Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. The National Lacrosse League pops the cork on the 2019-2020 season in just nine days. Our annual NLL preview started Tuesday with Jack Goods’ projections for each of the three divisions, as well as who will win MVP and other league honors.
2. The New York Riptide, one of two NLL expansion teams debuting this season, acquired veteran Andrew Suitor from the New England Black Wolves, the teams announced Tuesday.
The Riptide traded a conditional fourth-round selection in the 2022 NLL Entry Draft to the Black Wolves for Suitor, a former first-round pick and NLL Transition Player of the Year. “He fits the mold that we are building of a gritty locker room guy who fans on Long Island are going to really like,” head coach and general manager Regy Thorpe said.
3. See you at LaxCon (#SeeUatLaxCon)
The US Lacrosse Convention (Jan. 10-12 in Philadelphia) presenter roster is lining up nicely.
Excited to pull up to @USLacrosse #LaxCon2020! Excited for our panel, and hanging at the @PremierLacrosse & @STXmlax activations! pic.twitter.com/A7z583mIJL
— Kyle Harrison (@KyleHarrison18) November 19, 2019
Oh we are doing it again!!! #SeeUatLaxCon sign up today!!!! pic.twitter.com/qIb1euewI3
— Coach Xeni B-Y (@CoachXeniB) November 19, 2019
US Lacrosse Convention featuring MLL Champion Coach Burdick - get your registration at https://t.co/Pi6PFmqhKI #SeeUatLaxCon @uslacrosse @Inside_Lacrosse @FloridaLX @MLL_Lacrosse pic.twitter.com/ZcM9MrcD1L
— WebberMLax (@LaxWebber) November 19, 2019
WHAT WE’RE READING
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How the Lacrosse Athlete Development Model is fueling the pipeline of players in Austin, Texas.
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Kyle Harrison looks back on the inaugural Premier Lacrosse League season in a Q&A with STX.
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The IMLCA released the master schedule of the IMLCA Convention Dec. 4-6 in Baltimore, and it features a star-studded lineup of speakers.
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A Wilmington College (Ohio) men’s lacrosse player is currently paralyzed from the waist down after falling from a tree while hunting.
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Casey Rogers, a defensive lineman for the Nebraska football team, drops a lacrosse reference in this Q&A. Syracuse lacrosse fans are probably wondering what it would have been like to see the now 6-foot-4, 300-pound Rogers wielding a stick in the Carrier Dome. He’s the son of Orange assistant Lelan Rogers and had previously committed to Syracuse for lacrosse.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
No days off.
No days off (via @marietta_wlax / Instagram) pic.twitter.com/kSyQDiVFIH
— Lax Sports Network (@LaxSportsNet) November 19, 2019
College women’s lacrosse coaches breaking the ice before the IWLCA Convention in West Palm Beach, Fla.
First time attendee reception ice breaker demo. Classic. #IW2019AM pic.twitter.com/ZvTdjvKgW3
— IWLCA (@IWLCA) November 20, 2019
Slow-motion highlights from the PLL Select team’s exhibition against the Japanese All-Stars just outside of Tokyo — some elite lacrosse being played on the other side of the world.
Our pros headed to Japan to take on the Japanese All-Stars this Saturday just outside of Tokyo, Japan.
— Premier Lacrosse League (@PremierLacrosse) November 19, 2019
The slow-mo highlights are here! pic.twitter.com/JPhNoiYgM8
Loyola men’s lacrosse coach Charley Toomey is not inclined to challenge his former player and current Northwestern basketball starter Pat Spencer on the hardwood.
We had a chance to sit down with Coach Toomey to talk about Pat Spencer’s pivot back into basketball, here’s what we got #patspencer @NUMensBball @LoyolaMLAX pic.twitter.com/E7rQ28CtjF
— Corrigan Sports Lax (@CSELax) November 19, 2019
What happens in Ann Arbor in the wee hours of a frigid fall morning stays in Ann Arbor in the wee hours of a frigid fall morning.
#WearIt | #ToughGuyTuesday pic.twitter.com/uNiw2iRKh7
— Michigan Men's Lacrosse (@UMichLacrosse) November 19, 2019
WHAT’S ON TAP
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Jack Goods’ NLL preview continues with an in-depth look at the Buffalo Bandits.
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Our series of locally grown, grassroots lacrosse stories continues with a look at the growth of the sport in Telluride, Colo.