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

1. The U.S. U19 women’s national team arrived Monday in Evanston, Ill., for a three-day training camp at Northwestern.

 

 

 

 

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The U.S. U19 team has arrived at Northwestern for training camp⁣ ⁣ Only days left until the 2019 World Championship ⁣ ⁣ #OnTheRise

A post shared by U.S. Women’s National Team (@usa_wlax) on Jul 8, 2019 at 3:06pm PDT

Team USA, set to compete next month in the World Lacrosse Women’s U19 World Championship in Peterborough, Ontario, features the most geographically diverse roster in U.S. national team history.

2. The coaching carousel just keeps spinning. Bellarmine announced longtime Fairfield assistant Andrew Whitley as its new men’s lacrosse coach, while Lafayette poached reigning MAAC Coach of the Year Katie McConnell from Manhattan to lead its women’s lacrosse program. Both announcements were made Monday.

Inside Lacrosse reported over the weekend that Navy men’s lacrosse assistant Ryan Wellner is set to take the defensive coordinator position vacated by Gerry Byrne at Notre Dame, while Denver assistant John Orsen will reunite with Joe Amplo at Navy. IL had previously reported that Ohio State assistant Brad Ross would become the offensive coordinator at Navy.

College Crosse had more coaching news Monday, reporting that new Stony Brook coach Anthony Gilardi will hire Mike Chanenchuk (Sacred Heart) and J.P. Brazel (Hofstra) as his coordinators and that Byrne intends bring Neil Hutchinson (Notre Dame) and Will Corrigan (Washington and Lee) on board in Cambridge.

Also on Monday, Youngstown State, set to debut its Division I women’s lacrosse program in 2021, announced that Virginia Commonwealth assistant Theresa Walton will be its first-ever head coach.

3. The National Lacrosse League announced Monday that it has signed commissioner Nick Sakiewicz to a contract extension that will keep the NLL boss in his current capacity at least through the 2022 season.

A press release on the league’s website touted Sakiewicz’s accomplishments since taking over in 2016,  including inking a media rights partnership with Turner Sports and Bleacher Report Live, increasing ticket sales, adding four new owners and teams and aligning the NLL with major brands.

4. St. Anthony’s (N.Y.) sensation Brennan O’Neill and Ridgewood (N.J.) star Jackie Wolak have been named national high school players of the year.

WHAT WE’RE READING

• MLL and PLL Week 6 notebooks.

• The Atlanta Blaze and Liam Byrnes are bringing professional lacrosse into the heart of the city.

• How technology is rewriting the social sports playbook, a SportTechie article on the PLL’s innovative approach to social media.

• MLL commissioner Sandy Brown talks growing the game with Sports Business Journal.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

U.S. U19 women’s team coach Kelly Amonte Hiller, whose last game as a Hall of Fame player was a loss to Australia in the 2005 World Cup final, says she has unfinished business.

“Why I’m Here”@USAWLax U19 Head Coach, Kelly Amonte-Hiller #OnTheRise pic.twitter.com/BfwPFerAWr

— U.S. Women's National Team (@USAWLax) July 8, 2019

WHAT’S ON TAP

MLL will announce its 2019 All-Stars today, as voted on by fans.

After 10s of thousands of votes, the fans have spoken‼️
Players will be announced tomorrow... pic.twitter.com/xi9JONmDUi

— Major League Lacrosse (@MLL_Lacrosse) July 8, 2019

The PLL All-Star Game Draft will air at 11 a.m. EST on YouTube, with captains and top vote-getters Matt Rambo and Trevor Baptiste making their selections in a show hosted by Ryan Boyle.

TOMORROW.

PLL All-Star Game Draft.

Host: @Ryan_Boyle14
Captains: @rattmambo @trevorbaptiste9

11 AM EST: https://t.co/OvEFCW2gVC pic.twitter.com/g6Mm4ccxy0

— Premier Lacrosse League (@PremierLacrosse) July 9, 2019

The NLL Expansion Draft is at 12 p.m. EST, as the New York Riptide and Rochester Knighthawks version 2.0 will form the foundation of their rosters. The expansion draft will be shown on the NLL’s social media channels and on NLL.com.

TOMORROW @ 12pm ET!

The NLL Expansion Draft Selection Show is LIVE on #NLL Facebook, Twitter and https://t.co/L9rmDCJ8Q6! Join the conversation using #NLLExpansion pic.twitter.com/njM9QBq9nI

— NLL (@NLL) July 8, 2019

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