Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. The NLL is Back. 631 days after the 2020 season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Lacrosse League will make its return the first weekend of December. Yesterday, the league announced its full competition schedule for the 2021-22 season. The San Diego Seals host the Vancouver Warriors on Dec. 3 in the season opener.
“We can’t wait to see NLL fans cheering on ‘Face Off Weekend’ beginning in just over two months,” NLL commissioner Nick Sakiewicz said in a statement.
Check out the full schedule here.
2. Lacrosse at the collegiate level is coming to South Dakota for the first time.
Kenny DeJohn talked with Augustana University athletic director Josh Morton about the school’s plan to add lacrosse for the 2023-24 school year.
Augustana athletic director Josh Morton won't blame you if your knowledge of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is lacking.
— USA Lacrosse Magazine (@USALacrosseMag) September 30, 2021
It's time for the lacrosse world to learn, though. Lacrosse is coming to Augustana in 2023-24.https://t.co/EZKt0heA18
3. On July 1, the NCAA passed legislation that student-athletes could profit off their name, image or likeness. In the Sept./Oct. edition of USA Lacrosse Magazine, Justin Feil took a detailed look at how NIL has and will impact the sport.
Full story here.
4. There’s a new No. 1 in College Park.
According to Inside Lacrosse’s Kevin Brown, in 2022 fifth-year senior attackman Logan Wisnauskas will don the jersey number worn by the likes of Matt Rambo, Connor Kelly and most recently Tewaaraton winner Jared Bernhardt. Wisnauskas was a third team USILA All-American last spring and has registered 237 points (144 goals, 93 assists) in 57 games at Maryland.
Patrick Stevens detailed his “professional approach” during this year’s NCAA tournament.
WHAT WE’RE READING
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A recap of the latest USA Lacrosse SheCompetes session, in which panelists, including Athletes Unlimited goalie Angie Benson discuss how to push for diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace.
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In the latest IWLCA Behind The Whistle blog post, Marquette University head coach Meredith Black discusses the most important skill a lacrosse should develop to take their game to the next level.
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Lacrosse All Stars ranks the top three programs on the attackmen they’ve produced.
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The Shelby County Reporter talks with Alabama first five-star lacrosse recruit, Briarwood goalie Anderson Moore, who recently committed to Georgetown.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Some highlights from fall practices with the Yale women’s lacrosse team.
Putting in the work #ThisIsYale | #YaleLacrosse pic.twitter.com/Iyi45mCJGf
— Yale Women's Lacrosse (@YaleWLacrosse) September 29, 2021