Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. Athletes Unlimited held the draft last night for its inaugural slate of games coming up this weekend. Angie Benson, Meg Douty, Kylie Ohlmiller and Katie O’Donnell were the captains and made the selections for their respective teams. Taylor Cummings was the first overall pick.
The league also revealed its scoring system where individual players can rack up points.
@AUProSports scoring system
— USA Lacrosse Magazine (@USALacrosseMag) July 20, 2021
Week 1 draft happening now on Facebook Live: https://t.co/zWdwJn3TYo pic.twitter.com/snNMWeHEDI
2. Former U.S. gold medalist Alex Aust, who is slated to play in Athletes Unlimited this summer, found out she’s in this year’s Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition. Aust shared her story of empowerment with Lauren Merola.
— USA Lacrosse Magazine (@USALacrosseMag) July 20, 2021
Current @AUProSports, former @USAWLax and @MarylandWLax athlete Alex Aust is featured in the @SI_Swimsuit Issue that hits newsstands Thursday.
Her journey to empowerment https://t.co/MkJSPxWSWi
3. J.B. Clarke, who won a pair of NCAA Division II men’s lacrosse championships at Limestone, is headed to Tampa to replace Rory Whipple, who retired last month.
4. Wiemi Douoguih was an All-American at Washington and Lee. Now, he’s an orthopedic surgeon who worked with two of the biggest names in the profession — Dr. Frank Jobe and Dr. James Andrew. He shares his story in Life After Lax from our championship edition of the print magazine.
WHAT WE’RE READING
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Kristen Selvage, who went 58-38 in six seasons as the head coach at Coastal Carolina, has been relieved of her duties as head women’s lacrosse coach.
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U.S. team star Sam Apuzzo will replace Kayla Treanor as an assistant women’s lacrosse coach at Boston College. Apuzzo, the 2018 Tewaaraton winner while playing at BC, had been a grad assistant the last two years.
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The Upstate Collegiate Box Lacrosse League has named its championship trophy after St. Bonaventure men’s lacrosse coach Randy Mearns. A former pro lacrosse player, Mearns has also played and coached for Team Canada.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
This shot by Gage Vigar is flat out absurd. Amazing.
Good. Lord. @BCSportsTV @LacrosseNetwork
— Maki Jenner (@makijenner) July 20, 2021
Lucky to have coached this kid but can honestly say I did not teach him this one…. #lax #2025 pic.twitter.com/sXhRT5ThIM
Travis Eldridge chats with Michelle Tumolo about her new role as the head women’s lacrosse coach at Army.
“It is such an honor to be able to lead these incredible young women”
— Travis Eldridge (@tgeldrid) July 20, 2021
I caught up with new @ArmyWP_WLax coach @MTumolo35 last week.
This answer perfectly sums up the adjustment to coaching at a military academy. pic.twitter.com/ygI6nBtiul