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

1. One. Year. Out.

The global COVID-19 pandemic what was supposed to be this summer’s U19 Men’s World Championship in Limerick, Ireland, but World Lacrosse has pushed the tournament to next summer. It will begin June 17, 2021, in Limerick and be relabeled as U20 to reflect the extra year.

Head coach Nick Myers went in-depth on the tumultuous past few months in a Q&A with US Lacrosse Magazine. He spoke about how his players handled the array of news, what it means to represent Team USA and more. Check out that interview here.

To go along with milestone of being one year away, US Lacrosse ran a social campaign to #RaiseThemUp. To help the U20 men on their journey, please consider donating. 

1 YEAR. 52 WEEKS. 365 DAYS.@USAMLax U20 team is pumped for the 2021 World Championship in Limerick, Ireland.

Help #RaiseThemUp on their journey and consider donating. https://t.co/nvOnXkQg49 pic.twitter.com/cpJZTGg1mT

— U.S. Men's National Team (@USAMLax) June 17, 2020

2. Major League Lacrosse announced a partnership with Powell Lacrosse to be the official equipment and apparel partner of the league.

Ryan, Casey and Michael Powell all played in the MLL in the early 2000s. Ryan and Casey were named league MVPs, and Michael was MVP of the 2005 MLL All-Star Game. More on the partnership here. 

3. On the heels of the Premier Lacrosse League’s announcement of group play matchups, Nelson Rice highlighted five intriguing games to watch once the Championship Series begins in late-July. Check it out here.

4. In the final installment of the US Lacrosse Leadership Panel Series, industry experts sat down with US Lacrosse Magazine editor in chief Matt DaSilva to discuss the altered recruiting landscape.

Panelists were Jesse Churchward (NCSA), John Danowski (Team USA, Duke), Jenny Levy (Team USA, North Carolina) and Theresa Sherry (The Tenacity Project).

The enlightening webinar can be viewed in its entirety here, with a recap by Paul Ohanian. 

WHAT WE’RE READING

• Team USA star Michelle Tumolo launches MT35 clothing brand to kick off Pride Month, by Inside Lacrosse’s Halley Griggs. 

• Aquinas women’s lacrosse coach Angelica Gero wants to teach her players the fundamentals of lacrosse and life, she writes in this IWLCA Behind the Whistle blog post. 

• Lacrosse Bucket’s Tanner Demling examines the NC State men’s lacrosse team in his latest Throwback Thursday. Stan Cockerton and NC State was the subject of a recent installment of “The Vault.”

• Eileen Cleary Pliske is the first female to be named to the Florida Youth Lacrosse Foundation’s Board of Directors. 

• Bo Wulf of The Athletic writes about Katie Comerford’s difficult decision about returning to Villanova. 

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

In honor of the new partnership, here is Ryan Powell tearing it up in the MLL.

The @powelllacrosse Brothers have been with us since the beginning

Here's Ryan Powell dominating during the MLL Showcase in 2000pic.twitter.com/wkVr4p3sZW

— Major League Lacrosse (@MLL_Lacrosse) June 17, 2020

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