Lax Links 12-22-11

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A trio of Detroit Mercy lady laxers (and Wes Steen from the men’s program) volunteered at the Holy Trinity Children’s Christmas party, which helps bring the holiday to llocal kids whose families can’t afford to.

412 Lax tries to predict Michigan’s inaugural varsity season, and (drumroll please)…

Coach Tumbas picks the Wolverines to go 1-13 on the year. Obviously I’ll have much more season preview-type material as the spring approaches, but that seems to be a pretty common guess for Michigan’s season (poor Mercer).

Michigan women reversible.

The 2012 Michigan varsity women’s team (which, it should be noted, does not exist) has custom reversibles designed by Fit2Win Athletics. The design features men’s sticks, the horror!

Recruiting

Speaking of the Michigan women… ESPNHS is reporting the first known verbal commitment to the Michigan women’s varsity program: Annapolis (Md.) Midfielder Madeleine Dion. She’s a member of the class of 2013, which will likely be the first class that Wolverines coach Jenny Ulehla signs.

ESPNHS’s top college commitment story last week was one with a Michigan connection. The verbal of Warren De La Salle goalie Jacob Takacs to Hendrix College (linked by GLS here) earned the most pageviews of any story in the category.

Michigan has picked up its first 2014 commit.

Ann Arbor Pioneer’s Dylan Swanson will continue his career at Detroit.

MCLA

Grand Valley State alum Cam Holding was named to the roster of the NLL Colorado Mammoth.

If you want to follow MCLA lacrosse this season, the MCLA Lax Mag is no longer your go-to source. Inside Lacrosse is absorbing the publication, and will cover the league on its own pages. There are  couple ways to look at this move, but it certainly gives the MCLA a bit more legitimacy in the eyes of the casual fan.

High School

Brother Rice lacrosse was featured on STATE CHAMPS! HS Sports last weekend (or at least that’s when the Youtube video was uploaded):

Bizarre timing for a lacrosse story, but whateva.

As always, follow on Twitter @GreatLaxState for the latest. Lots of parentheses today.