Dialed In: Your Lacrosse Fix for Monday, Feb. 6

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

1.  And so it begins.

The 2023 NCAA lacrosse season opened this weekend. Of the seven men’s teams in the Nike/USA Lacrosse Top in action this weekend, six of them were victorious, but Johns Hopkins went on the road and upset No. 18 Jacksonville 12-7. Check out what happened in our new weekly column, The Post-Week Tailgate.

2. Ted Lasso and poetry is a beautiful thing.

A thread to fully appreciate the season.

LACROSSE. IS. BACK,

We’ve missed you, @NCAALAX.

To celebrate the occasion, reply with your favorite team and we’ll send you a personalized poem about the 2023 season. pic.twitter.com/764ypDK4o0

— USA Lacrosse Magazine (@USALacrosseMag) February 4, 2023

3. Bandits on top.

Buffalo moved a half-game ahead of Rochester in the National Lacrosse League East with a 13-10 win over the Knighthawks on Saturday. Dhane Smith had a monster 10-point game for the Bandits, scoring four goals while adding six assists.

Buffalo also paid tribute to a local fixture in the Western New York lacrosse community – Pat Lally, a longtime supporter of the sport who died in January.

4. Celebrating Black History Month

Former Cornell player Melinda Vaughn Wright went on to coach at Howard, reconnecting her to the game. She now serves on the board of Harlem Lacrosse.

5. PDX Marks the Spot

USA Lacrosse is headed to Portland, Oregon later this month for its Ignite the Future series. The area is already producing elite level talent.

6. Brian Holman is headed to the Cannons LC.

The Lacrosse Network reported that former Utah head coach Brian Holman is headed to the Premier Lacrosse League as the Cannons LC new head coach.

SOURCES: @PLLCannons have found their new Head Coach — Brian Holman is next in line to take the helm

Holman was the inaugural HC for @UtahLacrosse; and won a national championship with @UNCMensLacrosse in 2016 pic.twitter.com/j3G5ct6okq

— TLN (@LacrosseNetwork) February 5, 2023

WHAT WE’RE READING

• A tremendous read from The Athletic if you have a subscription – former high school lacrosse player KJ Adams is having a breakout basketball season for Kansas, all while his mother, Yvonne, is battling cancer.

• Penn State honors the past and present with the awarding of two special jersey numbers for the 2023 men’s lacrosse team.

• Hannah Kent will be the first women’s player from Nova Scotia to play NCAA Division I lacrosse when Niagara opens its season this week.

• Lafayette has extended the contract of women’s lacrosse coach Katie McConnell and men’s lacrosse coach Pat Myers through the 2026 season.

• Lacrosse in Saudi Arabia is starting to gain in popularity.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Nine saves are good, but this one is great. Henry Vogt helped lead Merrimack to a 10-7 win over Hofstra on Sunday.

Save of the Year is already wrapped up this season and it’s only February 5th. Henry Vogt shuts it down. Roll Mack. @MerrimackMLAX pic.twitter.com/0KLU9zglEw

— Jordie (@jordiebarstool) February 5, 2023

WHAT’S ON TAP

• We’ll have our first update to the Nike/USA Lacrosse Division I rankings later today and we’ll reveal the cover for the February print edition of USA Lacrosse Magazine.

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