Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. Joey Spallina’s star is rising long before he plays under the roof of the Carrier Dome.
The No. 1 recruit in the Class of 2022 signed an NIL deal with Gait Lacrosse, according to Inside Lacrosse. The four-year deal, which is expected to be announced next week, expires after Spallina’s junior season with Syracuse.
2. Xavier Arline is joining the two-sport athlete movement.
Arline, the Navy QB who played in 12 games for the Midshipmen the past two seasons, is joining the lacrosse team for the spring. He was added to the roster this week.
Arline was once a North Carolina lacrosse recruit but chose to seek football opportunities, which is how he landed in Annapolis.
3. A factory for leaders, Army is chock full of them in 2022.
Nineteen seniors has Joe Alberici excited for the prospect of competing. “The impact that this group will have will probably be the heaviest in my time,” he told Nelson Rice.
Learn more about No. 13 Army here.
4. There isn’t much continuity in the Ivy League. But Princeton has plenty of it.
In a conference that hasn’t played a full season since 2019, Princeton is deep with experience up and down the field. Couple that with some added motivation in Chris Sailer’s 36th and final season on the sideline, and the Tigers could be ready to make noise.
Learn more about No. 13 Princeton here.
WHAT WE’RE READING
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We broke down every team in the Division II Men’s and Division II Women’s Preseason Top 20s.
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Behind the Whistle: Three questions with Colby assistant Kelsey Howard.
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Emily Boissonneault “didn’t hesitate” when asked to build Pitt from the ground up, writes Dalton Coppola of The Pitt News.
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Previewing the MAAC in 2022 with Tanner Demling of Lacrosse Bucket.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Duke is back in action and lacrosse is almost here.
Working overtime to improving it . #GoDuke pic.twitter.com/PHANcMiL4D
— Duke Men's Lacrosse (@DukeMLAX) January 11, 2022
WHAT’S ON TAP
Team-by-team breakdowns from the Top 20 in the Nike / USA Lacrosse preseason rankings continue with looks at the No. 12 teams — James Madison (women) and Denver (men).