πŸ—œοΈ FOGO = Face Off, Generate Offense

Ladies and gentlemen, the weekend of college lacrosse.

Saturday's slate stretches from an 11AM cup of coffee faceoff between 🦊 Marist and πŸ•·οΈ Richmond through a 7PM faceoff in South Bend between βš”οΈ Detroit Mercy and ☘️ Notre Dame.

We've got our eyes on Sunday's matchup between 🐒 Maryland and 🍊 Syracuse, the first meeting between the programs in the 80-second shot clock era. Bet on 'Cuse scoring more than the 5 goals they scored against the Terps in the stallball era in 2011 ... but less than the 28 goals they pumped in against Holy Cross last weekend.

πŸ“Ί Weekend Schedule

FRIDAY:

  • Friday, 6:00PM – Navy at Hofstra (FloLive)

SATURDAY:

  • Saturday, 11:00AM – Marist at Richmond (ESPN+)

  • Saturday, 12:00PM – Air Force at Colgate (ESPN+)

  • Saturday, 12:00PM – Canisius at Bellarmine (ESPN3)

  • Saturday, 12:00PM – St. Bonaventure at Binghamton (ESPN3)

  • Saturday, 12:00PM – Denver at Duke (ACCNX)

  • Saturday, 12:00PM – Georgetown at UPenn (EPSN+)

  • Saturday, 12:00PM – NJIT at Harvard (ESPN+)

  • Saturday, 12:00PM – Lehigh at Hobart (HWS All Access)

  • Saturday, 12:00PM – Marquette at Jacksonville (YouTube Stream)

  • Saturday, 12:00PM – Sacred Heart at Lafayette (ESPN+)

  • Saturday, 12:00PM – Robert Morris at Stony Brook (ESPN3)

  • Saturday, 12:00PM – Villanova at Yale (ESPN+)

  • Saturday, 12:30PM – St. John's at Bucknell (ESPN+)

  • Saturday, 1:00PM – Army at Rutgers (BTN+)

  • Saturday, 1:00PM – Albany at Cornell (ESPN+)

  • Saturday, 1:00PM – Merrimack at Dartmouth (ESPN+)

  • Saturday, 1:00PM – Drexel at UMBC (America East TV)

  • Saturday, 1:00PM – Wagner at Fairfield (LSN)

  • Saturday, 1:00PM – Hampton at Mount St. Mary's (NEC Front Row)

  • Saturday, 1:00PM – Holy Cross at Michigan (BTN+)

  • Saturday, 1:00PM – Monmouth at Princeton (ESPN+)

  • Saturday, 1:00PM – Providence at Siena (Siena All Access)

  • Saturday, 1:00PM – Virginia at Towson (LSN)

  • Saturday, 1:00PM – Umass Lowell at UMass

  • Saturday, 1:00PM – Loyola at Johns Hopkins (ESPN3)

  • Saturday, 3:00PM – Ohio State at North Carolina (ACCN)

  • Saturday, 3:30PM – Quinnipiac at Brown (ESPN+)

  • Saturday, 3:30PM – Penn State at St. Joseph's (NEC Front Row)

  • Saturday, 4:00PM – Bryant at Boston U (ESPN+)

  • Saturday, 7:00PM – Detroit Mercy at Notre Dame (ACCNX)

SUNDAY:

  • Sunday, 12:00PM – Navy at Manhattan (YouTube Stream)

  • Sunday, 12:00PM – Maryland at Syracuse (ACCNX) *TLN GAME OF THE WEEK*

(Photo via UVM Athletics)

πŸ—œοΈ FOGO = Face off, Generate Offense

Faceoff athletes are shooting 33% this spring β€” up from 23% in '21.

Defenses may need to recalibrate their fast break slides. Or the rules committee may need to step in midseason. Something's gotta give.

For more faceoff trends β€” including YoY wing groundballs β€” visit Lacrosse Reference.

🐐 Inaugural Professional Lacrosse Hall of Fame Class Announced

The inaugural Professional Lacrosse Hall of Fame class has been announced:

  • John Grant Jr. (A)

  • Casey Powell (A)

  • Mark Millon (A)

  • Gary Gait (M)

  • Jay Jalbert (M)

  • Matt Striebel (M)

  • Paul Cantabene (FO)

  • John Gagliardi (D)

  • Pat McCabe (D)

  • Nicky Polanco (D)

  • Brian Dougherty (G)

Congratulations to these legends!

β›°οΈπŸ¦… Emma Eberhardt on #SCTop10

Dah-nuh-nuh, dah-nuh-nuh!

Another day, another women's lacrosse goal on SportsCenter. Lehigh junior attacker Emma Eberhardt earned an appearance in the #SCTop10 for burying this twizzler off the turf to the top shelf.

(Photo via @HAU_Nationals Twitter)

πŸ₯Haudenosaunee Nationals Road to the Olympics

The Haudenosaunee Nationals need the lacrosse community's help in order to participate in the Olympics. They have launched a GoFundMe page and shared the following message:

The 2028 β€œLA” Olympics will have lacrosse as a discipline. The Haudenosaunee Nationals Lacrosse (formerly Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse) seek to celebrate our Haudenosaunee Confederacy heritage and Sovereignty. We will play our game which we shared with the world on this global stage, traveling on our own passports, marching together with the Hiawatha Belt as our flag, speaking our languages, and celebrating Indigenous flourishing. We play for our Haudenosaunee confederacy, our six nations, our ancestors, and the seven generations yet to come. We stand united together understanding that Sovereignty is still the issue. #TogetherAsOne

πŸ»β¬‡οΈ MCLA Highlights: Arizona vs. West Virginia

The cellies in the MCLA are out of control. 'Zona scored 11 goals and celebrated 'em all.

John Verhoestra (@johnverhoestra) of the TLN Creative Network was onsite to shoot highlights.