Good morning. Here's the latest from the lacrosse world:
1. The pursuit of gold begins this morning.
More than three years since the first round of tryouts and after two postponements for the global pandemic, the 2022 World Lacrosse U19 Men’s World Championship is finally here. The U.S. plays Canada this morning at 7 a.m. (Eastern) on ESPN+ from Limerick, Ireland. Matt Hamilton is on the ground in Ireland with the latest from the team.
2. World Lacrosse launches campaign for Olympics.
World Lacrosse joined the global lacrosse community today in launching an integrated creative campaign that celebrates the origins of the game, along with its significant growth and ambitions to return to the Olympic Games.
Renewed. Reimagined. Remixed.
— USA Lacrosse (@USA_Lacrosse) August 9, 2022
This is LAX.
We're on a mission to be selected for the @LA28 Olympic Games. Join the movement by using #LAX28. pic.twitter.com/Bn8JCmv3c7
3. Teams 16-20 in the USA Lacrosse Magazine Way Early NCAA Division I rankings.
We continue our look at the upcoming college lacrosse season for our way-early rankings from Division I acrosse, including last year’s surprise men's team, Jacksonville, checking in at No. 16.
In women’s lacrosse, a pair of programs breaking in new head coaches — Princeton and Jacksonville — fall in the 16-20 range.
4. A 1-2 battle on the Athletes Unlimited leaderboard.
The two players atop the Athletes Unlimited leaderboard — Taylor Moreno and Sam Apuzzo — will square off against each other in the final game of the season on Sunday at USA Lacrosse headquarters. Here’s how this week’s draft went.
5. Lacrosse meets Wall Street.
Lacrosse and the financial industry have had strong connections for decades. The latest evidence is more than 50 former college lacrosse players now working together on J.P. Morgan’s trading floor in Manhattan.
WHAT WE’RE READING
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Fate Of a Sport, the documentary directed by Michael Doneger about the Rabil brothers working to launch the Premier Lacrosse League, will drop on ESPN+ on Aug. 29.
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Marie McCool chats with Just Women’s Sports about her busy summer of lacrosse, going from the world championship right into the Athletes Unlimited season.
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A memorable season of lacrosse for Marge Donovan concluded with her winning a silver medal at The World Games for the U.S. women’s Sixes team.
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Ed Lee of the Baltimore Sun on lacrosse’s Olympic aspirations.
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Greta Stahl, a gold-medal winner on the 2019 U.S. women’s U19 team, will join the Arizona State women’s lacrosse program as a graduate transfer from Northwestern.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Michael Sowers won gold with the U.S. men’s U19 team in 2016. Here’s his advice for the next crop of players.
@Michaelsowers22 recounts his Gold Medal experience in the 2016 U19 World Lacrosse Tournament and has a bit of advice for the @USAMLax U21 team who begin their play Wednesday in the @2022worldu21lax Championship.
— Lax Sports Network (@LaxSportsNet) August 9, 2022
See the FULL interview on https://t.co/RXh8Dz4Ecl tonight at 8ET. pic.twitter.com/aAtSuFq3C3
WHAT’S ON TAP
USA-Canada on ESPN+ this morning at 7 a.m. (Eastern), followed by a pair of games on Lax Sports Network.