Rounding up the latest links. If you have a tip, article, commitment, etc. to report, send it to the inbox or the Twitter.
D-1 Women
Titan women’s fall ball preview:
Michigan head coach Jennifer Ulehla talks with Lacrosse Magazine about Team One. Their fall ball games didn’t go so well, and the growth they’re able to make during the offseason will go a long way toward determining just how successful their inaugural season will be.
D-1 Men
Recap and highlights from the Detroit Fall Ball game against Ohio State. It wasn’t a close one, but given Ohio State’s projected strength this year, that doesn’t spell doom.
Recent Titan alum Jordan Houtby is trying to make the Canada men’s national team.
Michigan assistant Ryan Danehy will be presenting at the IMLCA convention in December. The topic he’ll cover is film study. The Wolverines’ in-house coaching clinics are back, as well. The first of the year is Oct. 20, following a U-M fall ball game against Manhattan.
Elsewhere in Wolverines coaching Michigan has hired Casey Martin, a Fairfield alum most recently of the Vassar College coaching staff, as its volunteer assistant.
Michigan sophomore Michael Hernandez talks with the MGoBlue machine to discuss his improvement in the offseason.
Recruiting
Student Sports Lacrosse releases its Midwest rankings for the 2014 class. Cranbrook defender Matthew Giampetroni is your top rising senior.
A few recruit commitments sent to the old inbox:
- 2014 D Travis Sparling, Novi – Detroit
- 2014 M Chris Kennedy, Novi – Walsh
- 2014 M Keith Pravato, Novi – Ohio Wesleyan
Clarkston/Ca$h Cows 2014 Reid Kaminski has committed to Roanoake.
TopLaxRecruits covers Michigan’s pledge from 2016 Colorado attackman Henry Adams. Also talks with Texas defenseman John Michael Priddy, another 2016.
Michigan could get some big recruiting news this weekend. Inside Lacrosse No. 11 junior Christian Ford out of California will decide between the Wolverines and Harvard. He is the grandson of former U-M football legend (and, like, President of the United States) Gerald Ford.
D-3
Albion completed a successful fall ball slate, with wins over Grand Valley (13-4) and Michigan State (8-7). Next up: the beginning of the spring season in February.
MCLA
Michigan State’s second episode of “The Program” is out, and it covers Spartan tryouts:
Photos from the Grand Valley/Michigan State scrimmage.
Job Openings
I haven’t yet heard if this position has been filled, but the Michigan women’s lacrosse program is seeking a volunteer assistant coach.
As always, LaxPower has a ton of openings listed by absolutely no convenient way to link them.
Expansion/Realignment/Etc.
College Crosse picks through an Inside Lacrosse story with ACC associate commissioner Kris Pierce. Relevant portions to our interests:
Would the ACC consider an ACC-Big Ten Challenge like exists in men’s basketball?
The league would consider it, but with the difficult schedules that the ACC teams already play, the timing and opponents would have to be beneficial to our teams to explore.
Translation: “not a chance in hell.”
Did the ACC consider or approach Johns Hopkins as an affiliate member? Would the ACC consider affiliate membership in men’s lacrosse?
Affiliate membership has been discussed recently by the ACC institutions, and our league has decided to continue the long-standing policy of no affiliate memberships.
“Except Notre Dame.” (And let’s not kid ourselves here: until they join the ACC in football and play a full ACC schedule, compete for a conference championship, etc., the Irish are an associate member).
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