Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. Playing its first game in 45 days due to a COVID-19 pause of activities on the Marist campus, the school’s men’s lacrosse team beat Quinnipiac 14-9 behind five points from Jojo Pirreca and 14 saves from Logan Covey. They also had a sweet highlight goal with Jamison Embury throwing a behind-the-back pass to his brother, Hunter, who finished to give the Red Foxes their first lead of the night.
Embury Embury.
— Chris Jastrzembski (@Chris_Jast) April 20, 2021
Yeah this is going on #SCTop10 tonight @Marist_MensLax @EBJunkies @Coach_Wilks @dave_scarcello pic.twitter.com/5pt8rn5GdQ
Earlier in the day, the Marist women returned to the field for the first time since March 12 and fell to Siena 17-11.
2. The ESPN trio Anish, Carc and Quint hosted another episode of Yard Sale on the US Lacrosse YouTube channel last night. Among the topics: the difficulty of naming plays with Maryland assistant coach Bobby Benson, a look at Syracuse’s NCAA chances and the great news out of the Loyola Blakefield program.
Thanks for watching another week of “Yard Sale.”
— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) April 21, 2021
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3. The delayed, and limited, Ivy League schedules will have us seeing some unusual matchups this season. Penn will travel to Division III power Cabrini in men’s lacrosse on Friday evening while Dartmouth’s men’s team will play teams from Division II and III, hosting Tufts on Sunday and then playing at St. Anselm next Tuesday.
4. Syracuse’s leading goal scorer, Chase Scanlan, has been suspended indefinitely from the school’s men’s lacrosse program.
5. The looming conference tournaments in women’s collegiate lacrosse will be some of the best action we’ve seen all season, writes Taylor Cummings.
6. St. Paul’s (Md.) has entered the top 10 of the Nike/US Lacrosse High School Girls’ National Top 25.
7. McDonogh (Md.) has risen to No. 3 in the Nike/US Lacrosse High School Boys’ National Top 25.
WHAT WE’RE READING
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Stanford’s Ali Baiocco had half of her team’s goals, including the game-tying and winning goals, in a 16-15 win over Stanford. She finished the week with 12 goals and four assists in two wins to earn US Lacrosse Player of the Week honors.
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James Reilly went 16 of 24 on faceoffs to key a big win for Georgetown over Denver in men’s lacrosse. He’s the US Lacrosse Player of the Week.
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The Patriot League is expected to expand its men’s and women’s lacrosse tournaments to six teams.
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Syracuse’s sixth-year senior Morgan Alexander is sharing the lessons she’s learned from battling injuries to help others.
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New Jersey high school lacrosse players Anton and Christian Update are inspired for 2021 to honor their late father.
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Jessica Evans is the new general counsel and senior vice president of lacrosse operations for the Premier Lacrosse League.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
The NCAA shares the inspirational story of former UMass-Lowell women’s lacrosse player Noelle Lambert and her Born to Run Foundation.
After losing her leg in an accident, former @RiverHawkWLax player Noelle Lambert started @TheBornToRunFo1, which donates specialized prosthetics to young adults and children. #LLAM pic.twitter.com/zi56xzh89L
— NCAA (@NCAA) April 20, 2021
WHAT’S ON TAP
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U.S. gold medalist and current PLL star Jordan Wolf is the guest this week on "Overtime" with Paul Carcaterra.
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Notre Dame looks to snap its three-game losing streak in women’s lacrosse when it hosts Virginia Tech today for a noon matinee on ACC Network Extra.