Dialed In: Your Lacrosse Fix for Wednesday, Feb. 1

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

1. Who’s No. 1?

For the second straight year, the pundits are torn between Maryland and Virginia.

The defending NCAA champion Terps received 18 of 25 first-place votes to get the nod over the Cavaliers for the top spot in the USILA Division I preseason coaches poll, which came out Tuesday.

The Cavaliers are No. 1 in the Nike/USA Lacrosse and Inside Lacrosse media rankings.

Maryland opens the season Saturday against Richmond.  Virginia scrimmages at Georgetown then starts the regular season Feb. 11 against Michigan. The Terps and Cavaliers play each other March 18 in Charlottesville, Va.

2. It’s officially February.

With the college lacrosse season opener just days away, we continued our preseason rollout Tuesday with features on the No. 4-ranked Cornell men and Stony Brook women and asked our colleague Zack Capozzi of Lacrosse Reference for advanced metrics on every team ranked in the Nike/USA Lacrosse Division I Men’s and Women’s Top 20s.

3. World Lacrosse unveiled the six pools and playoff format for the World Lacrosse Men’s World Championship this summer in San Diego.

teams. groups. champion.

Check out the pools for the 2023 Men’s Championship in San Diego #WLMC | #SanDiego2023 pic.twitter.com/YodDdCbHJl

— World Lacrosse (@WorldLacrosse) January 31, 2023

The U.S. and Canada are joined by the Haudenosaunee, England and Australia in Pool A.

WHAT WE’RE READING

• Tips to optimize your workout from Athletes Unlimited and U.S. women’s national team stars Sam Apuzzo and Dempsey Arsenault.

• ESPN’s Quint Kessenich on the purpose of preseason scrimmages and early observations from Denver-Hopkins, Navy-Virginia and Georgetown-Maryland.

• Xavier Arline, Ricky Miezan and Dante Trader aren’t the only college football players making waves in lacrosse. Add Albany quarterback/midfielder Joey Carino to the mix.

• Inside Lacrosse’s Matt Kinnear with a story about Marist’s Jamison Embury, who’s due for a reemergence after being sidelined for most of the last three years, as well as a primer on defending NCAA Division II champion Tampa.

• “Wear it with Pride,” the legacy of Nick Colleluori and the jersey No. 27 at Hofstra, as featured in the Hofstra Chronicle.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Haudenosaunee Nationals coach Lars Tiffany on love and leadership — a compelling case for why they’ll be successful this summer in San Diego.

Leadership | Lars Tiffany pic.twitter.com/CuTvHNQ4m6

— Haudenosaunee Nationals Lacrosse (@HAU_Nationals) January 25, 2023

Another reason? Tehoka Nanticoke, who flashed some phenomenal behind-the-back stickwork in a recent scrimmage against his former Albany teammates.

That ball movement pic.twitter.com/C3uYOoLxcR

— Haudenosaunee Nationals Lacrosse (@HAU_Nationals) January 31, 2023

WHAT’S ON TAP

We’re down to the top three in our college preseason countdown, today featuring the No. 3-ranked Georgetown and Boston College men and women, respectively.

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