1. The NCAA Division I men's and women's lacrosse quarterfinals are set, and the buzz is palpable.

On the men's side, Duke plays third-seeded Ohio State and fifth-seeded Denver meets fourth-seeded Notre Dame in Hempstead, N.Y., on Saturday. Eighth-seeded Albany and top-seeded Maryland face off in a much-anticipated quarterfinal Sunday in Newark, Del., where Towson and second-seeded Syracuse also will vie for a chance to advance to the NCAA semifinals Memorial Day weekend in Foxborough, Mass.

Here's how they got here:

The women's quarterfinals will be played at campus sites. On Saturday, top-seeded Maryland hosts eighth-seeded Stony Brook, USC visits Boston College and Navy, the Cinderella story of the tournament so far, will travel to second-seeded North Carolina. Fourth-seeded Penn State hosts fifth-seeded Princeton on Sunday. The winners also will advance to Foxborough, as for the first time the NCAA Division I men's and women's championships will be held at the same site, Gillette Stadium.

Here's the updated women's bracket:

Our photographers captured the best of the first round.

2. US Lacrosse has selected 59 players to try out for the 2018 U.S. men's national team. The first round of tryouts will be held July 10-12 at the new U.S. national teams training center at US Lacrosse headquarters in Sparks, Md.

The star-studded list of mostly Major League Lacrosse standouts also includes two current collegians — NCAA quarterfinals opponents Sergio Perkovic of Notre Dame and Trevor Baptiste of Denver. Twenty of the 59 players have previous Team USA experience with the indoor, senior and/or U19 squads.

3. Cal's Max McKone and St. Thomas' Andrew Sotis won the Godekeraw Award, presented by US Lacrosse to the top scholar-athletes in each division of the MCLA.

McKone led MCLA Division I in goals (68) while also leading the Bears to the MCLA semifinals. He has a 3.76 GPA and mentors inner-city youth with the Oakland Lacrosse Club.

Sotis had 31 goals and 14 assists for the Tommies, who advanced to the MCLA Division II championship game. He spent the last two summers building housing and caring for orphaned HIV-positive children in Guatemala.

4. Navy's Julia Collins and Syracuse's Evan Molloy were named the Epoch/US Lacrosse Players of the Week for their starring roles in their teams' respective NCAA tournament first-round victories.

5. NLL-MLL crossover players Kevin Crowley and Curtis Dickson, among others, have made an instant impact upon their return to their pro field lacrosse franchises, writes Phil Shore. Speaking of the overlap between pro leagues, NLL commissioner Nick Sakiewicz and MLL commissioner David Gross will headline the Lacrosse Industry Summit on May 26 in Boston.

What We're Reading

• The Columbus Dispatch goes inside the defining Ben Randall-Pat Spencer matchup from Ohio State's 7-4 first-round win over Loyola. Randall's defensive performance, limiting the Tewaaraton finalist Spencer to just one goal on 1-for-6 shooting, is a big reason the Buckeyes advanced.

• The "Real Men Wear Pink" challenge, an MLL initiative to benefit the American Cancer Society and educate people about breast cancer, hits close to home with Atlanta Blaze faceoff man Anthony Kelly.

• The final waves of Under Armour high school boys' and girls' lacrosse All-Americans were announced Monday.

• Syracuse's NCAA tournament first-round win over Yale was John Desko's 500th as a player, assistant and head coach of the Orange. The Syracuse Post-Standard went inside the numbers and threw it back with some fantastic photography.

• The Comeback's dummies' guide to the 2017 NCAA lacrosse tournament.

• The IWLCA has established a Hall of Fame and will enshrine its inaugural class Nov. 16 in conjunction with the IWLCA convention in Orlando.

• Denver coach Bill Tierney will be just five miles from his childhood home when the Pioneers travel to Hempstead, N.Y., for an NCAA quarterfinal showdown with Notre Dame.

• State sanctioning of high school lacrosse comes into focus in Utah and Ohio.

• Rutgers coach Brian Brecht believes "the system's flawed," referring to NCAA tournament selection criteria. The Scarlet Knights were a notable omission for the second straight year.

What We're Watching

Who knew #DoTheJohnWall was a thing? It's a thing. Syracuse goalie Evan Molloy, following his terrific 15-save performance in the Orange's NCAA tournament first-round win over Yale, is going viral with his rendition.

That feeling when you're still playing lacrosse this week pic.twitter.com/WBZk97rveA

— Syracuse Lacrosse (@CuseMLAX) May 15, 2017

Staying with quirky goalies, Ohio Machine netminder Scott Rodgers, who served as a backup to Joey Kemp for three years at Notre Dame before getting his shot as a starter, says lifting weights gave him a positive outlet to vent his frustration.

And lastly, who doesn't love a good rusty gate? That's definitely a thing.

LSM Cory Berry took a page out of former Gull @Khartzell81 playbook this weekend with a nice rusty gate check on the sideline!! #GoGulls pic.twitter.com/kYiHOL9QHh

— Salisbury Lacrosse (@SalisburyMLAX) May 15, 2017

What's On Tap

• This week's Nike/US Lacrosse high school rankings, including National Top 25s and regional Top 10s for boys' and girls' lacrosse, come out today. Visit the rankings hub for updates.

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