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TRENDING GEAR UP


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Sept. 16 was a sad day for lacrosse fans, when news broke of the deaths of Hall of Fame coach Bob Scott and Middlebury inspiration Amy DiAdamo Foster.


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OLYMPIC FEVER


How Rio got lacrosse fans thinking globally Phelps. Bolt. Rabil?


If the Federation of International Lacrosse — and lacrosse fans — had their way, all three would have been in Rio. When will lacrosse return to the Olympics? The FIL has checked off several criteria to get lacrosse back in the games for the first time since 1948, when RPI represented the U.S. and it was a demonstration sport in London. Lacrosse has spread to 55 member nations — Haiti became the 55th in August — on six continents. Next up is provisional recognition by the International Olympic Committee. FIL director of development Tom Hayes maintains the goal of lacrosse in the Olympic by 2024. Meanwhile, Team USA swimmer Michael Phelps said in a Facebook Live chat with Sports Illustrated saying he has lacrosse in his post-Rio plans. Phelps, a Maryland native who finished his career with 28 Olympic medals, said he wants to pick the sport back up after dabbling in it as a kid. “I love playing lacrosse,” he said.


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Scott, 86, led Johns Hopkins as a coach for 20 years and then spent 22 years as athletic director. He won seven national championships, including the school’s first NCAA title in his final season in 1974. “The most


beloved man I have ever met,” Blue Jays coach Dave Pietramala said. “The impact he has had on Johns Hopkins University, Blue Jay lacrosse and the


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lacrosse community both nationally and internationally is immeasurable.” Foster, who lost her battle with cancer at age 41, is Middlebury’s career leader with 347 career points. She led the Panthers to four straight final fours, winning an NCAA championship over Trenton State (now TCNJ) in 1997 and snapping its 102-game winning streak. “It’s fair to say that Amy DiAdamo transformed the Middlebury College women’s lacrosse program,” said National Lacrosse Hall of Famer Missy Foote, her college coach.


NCAAS ON THE MOVE


Due to the passing of House Bill 2, the NCAA is relocating seven 2016-17 championships — including Division I women’s lacrosse — from North Carolina. House Bill 2 invalidated local ordinances granting protected status to individuals based on sexual orientation or gender identity and restricts individuals to using facilities defined by the gender assigned on their birth certificate.


NCAA president Mark


Emmert said the decision was made with fairness and safety in mind for everyone involved in


championships. Bids to host the 2017 women’s lacrosse


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championship were due by Sept. 27 and the NCAA hoped to decide on a new site by Oct. 7. Potential hosts include Johns Hopkins and Stony Brook, the latter of which will host the 2018 championship weekend. According to Terry Hasseltine, the executive director of Maryland Sports, which has placed bids for the next four-year cycle, Johns Hopkins is one of the top contenders. “Obviously, there’s one


sport that resonates in the state of Maryland and that’s lacrosse,” Hasseltine said. “That’s why the NCAA looked to us pretty quickly as a potential host destination.”


NEW RULES


From the NCAA tinkering with faceoffs and experimental 2-point plays, to high school adjustments for safety and new US Lacrosse youth rules aligning with LADM, it was a busy offseason. Turn to page 18 for a special editorial roundtable representing multiple viewpoints.


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