Dialed In: Your Lacrosse Fix for Wednesday, Jan. 4

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

1. Virginia and North Carolina are the top-ranked teams in the Nike/USA Lacrosse Division I Men’s and Women’s Preseason Top 20, respectively. USA Lacrosse Magazine released the rankings Tuesday.

Virginia came in at No. 1 on the men’s side, followed by Maryland, Georgetown, Cornell and Princeton. The Cavaliers bring back seven All-Americans from last year.

Defending NCAA champion North Carolina is No. 1 in the women’s rankings. The Tar Heels are 49-1 since the start of the 2020 season. Maryland, Boston College, Stony Brook and Northwestern round out the top five.

2. The San Diego Seals are back in the No. 1 spot in Jack Good’s NLL power rankings.

The Seals improved to 3-0 with a 17-14 win at Calgary over the weekend, an outcome in which former Roughnecks stars Dane Dobbie, Curtis Dickson and Wesley Berg all played prominent roles.

WHAT WE’RE READING

• From The Baltimore Sun, a profile on Morgan State men’s lacrosse captain Kobie Johnson and the movement to bring a varsity program back to the historically black university of “Ten Bears” fame.

• From the Richmond Times Dispatch, a story about Ricky Miezan’s journey from top-ranked lacrosse prospect to Stanford football star and back to lacrosse at Virginia, where he’s expected to join the team later this month.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Comedian Bill Burr talked lacrosse on the “We Might Be Drunk” podcast. “I never watched lacrosse,” he said. “I actually sat down and watched. I was like, ‘This is a great [expletive] sport.’”

Clip courtesy of The Lacrosse Network.

Bill Burr is (kind of) a Lacrosse Guy

[via @wemightbedrunk] pic.twitter.com/HjiNZ3rLZN

— TLN (@LacrosseNetwork) January 3, 2023

WHAT’S ON TAP

• We’ll unveil the Nike/USA Lacrosse Division II Men’s and Women’s Preseason Top 20 rankings here today.

• Over at USALacrosse.com, a look ahead at LaxCon with Waterdogs and U.S. national team standout Michael Sowers, who will be on hand in Baltimore.

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