Professional PLL
06:00 PM
Jul 19
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Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. Fifty players will try out for the 2021 U.S. women’s national team Dec. 4-6 at US Lacrosse headquarters in Sparks, Md. Head coach Jenny Levy and her staff announced the list Monday. It includes 10 players that won a gold medal in the 2017 world championship and two — Kristen Carr and Katie Haus — vying for a third go around with Team USA.
2. An article in the November edition of The Atlantic, “The Mad, Mad World of Niche Sports Among Ivy league Obsessed Parents,” continued to engender conversation in the lacrosse community. The article positions lacrosse alongside elitist sports such as fencing, rowing, squash and water polo as sports in which wealthy families invest an inordinate amount of money with the foolhardy hope that the investment will give them a ticket into prestigious universities. Among those quoted are US Lacrosse vice president of lacrosse operations Ann Kitt Carpenetti, Virginia men’s lacrosse coach Lars Tiffany and Inside Lacrosse CEO Terry Foy.
I don’t believe club is bad for the sport at all, they provide opportunities for players to continue growing and be seen by coaches. But I also think some are priced in ways that create barriers for many players who don’t have alternate options. https://t.co/DbS362kD07
— Official Lax Girl™ (@officiallaxgirl) October 19, 2020
A quick lesson for the “club lacrosse is bad for the sport” crowd
— Ryan Flanagan (@RyanFlanagan24) October 19, 2020
The sports governing body (@USLacrosse) runs a youth tournament. It costs $1,600/team. If I wanted send a team to this event, it would cost me about $500/player.
I have to pay for...
COLLEGE CROSSECAST Ep. 153: A Complete Analysis of the Greatest Article Ever Written https://t.co/UYsdt9lPz5 pic.twitter.com/wHvTZJSNuL
— College Crosse (@College_Crosse) October 19, 2020
3. Kris Alleyne, the Connecticut Hammerheads goalie who garnered attention over the summer as one of the MLL Four who stood at midfield during the national anthem before games, has been hired as an assistant coach at NJIT. The former Rutgers standout spent the last two seasons coaching in the same capacity at Canisius.
WHAT WE’RE READING
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Highlights from the World Lacrosse general assembly meeting, held virtually due to the pandemic.
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Ireland Lacrosse received the Musial Award for its selfless act of withdrawing from The World Games to make way for the Iroquois Nationals.
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Boston College men’s lacrosse is conducting a virtual 5K race in support of the Welles Remy Crowther Charitable Trust, which honors the memory of the late Welles Crowther aka The Man in the Red Bandanna. Crowther, a former BC lacrosse player, is credited with ushering more than 10 people to safety during the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center.
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About Jack Schofield, the former two-time All-American goalie at Maryland who died Oct. 15. Schofield, 77, had long been in declining health and suffered from dementia.
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A fun Inside Lacrosse article on the origins of the Duke Outdoor Lacrosse League, a player-operated intra-squad competition that has brought both levity and opportunity to the Blue Devils men’s lacrosse program this fall. It’s Week 3, for those keeping score at home.
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How the PLL Championship Series bubble in Utah recharged Michigan assistant and Chrome midfielder Justin Turri.
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The Lantern profiled Florida twins Regan and Riley Alexander, who are freshmen on the Ohio State women’s lacrosse team.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Highlights from Angie Benson’s breakthrough season at Virginia Tech. Benson, featured in the September/October edition of US Lacrosse Magazine, is one of six goalies who were invited to U.S. team tryouts.
Seems like a good time to bring back @shmangieee’s highlights from the 2020 szn
— Virginia Tech Lacrosse (@HokiesLax) October 19, 2020
Good luck https://t.co/6x3PB6M5J0 pic.twitter.com/XipWqddWfa
WHAT’S ON TAP
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A week of Instagram takeovers continues as we hand the @USLacrosseMag keys to the Temple women’s lacrosse team.