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ON THE COVER


George Mason senior midfi elder Alexa McGovern dons sensors and a harness for a kinematics simulation at the university’s SMART Lab in Manassas, Va. PHOTO BY BRIAN SCHNEIDER


CONTENTS VOLUME 41/NUMBER 1 JANUARY


departments 2 FROM THE CEO


4 FROM THE EDITOR 6 STARTERS 10 TRENDING 13 FUEL 51 USA INSIDER 58 USL INSIDER 64 GIVE AND GO


FEATURES 22 SHE’S BACK


Maggie Bill juggled multiple sports all the way to Chapel Hill. After taking the year off, North Carolina’s soccer-lacrosse luminary feels better than ever. BY MATT WHITE


28 SPORT SCIENCE


How kinematics could defi ne the future of lacrosse performance, three ways to minimize your ACL injury risk, a major breakthrough in preventing commotio cordis and an all-access pass to Cascade Lacrosse’s production and testing facility. BY MEGAN SCHNEIDER, PAUL OHANIAN AND JON METTUS


42 LAX IN THE LAND


Cleveland State and Ohio’s urban lacrosse awakening. BY PATRICK STEVENS


The evolution of head protection in lacrosse. Go behind the scenes of Cascade Lacrosse on page 38.


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