BUZZ
ROCK-PAPER- SCISSORS
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HARLEM LACROSSE
Those are two nouns you never would have paired together a decade ago. But the organization that provides academic intervention, leadership training and lacrosse opportunities to at-risk youth reemerged in the public eye with a vibrant multimedia fi rst-person story told by members of the P.S. 149 Sojourner Truth Tigers girls’ team on The Players’ Tribune. According to one player’s account of the sport’s reception in her neighborhood, “Yeah, they be looking at us, like, ‘Whatchu playin’?’ ‘It’s lacrosse. Search it up. Call my coach. Your daughter might play next year.”
USlaxmagazine.com
Lacrosse went viral when two MCLA teams — Dayton and Western Michigan — settled a fall scrimmage Oct. 1 with a raucous game of rock-paper-scissors. With the game halted due to lightning, each team elected a representative to battle it out in a best-of-three tournament of the popular zero-sum hand game. Western Michigan’s paper beat Dayton’s rock to clinch, as players from both teams went bonkers. In addition to websites like Deadspin and Mashable, national media outlets like ESPN, The Washington Post, USA Today, the “Today” show and Sports Illustrated picked up the story.
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ALL-IN FOR FOXBOROUGH
For the fi rst time in
history, the NCAA men’s and women’s lacrosse championships will be hosted at the same venue. After withdrawing the 2017 women’s fi nal four from WakeMed Stadium in Cary, N.C. — in protest of a controversial law passed by the North Carolina state legislature regarding the protected status of certain individuals based on sexual orientation or gender identity — the NCAA announced Oct. 7 it had awarded the event to organizers in Foxborough, Mass. Both the men’s and women’s championships will be decided Memorial Day weekend at Gillette Stadium.
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GOOD DEEDS GET NOTICED
Lacrosse often pops up in mainstream media for the wrong reasons. Recently, the sport has never looked better. Marquette’s Zack Melillo and John Wagner made local and national news for helping an unsuspecting cafeteria worker move into her condo. Siena’s Brendan Johnson likewise caught a reporter’s attention when he halted a private shooting session to face the nearest American fl ag upon hearing the national anthem. Johnson’s grandfather was a World War II veteran and his uncle was a fi refi ghter who died in the 9/11 attacks. “My fi rst reaction was that’s just what you’re supposed to do,” he said.
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LIONS TO BEARS
The new NYIT women’s lacrosse team will look a lot like the old Dowling team. The Bears will feature 13 former Golden Lions on their inaugural roster, plus head coach Kerry Handras, who led Dowling to its fi rst NCAA tournament win in 2016. NYIT is about 30 miles west of Dowling, a 48-year- old private liberal arts college on Long Island that closed its doors in June due to fi nancial struggles. “We’re going to be more determined,’’ senior attacker Katie Meinecke told Newsday. “Raise the bar and make a statement. We aren’t Dowling anymore. We’re NYIT.”
September/October 2016
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