Dialed In: Your Lacrosse Fix for Monday, Jan. 16

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

1.  It’s LaxCon Week.

The sport’s largest educational gathering kicks off on Friday at the Baltimore Convention Center. Nearly 100 jam-packed sessions for coaches and officials over three days and a one-day FanFest for players, parents and fans of the game. There’s still time to save with advance registration or FanFest tickets.

2. One of the best starts his next chapter.

Scott Ratliff, a 10-year professional veteran and a key cog in Loyola’s 2012 NCAA championship team, announced his retirement from the sport as a professional player

3. One unbeaten left in the NLL.

Rochester continued its surprising start, improving to 5-0 after beating New York 11-9 yesterday. Connor Fields had four goals in the win. Out west, San Diego suffered its first defeat of the season, losing a 19-16 shootout to Vancouver on Saturday night. Keegan Ball, Shawn Evans and Mitch Jones all had eight-point nights for Vancouver.

4. The best does her talking on the field.

Meaghan Tyrrell may be unassuming, but her star is rising. The Syracuse attacker is the USA Lacrosse Magazine Preseason Player of the Year.

5. A pair of Sweet 16 teams.

The USC women and Boston University men are No. 16 in the Nike/USA Lacrosse NCAA Division I preseason rankings.

6. The MVP with an MVP moment.

Taylor Cummings, MVP of last summer’s World Lacrosse Women’s Championship, was out west last week doing a series of clinics. Another former national teamer, Kyle Harrison, shared this epic picture from the trip.

The shot of the night out west. @tcummings_21 the . pic.twitter.com/NqBTcPVPrW

— Kyle M. Harrison (@KyleHarrison18) January 14, 2023

WHAT WE’RE READING

• A very powerful read from Longwood commit Lily Parker and her battle with an eating disorder and how lacrosse eventually helped the Texas native move forward.

• Emerson Clark, who spent seven years playing minor league hockey, scored his first NLL goal last week.

• Tom Schreiber accepts, but doesn’t embrace the “Captain America” label put on him by his NLL squad in Toronto.

• Denver 7 ABC with a look at Bill Tierney’s career beyond the field.

• Dayana Allen is set to continue her lacrosse career at Howard.

• The Salem (Va.) Mayhem made their home debut in the Professional Box Lacrosse Association this weekend.

• Can South Carolina make it three straight MCLA championships?

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

The play of the weekend in the NFL playoffs came from one-time Notre Dame lacrosse commit, Sam Hubbard, whose 98-yard fumble recovery lifted his hometown Cincinnati Bengals over the Baltimore Ravens 24-17.

Sam Hubbard takes the fumble 98 yards for the TD 

: #BALvsCIN on NBC
: Stream on NFL+ https://t.co/hNJJJGqxGF pic.twitter.com/PoVImXrfpz

— NFL (@NFL) January 16, 2023

WHAT’S ON TAP

• Our rundown of the Nike/USA Lacrosse Top 20 team previews continues with our No. 15 teams — Harvard (men) and Loyola (women).

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