Wed Feb 3 2021 | Kenny DeJohn | Fuel
It s here. The most anticipated NCAA lacrosse season ever has arrived. We are excited too. So we dropped dual covers.
The COVID-19 pandemic robbed players of their seasons and fans of their lacrosse fix for 10-plus months, but the game we all love has returned. We previewed 120 teams in the February 2021 edition of US Lacrosse Magazine.
Also in the February edition: A story on the PLL-MLL merger, by Nelson Rice and Matt Hamilton; A piece on the excitement in Durham, by Nelson Rice;, South Bend Swagger: Why the Notre Dame women are for real, by Kenny DeJohn; How-To content with Stony Brook and U.S. national team star Ally Kennedy.
Tue Feb 2 2021 | Matt DaSilva | College
PHOTO BY ODED KARNI
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Two-and-a-half years ago, I traveled to Israel with the U.S. men’s national team to tell the story of its inspiring run to a gold medal. No one knew that would be the outcome, of course, when we set out on an 11-hour flight from New York to Tel Aviv. I consider it one of the great privileges of my 16-year career at US Lacrosse not because the U.S. won, but because I had the opportunity to see up close how the winningest coach in NCAA Division I history operates.
Both teams were active in the offseason, landing the top transfers in the portal and bringing back the majority of their seniors for another go around.
2. Former U.S. national team player Alyssa Murray was named a candidate for The World Games “Greatest Athlete of All Time” award an acknowledgement of Murray’s team- and tournament-best 19 points in the 2017 World Games in Wroclaw, Poland.
3. The IWLCA concluded its first-ever coaching symposium for students of color, “Future Leaders of the Game,” on Tuesday. Cincinnati coach Gina Oliver Thomas, the former U.S. national team player and two-time world champion, was the keynote speaker.
Fri Dec 18 2020 | Matt DaSilva | Fuel
Redwoods coach Nat St. Laurent, the former Ohio Machine assistant seen here celebrating the 2017 MLL championship with Marcus Holman, is among those embracing the PLL-MLL merger. (Jerome Miron)
Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. The PLL-MLL merger continued to dominate the conversation Thursday. US Lacrosse Magazine’s Nelson Rice and Matt Hamilton collaborated on this story canvassing players from both leagues for their reactions to the news and what it might mean for the future of pro lacrosse.
“Yesterday was a day of unification for pro lacrosse,” PLL co-founder Paul Rabil later tweeted. “Today we get back to work.”
The inaugural season s PLL Top 50 ended with Matt Rambo in the top spot. Will Zed Williams, his Whipsnakes teammate, challenge him for the crown?
2. Ursinus women s lacrosse pioneer Marge Watson has died at 90.
Watson started the program at Ursinus in 1955, and over the next quarter-century, Watson developed Ursinus into a national power. She finished with seven undefeated seasons and a record of 199-19. Her .896 winning percentage ranks second in NCAA history.
She is a member of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Learn more about Watson s legacy here.
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There was some lacrosse flair during Saturday s Army-Navy football game.
Navy freshman Xavier Arline performed well in the 15-0 loss, rushing 17 times for 109 yards including this explosive 53-yard run that ended at the 1-yard line.