Dialed In: Your Lacrosse Fix for Monday, Dec. 11

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

1. Albany takes control in the NLL.

Albany followed up a season-opening victory over Las Vegas last weekend with a 17-13 win over reigning champion Buffalo to take the early pole position in the National Lacrosse League with a 2-0 record. Alex Simmons had five goals and three assists for the FireWolves.

Georgia, Las Vegas, Rochester, San Diego and Toronto were also winners this weekend. Vegas’ victory came on Zack Greer’s OT goal.
 

ZACK GREER ICES IT IN OT FOR LAS VEGAS!

The Desert Dogs take the game 11-10 over Panther City. pic.twitter.com/uFtCDuLiGG

— NLL (@NLL) December 10, 2023

2. A new home for the Terps.

Maryland unveiled a first look at its new home for its women’s lacrosse program at the Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex. The expanded facility has a new locker room, a revamped sports medicine area, a Hall of Champions, a new fan entrance and coaches and meeting space on the second-floor addition.
 

A championship facility. Welcome to The Plex. pic.twitter.com/oN1MCiEeef

— Maryland Women's Lacrosse (@MarylandWLax) December 8, 2023

3. Beyond the lacrosse field.

It was a notable weekend for some lacrosse people off the field. Navy’s two-sport Xavier Arline started at quarterback for Navy in the historic football rivalry game against Army. Army won the game 17-11. Arline, who twice topped 100 yards rushing in the rivalry now turns his focus to lacrosse where he had 33 points for the Midshipmen last season.

On the basketball court, former high school lacrosse player K.J. Adams had 17 points and five assists in Kansas’ rivalry win over Missouri, highlighted by this blocked shot.

Needed to see another angle of this one #LevelUp x @kj_atx pic.twitter.com/qGeKg0q4cI

— Kansas Men’s Basketball (@KUHoops) December 10, 2023

And back to the football field, CBS’s Evan Washburn, a former Delaware lacrosse star, interviewed another Delaware grad, Joe Flacco, after the latter's unlikely comeback from being on the couch a few weeks ago to leading the Browns to a victory in the heat of a playoff race.

Three weeks ago Joe Flacco was watching football at his mom's house @EvanWashburn asks Flacco what it feels like to be back out there competing for the @Browns pic.twitter.com/pwFccuQcHR

— NFL on CBS (@NFLonCBS) December 10, 2023

WHAT WE’RE READING

• The San Diego Union-Tribune on Trevor Baptiste – who won a gold medal with the U.S. men's team over the summer in San Diego now coming to the city’s NLL franchise.
• Faceoff discussions were on the docket from the IMCLA convention in Florida last week. Inside Lacrosse’s Kevin Brown with an update.
• USA Lacrosse is launching a pair of series with virtual training for coaches and officials. The coaches' series, a 12-week slate, begins on January 10. The officials' series begins tonight.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Lyle Thompson with a four-goal night to help Georgia open the NLL season in the winner’s column.

It's a bird
It's a plane
It's Lyle Thompson... Again!

His 4th of the game for the @GeorgiaSwarmLAX pic.twitter.com/EpzyckS1YK

— NLL (@NLL) December 10, 2023

WHAT’S ON TAP

• Our Best of Lacrosse voting continues today with the Best Team Celly.

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