TLN Game of the Week: 🐏 vs. 🕷️

📺 Where to Watch

From 4:00PM today until kickoff on Sunday evening, college lacrosse will be on TV:

• Friday, 4:00PM – Manhattan at Duke (ACCN)

• Friday, 5:00PM – Colgate at High Point (ESPN+)

• Friday, 5:00PM – Richmond at UNC (ACCN)

• Friday, 6:00PM – Johns Hopkins at Towson (LSN)

SATURDAY:

• Saturday, 11:00AM – Sienna at LIU (NEC Front Row)

• Saturday, 11:00AM – Quinnipiac at UMass Lowell (America East)

• Saturday, 11:30AM – Lehigh at NJIT

• Saturday, 12:00PM – UMass at Army (ESPN+)

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

• Saturday, 12:00PM – Marist at Binghamton (America East)

• Saturday, 12:00PM – Merrimack at Boston U (ESPN+)

• Saturday, 12:00PM – Bryant at Providence (FloLive)

• Saturday, 12:00PM – Canisius at Hobart (HWS Stream)

• Saturday, 12:00PM – Cleveland State at Ohio State (BTN+)

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

• Saturday, 12:00PM – Lafayette at VMI

• Saturday, 12:00PM – Loyola at Maryland (BTN)

• Saturday, 12:00PM – Mercer at Navy (ESPN+)

• Saturday, 12:00PM – St. Bonavanture at Saint Joseph's

• Saturday, 12:00PM – Utah at Vermont (America East)

• Saturday, 12:30PM – Holy Cross at Syracuse (ACCN)

• Saturday, 1:00PM – Bucknell at Robert Morris

• Saturday, 1:00PM – Detroit Mercy at Michigan (BTN+)

• Saturday, 1:00PM – Sacred Heart at Hofstra (FloLive)

• Saturday, 1:00PM – Rutgers at St. John's (ESPN3)

• Saturday, 1:00PM – Mount St. Mary's at Delaware (FloLive)

• Saturday, 1:00PM – Air Force at Denver

• Saturday, 1:00PM – Villanova at Penn State (BTN+)

SUNDAY:

• Sunday, 11:00AM – Colgate at North Carolina (ACCNX)

• Sunday, 1:00PM – Jacksonville at Duke (ACCNX)

• Sunday, 1:00PM – Johns Hopkins at Georgetown (FloLive)

• Sunday, 3:00PM – High Point at Virginia (ACCNX)

🐏🕷️ Game of the Week: UNC vs. Richmond

After graduating three PLL midfielders -- Justin Anderson (Chrome LC), Will Perry (Whipsnakes LC), and Tanner Cook (Chaos LC) -- the Tar Heels have some big shoes to fill in 2022.

“You can’t snap your fingers and replace the production from Perry, Cook, and Anderson who have 100-plus points each in their career and say hey they’re going to be as productive,” coach Joe Breschi told Inside Lacrosse's Kevin Brown. “I think the beauty of it is going to figure out who it is, who plays best together and all of them have to understand that the ball has to go through 4.”

No. 4, of course, is Chris Gray -- the projected 1st overall pick in the 2022 PLL Draft.

Ahead of the TLN Game of the Week between UNC and Richmond, read Kevin Brown's season preview on the Heels:

🏔️ Former Mount St. Mary's goalie undergoes brain surgery

Frankie McCarthy (Mount St. Mary's '16) recently underwent successful craniotomy surgery to remove a brain tumor in his left frontal lobe.

Frankie has four cycles of radiation therapy and chemotherapy ahead of him. If you can, please consider donating to the GoFundMe to help Frankie and his family pay out-of-pocket medical expenses.

🏌️ How golf helped Asher Nolting's development

High Point fifth-year attackman Asher Nolting joined Peet Poillon and Matt Bocklet's podcast to talk about his recruiting process, his re-recruitment, and how golf translates to lacrosse.

"The second I could walk, I was swinging a golf club," recalls Nolting. "Golf taught me a lot. It taught me how to be by myself... If you're playing bad, you're playing bad and you're out there for 18 holes. It definitely gives you some tough skin."

Nolting has dished 157 assists in his High Point career -- not counting this beauty through contact in last week's scrimmage. Listen to the full interview via IL:

🎟️ PLL announces six tour stops

Albany. Charlotte. Long Island. Baltimore. Minnesota. Boston.

The first six PLL tour stops have been announced. View the schedule for information on weekend passes and single-day ticket presales.

🏈 From Lacrosse to Lombardi?

Prior to committing to The Ohio State University to play football, Cincinnati Bengals captain Sam Hubbard was originally committed to play lacrosse at Notre Dame.

"I was a better lacrosse player than I was football for most of my life, and I think I had more fun playing lacrosse," said Hubbard, who signed a four-year, $40 million contract extension with the Bengals last summer. "I credit a lot of my athletic development on the football field, hand-eye coordination, all that type of stuff, to playing lacrosse."

Pardon My Take's Jake Marsh wrote about Hubbard's journey from lacrosse to Super Bowl Sunday.

⚔️ Rutgers: Razor University

Rutgers lacrosse is known for its NASCAR tempo. They love to run. (See: Wednesday afternoon's end-to-end-to-end sequence.)

When the dust settles, their favorite action is a razor pick. Jules Heningburg majored in razor picks at Rutgers; now, he's teaching courses at the pro level.

This razor pick -- set by Kyle Gallagher for Ross Scott -- put the Marist defense in a bind. Gallagher's defender stays above GLE to read and react. Gallagher changes the pick location as Scott's defender turns his head, giving Scott a step. And the pump fake freezes both defenders, equidistant from Gallagher and Scott. A 2-on-2 turned into a 2-on-0.

Rutgers fans may have deja vu watching that. We broke down Jules running the same exact action back in 2018: