kerri Liucci scored three goals, and Blair Pearre added two more.

The Tigers dominated the draw battle (15-8) and held Loyola scoreless for 35 minutes after allowing the Greyhounds to take a 2-0 lead. Towson scored 10 unanswered goals in that span, taking a 10-2 lead.

This result defines the direction of both teams in the early going. Towson is 3-0 and has been impressive in key areas. Loyola, meanwhile, has scored just 13 goals through two games, both of which have been losses.

Here are the rest of the scores from Wednesday night’s Division I women’s action:

Nike/US Lacrosse Top 20

Towson 13, No. 8 Loyola 7
No. 18 Virginia Tech 18, Longwood 3

Other Scores

Delaware 20, Delaware State 3
Drexel 13, Saint Joseph’s 12
East Carolina 20, Campbell 8
Liberty 14, Cincinnati 10
Vanderbilt 16, Central Michigan 10
VCU 19, Radford 8
William and Mary 19, Old Dominion 11

USC at New Hampshire, PPD

2. Loyola will have to wait to right the ship.

Due to health and safety protocols with No. 6 Florida, Sunday’s game between the Gators and Greyhounds has been postponed. More on that here. 

3. The Penn State women know how to celebrate big victories.

There were synchronized rowboat cellies and full-blown dance parties after goals. Someone even did the worm on the sidelines. That’s just how the Nittany Lions got down during their historic 15-13 win over Maryland last weekend.

More from Ella Brockway here.

4. Connor DeSimone is back on the attack.

After spending three seasons as a midfielder, DeSimone was put back on the attack under the new coaching staff at Johns Hopkins. He chipped in three goals and one assist in Hopkins’ season-opening 14-8 loss to Ohio State.

More on DeSimone’s transition back to attack here from Patrick Stevens.

5. Rutgers answered the ball against Penn State.

Connor and Colin Kirst provided the feel-good story of last weekend, and Rutgers coach Brian Brecht thinks there’s more good things to come for his team.

Patrick Stevens has more. 

WHAT WE’RE READING

• Lauren Davenport asks the lacrosse community about how they will use their hindsight.

• Lehigh alum Mark Wilson is using lacrosse and his passion for teaching to impact youth players and even the current Lehigh men’s lacrosse team, writes Justin Lafleur. 

• UNC women’s assistant and Team USA star Emily Parros writes in the latest Behind the Whistle blog from the IWLCA that it’s imperative that we stay in the moment.

• Jon Gordon, the motivational speaker who was the latest guest on “Overtime” with Paul Carcaterra, provides his five keys to being a better teammate. 

• The Albany men’s lacrosse team will be without 14 players — 11 because of COVID — in its upcoming game against Colgate. Tehoka Nanticoke is among those who won’t play, writes Mark Singlais of the Albany Times Union.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Relive Towson’s upset win over Loyola with highlights from the action.

HAIL TOWSON!@Towson_Wlax knocks off #8 Loyola 13-7 pic.twitter.com/WLmAlSaCgl

— TowsonSportsNetwork (@Towson_TSN) February 25, 2021

WHAT’S ON TAP

• Ella Brockway checks in with the Virginia women after their win over Richmond.

• Patrick Stevens checks in with the Navy men.

• The latest from our partnership with Blaxers Blog.

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