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

1. USA Lacrosse opened its first training event for Sixes yesterday in Sparks (Md.). More than 40 of the nation’s top men’s and women’s lacrosse players will take part in the training camp, which will include a public exhibition today during the USA Lacrosse Youth Nationals in Frederica, Del.

More info on the training event and the Sixes discipline here.

2. Meg Decker was named Xavier’s inaugural head women’s lacrosse coach.

No stranger to when it comes to building collegiate women’s lacrosse programs, Decker started the program at Hartford. She did the same at Virginia Commonwealth University as an assistant coach and was a student-athlete on the inaugural women’s lacrosse team at the United States Naval Academy. 

Full release on the hiring here.

3. This week, USA Lacrosse will highlight its Regional High School Players of the Year.

First up yesterday was the Northeast region. Andrew McAdorey, the St. Anthony’s Duke-bound midfielder who was also the USA Lacrosse National Player of the Year, and Stanford-bound Maddigan Miller, who might be the best player to ever compete for the Bayport-Blue Point (N.Y.) program, earned the distinction.

McAdorey | Miller

4. A couple of top D-I women’s lacrosse teams filled out their staffs.

  • Former Army associate head coach Shannon Gilroy rejoined Kristen Skiera in Blacksburg. Gilroy, who worked the past five years with Skiera at West Point, will hold the same title with the Hokies.

  • Penn State and Missy Doherty announced the addition of Nicole Grote as an assistant coach and offensive coordinator for the Nittany Lions. Grote most recently was the offensive coordinator at LaSalle for the past two seasons.

  • Lindsey Munday hired Lauren Gunning to join USC as an assistant coach. Gunning was previously the associate head coach and offensive coordinator at UCONN, her alma mater, from 2015 to 2021.

  • Old Dominion brought in Cincinnati great Monica Borzillo as an assistant.

WHAT WE’RE READING

  • USA Lacrosse Magazine Digital Content Editor Kenny DeJohn talked with Stephanie Ellison-Johnson, Clemson’s senior associate athletic director and senior woman administrator, about how the university hopes to "find lightning in a bottle" with its women’s lacrosse coaching hire.

  • JD Colarusso’s first career PLL start and win as the goalie for Atlas LC headlines Jack Goods’ notebook from the weekend in Minnesota.

  • Century High junior Erik Harrell’s dominance at the faceoff X helped Century to the program’s first county championship this spring and earned Harrell Carroll County Times boys lacrosse player of the year honors.

  • Five Recruiting Mistakes Lacrosse Players Must Avoid according to Lacrosse All Stars.

  • Best friends and former teammates Brian Farrell and Brian Phipps were named Varsity Sports Network’s Co-Coaches of the Year. Farrell and Phipps, who played together at Maryland, met in the MIAA Championship this spring.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

A quick look at the up-tempo style of play in Sixes we should come to expect.

Marroculous

WHAT’S ON TAP

  • Stay tuned for more coverage of the Sixes event in Frederica, Delaware.

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