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AMHERST’S QUINN


MORONEY After racking up 163 assists over the last two seasons, the nation’s top feeder is just 76 shy of the NCAA Division III career record. What does Moroney see that others don’t?


PATRIOT LEAGUE PANDEMONIUM


A wild Patriot League season left us with more questions than answers. Is Navy back? Are Holy Cross and BU for real? Can Colgate and Bucknell take the next step? It’s the most fascinating conference.


LIFE AFTER LYLE


Who represents the next wave of Iroquois talent and influencers? And can Albany sustain the momentum the Thompsons started?


KAY TRAIN’S LAST STOP


Will Syracuse’s Kayla Treanor go down as the best player never to win a Tewaaraton or NCAA title? She’ll have to go through Taylor Cummings and Maryland.


Paige Moriarty


F&M’S ROAD BACK Three years after the ignominious end of Lauren Paul’s tenure amid a hazing investigation at Franklin & Marshall, the Dips are back among the national elite, advancing to the NCAA semifinals last year. Nine starters return, including three of the top four scorers.


USC’S NORTHWESTERN- LIKE TRAJECTORY


With Wildcat legend Lindsey Munday as coach, the


Amanda Johansen


Trojans are on a similar course as when Northwestern restarted. USC returns everyone after its breakthrough season and adds two U.S. U19 stars the next two years.


ARMY WOMEN DEBUT It’s a great time to be a West Point woman. That was the message coach Kristen Waagbo delivered to her team after the first two female officers graduated from the U.S. Army’s elite Ranger School. Waagbo hit the recruiting trail hard in anticipation of this first season.


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Dylan Molloy


BROWN’S RUN-AND- GUN SHOW


Keeping offensive coordinator Sean Kirwan, who was courted by Harvard, signals the Bears are all in on their high-volume, high- octane brand of lacrosse. This is their window to do something special.


VIRGINIA: THE SLEEPING GIANT Going oh-for-the-ACC and getting thumped by Hopkins in the NCAA tournament sends the Cavaliers into rebuilding mode. Good thing they’ve got the top recruit in the next three classes, starting with Ryan Conrad.


THE ODD COUPLE


Johns Hopkins coach Janine Tucker will serve as a consultant for Mercer. It’s not often you see the coach of an elite Division I program enter into an advisory role with another D-I team. What gives?


TEWAARATON TALK (X2) It’s never too early to talk Tewaaraton. We’ll handicap the race with 20 men’s players and 20


women’s players who could figure into the conversation for college lacrosse’s top individual honor in 2016.


LIMESTONE’S ATTACK ROTATION J.B. Clarke rotates five attackmen on five-minute shifts, regardless of the circumstance. How has a system so fraught with peril actually paid off for the defending NCAA Division II champs?


LIVESAY ERA BEGINS The NESCAC does not allow for organized fall ball.


That’s another story. How will Kate Livesay, an NCAA title-winning coach at Trinity, handle the baton now that it’s been passed to her from legendary Missy Foote?


NEW NCAA RULES AT PLAY With all the excitement surrounding the shot clock, it doesn’t go into effect until 2017. But there are 15 other women’s rules changes that start in 2016, some with game-changing potential. How are teams adjusting ?


ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE


Alabama Huntsville will debut as the state’s first program in Division II. Huntsville had some success with ice hockey (as odd as that sounds) at the NCAA level. Is there a model for lacrosse to follow?


LOCK HAVEN OVERDUE The Eagles came seconds away from dethroning


Adelphi and completing a perfect season. It was the third time they reached the NCAA final. Can they get over the top without Jessica Pandolf, an all-time great?


NEW GULL IN CHARGE


Sean Quirk, who turned a backwater Massachusetts school into a national power, retired from Endicott. Eric Hagerty, Quirk’s former player and assistant, steps into the shoes of a legend.


NEW GIGS AND NEW DIGS Mapping out the various coaching moves and player transfers of the offseason and their potential impact — including an entirely new coaching staff with U.S. experience at Yale.


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