Professional PLL
06:00 PM
Jul 19
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Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. There’s a new No. 1 in women’s lacrosse. After Boston College’s loss to North Carolina in the ACC championship, Maryland takes over the top spot in the Nike/US Lacrosse Division I Women’s Top 20.
Catch the rest of the rankings as conference tournaments approach.
2. Johns Hopkins was a big mover in the men’s rankings, shooting up to No. 15 after downing Maryland at College Park. The Terps fell to No. 7 in the Nike/US Lacrosse Division I Men’s Top 20. Penn is also a riser in the rankings.
Here are the rest of the men's rankings:
3. Cue the coaching carousel.
Delaware announced Monday night that it parted ways with women's lacrosse coach Kateri Linville, who led the Blue Hens for nine seasons. Linville finishes her Delaware career with a 79-75 record after going 7-10 on the 2019 season.
4. If we sound like a broken record, it's because TD Ierlan keeps breaking NCAA records.
Yale’s faceoff star won the Warrior/US Lacrosse Player of the Week award last week, and followed with an NCAA single-game record 26-for-26 performance against Harvard on Saturday.
As a result, he’s a back-to-back Player of the Week nominee.
5. Samantha Mehalick had a game she’ll never forget on Saturday. She dropped 11 goals, including a free position game-winner with 17 seconds left, to boost Marist to the 15-14 victory over Manhattan in the MAAC quarters.
Her total was one shy of an NCAA-record 12 goals in a game. It was a performance worthy of Brine/US Lacrosse Player of the Week honors.
6. The Premier Lacrosse League has its teams set. The schedule is full. Next up? The jersey reveal. The league dropped each jersey design, created by Adidas.
The jerseys have arrived. @adidas pic.twitter.com/R3cZDCWks7
— Premier Lacrosse League (@PremierLacrosse) April 29, 2019
WHAT WE’RE READING
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U.S. U19 training team member Caitlyn Wurzburger scored seven goals to lead American Heritage-Delray to the regional win over Pine Crest.
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The NLL playoffs are almost upon us. After Saskatchewan wrapped up the top seed in the West last weekend, we have the full playoff picture. Get a refresher on last weekend’s action in the NLL Notebook.
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Hofstra women’s lacrosse enters its first CAA tournament since 2015 confident it can succeed.
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Pat Spencer was named Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year for the fourth time, becoming the first to accomplish that feat on four occasions.
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Rapid Reaction: Tampa makes SSC history and UNC wins its fourth straight ACC title.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Loyola women’s lacrosse reads “Letters from Home” and it’s, let’s just say, a tearjerker.
Season 4 of The Drive centers on The Woodlands (Texas).
ARRIVED: Season 4 of Drive: Undeniable is now live! Episode one follows 2018 Texas State Champion, The Woodlands.#PresentedByUnderArmour @UALacrosse pic.twitter.com/Qtk0xswbjh
— TLN (@LacrosseNetwork) April 29, 2019
WHAT’S ON TAP
TUESDAY.
— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) April 25, 2019
Could @ChrisHogan_15 one day join @PremierLacrosse?
Catch the answer when the @Panthers wide receiver and former @PennStateMLAX star joins @paulcarcaterra on Overtime Season Episode pic.twitter.com/nyxiPgECNt
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Get ready. Chris Hogan, the NFL wide receiver and former Penn State lacrosse player, is featured on Season 2 Episode 2 of Overtime. In fact, you can go listen to it now.
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Want Bracketology? Our men's Division I projected bracket will be out later today.
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See the full TV/streaming listings for the weekend here.
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