Dialed In: Your Lacrosse Fix For Friday, April 14

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

1. It was a night of Big Ten upsets in women’s lacrosse.

Penn State picked up a huge conference win over Maryland at Panzer Stadium, getting four goals from Emma Kelly to down the Terps 12-7. The Nittany Lions led almost wire-to-wire and Brooke Hoss added a pair of late goals to push the home team ahead for good.

Elsewhere in the Big Ten, Ava Angello and Maeve Barker combined for 11 points to help Johns Hopkins upset Michigan 14-7 in Ann Arbor.

SCORES

No. 19 Penn State 12, No. 8 Maryland 7
Johns Hopkins 14, No. 14 Michigan 7

2. The Bill Tierney retirement tour continued with a win over Towson.

Denver battled with the Tigers throughout Thursday night’s game, as is customary in a matchup between those two teams. Ultimately. JJ Sillstrop’s five goals helped keep Denver in front for a 12-10 victory.

3. Tewaaraton Watch returns as races heat up.

On the men’s side, Notre Dame’s win over Duke helped Pat Kavanagh take the top spot this week. Click here for the full list.

On the women’s side, Izzy Scane continues to push her lead on the field, although plenty of challengers are making an impact. Click here for more.

4. Looking for the best gear to level up your game?

We’ve enlisted Lax.com for the third-annual edition of Pro Picks — a guide for players at all levels to the best-selling and highest-rated sticks on the market. Click here to see what’s hot.

WHAT WE’RE READING

• Brayden Brown didn’t know he broke a national record, but the Florida high school freshman’s 57 saves helped him win a seven-overtime game. Click here for his story.

• In this week’s “Taylor’s 10,” Taylor Cummings gives us the ABC’s of the 2023 women’s lacrosse season.

• In this week’s “Behind the Whistle,” the IWLCA checked in with multiple Division III coaches to hear why they love coaching at that level.

• We named our USA Lacrosse High School Boys’ and Girls’ Players of the Week.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Malik Sparrow is a monster. He singlehandedly got himself a clear.

MALIK SPARROW WOULD NOT BE DENIED THE CLEAR!!!!
And he draws an offside penalty.#GoPios pic.twitter.com/sHMPBvvAFB

— Denver Men’s Lacrosse (@DU_MLAX) April 13, 2023

Round of applause for the one-handed BTB.

DeMaio is TOO STRONG!! He delivers on the doorstep to get himself a hat trick!

- https://t.co/PfEjk3WSeC
- https://t.co/nPkMQr0E1r
- https://t.co/K0oruxjS0A#GohTigers #UnitedWeRoar | #NCAALax pic.twitter.com/LyttQX3eqE

— TU Men's Lacrosse (@Towson_MLAX) April 14, 2023

WHAT’S ON TAP

• A big weekend with conference matchups is ahead of us. Head to our TV Listings to see where you can watch.

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