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

1. Tom Schreiber graced the cover of our January edition. Read about the many talents (and surprising modesty) of the Team USA midfielder, two-time MLL MVP and 2017 NLL Rookie of the Year.

“He’s the best player in the world right now, case closed,” says ESPN lacrosse analyst Paul Carcaterra.

His story dives into the best calendar year a pro player could ever have, spending roughly 40 weekends a year on the road, but also takes a look back at his youth playing days, reflecting with father and National Lacrosse Hall of Famer Doug Schreiber.

For the cover photo shoot, US Lacrosse Magazine met Tom Schreiber at his residence in Long Beach, N.Y., joined his father, Doug, at his childhood home in East Meadow, N.Y., and took to the field at the Mineola PAL complex for some shooting.

2. No. 14 Hofstra hopes to put its painful end to 2017 behind it after rising to No. 2 in the country only to fall to UMass in the CAA semifinals when the Minutemen scored on a 35-yard buzzer beater.

“It has to be used as a motivator,” Pride coach Seth Tierney said. “It’s disappointing the way it ended. We dug ourselves too big of a hole [against UMass], and that last play happened. Whether it should have been a goal or not, whatever it was, it happened.”

3. New faces in South Bend suggest a changing of the guard for No. 14 Notre Dame, which returns zero All-Americans for the first time in 14 years.

“We lost a lot of playmakers,” Irish coach Christine Halfpenny said. “But we have some kids who have been waiting for it to be their time.”

4. LaxCon returns to the Baltimore Convention Center this weekend. Take a look inside at the event, which will feature a new box arena and several first-time speakers, including Maryland championship coach John Tillman. 

5. US Lacrosse’s Tierney Field will host more than 30 high school and college games from February through June. Check out the full schedule for 2018.  

What We’re Reading

• Caitlin Kelley, US Lacrosse senior manager of the women’s game, takes a look at the gender gap in the sport, specifically male coaches in the women’s game.

• LaxCon attendees can work out at the Under Armour Performance Center free of charge with their event credential.

• The Baltimore Sun previews ACC men’s lacrosse for 2018.

• SB Nation hands out preseason awards for 2018 Big East women’s lacrosse.

• Casey Rogers, a US Lacrosse High School All-American who once verbally committed to play lacrosse at Syracuse, where his dad, Lelan, is an assistant, has changed his mind and made a verbal commitment to play football at Nebraska.

• The Southern Conference men’s lacrosse tournament will be hosted by Richmond this year, shift to High Point in 2019 and 2020 and return to Richmond in 2021.

• SUNY Adirondack will add men’s lacrosse starting in spring 2019 and will compete in the NJCAA Region III and the Mountain Valley Collegiate Conference.

• Fairfield High School (Ohio) will soon have an artificial turf for soccer and lacrosse.

What We’re Watching

Take a step back into lacrosse history. MLL released to Lax Sports Network footage of its Showcase Games from 2000, the year before the league launched. The first Showcase Game featured stars like Roy Colsey, John Gagliardi, John Grant, Jr., AJ Haugen, John Hess, Jesse Hubbard, Jay Jalbert, Sal LoCascio, Mark Millon, Ryan Powell and Casey Powell.

In 2000 @MLL_Lacrosse played a series of Showcase Games before the league launched in 2001, with rosters filled with Hall of Famers and all-time greats. You can now watch them On Demand at https://t.co/jvNXuFgjL1 pic.twitter.com/j6MAMrGv54

— Lax Sports Network (@LaxSportsNet) January 16, 2018

The Montana men’s club lacrosse team becomes the first U.S. team to play against the Mexican national team in Mexico. The Grizzlies leave today for their trip.

What’s On Tap

• Our college preview countdown continues today with No. 13 in both men’s and women’s Division I lacrosse.

• Later this week, the Georgia Swarm will be announcing a special halftime and postgame performer for Country Night on Feb. 17. US Lacrosse staff writer Matt Hamilton has one guess. What’s yours?

  MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT
  
  Stay tuned this week as we reveal the Halftime & Postgame Performer for Country Night on Feb. 17!
  
  Who do you think it will be??  pic.twitter.com/nqC3Sz3sIL

  — Georgia Swarm (@GeorgiaSwarmLAX) January 16, 2018

  We’re taking votes at @USLacrosse. This is definitely @ScottyMcCreery https://t.co/1920CcNiMm

  — Matt Hamilton (@Matthamilton92) January 16, 2018

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