Dialed In: Your Lacrosse Fix for Thursday, May 4

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

1. Conference tournament action picked up across the country yesterday, and you can expect more over the next several days.

There were just four Division I games — all on the women’s side — with Queens picking up the most notable result. The first-year Division I program dispatched Kennesaw State 14-8 in the first round of the ASUN tournament. Coastal Carolina beat Lindenwood 17-11 in the ASUN’s other first-round contest.

Check out all the scores from Division I, II and III right here.

WOMEN’S DIVISION I

Arizona State 7, Cal 5 (Pac-12 first round)
Coastal Carolina 17, Lindenwood 11 (ASUN first round)
Colorado 16, Oregon 10 (Pac-12 first round)
Queens 14, Kennesaw State 8 (ASUN first round)

MEN’S DIVISION II

Bentley 7, Adelphi 4 (NE-10 semis)
Frostburg 21, Roberts Wesleyan 13 (ECC semis)
Le Moyne 8, Saint Anselm 4 (NE-10 semis)
Mercy 19, Molloy 9 (ECC semis)
Mercyhurst 22, Lake Erie 8 (GMAC semis)
Seton Hill 19, Walsh 6 (GMAC semis)

WOMEN’S DIVISION II

Frostburg State 17, Davis & Elkins 0 (Mountain East semis)
Notre Dame (OH) 12, Charleston (WV) 10 (Mountain East semis)

MEN’S DIVISION III

Albion 22, Kalamazoo 10 (MIAA semis)
Aurora 20, Benedictine 4 (NACC semis)
Baldwin Wallace 10, Ohio Northern 6 (OAC semis)
Cabrini 23, Immaculata 4 (Atlantic East semis)
Cortland 20, Oswego 10 (SUNYAC semis)
DeSales 16, Arcadia 10 (Mac Freedom semis)
Dubuque 18, Northwestern-St. Paul 10 (MLC semis)
Elizabethtown 10, Susquehanna 5 (Landmark semis)
Endicott 18, Nichols 3 (CCC semis)
Geneseo 21, New Paltz 3 (SUNYAC semis)
Grove City 23, Allegheny 10 (PAC semis)
Hope 16, Adrian 7 (MIAA semis)
John Carroll 16, Capital 7 (NEWMAC semis)
Lake Forrest 18, Cornell College 4 (MLC semis)
Marymount 11, Gwynedd-Mercy 10 (Atlantic East semis)
Morrisville 18, Penn College 1 (United East semis)
Nazareth 20, Alfred 5 (Empire 8 semis)
Saint Mary’s (MD) 21, Hilbert 3 (United East semis)
Saint Vincent 9, Westminster (PA) 7 (PAC semis)
Scranton 13, Catholic 4 (Landmark semis)
St. John Fisher 24, Hartwick 7 (Empire 8 semis)
Stevens 27, Misericordia 7 (MAC Freedom semis)
Stevenson 17, Eastern 13 (Mac Commonwealth semis)
Western New England 23, Salve Regina 11 (CCC semis)
York 23, Widener 9 (MAC Commonwealth semis)

WOMEN’S DIVISION III

Aurora 21, Edgewood 2 (NACC semis)
Babson 15, Springfield 9 (NEWMAC semis)
Bryn Athyn 19, Notre Dame (MD) 1 (CSAC semis)
Cabrini 21, Neumann 11 (Atlantic East semis)
Capital 14, John Carroll 13 (OAC semis)
Carroll (WI) 15, Carthage 6 (CCIW semis)
Catholic 21, Susquehanna 4 (Landmark semis)
Chicago 23, Illinois Wesleyan 4 (CCIW semis)
Christopher Newport 17, Mary Washington 8 (C2C semis)
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 22, Chapman 5 (SCIAC semis)
Concordia-Wisconsin 15, Marian 7 (NACC semis)
Cortland 19, Brockport 8 (SUNYAC semis)
Denison 13, Ohio Wesleyan 7 (NCAC semis)
Endicott 14, Salve Regina 4 (CCC semis)
Franklin 16, Anderson (IN) 10 (Heartland semis)
Geneseo 15, Oswego 9 (SUNYAC semis)
Haverford 16, Muhlenberg 12 (Centennial first round)
Hope 21, Calvin 11 (MIAA semis)
Johnson & Wales (Providence) 14, Emmanuel (MA) 5 (GNAC semis)
Kenyon 18, DePauw 6 (NCAC semis)
Lake Forest 10, Northwestern-St. Paul 7 (MWLC semis)
Marywood 15, Marymount 7 (Atlantic East semis)
Messiah 10, Stevenson 6 (MAC Commonwealth semis)
Misericordia 8, FDU-Florham 7 (MAC Freedom semis)
MIT 16, Coast Guard 6 (NEWMAC semis)
Mount Union 19, Otterbein 7 (OAC semis)
Nazareth 11, Utica 10
Pomona-Pitzer 22, Occidental 4 (SCIAC semis)
Roger Williams 20, Western New England 5 (CCC semis)
Rowan 15, Stockton 6 (NJAC semis)
Saint Joseph’s (ME) 11, Simmons 5 (GNAC semis)
Salisbury 22, Warren Wilson 0 (C2C semis)
Scranton 13, Moravian 10 (Landmark semis)
Stevens 21, Lycoming 4 (MAC Freedom semis)
St. John Fisher 17, Hartwick 6 (Empire 8 semis)
St. Mary’s (IN) 16, Alma 13 (MIAA semis)
TCNJ 20, Kean 1 (NJAC semis)
Washington College 18, Ursinus 11 (Centennial first round)
Wilson 17, Keystone 1 (CSAC semis)
York 16, Widener 1 (MAC Commonwealth semis)

2. The PLL is on the precipice of a massive change.

According to an exclusive report from Sportico, the PLL is working on “Project Next” — a format-changing undertaking that will see the league adopt geographically affiliated cities, states or regions for each of its clubs.

The PLL declined comment on Sportico’s report, which suggests that this would begin following the 2023 season.

More here.

WHAT WE’RE READING

• We announced the USA Lacrosse High School Boys’ and Girls’ Players of the Week.

• A touching tribute to Bill Tierney written by his son, Trevor. Learn more about the retiring Denver men’s lacrosse coach and the stories that made him an underdog in every sense.

• Yesterday marked 13 years since the murder of Yeardley Love. Virginia head coach Julie Myers remembered Love and celebrated the legacy of the One Love Foundation that was founded in her memory.

• From the Unlimited Edition: 13-year-old goalie Reagan Bischoff has cerebral palsy, and she’s changing the world one YouTube upload at a time.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Arizona State getting everyone hyped for the postseason.

2023 Pac-12 Tournament begins today #ForksUp /// #O2V pic.twitter.com/1i9WS3MXy8

— Sun Devil Lacrosse (@SunDevilWLax) May 3, 2023

WHAT’S ON TAP

• Strap in for conference tournament action across the country. Be sure to follow our socials (@usalacrossemag) for highlights, scores, recaps and more.

• The sprint to Selection Sunday. Keep up with conference tournament schedules and results with our conference championship central pages for Division I men and Division I women.

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