Dialed In: Your Lacrosse Fix for Monday, June 12

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

1. The parity in the PLL remains crazy tight.

For the second weekend in a row, three of the four Premier Lacrosse League games were decided by just a single goal. Thanks to an 18-save performance by Brett Dobson and five assists from Tom Schreiber, the Archers beat Chrome 12-7 to improve to 2-0 this season, but every other game came down to the wire.

The Redwoods are also 2-0 despite falling behind 6-0 to reigning lead champion Waterdogs LC. The Woods got 19 saves from Jack Kelly and three goals from Rob Pannell to rally for a 10-9 win.

Elsewhere, Chris Gray’s goal with 18 seconds left gave Atlas a 12-11 win over the Whipsnakes and Josh Byrne’s overtime goal in his first game since winning the NLL championship with Buffalo brought home a 14-13 win for Chaos over the Cannons.

OT WINNER @Joshbyrne94 pic.twitter.com/IEbxCaBs2R

— Chaos Lacrosse Club (@PLLChaos) June 10, 2023

2. What a night in New York.

The second annual USA Lacrosse Foundation Gala helped raise $760,000 to support the growth of the sport while honoring coaching legends Jenny Levy and Bill Tierney.

3. Dartmouth gets its man.

One of the nation’s top assistant coaches, Sean Kirwan, is taking over the Dartmouth men’s lacrosse program. Kirwan helped direct Virginia’s top-ranked offense this year and won two national championships as an assistant coach with the Cavaliers.

WHAT WE’RE READING

• A number of collegiate champions will be honored at the White House on Monday, including the first-time NCAA champion men’s lacrosse team, Lenoir-Rhyne.

• Lacrosse is on the rise in Kansas City.

• Syracuse and Johns Hopkins men’s lacrosse will be among the featured games at the 2024 Crown Classic in Charlotte.

• Lacrosse Bucket with a look at the breakout offensive players in men’s lacrosse in 2023.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Ryder Garnsey continues to defy words.

Ryder Garnsey showing off some absolute WIZARDRY @PremierLacrosse pic.twitter.com/ojGWt15OlI

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) June 10, 2023

Pass? Shot? You make the call.

How about @XanderDickson making @SportsCenter’s #SCTop10 on his first two professional games 

This weekend at # pic.twitter.com/E8UouG7hg4

— Premier Lacrosse League (@PremierLacrosse) June 11, 2023

WHAT’S ON TAP

• The U.S. men's training camp continues in Durham, N.C. today. Follow USA Men's Lacrosse Twitter for coverage.

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