Dialed In: Your Lacrosse Fix for Wednesday, Nov. 8

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

1. USA athletes Dempsey Arsenault and Danny Logan are dual cover subjects in the latest edition of USA Lacrosse Magazine featuring the IOC’s historic decision to approve the return of lacrosse to the Olympic Games in Los Angeles 2028.

DREAM NOW @LA28 here we come.

Arriving this week for @USA_Lacrosse members, a dual-cover edition featuring USA athletes Dempsey Arsenault and Danny Logan and celebrating a historic moment for the sport. pic.twitter.com/dud1LOZISC

— USA Lacrosse Magazine (@USALacrosseMag) November 7, 2023

The magazine arrives in USA Lacrosse members’ mailboxes this week.

2. National Celebrate Lacrosse Week continues today with Pick Up & Play clinics in Arizona, California and Louisiana. The nine-day event introducing lacrosse to athletes ages 6-14 has more than 2,700 kids participating nationwide.

Altadena, CA#CelebrateLacrosse pic.twitter.com/b83QzmOErY

— USA Lacrosse (@USA_Lacrosse) November 7, 2023

Bismarck, ND#CelebrateLacrosse pic.twitter.com/ph5tVsdBtm

— USA Lacrosse (@USA_Lacrosse) November 7, 2023

It was an exciting day introducing kids to lacrosse at our FREE Pick Up & Play clinic in PA yesterday!

What's your favorite part of the game? pic.twitter.com/3yfQcxA3lX

— USA Lacrosse (@USA_Lacrosse) November 7, 2023

3. NLL UnBoxed — the National Lacrosse League’s new grassroots campaign aimed at introducing box lacrosse in schools — is coming to nine cities in 2024. Each market has community-relevant team names and these logos are lit. On Tuesday, the NLL unveiled the Ottawa Electrics and St. Louis Rhythm.

Get to know the Ottawa Electrics #NLLUnBOXed pic.twitter.com/z13NE0Awuj

— NLL (@NLL) November 7, 2023

Get to know the St. Louis Rhythm #NLLUnBOXed pic.twitter.com/jXLwvveyaq

— NLL (@NLL) November 7, 2023

 4. Conference realignment continued Tuesday as the revived Northeast Conference added Cleveland State and Robert Morris to its men’s lacrosse lineup.

The schools effectively replace former members Sacred Heart and Merrimack, which left for the MAAC shortly after the NEC announced it would again sanction men’s lacrosse in 2024-25 following a two-year hiatus.

WHAT WE’RE READING

• Remembering Tommy Smith, the three-time All-American defenseman at Virginia who died unexpectedly last week. He was 49.

• In his own words, Maryland senior attackman and midfielder Cayden Onagi breaks his silence on mental health for men.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Courtesy of TLN, a look back at Rutgers’ Ross Scott putting Hopkins’ Blake Rodgers on skates with a finalizer dodge behind the goal in their 2022 encounter. Smooth operator, that Scott.

As a defender, is there anything worse than getting FINALIZED at X?

(via BTN, @RUmlax) pic.twitter.com/QbhYXkBW9j

— TLN (@LacrosseNetwork) November 6, 2023

WHAT’S ON TAP

It’s day five of National Celebrate Lacrosse Week. Follow #CelebrateLacrosse as USA Lacrosse fuels the growth of the sport nationwide.

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