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

1. Tuesdays have become notorious for Top 20 teams getting upset in men’s lacrosse. That didn’t happen last night with No. 3 Maryland beating Colgate 11-6 and No. 14 Army beating Marist 10-4, but there was still some drama.

In Ann Arbor, Drexel, coming off an overtime loss to High Point, beat Michigan 17-16 in double overtime as Cam Harris went coast-to-coast for the game-winner.

Boston University’s sensational sophomore Chris Gray also kept doing Chris Gray things. He had nine points (5g, 4a) for the second straight game, leading the Terriers to a 16-11 win over Sacred Heart. After notching a BU record 71 points as a freshman, he already has 27 points in just four games this season.

2. The latest Overtime with Paul Carcaterra podcast dropped yesterday, and it’s a great one. Lyle Thompson, one of the most dynamic personalities in the game, joined Carc and talked about a wide range of topics, including the incident at the Philadelphia Wings game in January.

3. For the third straight season, Johns Hopkins beat Loyola in women’s lacrosse. Now the Blue Jays enter the Nike/US Lacrosse Top 20 and are getting ready for a big test with Penn coming to Homewood Field. An update on the Blue Jays and more in Jeremy Fallis’ weekly women’s notebook.

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4. Phil Goss said he was told during the recruiting process that he wasn’t good enough to play in the Ivy League. All he did was lead the nation in saves per game as a freshman and then earn All-Ivy League honors last year. He’s our “Give & Go” for the month of February.

5. Some of the NLL teams have passed the halfway point, but the championship picture isn’t any clearer. The West has a three-way tie at the top and the East has Buffalo and Toronto locked in a tight battle. Jack Goods’ weekly notebook.

6. US Lacrosse has announced the selection process for the 2020 U.S. Men's U19 team, which will compete for a world title in Ireland.

WHAT WE’RE READING

• Wheaton College goalie Alex Chu continues to gain attention, but he’d rather just be on the field. Chu hasn’t been able to find a helmet that fits him, but help may be on the way from Warrior. The latest from the New York Post.

• Onondaga Community College, under new head coach Eric Miccio, tops the National Junior College Athletic Association men’s preseason poll.

• Joe Spallina drops a football analogy when looking at what the next wave of stars can bring to Stony Brook.

• Homegrown star Brennan Dwyer is making a big impact for Northwestern.

• The Florida Launch caught up with former Adelphi and Stony Brook star Demianne Cook as part of its Black History Month series.

• Peter Dearth came to Syracuse as on offensive midfielder, but now he’s a punishing defensive middie for the Orange.

• The Daily Pennsylvanian looks at the Ivy League women's race.

• The University of Chicago is set to begin its inaugural varsity season.

WHAT WE'RE WATCHING

The MLL players looked like they had a good time during their media day earlier this week.

He might not be coming back to lacrosse, but we do have coming up on an Overtime podcast with Paul Carcaterra next month.

A look back at Molly Garrett’s OT game-winner for Michigan over Dartmouth on Sunday, with a pretty mean stick toss to boot.

WHAT'S ON TAP

• There are close to 20 Division I women's games on the slate, including an intriguing battle in the Commonwealth, with No. 13 Virginia (2-0) visiting 2018 A-10 champion Richmond (1-0).

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