Photo courtesy of Bellarmine Athletics)
The 2021 college lacrosse season got underway in a manner befitting the oddness of the last 10 months.
Two conference foes played a non-conference game in January in Macon, Ga. In the absence of a formal live stream, hundreds of starved lacrosse fans watched a Periscope stream via a Bellarmine player (junior midfielder Cameron Herbert) recovering from illness and saw field level highlights courtesy of an injured Mercer player (sophomore midfielder Cole Leggett) posting to IL’s Instagram. One face-off specialist one all but one face-off and the teams combined for just seven fewer turnovers than shots.