If you tuned in to
@SportsCenter
tonight you probably saw
@CocksLacrosse
making an appearance in the
#SCTop10
for this highlight reel goal en route to the
@MCLA
Championship.
If not, here you go 👇
*A mildly exciting announcement*
We have built an
@MCLA
streaming database to save you the headache of combing through twitter to find live streams of games.
You can find it at
Submit your streams directly from the page and they will be added
The next thing that needs to happen is giving a year of eligibility back to all players. I get that it’s not frictionless to do that, but it’s the right thing.
South Carolina has won 10 straight games after winning the SELC tournament today.
Their last 4 games were wins over
#8
Clemson
#24
Auburn
#5
Florida
#7
GT
That’s as many Top 10 wins within 10 days as any other team has all season.
Oh, and they have the only win over
#1
Can we all agree that Colorado is disqualified from any "Most Scenic Venue" competitions for their egregious use of photoshop for their team pic this year?
I particularly like
#11
This is one of my favorite pieces of lacrosse memorabilia I have.
In 2006 and 2007 (my senior year) the North Texas chapter of US Lacrosse provided belt buckles to the winning team at the MCLA tournament.
#BREAKING
: Head Coach of UGA Lacrosse team tells me, Tate Prezzano, a player and UGA junior who was shot at a bus stop earlier this morning, is doing well. Coach says he talked to Tate’s mom and dad and they said he is expected to make a full recovery.
#uplateatl
#11alive
I’ll never understand why anyone feels the need to diminish the effort of players who pay for the right to positively represent their school.
Outside of a few lax elitist, nobody the rest of your life is going to care about the letters in front of your championship.
Hey Stacey, I’m sure the 45 guys on our roster will tell just how “real” this championship is to us. It really sucks to be called an embarrassment to the university when we represented USC with class, prestige, and came out as champions.
@UofSC
Stony Brook coach Joe Spallina had quite the postgame presser after his team's loss to Syracuse, including being critical of his team's accommodations in a tent outside the Ensley Center. This video shows what he was not happy about. Space in Ensley is limited due to renovation
What a game this morning.
@UNHLacrosse
takes down Georgia Tech 13-12
This might have been the most impressive win of the year (we’ll explain why in the newsletter), but one thing is very clear:
Nothing about this weekend was a fluke for the Wildcats. They have serious talent.
Wild weekend in the Southeast
Auburn beats UVU by 3
UVU beats Georgia Tech by 1
Florida beats Auburn by 2
Boston College beats UVU by 8
Georgia Tech beats Boston College by 11
Updated Top 10 (Based on current vibes and definitely not last year)
1. VT
2. GT
3. South Carolina
4. CUI
5. Liberty
6. GCU
7. BYU
8. FSU
9. Dominican
10. Boston College
Honorable Mentions:
Georgia
Hampton
Joey Spallina
Dishonorable Mentions:
Clemson
Minnesota
Adams State
Colin Haines has consistently been the best player on the field in every game I’ve seen
@CocksLacrosse
play this year. He’s having another great game tonight. Standing up tall against some very good shooters.
For those who haven't been to Utah County, BYU and UVU are right next door to each other.
Many of the kids on these teams grew up playing on the same club/high school teams.
4 miles apart playing for the championship 1,200 miles away.
Pumped.
130
@MCLA
were in the player pool for the
@MLL_Lacrosse
supplemental draft today. Teams with the most players in the pool:
Kennesaw - 5
Texas State - 5
Michigan State - 4
Chapman - 3
Clemson-3
Colorado State - 3
Florida State - 3
Grand Canyon -3
Florida - 3
Virginia Tech - 3
1. VT
2. GT
3. FSU
4. Boston College
5. Florida
6. UCSB
7. Cal
8. CUI
9. Liberty
10. Georgia
Honorable Mentions:
Chapman
Utah Tech
Full Swing documentary
Dishonorable Mentions:
Minnesota
South Carolina’s road trip
Chapman player exposed on TikTok
For the first time ever the
@MCLA
title heads to the east coast. Congrats to
@CocksLacrosse
. From unranked in 2018 to Champs in 2019.
Great work,
@harkeyusc
and company.
Too often assistant coaches don’t get the recognition they deserve in the
@MCLA
, so a shout-out to
@MSU_Lacrosse
defensive coordinator
@SpeedyLaxton00
for coordinating an absolute machine.
If you had any doubt about the SELC this year, remember this:
The only SELC team to not advance out of the first round was a team that lost to another SELC team.
Remaining teams by conference (DI)
SELC: 3
RMLC: 2
CCLA: 1
SLC: 1
WCLL: 1
#3
South Carolina takes down
#2
BYU to head to their second straight MCLA Championship game.
We have a rematch of
@The_SELC
Championship game coming on Saturday
#3
South Carolina vs
#8
Georgia Tech
Nobody had a harder path to the 'ship than Georgia Tech, and they've answered the bell at every stop. Congrats to
@kenlovic
and
@GaTechLAX
. Well earned.
From 1997-2013 a total of 6 different teams won an MCLA Title:
BYU (4x)
Cal
CSU (6x)
Sonoma
UCSB (2x)
Michigan (3x)
From 2014-2019 only GCU has been a repeat winner
Colorado
GCU (2x)
Chapman
MSU
South Carolina
Of the original 6, only Cal made the tournament this year.
The top of capstone will be lit up in garnet tonight to honor our national championship club lacrosse team! So proud of you; two years in a row now. Let’s keep it going.
@CocksLacrosse
OK, is this partially our fault for writing about the Gamecocks win streak this week?
Maybe.
HUGE win for the Jackets.
Georgia Tech now has two wins over Top 10 teams by 10+ and another by 5.
In probably the most shortsighted decision I’ve ever heard, the Utah Valley player leadership has dismissed their coaching staff 2 weeks after having played in the National Championship game.
The coaching staff led the Wolverines to a ton of program milestones.
Shocking
Two areas I would love to see improved for the MCLA tournament:
1. Enter the stats for the games on the MCLA site. The tournament is responsible for taking the stats, they should also be responsible for entering them.
2. Get a game recap up for every game.
Virginia Tech spoils the Gamecocks perfect run.
@HokieLax
are your SELC champs.
Both teams will be in Salt Lake and both teams are a very tough draw in the first round.
With 3 games in 3 days, the SELC championship might be the toughest to win. Impressive game today from both
Huge win for
@BC_Mens_Lax
over Chapman at the end of their California road trip! Eagles win 9-8.
Not sure if it will happen this poll because of when the game happened in relation to when voter ballots are due, but Boston College is clearly a Top 10 team.
You hear a lot about the
@MCLA
polls from us at VV, but
@harkeyusc
, head coach of
@CocksLacrosse
, offers another perspective and a few thoughtful suggestions for improvement.
Check out our first "Voice of the League" article 👇
😮
I think we may have an
@MCLA
Goal of the Year candidate here from
@FSULacrosse
freshman Reid Smith.
The individual effort gives the Noles a 7-6 lead at halftime.
Maybe the most interesting and talented NCAA D1 transfer to the MCLA of all time. Grant Murphy started 32 games at Syracuse over the last five years at SSDM and close defense
Upset of the year? Texas holds off
#1
BYU after a furious comeback attempt.
Maybe the biggest win Texas program history after getting blown out by Utah Valley on Wednesday. What a bounce back.
#5
Clemson hands
#4
Minnesota their first loss of the year. 13-12 Tigers.
Clemson will make their first appearance in the MCLA semifinals against
#8
Georgia Tech
This is awesome.
Having their day job see their MCLA coaching career as an asset to the company instead of a liability goes a long way in keeping coaches around.
It doesn't come automatically and probably not possible everywhere, but it's possible.
ANCORP Way 14: Think Team First
How exciting to see our own, Garrett Hanrahan, praised on
@ESPN
for the culture he has built on his UF lacrosse team – he does the same amazing job with our sales team!
Learn more about what makes ANCORP different at
Virginia Tech is the first team to repeat as the
#1
seed in back to back seasons since Michigan in 2009-2011.
BYU in 98/99 and UCSB In 03/04 are the only other teams to snag the top seed back to back.
🚨 UPSET ALERT🚨
#15
@UVULacrosse
takes down
#4
@GaTechLAX
9-8 in Atlanta.
HUGE bounce back for the Wolverines after losing their game of the road trip.
First Top 5 team to lose this year.
Looking forward to hearing more about the
@MCLA
summer meetings, but one exciting development we are hearing happened is the creation of a Division III specifically geared toward helping new/fledgeling teams develop.
Waiting on the details, but a good long term move.
Gino has been a beast in net for the Jackets all tournament, but this may be his best play yet.
Huge save on one side of the field, clears it the length by himself and finds Eck for the finish to cut the lead down to 1.
10-9.
This is turning into a classic!
#8
Georgia Tech defeats
#5
Clemson 12-10 to advance to the Championship. As the
#8
seed, they're the third lowest seed to ever to do it.
#12
Stanford (2001)
#9
Chapman (2017)
#8
GT (2022)
This gets a “meh” from me. I can’t think of a lot of benefits that a team would gain from this vs streaming on YouTube, which is universally accessible.
“Hey grandma, download the FTN Next App then navigate to LSN and. You can find our game”
vs
“Click this link on any device”
The MCLA has entered into an agreement with
@LaxSportsNet
to stream games on their app this season. Would you like to stream your games this spring with LSN? Contact your conference director for the details!
#mcla20
Virginia Tech now has wins over
#2
, 5, 8, 9, 16, 19, 22, 23, 24.
They should be
#1
again.
Not only are they winning their games, they won their scheduling.
A ton of big games in Arizona this weekend starting with
@BYULacrosse
vs
@GCUlacrosse
tonight.
But this
@MinnesotaMLax
schedule for the weekend is wild!
Fri 5:00pm - UVU
Sat 10:00am - BYU
Sat 6:00pm - Concordia
Sun 11:00am - Arizona
They're just gonna send it.
The Gamecocks offense (deservedly) drew a lot of the attention this tournament, but the the last time Georgia Tech scored was with 13:53 left in the 4th quarter.
Nearly a full quarter of shutout lacrosse to lock down the Championship for South Carolina.
Big time.
Cal making their first appearance in the Championship since 1998
South Carolina’s jerseys also making their first appearance since 1998.
#JerseysOfTheYear
New management team here…
We want to start off with our preseason top 10 (purely based off vibes & limited knowledge):
1. South Carolina
2. Virginia Tech
3. Georgia Tech
4. CUI
5. BYU
6. Liberty
7. Clemson
8. GCU
9. USC
10. Florida
Tell us why we’re wrong
It’s been a while since I’ve been on the fan side. This is a blast.
One effective technique I’ve seen for parents to influence the refs is to yell “Sir!” repeatedly.
Vibes Top 10
1. VT
2. GT
3. CUI
4. FSU
5. Liberty
6. Arizona
7. Cal
8. BC
9. Florida
10. Chapman
HMs:
SMU (but not for your cringe tweets)
Sam Weiss legacy
Dishonorable Mentions:
Gamecock’s clear
CSU only getting attention when their players/fans do something questionable