HOPKINS UP 2-0...CHECK THAT, 2-1.

Thanks to a sweet, thread-the-needle pass by Paul Rabil, Johns Hopkins leads 2-0 midway through the first quarter (women's lax, halves; men's lax, quarters; discuss).

Duke just scored (he says with no exclamation point). Brad Ross.

One curious phenomonen of both lax finals: The number of high school-age and younger fans who attend the game toting their lacrosse sticks. It's sweet. Like, maybe they'll catch a foul ball. Or that's just their way of pledging allegiance to the sport. You certainly don't see that at the NCAA Pole Vault championships.