Good Morning. Here's the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. Cornell men's lacrosse coach Matt Kerwick resigned Monday, with offensive coordinator Peter Milliman taking over as the interim coach through the 2018 season. Kerwick is one of only a handful of coaches to lead three different Division I teams (Hobart and Jacksonville being his previous stops) to NCAA tournaments. The Big Red, however, have had two consecutive losing seasons, the first time that has happened since the 1990s.
2. Bracket breakdowns featuring in-depth analysis and committee rationale of all six NCAA lacrosse tournaments — Division I, II and III men and women — came out Monday. Find them here:
3. The Nike/US Lacrosse college rankings come out today, a day later than usual to accommodate coverage of the NCAA tournament selections. These will be the last updates until after Memorial Day. If the media and coaches polls provide any indication, the Maryland men will be No. 1, matching their tournament seeding, with bumps for conference champs Monmouth, Air Force, Marquette and Yale. And look for Ivy League champ Princeton to rise on the women's side. In small college, there will be a new No. 1 in the Divisions II and III men's rankings after Merrimack and Bates, respectively, lost in their conference tournaments. Same for Division II women, with Lindenwood falling in the RMAC final.
Maverik/IL Media Polls
MD1 | WD1
USILA Polls
MD1 | MD2 | MD3
IWLCA Polls
WD1 | WD2 | WD3
4. The Toronto Rock and Colorado Mammoth advanced to NLL East and West Division finals, respectively, in similar fashion. Now both teams are riding a wave of confidence that could spell trouble for the Georgia Swarm and Saskatchewan Rush, respectively.
5. Chesapeake Bayhawks midfielder Myles Jones enjoyed his best game as a pro, leading the team to a 19-18 comeback win over the Boston Cannons that could loom large if another razor-thin playoff race materializes this year.