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

1. More sad news from the lacrosse wold continues to impact lives. As we wrote about yesterday, Furman student assistant coach Jackson Roberts died in a motorcycle accident on Friday. On Saturday, Colorado senior attacker Julia Sarcona died in single-vehicle automobile crash. On Monday, former Cortland All-American and West Genesee (N.Y.) coach Joseph Adams lost a battle with brain cancer. Also, on Sunday night, Nassau Community College assistant coach Tom Brazel, the father of Hofstra assistant J.P. Brazel, died after a series of heart attacks he suffered while battling pneumonia.

 

It is with extreme sadness that I announce the passing of one of our Assistant Coaches Tom Brazel. . . Anyone who knew Coach Brazz, knew about his passion for the game and impacting kids lives. He was the first one at everything, and the last one to leave. Tom was extremely dedicated to the Nassau Lacrosse F.A.M.I.L.Y and the entire lacrosse community. He was also the best story teller, and one of the funniest human beings I have ever met. His one liners truly go unmatched. He was a true Nassau guy through and through. It was a privilege and an honor to work with this man, and I know he will be missed by everyone that came across his path. Tom, we love you and you will be dearly missed. . . Our thoughts and prayers are with JP, Katie and the rest of the Brazel family during this very challenging time. . . “I don’t care if your 8 or 80 years old if your not on the wall working on your game, get off the field.“ Tom Brazel.......Words to live by. . #NassauGuy #legend #516 #strongisland #nassau #lion

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2. Former Syracuse star Liam Banks is new coach of the Atlanta Blaze, taking over from Dave Huntley, who died unexpectedly last month. Banks now lives in Atlanta and has played a major role in helping to develop lacrosse in the state.

3. Following back-to-back NCAA tournament trips for the first time in 15 years, Cornell has a veteran cast back to make a third straight run at the postseason in women's lacrosse.

4. This quote says it all as Army looks ahead to 2018: “What can be better motivation for offseason training than being abandoned by the NCAA playoff selection committee?”

5. US Lacrosse has published its annual rules interpretation videos for boys and girls lacrosse at the high school and youth levels.

6. An early season roster switch has flipped Toronto’s season around as the Rock have posted three straight wins.

7. The New England Black Wolves have reversed fortunes from a year ago. After starting last season 0-3, New England is off to a 3-1 start this season and lead the NLL East. This and more from Neil Stevens’ NLL Notebook.

WHAT WE’RE READING

• A look inside Kyle Harrison’s trip to Hong Kong to help grow the sport.

• The Baltimore Sun previews the 2018 America East season.

• Obviously, one of the big players in the America East will be Albany, which has sky-high expectations and aspirations in 2018. Matt Kinner of Inside Lacrosse with a profile of Albanys’ Connor Fields.

• When’s the last time you read about single-game tickets going on sale for a college lacrosse team? Pretty amazing stuff at the University of Denver, which has sold out 23 straight home games.

• Louisville, whose roster was ravaged by offseason defections that helped lead to a coaching change, announced the addition of four new transfers that will be eligible in 2018, including two from new head coach Scott Teeter’s former school, Canisius.

• A near-death fall has Trevor Hickman on the sidelines as a student assistant coach for St. John's Catholic Prep (Md.) this season, but he's making remarkable progress.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

These look pretty legit. Can’t wait to see the rest of it.

Sneak Preview of this week’s gear reveal on NDLacrosse Instagram#NDLXP pic.twitter.com/8uICnTUUCT

— Notre Dame Lacrosse (@NDlacrosse) January 15, 2018

WHAT’S ON TAP

• The 2018 schedule for Tierney Field at US Lacrosse will be announced.

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