GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD MORNING, College Crosse Nation! Thanks for making us a part of your day! Here’s everything you need to know for March 5, 2020.

College Crosse News

The Mercer Bears are now 4-1 on the season thanks to a 17-8 win over St. Bonaventure yesterday. Star attackman Sean Goldsmith finished the game with 7 goals to tie the SoCon record for most goals in a game. Here is the box score of the game and here is the Mercer recap.

Robert Morris won a tough contest on the road at Detroit Mercy yesterday 16-13. The Colonials extended their win streak to two games and now are 3-2 on the season. Here is the box score of the game and here is the Robert Morris recap.

From the Boston Globe: Bill Belichick to receive key to city of Annapolis at Navy-Johns Hopkins lacrosse game.

Patriots coach Bill Belichick will receive the key to his hometown in a special ceremony next weekend. Belichick will become the first recipient of the key to the city of Annapolis, the place where he grew up and first fell in love with football and lacrosse.

SAD!!!

UVA lacrosse team raises $30K for cancer research.

The University of Virginia men’s lacrosse team has raised $30,000 and counting in less than three days for cancer research – and all it took was a pair of clippers. On Tuesday afternoon, 30 players showed up to practice with freshly buzzed noggins, part of a fundraiser started by the Brown University team, whom UVA plays on Sunday afternoon.

From Syracuse.com: Nick Mellen closer to being cleared, but John Desko won’t rush him back.

If Syracuse lacrosse’s matchup with Johns Hopkins this weekend was the NCAA tournament, Nick Mellen might play. That’s how close the Orange’s standout defender is to being cleared from a lower-body injury, SU head coach John Desko said on Wednesday.

Cheers to The Duopoly. #BeatSyracuse

Oh boy: Young Harris College cancels remainder of 2020 men’s lacrosse season.

Young Harris College has announced that they have canceled the remainder of the season for their men’s lacrosse team. In a statement released on Wednesday, the Young Harris’ president, Dr. Drew Van Horn, said the school had recruited Jay Goldsmith to take over the program for this season.

The LA Times with a piece on the upcoming Yale vs. Michigan game this weekend at the Pacific Coast Shootout.

“We are extremely excited to have another great matchup for this year’s Shootout,” said Pacific Coast Shootout executive director G.W. Mix, who is also the boys’ lacrosse coach at Corona del Mar High, in a release. “Yale has been one of the top teams in the country for a number of years and it is an honor to have them agree to join us.”

Father takes concerns to council after bullets fly during kids’ lacrosse practice in Newport News.

College Crosse Fall Ball Matrices

Check out our still in progress 2020 men’s lacrosse preseason matrix as well as our still in progress 2020 women’s lacrosse preseason matrix.

#HardestWorkingKidInTheBiz

What’s Up, New PhilaJersey?

I’ve never seen an episode of this show: A new “Stranger Things” convention with Millie Bobby Brown is coming to N.J.

Hosted by Creation Entertainment, Stranger Con is scheduled for June 13 and 14 at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center in Edison. This is the convention’s east coast date.

World/National News

Fishy story: Man uses fishing rod to steal Versace necklace from store on Melbourne’s Little Collins Street.

The man spent almost three hours trying to hook the $800 costume jewellery off the dummy’s neck, after breaking a hole in the window of high-end fashion boutique lestyle in Little Collins Street.

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