I’ll be on a late afternoon flight to Raleigh today, while we have a presence in both Philadelphia and Orlando too . . .

Check back here and on Twitter at FloridaLX for coverage throughout the weekend!

What a weekend coming up!

A Tampa Women’s title, a Gators title and our kids in Philadelphia making a big difference in a championship game! A dream weekend for all of us!

#AcknowledgeFloridaLacrosse!

Hoping Jeremy Foley shows up, would love to spend some time with him.

Here’s the list of all Florida connections in the D1 Final Fours:

Men

Notre Dame

Eric Dobson – Fleming Island

Jordan Faison – Pine Crest

Carter Parlette – Ponte Vedra

Ryan Sforzo – IMG – Ryan grew up in Sarasota/Bradenton, and is the grandson of Dick Vitale, so if Dick is there, I want to spend a few minutes with him

Maryland

Aiden Aitken – spent two years at King’s Academy before transferring to Salisbury School up north

Jackson Canfield – Bishop Moore

Trace Davidson – Gulf Coast

Elijah Stobaugh – IMG

Jesse Bernhardt is the Defensive Coordinator – Lake Brantley

Virginia 

Tucker Mullen – son of Richard and Lisa Mullen.  Rich is the Saint Andrew’s assistant coach and Tucker went north to prep school (red shirt year)

Gable Braun – before transferring to McDonogh, Gable played at both SA and St Thomas for a year each

Luke Pisani – Benjamin

Denver

Joe Taraboletti – Ponte Vedra (red shirt year)

Maddox Johnson – Ponte Vedra

Women

Florida

Liz Harrison – LHP

Jackie Norsworthy – LHP

Syracuse

Olivia Adamson – LHP

Ana Horvit – Vero Beach

Northwestern

Rachel Weiner – North Broward Prep

Taylor Lapointe – Steinbrenner

Tampa Women

Olivia Jacinto – Sunlake

Kaitlin Price-Steinbrenner

If I missed anyone, let me know!

The plan is to produce content about the experience; the Florida Gators lacrosse writer, Corey Lichtman, does a great job of writing up the team, so we’ll still rely on those for the game preview/recaps, and I’ll give you more of a ‘travelogue’ approach!

TV Schedule

Men’s D1 – ESPN2 at noon on Saturday – Notre Dame vs Denver

Men’s D1 – ESPN2 at 2:30 on Saturday – Maryland vs Virginia

Men’s D1 Final – ESPN at 1:00pm on Monday

Women’s D1 – ESPNU at 3:00 on Friday – Florida vs Northwestern

Women’s D1 – ESPNU at 5:30 on Friday – Boston College vs Syracuse

Women’s D1 Final – ESPN at noon on Sunday

Women’s D2 will be available on the NCAA.com website. Look for the pull-down menu for Sports > Women’s Lacrosse > D2 pull-down, then click on the video link. The Tampa Women’s game is TODAY at 6:30pm versus Regis (CO). The finals are Saturday at noon.

Men’s D2 is the same place to watch.

And GOOD LUCK to the William Smith Herons, as they are again in the Final Four for D3 Women, in Roanoke, Virginia, Friday at 3:00pm, also on the NCAA.com site!