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WHAT WE’RE READING South Africa has joined World Lacrosse, the fourth nation from the continent of Africa in the sport’s global governing body. Amy Martin, an assistant coach at Niagara the last five years, has been promoted to associate head coach for the women’s lacrosse program. Jim Stagnitta, who has led Whipsnakes LC to the past two Premier Lacrosse League championships and won nearly 200 games as a collegiate head coach, picked up win No. 1 as a high school coach as his Hun School team beat Princeton Day School on Thursday. WHAT WE’RE WATCHING Goalies never get as much love as t...

Fri Apr 16 2021 | Patrick Stevens | College PHOTO BY RACHEL PINCUS We are two weeks into April and Notre Dame has just picked off Syracuse and Duke in back-to-back weeks. Kevin Corrigan’s message to the Fighting Irish? The same as it’s been all season. “There’s all the sexy teams in the ACC, and they’re going to get the magazine covers,” Corrigan said. “If we’re going to end up on a magazine cover, it’s going to be Popular Mechanics. That’s OK with me.” Corrigan is the first to acknowledge the quality and the depth of his league. It’s part of the reason why the Fightin...

Thu Apr 15 2021 | Patrick Stevens | College PHOTO BY JOHN STROHSACKER James Reilly (.642) has won plenty of faceoffs for Georgetown. At 8-1, Georgetown probably doesn’t need an infusion of good news as much as most teams. Nonetheless, the Hoyas were happy to receive it last week. Defenseman Gibson Smith, who hadn’t played since the Feb. 21 season opener at Villanova because of an injury suffered in practice, returned for Georgetown’s 10-8 victory at Marquette. Considering what’s next for the Hoyas — a rematch with Big East leader Denver — the timing is exceptional. “He has p...

Mon Apr 12 2021 | Patrick Stevens | College PHOTO BY JOHN STROHSACKER Bubba Fairman has scored 10 goals this season — seven in his last three games. Maryland hadn’t found itself down more than three goals all season. So what was the Terrapins’ response to Michigan scoring the first five goals on Saturday? Try depositing 16 in a row against the Wolverines. The Terrapins have unleashed these sorts of barrages before. The second half against Johns Hopkins. The fourth quarter at home against Rutgers. Parts of the second and third quarters against Penn State in College Park. The third and fo...

Sat Apr 10 2021 | Nelson Rice | College COURTESY OF VIRGINIA ATHLETICS No. 4 Virginia looks like a different team since its last loss almost a month ago to No. 3 UNC. The Cavaliers reversed that result and prevailed 18-16 to hand the Tar Heels (8-2) (1-2 ACC) its second consecutive loss on an afternoon where two of the top three ranked teams in the country fell to conference rivals in the increasingly chaotic ACC. In a frenetic game that featured 95 shots (UNC 51, UVA 44), Virginia (9-2) (2-2 ACC) made the most of theirs when it counted. The Cavaliers ended the third quarter on four goal run ...