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- Johns Hopkins will hold a memorial service to honor former men's lacrosse coach and athletic director Bob Scott on Oct. 15 at Goldfarb Gymnasium.
- Denver had been on a whirlwind victory tour since a 10-5 win against Maryland in the NCAA tournament final on Memorial Day in May. After all the pomp and circumstance, the Pioneers faced the U.S. national team in an exhibition in Bradenton, Fla., on Jan. 10 and got pummeled, 22-6. It was the kind of opening that coach Bill Tierney was looking for.
- The U.S. national indoor team will be without forward Drew Westervelt for the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, LaxMagazine.com reported Wednesday.
- Terry Hutchinson of Annapolis was named Wednesday as US Sailing's 2014 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year.
- The Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League announced Monday that the team has released former captain Gavin Prout (Loyola College).
- The Chesapeake Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse selected midfielder Cameron Holding (Grand Valley State) second overall in the Major League Lacrosse supplemental draft Wednesday afternoon.
- Major League Lacrosse announced on Monday that Fifth Third Bank Stadium at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Ga., will host the 2014 MLL championship game Aug. 23.
- Baltimore native Willie Scroggs, who led North Carolina to three national titles in a six-year span, will receive the Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association Creators Award on Dec. 13.
- The Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League announced today that it has acquired forward Drew Westervelt (UMBC, John Carroll) from the Philadelphia Wings.
- John Grant Jr. doesn't put down his stick often. A two-time MVP in the National Lacrosse League, he's a star in the indoor game for the Colorado Mammoth. When his season with the Mammoths ended in April, he rejoined the defending champion Bayhawks to start the season in Major League Lacrosse, where he's also been MVP twice.
- Forward John Grant Jr. finished with three goals and two assists as the visiting Colorado Mammoth defeated the Minnesota Swarm, 16-14, on Saturday night before a season-high announced 12,243 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.
- Junior midfielder Rhiannon Coogle (North Harford) scored a career-high six goals to lead the Towson women's lacrosse team to a 14-9 win at Delaware on Sunday afternoon in the Colonial Athletic Association opener.
- Three fourth-quarter goals from junior midfielder Jim Marlatt (River Hill) helped the fifth-ranked Notre Dame men's lacrosse team hold on for a 7-6 win at Rutgers on Sunday afternoon.
- Marcus Holman (Gilman) scored his 100th career goal and Joey Sankey had career highs for goals and points in a game as No. 10 North Carolina rolled to a 13-5 win over visiting Dartmouth (2-3) on Monday afternoon.
- A late 5-0 run broke a 10-10 tie and vaulted the No. 4 Northwestern women's lacrosse team past No. 15 Navy, 15-12, on Monday at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
- Mount St. Mary's senior attackman Andrew Scalley (Archbishop Spalding) was named Northeast Conference Player of the Week for the second consecutive time Monday.
- Division II Lynn University announced the hiring of former Maryland defensive midfielder Brian Kingsbury as its inaugural men¿s lacrosse coach Wednesday afternoon.
- PPL Park in Chester, Pa., will host the 2013 Major League Lacrosse Championship Weekend, sources confirmed to Inside Lacrosse today.
- The Chesapeake Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse strengthened their offense with attackman Grant Kaleikau as their first pick (16th overall) in Wednesday's supplemental draft.