Hoping for a two-post day (I’m in fine spring form already, it seems). Post the first: some links. As always, tips, questions, commitments, etc. should find their way to the e-mail or Twitter inbox.
Division-1
Training video of the Michigan team (H/T College Crosse):
Allow me to warn you in advance (unless you hit play before continuing to read) that it’s not very interesting.
Michigan midfielder Evan Glaser is freshman profile No. 21 for the official website of the Wolverines. That also makes him the last one, so you have no excuse for not being familiar with the new faces when they hit the field in a week.
412 Lax recycles a twitpic of Michigan’s elbow pads as modeled by attack Doug Bryant.
Lacrosse All-Stars already previewed Detroit, and now Michigan gets the surface-level treatment. “They have faceoff specialists on the roster” is one of the points of analysis (seriously).
Michigan schedule posters are now available. Slick look. Speaking of posters, Brother Rice alum Nick Dolik is featured on the Penn State version.
PhillyLacrosse.com re-publishes Michigan’s profile of women’s signee Sophie DuPhily.
The Baltimore Sun goes a step further, talking about not just one but two future Wolverines on the women’s side.
Zaynib Hamze and Megan Callahan are your Detroit Titans women’s lacrosse captains for 2013.
MCLA
Davenport’s 2013 schedule. Some pretty darn good games in the Panthers’ first year in MCLA-1 (though also some clunkers, as is natural).
Michigan State is No. 7 in the preseason poll. Interesting season ahead for the Spartans with a new coaching staff.
Recruiting
Don’t forget about the Atomic Lacrosse recruiting presentation tomorrow evening at 7 p.m. in the Holt High School library. Detroit coach Matt Holtz and Albion headman Jake DiCola are the featured speakers. Should be a great event for Lansing-area readers (and beyond).
Inside Lacrosse actually provides a UDM update(!), reporting the 2014 commitment of Phoenix Brophy Prep attack Brady Gagner to the Titans:
A transplant from Canada, the righty crease finisher learned box lacrosse before moving to Arizona. A member of the AZ Burn, he attended Adrenaline High Rollers, Sonoma Shootout and Top 205, earning an All-Star Appearance at the Adrenaline Challenge. He strongly considered Robert Morris, Furman and Mercer.
Obviously recruiting news is tougher to come by for the lower-profile in-state school, but this seems like a great pickup.
Etc.
Mike Costello runs down some of the latest news – and gives his reactions – in the Lacrosse Examiner.
Costello also profiles Detroit Lacrosse Company owner Ken Rymiszewski, who’s been in the business for 12 years now.
Internal Linkage
A first look at Michigan and Detroit’s common opponents, and a two-part look at the rest of the schedule for the Titans. Michigan edition coming soon.
The discussion of MHSAA regions was light, but boy howdy has there been a lot of debate in the comments about moving the final to Grand Rapids.
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