Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. The Premier Lacrosse League held its college draft Monday at NBC Sports headquarters in Stamford, Conn., but mum’s the word until tonight, when the picks will be revealed on a network broadcast at 10 p.m. Pacific (1 a.m. Eastern) following its coverage of the NHL playoffs. Bone up with this primer by PLL writer and stats analyst Joe Keegan.
The league also announced Monday that its Week 11 games will be held at the University at Albany’s Casey Stadium.
2. Boston College just put the finishing touches on its second consecutive perfect regular season, is again ranked No. 1 in the Nike/US Lacrosse Division I Women’s Top 20 and will be the subject of a special video edition of “Overtime,” the podcast produced by US Lacrosse Magazine and hosted by ESPN analyst Paul Carcaterra.
3. College rankings dropped Monday, with new No. 1 teams taking over in Division III men’s and women’s lacrosse. RIT rose to the top spot in the Nike/US Lacrosse Division III Men’s Top 20, while Middlebury did the same in the Nike/US Lacrosse Division III Women’s Top 20. Here’s everything, including links to the media and coaches polls in the respective divisions.
4. Yale’s TD Ierlan and Virginia’s Maggie Jackson were named the Warrior/US Lacrosse Player of the Week and the Brine/US Lacrosse Player of the Week, respectively, for the top performances in Division I men’s and women’s lacrosse.
5. The Buffalo Bandits, who missed the National Lacrosse League playoffs last year, continued their remarkable turnaround by clinching the top seed in the postseason.