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FEBRUARY 3, 2025 | composed by STEVE ULRICH

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🐘 Tufts Releases Finding on Fall Lacrosse Training Workout
🥍 Saturday’s Scores
🔵 NEWMAC Men’s Preview
🔴 OAC Women’s Preview
📊 CCIW Preseason Polls

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TOP STORY
1. Navy SEAL Who Led Workout That Hospitalized Tufts Players Lacked Expertise, Report Says

by Patrick Whittle, New York Times

“A third-party Navy SEAL instructor who led a strenuous training session that led to the hospitalization of lacrosse players at Tufts University appeared to lack credentials to supervise group exercise, and the university should enact stricter procedures for workouts, according to an independent review released Friday.

The Tufts men's lacrosse team and two other students participated in the workout led by a recent graduate of the Boston-area university who was a former lacrosse team equipment manager and current Navy SEAL, the review noted. The September 2024 workout was “unusually intense,” and resulted in 24 of the 61 participants developing rhabdomyolysis, a serious and uncommon muscle injury, it stated.

Nine of the students had to be hospitalized, according to the review, which was prepared by sports medicine consultant Rod Walters and attorney Randy Aliment. The review states that the Navy SEAL's lack of proper credentials and Tuft's lack of a plan for transportation of students to hospitals led to a dangerous scenario that could have been avoided.

» Situational Awareness. “Students who participated in the workout were not informed of the exercises or amounts of repetitions they would be required to perform, the review states. Some accounts of the workout said students “performed about 250 burpees and other exercises over the approximately 75-minute workout,” and students who struggled with it were taken out to lower their heart rates with slower exercises, it states.”

» What They’re Saying. “The Navy SEAL Workout did not follow principles of acclimatization that are necessary to avoid injury during training,” the report states. “The Navy SEAL Workout was not exercise-science based, physiologically sport-specific, or tailored to the individual sport of lacrosse.”

» Of Note. “All students have recovered and returned to normal activity, Tufts president Sunil Kumar and athletics director John Morris said in a statement.”

» Executive Summary of Report
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SCOREBOARD
2. Weekend Scores

• Southern Virginia 16, SCAD-Savannah 13

• Salisbury 22, Eastern 3

• Carthage 20, Hendrix 1

• Oglethorpe 13, Shorter 2

NEWMAC PREVIEW (M)
3. Beavers Look For Three-Peat

Babson made it back-to-back NEWMAC titles and three in four years with a 19-8 triumph at home against Springfield.

The Beavers rallied to defeat Denison in the second round of the NCAAs, 12-10, before being eliminated by RIT, 23-16.

Returning Statistical Leaders

Babson (16-4, 7-0): Topher Bower (Gr, 16-43-59), Bennett Smith (16-38-54)
Goalie: Alex Fascilla (Sr, 9.73 / 59.3%)
Clark (5-10, 2-5). Matthew Minkwitz (Gr, 30-16-46), Matt Wells (Sr, 23-13-36)
Goalie: Casey McCullough (Gr, 16.70 / 53.2%)
Coast Guard (2-12, 1-6). Ryan Hunter (Sr, 27-19-46), Eric Key (So, 21-9-30)
Goalie: Dustin Miller (Jr, 11.89 / 58.3%)
Emerson (7-9, 2-5). Jack Burns (Sr, 56-9-65), Aedan Kiniry (Jr, 14-13-27)
Goalie: N/A
MIT (6-10, 5-2). Garrett Campagna (Jr, 31-36-67), Zach Bleil (Jr, 40-12-52)
Goalie: N/A
Salve Regina (4-10, 3-4). Daniel Naglieri (Jr, 24-26-50), Chris Koltzan (Jr, 25-14-39)
Goalie: Andrew Hazard (So, 13.42 / 53.2%)
Springfield (7-14, 5-2). Jake Degnan (So, 47-9-56), Bryan Stensrud (So, 16-19-35)
Goalie: Kaden Quirk (Sr, 12.87 / 45.7%)
Wheaton (9-8, 3-4). Emmett Edwards (Jr, 35-16-51), Charlie Racine (Sr, 32-11-43)
Goalie: Connor Almstrom (Sr, 11.36 / 54.6%)

🥍 D3Lacrosse’s Preseason All-NEWMAC
A-Jack Burns (Sr, Emerson); Seamus Rooney (Jr, Babson); Jake Degnan (So, Springfield). M-Topher Bower (Gr, Babson); Zach Bleil (Jr, MIT); Garrett Campagna (Jr, MIT).
D-Brendan Maher (Sr, Babson); Brennan Hoppa (Sr, MIT). LSM-Gavin Bailey (Sr, Babson). SSDM-Sammy Kalishman (Gr, Babson). FO-Vincent Scialdone (Sr, Springfield). GK-Alex Fascilla (Sr, Babson).

OAC PREVIEW (W)
4. The Capital of the OAC

Capital routed Mount Union, 22-9, to capture its third consecutive Ohio Athletic Conference title. After receiving a first-round bye in the NCAAs, the Comets fell to Roanoke, 20-12, in round two.

Capital’s Grace Osborn needs five goals to set the DIII and all-divisions career record, and 15 to become the first collegiate lacrosse player to score 400 career goals.

The Conference welcomes two new coaches to the fold this season as Lindsay Reho and Kara Concheck takes the reins at Marietta and Capital, respectively.

Baldwin Wallace (10-8, 4-3). Clare Alic (So, 54-24-78), Carley House (Jr, 20-20-40)
Goalie: Caroline Potteiger (Jr, 12.72 / 37.3%)
Capital (14-5, 6-1). Grace Osborn (Sr, 148-47-195), Andi Henry (Sr, 88-59-147)
Goalie: Emily Serafinchon (Jr, 13.98 / 40.3%)
John Carroll (7-8, 3-4). Olivia Hanulak (Gr, 41-19-60), Riley Knapp (So, 35-9-44)
Goalie: Josephine Lawler (Jr, 13.63 / 32.2%)
Marietta (6-10, 1-6). Mallory Wiles, Jr (62-20-82), Hope Adams (Sr, 57-11-68)
Goalie: Abby May (14.15 / 41.4%)
Mount Union (12-4, 6-1). Katie Clark (Gr, 49-50-99), Eden Kesler (Gr, 48-17-65)
Goalie: Abby Lindkvist (Sr, 12.72 / 48.5%)
Muskingum (7-9, 0-7). Riley Hudock (Sr, 58-8-66), Hannah Heyboer (Gr, 19-41-60)
Goalie: N/A
Ohio Northern (9-8, 3-4). Rylie Kocik (Jr, 38-19-57), Keaghan Burden (Sr, 19-35-54)
Goalie: N/A
Otterbein (10-6, 5-2). Ava Robey (Jr, 35-60-95), Alyssa Glenn (So, 40-4-44)
Goalie: Maggie Nance (Sr, 11.37 / 43.2%)

🥍 D3Lacrosse Preseason All-OAC
A-Katie Clark (Gr, Mount Union), Ava Robey (Jr, Otterbein); Ava Vendetti (Jr, Capital). M-Grace Osborn (Sr, Capital); Eden Kesler (Gr, Mount Union); Andi Henry (Sr, Capital); Clare Alic (So, Baldwin Wallace); Mackenzie Kolstad (Sr, Mount Union). D-Jill McDonnell (So, John Carroll); Carly Kern (Sr, Baldwin Wallace); Brenna Todd (Jr, Capital). GK-Abby Lindkvist (Sr, Mount Union).

CONFERENCES
5. Preseason Polls

It’s conference preseason poll time. That time where some coaches put some thought into making their annual selections, while others opt to list teams in their 2024 order of standing.

Nonetheless, here we go.

• CCIW (W). “Carroll is the preseason favorite in the 2025 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) women’s lacrosse race. It’s the first time Carroll has been voted the preseason league favorite.”

• CCIW (M). “For the ninth consecutive season, College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) men’s lacrosse head coaches have voted Illinois Wesleyan the league’s preseason favorite. IWU, which has won 37 straight regular-season conference games, six consecutive regular-season league championships and six of the last seven CCIW Tournament crowns, earned the maximum point total of 25.”

RECRUITING
6. Commitments

RPI - Conestoga (Pa.) HS defenseman Gunnar Flesher has committed

1 THING
7. Six More Weeks of Winter: Phil Sees Shadow on Groundhog Day

by Matthew Triponey, Punxsutawney Spirit

“Bad news for those pining for an end to a long, cold Pennsylvania winter — we’re bound for at least six more weeks of it, as Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Sunday morning, Groundhog Day.

The weekend holiday brought a record crowd to Gobbler’s Knob, as well as to the various festivities taking place all throughout town. The grounds were packed with Phil’s Phaithful braving the chilly night for a glimpse of the Seer of Seers and Prognosticator of Prognosticators. Guests included local dignitaries, the current Miss Pennsylvania and a past Miss America and New Jersey musicians Lights Out, among others — and Gov. Josh Shapiro, making another in-person Groundhog Day appearance and suggesting the festivities ought to be recognized as a state holiday.”

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