Mark Dixon ranked the best units in DI lacrosse for the Face-Off Yearbook. Here, he breaks down the best midfield units in the country. The attack unit rankings can be found here, and the defense will be up next. Pick up your copy of the Face-Off Yearbook for your tablet or smartphone for more. Click on any team name to get to their team schedule and roster on InsideLacrosse.com.

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Inside Lacrosse is taking a closer look at the top 40 teams from the Face-Off Yearbook, as well as much more counting down to the 2014 lacrosse season. Pick up your Face-Off Yearbook here for your tablet or smartphone, and read more about the Maryland Terrapins below.

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EVANSTON, Ill. -- Kelly Amonte Hiller, the decorated head coach of Northwestern women's lacrosse and winner of seven NCAA championships in the last nine seasons, has received a contract extension to keep her on the sidelines in Evanston through the 2021 season, Vice President for Athletics and Recreation Jim Phillips announced Tuesday.

Amonte Hiller, who was hired by Northwestern in 2000 and coached her first varsity season in 2002, will have completed 20 seasons as head coach of the Wildcats upon serving out the duration of her current contract.

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The message is clear: national championship or bust. The time is now for Syracuse who kicked off the 2014 campaign with a bang, disposing Jacksonville, 21-7, and shutting out Stetson, 25-0, respectively. The Orange will have a few weeks to rest up before its season home opener against Canisius on Feb. 16.

“It’s national championship or bust for the seniors,” coach Gary Gait said. “They want it bad. They’re willing to put in the work and they’ve proven that up to this date. [The team] is confident, they’re excited and they’re on a mission.”

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Former Cornell coach Ben DeLuca will be Duke's volunteer assistant for the 2014 season, coach John Danowski told Inside Lacrosse Wednesday morning.

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Lots more custom college goods on the way thanks to Warrior and Brine as we head into the spring season.

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Inside Lacrosse is taking a closer look at the top 40 teams from the Face-Off Yearbook, as well as much more counting down to the 2014 lacrosse season. Pick up your Face-Off Yearbook here for your tablet or smartphone, and read more about the Ohio State Buckeyes below.

Face-Off Yearbook Ranking: 7
Warrior Men's DI Media Poll: 9
USILA Coaches Poll: 14
2013 Record: 11-5, NCAA Quarterfinals

The Buckeyes made it to their second NCAA Quarterfinal last season after reeling off seven-straight wins, including an eyebrow-raisingly dominant performance over Loyola in the ECAC Semifinals and an impressively close one-goal W over Denver in the ECAC championship.

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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., and LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — ADVNC Lacrosse announced Wednesday the launch of the Lake Tahoe Summit Lacrosse Classic, a brand new youth tournament to be held June 20-22 in Lake Tahoe, Calif. ADVNC Lacrosse has partnered with Lake Placid Lacrosse to host the event.

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At this writing, Inside Lacrosse has confirmed that more than 30 high school class of 2017 players have already verbally committed to colleges. While from all reports these are extraordinarily talented kids, some of these boys have not yet played one high school game.

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Jack McDermott is a senior midfielder on the Tufts Jumbos men’s lacrosse team majoring in political science and serving as a representative on Tufts’ Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. He recently posted this on Medium.com and gave ILGear permission to repost it here.

2014 Edition: How college lacrosse recruiting has changed the game and how to find the best fit for you.

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Loyola sophomore attackman Zach Herreweyers is ineligible and will miss the 2014 season, a team source confirmed Tuesday. Herreweyers participated in Loyola's fall scrimmages but did not play against North Carolina last Saturday. The Greyhounds open up against Virginia in Charlottesville on Thursday.

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Can't stop. Won't stop. Just too much cool custom college goods on the way from Brine and Warrior. We're rolling on with a look at one of two custom pairs of Brine Triumph II gloves for the reigning NCAA Division I champion Duke Blue Devils.

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The #LegionofCoon has struck.

Thanks to @RITLaxAluminati, for bringing us this great creation promoting the RIT-Stevenson matchup at the Carrier Dome. If you weren't excited already for this NCAA title rematch, get excited. 

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Hempstead, NY – Hofstra Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach Seth Tierney has named senior attackman Torin Varn and senior defensive midfielder Anthony Zappone as the Pride co-Captains for the 2014 season.

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Inside Lacrosse is taking a closer look at the top 40 teams from the Face-Off Yearbook, as well as much more counting down to the 2014 lacrosse season. Pick up your Face-Off Yearbook here for your tablet or smartphone, and read more about the Penn State Nittany Lions below.

Face-Off Yearbook Preseason Ranking: 8
Warrior Men's DI Media Poll: 7
USILA Coaches' Poll: 9
2013 Season: 12-5, NCAA Tournament first round

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After going through the recruiting process, I sometimes receive questions about it and I can’t always answer every question in each situation. I know that sometimes the recruiting process can be stressful and confusing, so I asked my coach Mark Mozier from ULAX Training to give a kind of overview on it all! Coach Mark helped me a lot through it even though I started much later than other 2014s, and his advice is valuable.

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There was a lot of buzz stirred up by our exclusive look at prototype heads from the Akwesasne-based startup known as Traditional Lacrosse, or "TLax" for short.

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Competing for a spot in Jake Reed's Nike Blue Chip, promising talent from all over the Northeast (as well as a few other states) took to sunny Florida. Instructed with innovative methodology by 3D's coaches, players from four different classes then played a combined four games on Saturday and Sunday after Friday's check-in and training sessions.

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Inside Lacrosse is taking a closer look at the top 40 teams from the Face-Off Yearbook, as well as much more counting down to the 2014 lacrosse season. Pick up your Face-Off Yearbook here for your tablet or smartphone, and read more about the Yale Bulldogs below.

Face-Off Yearbook Ranking: 10
Warrior Men's DI Media Poll: 12
USILA Coaches Poll: 13
2013 Record: 12-5, NCAA Quarterfinals

There are two ways to look at Yale heading into the 2014 season. Either they're a team with stars and a few holes to fill that's earned the right to be “afraid to pick against,” or they've got a few stars, a lot of holes to fill, an identity to find and a tight-rope schedule.

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