Dialed In: Your Lacrosse Fix for Thursday, Aug. 24

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

1. The U.S. U20 women’s team wrapped up its three-day training camp on Wednesday.

The camp, which took place at USA Lacrosse headquarters in Sparks, Md., featured the 42-player training team, which will eventually be cut down for the World Lacrosse U20 Women’s Championship next August in Hong Kong, China.

The focus of training camp was twofold — on-field improvements and off-field chemistry building. That’s how Brigid Duffy, a standout Army midfielder, became fast friends with one of her biggest rivals, Navy midfielder Maggie DeFabio.

Duffy, DeFabio and Army’s Allison Reilly are also the first three service academy players to be make a U.S. women’s training team.

More here.

2. Our Way Early Top 25 rankings continued Wednesday with Nos. 15-11.

MEN

This grouping of men’s teams includes five programs that figure to be knocking on the door of the top 10, and it wouldn’t surprise anyone if they end up being mainstays in the top half of the Top 20.

More here.

WOMEN

The five women’s teams highlighted on Monday include three Big Ten teams, an AAC power and a surprise Patriot League contender, all of which have high hopes for further improvements in 2024.

More here.

WHAT WE’RE READING

• The Six Nations Chiefs finished a sweep of the Peterborough Lakers to win the Major Series Lacrosse title.

• San Diego State women’s lacrosse is adding Rob Bray as an assistant. Bray spent last season as the head coach at Division III Russell Sage College.

• In other assistant news, Molly Little is joining the Niagara women’s staff. Little was a defensive coordinator and draw coach at Jacksonville in 2023.

• Tragic news out of Indiana: 31-year-old Carmel High School boys’ lacrosse coach Jack Meachum died in a two-car accident on Tuesday. Meachum also ran the True Lacrosse Indiana program.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Get to know the U20 women’s training team by learning their go-to Gatorade flavors.

 

 

 

 

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WHAT’S ON TAP

We’re down to the top 10 in our way-early rankings countdown. See who comes in at Nos. 10-6 in our premature assessment of the 2024 Division I men’s and women’s lacrosse landscape.

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