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

1. November 4 was Lyle Thompson Day

Major League Lacrosse commemorated the Chesapeake Bayhawks attackman and two-time Tewaaraton Award winner, who wears the No. 4, by sharing highlights of his first MLL goal, to a hidden ball trick, to a video feature that ran during the league’s season this past summer.

Lyle Thompson's Story #LyleThompsonDaypic.twitter.com/Mt6KtodrF9

— Major League Lacrosse (@MLL_Lacrosse) November 4, 2020

Earlier this week we published Thompson’s powerful thoughts, as told to Matt Hamilton, in our November Edition on a number of subjects including sovereignty, misappropriation and his role as a voice for Indigenous rights.

More here.

2. One of the best-kept secrets In lacrosse.

That’s how Chad Surman described the Mercer team that claimed their first winning season last year and that he’ll lead into 2021 after being elevated to permanent head coach last week. Patrick Stevens talked with Surman and junior attackman Sean Goldsmith, who led the led the country with 34 goals as a sophomore, about how one of last season’s breakout programs will take the next step.

More here.

3. Highlighted by returning fifth year seniors Ryan Terefenko, Jeff Henrick and Tre LeClaire, the Ohio States Buckeyes are on a mission to be “the most connected team in college lacrosse,” after the way last season ended.

We checked in with head coach Nick Myers after their first full week of practice this fall.

You can read the full story here. 

4. The second season of PLL podcast Unbuckled Chinstrap picks up where the first left off— except with the tables turned. Redwoods attackman and new host Jules Heningburg, the subject of our November cover story, has a wide ranging and candid conversation with PLL co-founder, Atlas midfielder and three-time U.S. senior team member Paul Rabil.

.@PaulRabil and I had a candid conversation about where he is at in the sport, how he handles social, and why he paints his nails https://t.co/6QVpmsT6od

— Jules Nehemiah Heningburg (@Julesheningburg) November 5, 2020

What We’re Reading

• Duke Lacrosse on the long journey of Greg DeLuca, who won national championships with the Blue Devils in 2010 and 2011. Now after six years in the U.S. Navy as a member of SEAL Team 10 and Special Reconnaissance Team 2, DeLuca is playing for the Northern Illinois football team while earning a master’s degree in sports psychology.

• The Long Island Express club program will enter teams in all three age classifications (13U, 14U and 15U) for the boys’ portion of the 2021 US Lacrosse Youth Nationals next summer. Mike Chanenchuk—the Managing Director of all of the Express programs—talks about the appeal of age-based tournaments and their program’s success.

• How a US Lacrosse First Stick Grant is helping the sport make inroads in New Mexico.

• The Baltimore Sun talks with Catonsville defenseman and Towson verbal commit James Azbill

• Southern Virginia head coach Rainey Whitworth writes about learning to rebound and what else she’s learned during the pandemic.

• Learn more about former Cornell midfielder Sam Duggan— “The Beauty of the Week” for the PLL’s Chrome LC.

What We’re Watching

Any day is a good day to re-watch this highlight:

November is #LyleThompsonDaypic.twitter.com/mYNKbegq4E

— Major League Lacrosse (@MLL_Lacrosse) November 4, 2020

What’s On Tap

• Julia Lisella is known as “grandma” to her Colorado teammates. But the sixth-year athlete and 2018 Inside Lacrosse Goalkeeper of the Year is so much more than that. Kenny DeJohn tells her story.

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