Weekend Preview: Bates, Keene State, Endicott await top teams

Rocco Fantoni and Bates will begin their 2019 season on Saturday vs. RIT. (Theophil Syslo/Bates College)

The second week of game action is here for local Division 3 lacrosse.

To preview what's in store, New England Lacrosse Journal has highlighted five games throughout the region to keep an eye out for. They feature clubs from the NEWMAC, Little East, Commonwealth Coast Conference and NEWMAC, so there's plenty of variety in store.

We're still waiting for the early national contenders – Wesleyan, Tufts and Amherst – to get going, but plenty of intriguing matchups await nonetheless.

There might be snow on the ground throughout much of New England, but that isn't stopping February lacrosse from doing its thing.