Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. U.S. women’s national team tryouts June 9-11 at USA Lacrosse headquarters in Sparks, Md., will include a one-hour live stream on Lax Sports Network on Thursday, June 10, USA Lacrosse announced Tuesday. Sheehan Stanwick Burch and Kristen Kjellman Marshall will co-host the show. The tryouts will feature 63 of the nation’s top players — including 16 players and five coaches participating in NCAA championship weekend.
2. Taylor Cummings, who has been outspoken in recent months about the inequity in media coverage of women’s lacrosse compared to men’s lacrosse, wrote for USA Lacrosse Magazine about a missed opportunity during the NCAA quarterfinals and criticized on Twitter the 12 and 2 p.m. Eastern start times to Friday’s semifinals on ESPNU. Many fans vented their frustration in response to the tweet.
3. The eight Premier Lacrosse League teams — Archers, Atlas, Cannons, Chaos, Chrome, Redwoods, Waterdogs and Whipsnakes — announced their training camp rosters on Twitter. Players report Friday at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., although 10 of them who live in Canada were added to the “Unable to Travel” list due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.
4. Chaminade (N.Y.) is the new No. 1 teams in the Nike/USA Lacrosse High School Boys’ National Top 25.
5. St. Paul’s (Md.) ascended to the top spot in the Nike/USA Lacrosse High School Girls’ National Top 25.
6. Syracuse’s Emma Ward and Virginia’s Connor Shellenberger were named the USA Lacrosse Division I women’s and men’s players of the week, respectively.