CONTENTS VOLUME 40/NUMBER 4 APRIL 32 departments //


2 FROM THE EDITOR 4 IMPRESSIONS 6 STARTERS


10 US LACROSSE


Player segmentation promotes safety and competitive fairness in youth lacrosse.


12 DIGEST


USC at Colorado. Duke at Notre Dame. Michigan at Ohio State. Lacrosse is back on real TV.


42 OFF THE FIELD


Jump in a golf cart and take the fi rst-class tour with Ohio State coach Nick Myers.


22 GEORGIA’S NEW FAVORITE SPORT With a burgeoning youth scene and two pro teams in the fold, lacrosse is hot in Atlanta. Just ask Scott Ratliff, face of the Blaze. BY BILL TROCCHI


Features //


16 OUT OF THE DARKNESS Stanford’s Anna Salemo opens up about her bout with mental illness before rediscovering the joy of lacrosse. BY LAUREL PFAHLER


51 YOUR EDGE


Navigate two-man games with Duke’s Case Matheis and Brad Smith and Lehigh’s Tripp Telesco, master free positions with Team USA’s Alyssa Murray and coach them up with Trilogy Lacrosse.


64 GIVE AND GO Virginia goalie Rachel Vander Kolk wants to build aircrafts and fl y them, too.


26 MLL SCOUTING REPORTS Team-by-team previews, in projected order of


fi nish. BY PHIL SHORE 30 MLL BY THE NUMBERS


Seven statistical trends to watch in 2016. BY JOE KEEGAN


32 BENEATH THE SCARS


A special follow-up to our March 2011 cover story on burn survivor Connor McKemey, now the face of High Point lacrosse. BY MATT DASILVA


40 THE CAROLINA KELLYS Timmy Kelly tried not to end up in Chapel Hill. Fate had other ideas. BY PATRICK STEVENS


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