Dialed In: Your Lacrosse Fix for Monday, Feb. 20

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

1. The Ivy League flexes again.

A year after it sent six teams to the NCAA men’s tournament, the Ivy League started 2023 off with a strong start. Penn knocked off Georgetown in a Top 10 matchup, while Cornell, Princeton and Yale all picked up solid wins. The Post-Week Tailgate looks at the week in men’s lacrosse.

2. Orange Crush.The Syracuse women continued their hot start to 2023, beating rival Maryland 20-11 behind an 11-point day from Meaghan Tyrrell to improve to 2-0. The Sunday Slide looks back on more from the women’s lacrosse action over the weekend.

3. The Greyhounds are running.

Loyola has opened the men’s lacrosse season with wins over reigning NCAA champion Maryland and archrival Johns Hopkins. What’s going on with the Greyhounds?

4. Northwestern wins battle of the stars.

There was plenty of starpower – new and old – in Evanston, Illinois on Sunday as Northwestern edged Boston College 15-14 in a thriller. Charlotte Varnes won onsite for coverage.
 

MOLLY LALIBERTY WITH THE GAME-WINNING SAVE.

A legendary moment to give @NULax the 15-14 win over @BCwlax in a CLASSIC. pic.twitter.com/jU7vz5cLFp

— USA Lacrosse Magazine (@USALacrosseMag) February 19, 2023

5. A milestone for the ages.

Salisbury head coach Jim Berkman won his 600^th game on Saturday as the Gulls beat Scranton 25-10. He is the first NCAA coach, men’s or women’s, to reach the milestone. He was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2013.

WIN NO. FOR JIM BERKMAN.

The @SalisburyMLAX reaches the milestone with a victory of Scranton. Another mark for an all-time great. pic.twitter.com/xaMlqJfyEh

— USA Lacrosse Magazine (@USALacrosseMag) February 18, 2023

WHAT WE’RE READING

• After a rough debut, Syracuse phenom Joey Spallina is settling in nicely and making an impact for the Orange.

• A pair of Long Island natives are looking to make their mark as first time head coaches – Manhattan’s  John Odierna and St. John’s Justin Turri.

• Temple great Nicole Ross Burris is getting reconnected to the sport after spending most of the last two decades in Canada.

• Shelley Klaes picked up her 200^th career win at James Madison, and 250^th overall, as the Dukes beat UConn 11-7 in a game played at USA Lacrosse’s Tierney Field.

• Former Lenoir-Rhyne player Alyssa Sack died last week. She played from 2017-2021, scoring more than 100 goals in her career. A GoFundMe account has been started for her one-year-old daughter Abigail.

• Jamaica will be host to the Pan-American Lacrosse Association (PALA) Sixes Cup from Nov. 9-11 in Kingston.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Joey Spallina had just one goal in Syracuse’s 15-12 loss to Maryland, but what a goal.

SPALLINA BTB MISSILE 

The @CuseMLAX phenom ripped that so quickly, Dolan couldn’t react.@TerpsMLax still leads 13-10. pic.twitter.com/xMthYd1yHK

— USA Lacrosse Magazine (@USALacrosseMag) February 18, 2023

Duke with a tribute to Maddie Jenner as she sets the NCAA Division I women’s lacrosse all-time draw control record.

Officially, the greatest of all time  pic.twitter.com/4hHvJpmdSN

— Duke Women's Lacrosse (@DukeWLAX) February 20, 2023

WHAT’S ON TAP

• How do the Nike / USA Lacrosse NCAA rankings shake out this week. We’ll start the reveal this morning.

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