Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:

1. The PLL Top 50 players, as voted by the players, has moved into Top 10 territory with Trevor Baptiste (Atlas) at No. 5, Blaze Riorden (Chaos) at No. 6, Marcus Holman (Archers) at No. 7, Jordan Wolf (Chrome) at No. 8, Matt Dunn (Whipsnakes) at No. 9 and Matt Kavanagh (Redwoods) at No. 10.

The Final 5.

 5: @trevorbaptiste9

The Faceoff Athlete of the Year won a league-best 62.8% at the X. Baptiste was named an All-Star, an All-Star Captain and an All-Pro. #PLLTop50 pic.twitter.com/auw6EW4Hs8

— Premier Lacrosse League (@PremierLacrosse) December 11, 2019

2. Denver freshman and U.S. U19 training team member Alec Stathakis brings the thunder to the faceoff position. The Culver product was Inside Lacrosse’s No. 1 faceoff prospect in the class of 2019.

3. Sad news out of Philadelphia as LaSalle announced that junior Brittany Stevens died on Sunday at the age of 20. The Catonsville, Md., native started 12 games her first two years with the Explorers.

La Salle University announced Tuesday that women’s lacrosse player Brittany Stevens, a junior, died Sunday at age 20.

She had a passion for sports and service, donating her time to Habitat for Humanity for various projects.https://t.co/C4pN0KByxO pic.twitter.com/ANxled6qb8

— US Lacrosse Magazine (@USLacrosseMag) December 11, 2019

4. Behind-the-scenes access is one of the perks of working at US Lacrosse. Our magazine editor, Matt DaSilva, shares some of his favorite memories of working with the U.S. national teams.

WHAT WE’RE READING

• Former Duke star Josh Dionne latched on to some high-profile assistant positions with the women’s lacrosse programs at Navy and North Carolina, but is now making a mark as the head women’s lacrosse coach at Castleton State.

• World Lacrosse has hired Lindsay Impett as its director of special events.

• Sohen Gill, a hugely influential figure in Canadian lacrosse, died at the age of 78.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Yeah, I can do this too. (BTW, how cool that Beast works out in a gym that has his jersey framed!).

#NoOneCaresWorkHarder pic.twitter.com/FEbmhpIE8r

— Greg Gurenlian (@GregBeast32) December 10, 2019

If anyone thinks groundballs are boring, have them take a look at Joel White in action.

GROUND BALL KING.  @jwhite_11

Check out the smoothest GBs from the 46 Joel White racked up in 2019! pic.twitter.com/aPnD3AiWO8

— Premier Lacrosse League (@PremierLacrosse) December 10, 2019

WHAT’S ON TAP

• We're announcing the U.S. men's team roster for the Spring Premiere, taking place in San Antonio on Jan. 4-5.

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