Dialed In: Your Lacrosse Fix for Monday, July 10

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

1. The PLL is back.

After taking a break for the world championship, the Premier Lacrosse League returned to the field with week four in Minnesota. The reigning champion Waterdogs are now in a three-way tie atop the league standings with the Archers and Redwoods at 3-1.

Despite winning just 2 of 20 faceoffs, the Waterdogs beat Chrome 10-7 behind 13 saves from Dillon Ward and four points from Kieran McArdle.

The Archers parlayed a dominant faceoff performance from Michael Sisselberger (23 of 27) and a second half surge into a 15-12 win over the Whipsnakes while the Redwoods got a pair of strong performances from recent USA gold medal winners Jack Kelly (15 saves) and Rob Pannell (4g, 3a) in a 13-8 win over Chaos.

The Cannons won their second straight to improve to 2-2 as the offense, led by Matt Kavanagh’s three goals and four assists, erupted in a 19-12 win over Atlas. The Cannons’ Marcus Holman scored his 300^th professional goal in the Cannons win.

The 300th goal for @MarcusHolman1.

What an accomplishment  pic.twitter.com/HMOnbcYWbO

— Premier Lacrosse League (@PremierLacrosse) July 9, 2023

2. The road to Hong Kong has begun.

The 2024 U.S. Women’s U20 Training Team has been named following a three-day tryout over the weekend at USA Lacrosse headquarters. A total of 42 players from high school programs in 12 states (and the District of Columbia) and 19 colleges have been selected to move forward in the selection process.

“You were selected to be here from many, many applicants and should be really excited.”

The action continues today at day 2 of tryouts for the U.S. Women’s U20 team. pic.twitter.com/wSYdcoAaag

— U.S. Women's National Team (@USAWLax) July 8, 2023

3. Best of the Best

USA Lacrosse has named its annual high school All-Americans and award winners. Boys | Girls

WHAT WE’RE READING

• The defense carried the U.S. men’s team to the 2023 World Lacrosse championship in San Diego. A deeper dive into the numbers of just how well the unit played.

• Chris Jastrzembski reported and Inside Lacrosse confirmed that the shakeup on the North Carolina men’s coaching staff will continue with Dave Pietramala moving from Syracuse to Chapel Hill to be the Tar Heels new defensive coordinator.

• Cade van Raaphorst is making the most of his opportunity with the Cannons after being dropped by Atlas.

• Jake Epstein with  look inside the tryouts for the 2024 U.S. women’s U20 team.

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Dueling no-look goals from the Archers’ Tom Schreiber and the Whipsnakes Zed Williams on Sunday.

EVERY ANGLE IS BETTER THAN THE LAST @TomSchreiber26 with a no look, backhanded rip AROUND his defender pic.twitter.com/2HSocvnmm6

— Premier Lacrosse League (@PremierLacrosse) July 9, 2023

OH MY ZEDDY BTB

Blink and you might miss it! Zed Williams goes behind-the-back for @PLLWhipsnakes

Tune in: https://t.co/gmkmTkv1Ry pic.twitter.com/0glhwUCFHh

— Premier Lacrosse League (@PremierLacrosse) July 9, 2023

WHAT’S ON TAP

• Jack Goods with his weekly Premier Lacrosse League notebook later today.

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