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It's now fully official, Syracuse and Johns Hopkins lacrosse squards are back and playing in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Lacrosse Tournament.
Syracuse, Notere Dame, Georgetown and Johns Hopkins all got a bit of a scare put in them, but all prevailed by the end. Duke, Virginia, Denver and Maryland all handled their business pretty easily and advanced.
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In this weeks show, I'm going to talk about why I have Notre Dame, Syracuse & Johns Hopkins sitting atop my poll vote, in that order. Many are going to light me up for it, but after Notre Dame took down Virginia, and North Carolina beat Duke, I can't ignore the fact that Syracuse holds victories in the head-to-head matchups between Hopkins and Duke, the only other teams with RPI's higher than theirs.
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Every weekend has brought some chaos to the college lacrosse world, and this weekend was no different. After Boston University took down #1 Army Friday night, Michigan and High Point decided to get in on the upset action with each team scoring late on the way to Michigan upsetting Maryland, and High Point stunning UNC. Princeton, Cornell and Penn all handled their business in Ivy league play.
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6 Syracuse hosted the #4 Duke Blue Devils in the Dome on Wednesday night and came away victors, with a 10-4 statement win. The Orange defense played their best game of the season, and in reality the best defensive game any team has played all year long. They held the Duke attack to just 2 goals and an assist. Will Mark was a monster with 14 saves for the Cuse and Owen Hiltz put up 3 goals in the win.
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Syracuse and Johns Hopkins are back near the top of the college lacrosse world, and everything is great when these two teams play in a top-10 matchup. #9 Syracuse defeated #2 Johns Hopkins 14-13 in an instant classic. Maryland needed overtime to take down a very pesky Brown squad. Notre Dame edged Ohio State, Virginia & Duke both pulled away in the second half to pick up wins. It was Penn State beating up on Cornell that was the surprise of the weekend.
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In this college lacrosse film review, we're going to take a look at the Johns Hopkins vs Virginia contest that took place on 3/2/24 in Charlottesville, VA. Johns Hopkins was able to ride a hot Matt Collison to a 2-goal victory.
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We didn't have as many top notch college lacrosse matchups this weekend, but we still had some solid games. Johns Hopkins took down North Carolina pretty easily and it could have been better for the Jays if they didn't assult numerous UNC players down the stretch. Maryland hosted Princeton and showed that the Tigers losses in the offseason were too much for them to overcome. Rutgers put the beat down on Loyola as did Utah over Vermont. Penn needed overtime to take down Delaware in a very exciting matchup, and Denver scored a late goal and outlasted Cornell by the end out west. We'll cover these games in depth, with highlights as well as many others in this weekends college lacrosse recaps.
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Maryland took down Syracuse in overtime in the college lacrosse game of the weekend, I'll talk about my heart breaking and will have highlights. We'll also talk about just about every other game that was played this weekend including Duke's win over Saint Joseph's, Virginia's win over Richmond, Johns Hopkins win over Loyola, Georgetown's win over Penn and many more.
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The biggest game in this glorious weekend of college lacrosse is #4 Maryland taking on #5 Syracuse in the Dome on Saturday as the days nightcap. It will be Joey Spallina and the Syracuse offense taking on Ajax Zapitello and the Maryland defense. The battle at the faceoff dot between Kohn and Wierman should be fun to watch.
3 Virginia will travel to take on #17 Richmond. The Spiders only lost to Maryland by a goal in 2OT's, so they are battle tested and ready to go against a Virginia team that could be scary good offensively this year.
7 Army will travel a short distance to take on #11 Rutgers. I like Army in this one, but Rutgers has a very good offensive team. #20 Loyola against #9 Hopkins should also be a very good game with a similar rivalry to Army and Rutgers.
We'll talk about those games and many more in this weeks college lacrosse preview show.
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In todays live edition of the College Lacrosse Weekend Recap Show, I'll talk about how Virginia humbled Michigan, Hopkins outlasted Georgetown, Maryland took down Loyola, Army needed a late surge to overcome UMass, Boston U. thrashed Vermont, and much more.
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My first thought as I looked at the second week of games was "there aren't a lot of bangers" here. But as always, the college lacrosse gods have spoken and the more I dove into some of these matchups, the more I feel we should see some solid games.
Virginia hosting Michigan could be promising, but at the end of the day, can Michigan's defense stifle the UVA offense enough to keep things close? Johns Hopkins hosting Georgetown also has the makings of a solid contest, but after getting smoked by Loyola a weekend ago, do the Greyhounds have some trouble on the horizon? Hopkins was upset by Denver in week one, but bounced back with a solid win over Towson. Which Hopkins team will show up?
Maryland will host Loyola (coming off the Gtown win) and I expect this to be a solid fight. Syracuse will be the first team to play three games and should be 3-0 after beating Manhattan on Friday night. Rutgers takes on Stony Brook (on the road) in a game that could be closer than many expect.
We also get to see Duke again, North Carolina will take on Mercer leaving Notre Dame as the only ACC team that won't have played yet. I'll talk about these games and many more in this weeks college lacrosse weekend preview show.
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What an opening weekend of college lacrosse. We saw #13 Denver take down #5 Johns Hopkins in overtime with JJ Sillstrop going crazy and scoring the games final 4 goals, including the OT winner. We saw unranked Colgate take down #4 Penn State on the road, scoring the game winner with 4 seconds left in regulation. We saw Syracuse and Duke each roll their non-conference foes. We saw Loyola beat up on a Georgetown team that is trying out all sorts of new starters. Maryland needed 2OT's to take down Richmond on the road. Rutgers eeked out a 2-goal win over Lehigh. Ohio State was losing to Utah for most of the game before rebounding and picking up the win. We'll talk about all of these games and more in this seasons first college lacrosse weekend roundup.
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In our first week of college lacrosse action, Johns Hopkins taking on Denver would appear to be the big matchup of the weekend. However, I think that Ohio State is going to get a very solid test taking on Utah at home. Penn State, Maryland, Syracuse and Duke are both playing games they should handily win. Rutgers hosting Lehigh, and Loyola hosting Georgetown should actually end up being the best games of the weekend.
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The 2024 college lacrosse season is upon us with games all kicking off next weekend. Syracuse and Johns Hopkins scrimmaged Michigan and UMBC respectively, so we'll discuss what is known about those outings in addition to discussing InsideLacrosse's media poll and positional breakdowns.
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It's official, the Premier Lacrosse League has finally hitched their teams to cities (and regions) and I'm officially a New York Atlas fan. Glad to get to root on my favorite PLL player, Jeff Teat (and company) and I hope this causes me to become as addicted to the PLL as I have been to college lacrosse for the last 5 or 6 years.
Also, huge announcement, I've been working a formula to rank college players (at every position) and that rating will be known as a players LaxFactor Rating. The LaxFactor Ratings will weight specific data points differently across each position group. I'm still working on finalizing the attack rating system, but should have it complete in time to do a reveal of my top 30 attackmen along with their scores for next weekends show.
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Syracuse Lacrosse will have an embarrassment of riches in terms of offensive depth in the spring of 2024 thanks to winning the transfer portal. Jake Stevens & Sam English (Princeton) will both see a ton of time at midfield and attackman Christian Mule (Lehigh) is the perfect compliment to Spallina and Hiltz on attack. But adding a FOGO and two very capable LSM's certainly doesn't hurt. This is a much improved roster between these key transfers, the incoming guys and the returners will reap the benefits.
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We had our first week of Premier Lacrosse League action this past weekend and it didn’t disappoint with 3 of the 4 games all being decided by a single goal.
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As you all now know, Notre Dame has been crowned the DI College Lacrosse National Champion after defeating Duke 13-9 on Memorial Day this past weekend. Liam Entenmann was named the games most outstanding player making 18 saves (7 of them in the fourth quarter) as the Irish pulled away from the Blue Devils enroute to winning the programs first national title.
All in all, it was an incredible final after we had perhaps the best semifinal games I can recall seeing back to back on Saturday.
And that does it for season 4, but IT’S NOT GOODBYE. I’ll be back live streaming this Saturday at 10am to recap the entire season, hand out my end of season awards and talk some PLL LACROSSE which I will cover through the summer.
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In our final college lacrosse weekend preview episode of the year, we're going to talk the NCAA College Lacrosse Final 4 matchups with Penn State taking on Duke, and Notre Dame taking on Virginia. This will be the third time UVA and ND have faced each other this season with Virginia taking both regular season matchups. Penn State and Duke have not played yet, but they match up well so long as Penn State can keep Brennan O'Neill from carving them up. All American goaltender Jack Fracyon may be able to help the Nittany Lions defense with that. We'll also talk about the DII and DIII matchups between Mercyhurst and Lenoir-Rhyne and Salisbury and Tufts.
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What a weekend of high quality college lacrosse. We had some close games, no absolute blowouts and the stage is set for Memorial Day Weekend which for lacrosse fans has become one of the most holy holiday weekends of the year. We’re going to talk about Virginia’s win over Georgetown, Duke’s win over Michigan, Penn State’s win over Army as well as Notre Dame’s win over Johns Hopkins. But we’ll also dive into the DII and DIII semifinal games played this weekend that saw Mercyhurst upset Lemoyne and Lenoir-Rhyne take out Limestone. In DIII action I watched Tufts take down RIT and Salisbury defeat Christopher Newport.
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OK, today I’ll talk about the D1 NCAA Lacrosse Tournament as well as about games for the D2 and D3 tournaments. Every game this weekend at the Division I level have promise, but I think the Georgetown vs Virginia and Army vs Penn State matchups could be crazy. Duke has shown they are susceptible to getting upset, they did lose to Jacksonville early this season after all. Notre Dame and Hopkins rarely faceoff against each other, so no matter what the outcome of that game it will be fun to watch. I don’t hate Hopkins chances at screwing up Notre Dame’s fun. We’ll also talk about all of the D2 and D3 tournament games as well.
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This weekend’s NCAA Lacrosse Tournament First Round gave us four 1-goal games, a 2-goal game and a bunch of goals in the games that weren’t so close. It was apparent that #Donna got it “mostly” right in terms of seeding with one GLARING MISTAKE, and that was handing #1 Duke a first-round matchup against Delaware, let’s dive into it.
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Duke and Notre Dame were left out of the NCAA Lacrosse Tournament a season ago and now that they've locked up the #1 and #2 seeds respectively, they will be seeking revenge for last years snub. I’m going to rip through and discuss this upcoming weekend's NCAA tournament games in order of how worthy I think they’ll be of watching if you want a solid shot at seeing a decent lacrosse game. Princeton vs Penn State promises to be a really incredible game and I think that Yale vs Georgetown won't be too far behind it. But can Army upset Maryland and maybe Michigan pull an upset over Cornell?
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I missed Wednesday/Thursday’s show because I’m a pansy and I was sick, but I watched a ton of lacrosse over the last 5 days and I can say that I don’t recall a conference tournament season as odd as this one. The A10 Semifinals saw Saint Joseph’s (the 1-seed) get humbled in a loss. The America East Semifinals saw Vermont (the 1-seed) get bounced. The Big Ten Tournament Semifinals, the top two seeds got bounced. Michigan took down Penn State and Maryland toppled Hopkins. The Ivy League Semifinals, same crap, the top two seeds, Cornell and Penn, both lost.
If you were a team on the bubble, these games played on Thursday and Friday were your worst nightmare. For almost ever bubble team, they needed one of the favorites of the B1G and Ivy tournaments to win in order to have a shot at an at large. What they got instead was the bubble teams they were competing against for that bid won very important games and improved their resumes, bumping tournament favorites to the at large pool.
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We had lots of action this weekend with the bulk of the games being played factoring in NCAA or conference tournament seeding. We’ll talk about a bunch of said games including a couple of overtime finishes between Princeton and Cornell as well as Denver and Marquette. Syracuse’s postseason hopes were on the line in an ACC road game against Duke. Yale and Harvard played a win and you're in game, and Boston University took on Army to decide who would get the one-seed in the Patriot League tournament. The Big Ten tournament kicked off with Michigan taking on Ohio State and Maryland hosting Rutgers. We’ll talk about all of these games and more in this week's college lacrosse weekend recap show.
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This weekend will see #3 Virginia host #1 Notre Dame in a game that could decide who get's the #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Big Ten Tournament kicks off with Ohio State vs Michigan and Rutgers vs Maryland. Conference tournament seeds will be completely locked up by the end of the day on Saturday and we can officially begin the postseason. Syracuse and North Carolina will each finish their season against Duke and Notre Dame respectively and a win will give them hope for an at large bid, a loss will end both of their seasons.
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One of the oldest and most respected rivalries in college lacrosse, Johns Hopkins visiting Maryland ended up being the best game of the weekend, as expected. Hopkins picked up the win, and is now looking to be the favorite to win the Big Ten tournament, but seeing how every team makes the cut, it could still get interesting.
North Carolina and Syracuse both badly needed wins to keep their hopes for an at large bid alive, and both lost as Notre Dame and Virginia handled their business against their ACC rivals in a weekend that saw Duke relax with a weekend off.
Cornell and Princeton both picked up victories to remain at the top of the Ivy League standings and there were huge games in almost every conference in terms of setting up the conference tournament seedings and so on.
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This week's preview show is going to start with some recaps from Sunday’s and Tuesday’s games. There was some Big Ten action on Sunday that we have to talk about as well as Georgetown beating up on Loyola last night. Once we get done with those three recaps we’ll dive into previews and will talk about all of the big games being played between Friday and Saturday this weekend.
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As a die-hard Syracuse fan, I was on the edge of my seat as Michael Leo scored the game winner with 12 seconds left against North Carolina Saturday in a must-win for the Orange. I was pretty sure Duke was going to roll Virginia for the 105th time in a row, but UVA battled back and made Duke earn the W by the end. Cornell and Georgetown each won one-goal games, the Hoyas needed a Tucker Dordevic goal in OT to taste victory. I'll talk about these games and many more in this weekends college lacrosse weekend review.
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We're at the stage of the college lacrosse season where every game has huge conference tournament and NCAA tournament implications. While #3 Duke hosting #2 Virginia only plays into NCAA tournament seeding, as both of these teams have done enough to lock up their spots, it should still be a must watch game on Saturday.
The rest of the field has a lot more to play for than just seeding and bragging rights. Boston University's tilt against #20 Loyola is huge for both teams as Loyola is currently on the bubble, and Boston University could position themselves on the bubble if they can win out. Army hosting Cornell is the last non-conference matchup for both teams and represents each teams last chance at picking up a high RPI win. North Carolina just about "punches their ticket" for an at large bid if they can beat Syracuse on Saturday, and for the Orange, their only hope of staying a live and getting a potential at large bid will require a W on Saturday against the Heels.
Moral of the story, there are a lot of very important lacrosse games being played this weekend, but I'll dive a bit more into the games I'm featuring in this episode.
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Between Friday and Saturday we had some insane games including huge matchups and some OT thrillers. We’ll start this college lacrosse weekend recaps show off talking about Saturday's matchup between #1 Duke and #2 Notre Dame, but as the show progresses we’ll also touch on #5 Maryland vs #17 Ohio State, #3 Virginia vs #9 North Carolina, #16 Michigan vs #12 Rutgers, Syracuse vs #15 Princeton, #6 Johns Hopkins vs #8 Penn State and many more.
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We have a bunch of incredible games popping off this weekend, starting with big time conference rivalry games on Friday with Michigan vs Rutgers, Virginia vs North Carolina, Navy vs Loyola and Maryland vs Ohio State. On Saturday the solid in-conference matchups continue. The big one of the weekend, #1 Duke vs #2 Notre Dame in South Bend. Penn State hosts Hopkins and many more.
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While I don't dive into Friday nights contest that saw Duke take down Virginia, I do go deep into Michigan's win over #2 Maryland as that to me was the story of the weekend. Penn had a big Ivy matchup against Yale and once again the cardiac Quakers needed to show up to pull out the W. Syracuse battled back to take the lead back from Notre Dame only to see the Irish go on a monster run and take the game by a margin. We'll talk about these three games and more in this weeks episode.
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We're going to start this weeks college lacrosse preview show with a quick review of the insane Seton Hill comeback that saw the Griffin's down by 4 goals with just over 1:37 left in the game and they scored 4 unanswered goals in around 30 seconds to force overtime, and scored the game winner in OT. For this weekends D1 lacrosse previews, we'll talk about #4 Duke hitting the road to take on #1 Virginia in a Friday night ACC battle. We'll also talk about Rutgers vs Johns Hopkins, Denver vs Georgetown, Yale vs Penn, Notre Dame vs Syracuse and many more.
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The first weekend of high school lacrosse in Section IV is upon us and we saw Johnson City take on Saratoga Springs in a non-conference matchup while Maine-Endwell hosted Horseheads and Notre Dame took on Oneonta.
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College lacrosse will have a new #1 on Monday as #3 Virginia upended Notre Dame’s hopes of holding the top spot beyond this weekend by defeating the Irish on the road, 15-10. Connor Shellenberger tore up Notre Dame for 2 goals and 5 assists and teammate Xander Dickson chipped in 6 goals and a dish as well. Maryland probably hang somewhere between #2 and #3 thanks to a win over #10 Penn State.
We’ll also dive into #8 Johns Hopkins win over conference rival Michigan, #4 Duke handled Saint Joseph’s on the road thanks to a solid days from Brennan O’Neill and Jake Naso, #16 Georgetown snagged their 4th consecutive win this season against Lehigh, Syracuse took down Hobart in the Dome and we’ll talk about a lot more beyond.
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In the 2023 Tewaaraton Award race, two guys stand out from the rest. Connor Shellenberger (Virginia) and Pat Kavanaugh (Notre Dame) are sitting at the top of my 5-man list at the moment because their production matches their teams success. With Virginia and Notre Dame facing off this upcoming weakened, one of them has a chance to put himself at the top of this list by himself.
The other guys I'm considering are CJ Kirst (Cornell), Brennan O'Neill (Duke) and Matt Brandau (Yale). All 5 guys have a legit shot at winning with Sam Handley being my "first guy out". Handley and Penn take on Yale within the next two weeks. If Penn can get a win over Yale and Handley factors heavily, he probably bumps Brandau to my first man out and eats the #5 spot.
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4 Maryland needed an insane 3-save sequence out of Brian Ruppel to nab themselves a chance to defeat #1 Virginia in overtime, and thanks to the freshman goaltender, Maryland was able to eek out the sudden death win off a Daniel Kelly goal, dished by Braden Erksa on the ensuing possession.
That was just one of a handful of Saturday games that required overtime to decide a winner. Sam Handley scored the game winner for Penn over Princeton. Sam King assisted on the game tying goal and scored the game winner in overtime for Harvard in their win over Brown. Drexel and Lafayette each won in overtime as well over Towson and Colgate respectively.
Another surprise on the day was Marquette taking down Penn State by a goal after holding off the Nittany Lion’s late rally. Loyola was able to top Patriot League foe Bucknell by a goal, 14-13 on the road.
In D3 action, Christopher Newport beat #1 and undefeated RIT and #2 Gettysburg lost to Denison on a weekend that saw top two teams in D3 both get dropped. In D2 action, Lemoyne was able to edge out Saint Anselm by a goal to remain undefeated and hold on to their #1 ranking going into next week.
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We had another great group of college lacrosse games to watch on Saturday including Johns Hopkins and Syracuse at the dome, Princeton and Rutgers doing battle in Dirty Jersey, Penn State proves they are in fact the Ivy League Killers as evidenced by their 3-0 record against Ivy League teams thus far and we'll talk about a lot more.
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This college lacrosse weekend preview show is going to quickly become a recap show with all of the killer games being played between Sundays and Tuesdays. In this episode I’m going to recap the Duke vs Syracuse tilt at the Dome on Sunday as well as Tuesday’s contest featuring Virginia playing Johns Hopkins at Homewood Field in Baltimore. I’ll also recap a bunch of games that will be popping off this weekend including Loyola vs Duke, Denver vs Yale, Penn State vs Cornell, Brown vs North Carolina, Princeton vs Rutgers, Ohio State vs Notre Dame, Johns Hopkins vs Syracuse and many more.
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What a weekend of college lacrosse we got to enjoy on Saturday. Notre Dame needed 3OT's to figure out if they were going to beat the Terps or drop one on the road. Lynchburg outplayed Salisbury for the majority of the game, but some bad bounces and rebounds resulted in OT in this DIII tilt as well. Denver didn't need overtime vs North Carolina, but the game had that type of feel to it by the end. We'll talk about those games as well as Tampa vs Frostburg in DII action, Ohio State and Cornell did battle in Columbus, Georgetown needed to finally wake up their offense against Princeton on the road, Hopkins' Tyler Dunn saved the Jay's butts winning a bunch of faceoffs against Zach Cole of Saint Joseph's. You get the idea, we're going to talk about a ton of college lacrosse in this episode.
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So we had a couple of interesting games on Sunday, I’ll talk about those including Brown’s dismantling of Vermont. There is a big game tonight (Wednesday) with Towson hosting Loyola. The Greyhounds will be looking to bounce back after losing last weekend to Rutgers. In all, we'll touch on the following games... Notre Dame vs Maryland, Cornell vs Ohio State, Duke vs Syracuse, Georgetown vs Princeton, Richmond vs Virginia, Saint Joseph's vs Johns Hopkins, Penn State vs Penn and many more.
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Today we’re going to do something different because we had a big upset in the DIII ranks so I’m going to start today’s show out with #2 Salisbury hitting the road to take on #7 Gettysburg. Lots of people were wondering if Salisbury deserved the #1 ranking after RIT needed OT to take down someone they probably should have beat by 10. Well Gettysburg put that talk to rest.
On the DI landscape we had some really good matchups get resolved including #12 North Carolina handling business in the dome against #19 Syracuse. #14 Duke got out front on #7 Penn early in the game and was able to hold on for the win. #2 Notre Dame put the big hurt on #17 Georgetown, dropping the Hoyas to 0-3 on the season. #9 Maryland hit the road and took down #3 Princeton. #16 Hopkins was playing a must win game against Utah at Homewood and got the job done. We'll talk about those games and many more.
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I want to start this episode by talking about Ohio State's big win over North Carolina on Sunday and after that we'll dive into all of the matchups for this weekend that are worth watching.
But after that, I'll dive into talking about Notre Dame vs Georgetown, Penn vs Duke, Princeton vs Maryland, Rutgers vs Loyola, Syracuse vs North Carolina, Ohio State vs Virginia, Lehigh vs Cornell and many more.
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Week two of college lacrosse didn’t bring as high a percentage of upsets, but we still had them, and we also had a slew of games that required sudden death and lacrosse fans all over the world saw that it was good.
In today’s episode we’ll talk about Syracuse vs Maryland, Penn vs Georgetown, Johns Hopkins vs Loyola, Rutgers vs Army, Harvard vs Virginia, Manhattan vs Navy, Boston U vs Bryant, Cornell vs Albany, Vermont vs Utah, Colgate vs Air Force, Lindewood vs LIU, Hofstra vs Michigan, Marist vs Jacksonville, Hobart vs Lehigh, St. Johns vs Delaware and many more.
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Terrible news out of Maryland as we found out Logan McNaney will miss the remainder of the season with an ACL injury. #9 Maryland hosting #18 Syracuse in College Park is for sure one of the biggest games this weekend and we'll talk about that matchup in depth. A bunch of other great games are being played this weekend though.
12 Georgetown will be looking to bounce back against #10 Penn after losing to Johns Hopkins. #6 Hopkins lost to North Carolina last night, so their game against #11 Loyola this weekend is hugely important for the Jays. #1 Virginia returns to action facing #17 Harvard on the road. Unranked Denver will take on #16 Duke at home. #19 North Carolina fresh off their win over Hopkins on Tuesday will travel to Columbus to take on #6 Ohio State.
The Ivy's are finally getting going as we'll also see #5 Yale (take on Villanova), #2 Cornell (taking on Albany) and #4 Princeton gearing up to beat the crap out of Monmouth.
But I go deeper still and will talk about #14 Saint Joe's vs Towson, #13 Delaware against The Mount and #3 Notre Dame finally takes the field on the road at Marquette.
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Friday night lacrosse was totally dwarfed by Saturday’s absolute chaos as we saw numerous updates, plenty of unexpected outcomes mixed with some butt kickings. What started as a slate of games that didn’t expect to be all that exciting ended up being the opposite with upsets galore.
We saw #3 Georgetown fall to Johns Hopkins by a goal in my favorite upset of the weekend, but Loyola beating #2 Maryland by a margin wasn't bad either. Jacksonville was playing a "must win game" in early February and managed to beat Duke for the second straight season.
Michigan stuck with Virginia for far longer than I expected them to on Saturday only losing by a four goal spread. Friday night Syracuse and North Carolina each waxed their opponents in Albany and Mercer. Duke was the only ACC team that didn't pick up a win this weekend.
But that wasn't it for the upsets. Vermont beat up on Boston U. for most of the game. Air Force took down Denver. It was a crazy weekend and we'll talk about almost all of the games at least a little bit.
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In this second College Lacrosse Weekend Preview Show we'll talk about just about every game from the first "official" weekend of college lacrosse. Last weekend was week zero and this is technically week one.
We're going to start out talking about the Friday games, UAlbany at Syracuse as well as North Carolina hosting Mercer. Then we'll dive into the bulk of Saturday's games including #1 Virginia hosting Michigan, #2 Maryland hitting the road against Loyola. #3 Georgetown takes on Johns Hopkins at Homewood. #8 Duke looks to get revenge against Jacksonville who upset them in Durham a season ago. #9 Rutgers has Stony Brook at home, the Scarlet Knights beat the Seawolves by a goal a season ago. #11 Ohio State plays their second home game in as many tries against Cleveland State. Two teams I'm high on, #12 Delaware and #14 Boston U. each see their first action and I'll go on and on and talk about many more games.
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The first week of college lacrosse action is now behind us and in todays episode I want to talk about every game that was played at the D1 level including Vermont vs Syracuse, Air Force vs Ohio State, Richmond vs Maryland, Utah vs Denver, Hopkins vs Jacksonville, Bellarmine vs Duke and many more.
I'll of course talk first about Syracuse's win over Vermont followed by Ohio State and their convincing win over Air Force.
We'll discuss how Syracuse freshman Joey Spallina fared as he scored his first goal wearing #22 for the Orange albeit he had a rough shooting day.
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In this second episode of Lacrosse Lines, I'm going to talk about week one lines and bets that I'm taking and bets that I'm not going to touch. As always, not betting or financial advice and only bet what you can afford to lose.
My upset pick of the week is Utah over Denver. Denver is a -2.5 favorite in this one and I like Utah to EITHER cover the spread or to flat out win. Full disclosure I took Denver at -2.5 (1 unit) the day these lines all came out, but after doing research I ended up taking Utah moneyline at -200 (3 units) because I think they are legit going to win this game by 1 or 2 goals.
Another "coming in hot" bet that I took was Jacksonville over Johns Hopkins. I like Jacksonville at -115 (I think when I took Jax I got them at -125 or so). I think this will be a 1 goal game, so I didn't like the spread either way on this one.
I also like Ohio State to cover the spread over Air Force on Saturday. They have OSU as a -5.5 favorite and I think they will beat AF somewhere in the area of 6 to 10 goals by the end.
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College lacrosse is officially upon us with a solid slate of early games. I'm going to start right off by talking about Syracuse trying to bounce back after a terrible show last season with Joey Spallina and their new look offense. Jacksonville is going to be looking to take that next step against Hopkins and actually pull off a win this time around. What will Maryland, Rutgers and Ohio State all do in their opening games and will it provide us any data useful in helping us determine what things may look like once Big Ten play starts?
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Lacrosse season is almost upon us. This upcoming Saturday we will have a near full slate of games to watch and entertain us. My original plan was to preview those games today, but I’m going to do that Wednesday, and today I’m going to dive into more of a “full season preview” and make some predictions so I can look back and question my intelligence.\
Virginia is the clear favorite in the ACC. Georgetown should have an easy time winning the Big East. Conferences like the America East and the CAA are up for grabs and should be dog fights. I like St. Bonaventure, Delaware, Saint Josephs, Jacksonville and more. I'll talk about EVERY CONFERENCE and will pick a winner for their end of the season tournament.
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In this first episode of Lacrosse Lines, I'm going to talk a bit about futures odds for college lacrosse and where I think the smarter money is. This will never be betting or financial advice. I'm not telling you what college lacrosse games to bet on. I'm just sharing my views on the odds and my own experiences as a terrible sports better. This isn't not financial advice and never will be and never bet what you can't afford to lose.
But for me with the futures odds, I like the odds they put out for Virginia and Georgetown. Virginia at +550 and Georgetown at +850 seemed pretty solid. I think Maryland being named the odds on favorite is lunacy with them sitting at +400 and who decided Notre Dame was the second most likely team to win the title this year? The odds for Maryland and Notre Dame prove the oddsmakers have no idea what they are doing, not yet anyway.
So I took out a futures bet on Virginia and Georgetown as I personally feel they are the two most likely teams to win it all in 2023.
NOTE, in this episode I didn't talk about Cornell's odds because they weren't on my screen because I'm in New York. But I also don't think they are going to win the title. So in future episodes I'll be sure to include NY contests as well as today they left all NY teams off my screen because I'm in NY and NY lawmakers are morons.
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Today's episode will bring my preseason top 20 poll coverage to an end. We'll talk about my top 5 teams, listed here in no particular order so as to not ruin the surprise... Cornell, Maryland, Virginia, Georgetown and Princeton.
These teams all return huge names like Connor Shellenberger (Virginia), CJ Kirst (Cornell), Brett Makar (Maryland), Jake Stevens (Princeton) and Will Bowen (Georgetown).
I'm not convinced I got the order right, but I'll stand by my rankings for now and can't wait to adjust them after week one. Enjoy!
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Continuing on with the LaxFactor college Lacrosse Division I Pre-Season Poll, I'm going to rip through my #6 through #10 picks. I won't give away the order until you either read on, watch or listen, but today we'll talk about Penn, Notre Dame, Yale, Rutgers and Duke.
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Todays episode we’re going to talk about my #13, #12 and #11 picks, getting us ready for the episode this Sunday covering the top 10. The season is close so I have to rip through these, and of all my picks so far, I’m really questioning two of them I’ll talk about today and may end up making an adjustment to my list before handing in my first poll.
13 Denver: Denver was a team last season that fell victim to a new term I'm coining "schedule creep". This means some of the games you scheduled that would traditionally be wins ended up turning into more losses than expected due to your own issues mixed with teams simply being better than expected.
12 Brown: Brown had a “come to Jesus” moment and rattled off 6 straight wins to end the regular season. They dropped Penn, Yale, Cornell, Bryant and Dartmouth over that stretch. That got them into the Ivy League tournament where they lost to Penn in a rematch, but that was enough to get them into the NCAA tournament.
11 Ohio State: I really like what I see on paper for Ohio State. Jack Myers is one of the best five attackmen in the country in my opinion and the addition of LIU transfer Richie LaCalandra is going to go a long way in making sure Ohio State doesn’t lose a lot of steam offensively.
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Continuing on with the LaxFactor College Lacrosse Division I Pre-Season Top 20, I’m ripping through #17, #16, #15 and #14 in today’s podcast/blog post.
Like Army, North Carolina has to deal with losing a guy that put up 6.3 million points in 2022, Chris Gray and many of his fellow top scorers for the Heels are also gone leaving a number of holes that must be plugged in order for UNC to stay ranked or better climb the rankings.
The more I dug into Boston University, the more I feel me putting them where I did is doing them dirty. They bring back almost everyone from last years 12-5 squad that won the Patriot League tournament and advanced to the NCAA tournament.
Harvard has a roster makeup very much like Boston U’s. They bring back almost everyone. The big loss is last seasons starting goalie, Kyle Mullin departing to play for Rutgers in 2023. But beyond losing their starting keeper their roster is looking pretty nice on paper in 2023.
A trend is developing in the middle of the pack here between 10 and 20. All of the teams bunched together in this region of my poll bring back a boatload of talent and Delaware returns the best overall group of attackmen in the country.
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In this episode I'll talk about legendary lacrosse coach Bill Tierney announcing his retirement after the 2023 college lacrosse season. We'll also talk about USA Lacrosse Magazine's Preseason All-Americans for 2023. Lastly, I'll do a run down of the NLL and PBLA action with a quick highlight of the Syracuse Spark's Skkylar Thomas as he has turned some heads in the Spark's first two losses of the season and has been a big bright spot for them.
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I've been blessed with a vote in Inside Lacrosse's D1 Media Poll for the 2023 season and in this episode I want to rip through and talk about my "first team out" as well as my picks for #20 through #18. I won't waste any more of your time and will let you dive right into my first team out...
21 Syracuse: My first team out because they were terrible last season and despite an improved offense in 2023, they still have a ton of question marks on defense.
20 Army: Army lost a ton of offensive firepower with the graduation of Brendan Nichtern (101 points in 2022) but we all know that no teams in NCAA lacrosse epitomize the "next man up" mentality more than the military academies, so I think Army has earned my #20 spot.
19 Richmond: What I like about Richmond is they've proven they can hang year in and year out despite roster turnover. What I don't like about Richmond is some of those roster losses will be tough to overcome without some guys seriously stepping up.
18 Jacksonville: Jacksonville is a tough read because offensively they look like they could actually be better in 2023 than they were in 2022. But they lost some high end long poles to graduation. I still think they'll be able to "outscore" their opponents in 2023 and think they deserve to remain in the top 20 despite losing to Richmond in the SoCon finals in 2022 nixing their chance of an NCAA Tournament bid.
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The Binghamton Bombers defeated the Elmira Renegades by a score of 15-14 at the Visions Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton this past Friday and I was in attendance and had an incredible time.
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My top three picks for the goalies in 2023 that are most likely to snag the top three all-american spots are pretty solid and I presume that many if not most will agree with me, at least for 2 of my 3.
No question, Logan McNaney of Maryland has benefited greatly from having one of the best defenses in the game standing in front of him. But what I like about McNaney is he’s up to the task and he can hang and help lead right along side some solid all-american defensive talent.
Liam Entenmann had an incredible season in 2022. He finished 8th in the country with a save percentage of .572 and I’m a big fan of the defense they’ll be putting in front of him in 2023 which I think gives him a solid chance of improving upon his stats.
Danny Hincks was an honorable mention last year for Dartmouth. His transfer to Georgetown could see his already solid save percentage improve greatly, maybe as much as 5% thanks to the beasts that Georgetown will put in front of him.
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The Team USA Roster was announced and there were a couple of surprises in terms of guys that got cut. In the end I think that the roster they went with is solid as hell. Could you argue that some of the guys that were cut could potentially outperform some of the guys that made the roster? You bet. But the roster they went with is still 100% certifiably filthy and I can get behind it even with the guys that were left off being huge names.
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Talking about how Luke Wierman, Zach Cole, Mike Sisselberger, Petey LaSalla, Tommy Burke and James Reilly are my top six favorite returning face-off guys for 2023.
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College lacrosse teams are finalizing and releasing their 2023 schedules and I couldn't be more excited about how Syracuse's 2023 schedule looks and sets this young team up to have a little bit of success.
Syracuse's schedule last season was a disaster in terms of flow. They opened with an easy one against Holy Cross before playing #1 Maryland, #2 Virginia and #13 Army West Point. A terrible way to start the season. This year, they start with 3 winnable games against Vermont, Albany and Holy Cross before playing Maryland, North Carolina, Duke and Hopkins. Then they get 3 more winnable games against Hofstra, St. Bonaventure and Hobart before finishing the regular season with another gauntlet with Notre Dame, Princeton, Caroina (again), Virginia and Duke (again).
Still a tough schedule, but they do a better job of breaking it up into segments that will allow for the team to improve and get some flow before going into the more brutal games.
Cornell's schedule is similar to Syracuse in the sense that they play a series of very winnable games leading into the meat of their schedule. The Big Red open with Albany, Lehigh and Hobart prior to playing Ohio State, Penn State, Yale and Penn. Then the have Dartmouth, Harvard and Marquette before finishing their season in a brutal fashion with Army, Brown and Princeton.
But like Syracuse, Cornell is putting their guys in a position where they have a chance to do some team building and get some momentum heading into the toughest stretches.
Penn's schedule? I'm not a big fan. Last year it worked out for them overall, but they open with Georgetown and Duke which continues a tradition of playing a couple of killers to start their season out. It used to be Maryland and then Duke, usually followed up by in-state rival Penn State. Last season, and again this season, it's Georgetown, Duke and then Penn State before playing Saint Josephs and Villanova.
So in reality, Penn has no "gimme" games before they get into their Ivy schedule with Princeton, Cornell, Yale, Brown and Harvard all coming back to back to back.
Only bright spot is they get to close with Dartmouth and Albany, two teams Penn should beat.
And I close this episode with Denver. I see them finishing up about the same as last year. Denver's issue is that their non-conference schedule is so weak, they have no choice but to pick up a win against one of the 4 or 5 killers they play. The Pio's non-conference slate includes killers like Duke, Carolina, Yale, Ohio State and Georgetown. If they want any shot at making the tournament, they'll have to beat at least 2 or 3 of those teams while also making sure to NOT drop any of the other non-conference games against teams like Utah, Air Force and Towson. If the Pio's lose even a single game that they "shouldn't", it will make it very tough to make the NCAA tournament without winning the Big East tournament. I see no at large team coming out of the Big East.
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Time to discuss the three defenders that I believe will end up being the 1st-Team All Americans in Division I come the end of 2023. No hot takes, just some good ol fashioned prognostication that I think most will agree with overall. We're going to talk about a guy from Georgetown (Will Bowen), a guy from Cornell (Gavin Adler), and a guy from Maryland (Brett Makar).
All three of these guys were 1st-Team All Americans in 2022, so this isn't a hot take, and Cole Kastner (Virginia) is the only other guy I think that is legit in the mix in 2023. Will Bowen is a lock for 1st-Team and probably will repeat as Defensive Player of the Year. I think Makar's longevity as a starter of every game in his career at Maryland is going to help him. Adler will likely also improve and pick up a 1st spot. But if anyone is going to end up on the 1st-Team that isn't one of my top 3, it's Kastner.
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In this episode I want to go back and look at my 2021 Way Too Early ACC Lacrosse Conference Prediction and see how “smart” or how “dumb” I really am. SPOILER ALERT, this one didn’t go all that well for me.
First prediction I missed on, the ACC would be the toughest lacrosse conference in the country. I was way wrong, the Big Ten was the best lacrosse conference in 2022 followed by the IVY League. The ACC may not have even been 3rd.
Second prediction I missed on, I predicted that at least 4 ACC lacrosse teams would make the ncaa lacrosse tournament. Only Virginia made it. This one was way off.
Third prediction, the order that teams would finish in the ACC, I got that mostly right picking Virginia, Notre Dame and Duke to fill out #1 through #3 with Syracuse at #4 (I got that wrong) and UNC at #5 (they finished 4th ahead of Cuse).
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My picks for the college lacrosse midfielders that have the best shot of snagging up one of the three 1st Team All-American spots in 2023 include Penn's Sam Handley, Georgetown's Graham Bundy Jr. and Villanova's Matt Campbell.
I think Sam Handley is the top returning midfielder overall and I have him as one of my top 3 returning players, period. Handley is a beast. Graham Bundy Jr. isn't far behind Handley though. He's the best dodging midfielder in the country and with some of the additions the Hoyas have added through the transfer portal could see an uptick in production. Matt Campbell, not the most popular pick, and would be the first to get bumped by someone like Maryland's Kyle Long, but I think his numbers may demand a 1st team nod because I expect his production to jump in 2023.
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My picks for the college lacrosse players that have the best shot at eating one of the three 1st Team All-American spots in 2023 on attack include Yale's Matt Brandau, Virginia's Connor Shellenberger and Ohio State's Jack Myers. Matt Brandau is a guy that I personally think is the best returning player in all of college lacrosse. He's a threat with and without the ball and is overall the most complete player in the nation.
Connor Shellenberger isn't far behind in terms of being a "complete player". He is UVA's utility knife and excels as a quarterback of their offense. He may be asked to put up more goals in 2023 without Matt Moore and his upside is off the charts.
The guy I'll eat crap for including is Jack Myers, but anyone that knows lacrosse knows that Myers is a big boy attackman that can get his teammates involved by bullying defenders into solid positions on the field that ends up being good for everyone on offense.
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Virginia lacrosse has been a dominant force since Lars Tiffany took over as head coach. 2023 won't be any different because guys like Connor Shellenberger, Payton Cormier, Cole Kastner, Cade Saustad and Matthew Nunes are all back and eager to prove their early NCAA Tournament exit at the hands of Maryland was a one-off fluke.
Shellenberger, Cormier and Griffin Shutz will look to anchor the attack and could be more formidable than last years group that included Matt Moore. Jeff Conner and Xander Dickson will be called to anchor the first midfield unit, and guys like Evan Zinn, Truitt Sunderland and Pete Garno will be asked to fill out those first two lines. On defense, Kastner and Saustad are joined by Quentin Matsui, Grayson Sallade and Richmond Transfer Griffin Kology. Nunes is back in cage to try and improve in his sophomore season (and he wasn't too bad as a freshman either).
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When we look at college lacrosse attackmen that are heading to new destinations via the transfer portal in 2023 there is no doubt that Georgetown dominated picking up Tucker Dordevic (Syracuse), Jacob Kelly & Nicky Solomon (North Carolina) and Brian Minicus (Colgate).
Right behind the Hoyas was North Carolina who picked up Sean Goldsmith (Mercer), Logan McGovern (Bryant) and Harry Wellford (Bucknell).
Despite losing Dordevic, Syracuse managed to pick up two veterans that can play any role on offense in Alex Simmons (Denver) and Cole Kirst (Lehigh).
I think the biggest transfer pickup was had by Jacksonville stealing Dylan Watson from Georgetown.
I'll rip through these guys and many others in the 217th episode of the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast.
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North Carolina commit Brevin Wilson has a “not quite right” way of carrying his stick, which you see a lot in oddball killers that finish far beyond what most players can. Reminds me of a Kavanaugh, small, but you almost never notice his size playing into the game. He’s fully willing and capable of leaning on a defender at a near 45 degree angle to gain leverage and soak up their efforts to be physical.
Willing to sell out to score goals which is a very Kavenaugh-esque trait and that makes him crazy fun to watch because he’s willing to sacrifice his body to get the single.
There is a ton to like about this kid and UNC picked up a solid guy that could outperform his #48 ranking when all is said and done.
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The Premier Lacrosse League has an incredible crop of rookies that have had amazing seasons thus far in 2022. In this 215th episode of the LaxFactor Podcast I'm going to talk about these PLL first years including Brendan Nichtern (Chrome), Logan Wisnauskas (Chrome), Chris Gray (Atlas), Asher Nolting (Cannons), Matt Moore (Archers) and Jack Hannah (Waterdogs).
Each has had a great rookie campaign, but to me, Nichtern and Wisnauskas have stood above the rest. Both are top 5 in points with Nicthern tied for 2nd in the lead with Teat and Pannell (not bad company). Gray has been great playing alongside Jeff Teat and the duo could be the best two-man tandem in the PLL, at least in terms of youth and production. Nolting has looked solid playing with Lyle Thompson and will likely learn a ton from the GOAT as it relates to carrying the rock and generating for both himself and others. Moore and Hannah have both played very well running out of the box.
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The Maryland Terps lacrosse squad has been “rinsing and repeating for some time” and for the last few years going into the off-season it was pretty clear who would be leading this team offensively. After Chanenchuk it was Matt Rambo. After Rambo it was Connor Kelly. After Kelly it was Jared Bernhardt. After Bernhardt it was Logan Wisnauskas. Every year, despite whatever losses they were going to have to face, they had a guy that was an obvious choice for “next man up” on the offensive side of the field.
This season, it’s not exactly clear who’s going to be wearing ye old #1. For the first time in a long while, the Terps are losing their top 4 leading scorers, all put up 53 points or more, and Wisnauskas had a whopping 103 points.
I haven’t mentioned the defensive side of the ball because once again, the Terps return a WEALTH of talent on the defensive side of the ball. So no worries there.
But let’s play a new game I’m going to call, Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue. Via that lens, I’ll rip through and will take a deep dive into “what’s next” for the Maryland lacrosse program.
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Maryland completed the season a perfect 18-0 and gave coach John Tillman his second NCAA Tournament Title by defeating Cornell on Memorial day, 9-7. It was the Terps lowest scoring game of the season as they only put up 9 goals on the day. But their defense held Cornell to just 7 goals, their lowest scoring game of 2022 and that proved to be enough on Monday.
Logan McNaney was named the MVP thanks to his 17 save effort. He made 19 saves in the semi-finals against Princeton and followed that up with an excellent game in the finals at a time when his team needed him most.
Anthony DeMaio (4g, 1a) and Logan Wisnauskas (2g, 2a) paced the Terps offense while CJ Kirst was Cornell's leading scorer with 2 goals and a dish.
Maryland played a pretty impressive tournament. They beat up on Vermont in the first round 21-5. They followed that up by trouncing Virginia 18-9 in the quarterfinal round, and took down Princeton 13-8 in the national semifinals. At one point on Monday it looked like the Terps were about to run away with the game, but Cornell outscored Maryland 5-2 in the second half, allowing them to tighten things up enough to keep the game interesting, but in the end, a loss is a loss.
RIT topped Union College by two goals in the D3 finals giving RIT their 2nd national title in as many years.
Tampa won the teams first national title by beating Mercy on Sunday.
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Our NCAA Lacrosse Finals matchup is set. Cornell will face Maryland on Memorial Day in what will hopefully prove to be a fun game to watch on Monday.
Cornell advanced by beating up on Rutgers 17-10. John Piatelli, Michael Long and CJ Kirst combined for 12 goals and 3 assists on the day, Piatelli was good for 5 goals, Long scored 4 and Kirst put up 3. Each of them had a single assist.
Maryland advanced thanks to a monster day in cage by Logan McNaney. McNaney stopped 19 of the 26 shots he faced on the day and helped hold off Princeton. Keegan Khan was good for 3 goals and 2 assists and Tewaaraton front-runner Logan Wisnauskas put up 4 goals in the victory.
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What we learned in the D1 NCAA Lacrosse Quarterfinal Round is that Maryland is really, really good at lacrosse. The Terps dismantled Virginia while dominating all facets of the game. It's going to be tough for Princeton next weekend, and if the Terps are able to get past the semi-final round, it will be tough in the finals for whoever has to face them as well.
Cornell was able to play almost four full quarters this weekend in dropping Delaware. Ierlan was a monster in cage for the Big Red, and they won the game.
Rutgers squeaked past Penn in the same way. They got a big day out of Kirst in cage, and they won their game by the same margin.
Princeton, didn't have as much trouble with Yale, had to do just a bit of looking over their shoulder, and as was the case in the Cornell and Rutgers wins, Princeton owed a big part of their win to their keeper, Peters.
Every team that won this weekend had a goalie that played a big game.
We'll also talk a bit about the D2 and D3 semi-final rounds, I'll make picks for this upcoming weekend and we're off to the races. It's going to be an awesome Memorial Day for us all.
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We had a great day of DIII lacrosse action as the NCAA Lacrosse Quarterfinals were played on Saturday in the heat.
Union needed back to back goals with under a minute to play to defeat Gettysburg by a score of 14-13... NOTE, I THOUGHT FOR SOME REASON THIS GAME WENT INTO OT, IT DIDN'T, but it was still a hell of a game and I'm just an idiot*.
York and Christopher Newport actually did need an OT period to decide the outcome of their contest. York goalie Jack Michael came up with a couple of huge saves in that overtime period to help keep York alive and allow his offense a chance to win in sudden death, which they did.
RIT beat up on Bowdoin pretty easily. It was close after the first quarter, but RIT rolled from there and went on to win 20-14, but it wasn't as close as even that score would indicate as RIT at one point held an 18-6 lead prior to emptying the bench.
Tufts and Salisbury, this had the chance to be the best game of the weekend, but Tufts ended up dropping the Seagulls by a score of 17-10. Salisbury was able to get to within 11-9 at one point prior to Tufts putting them away.
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Going live today to discuss Sunday's NCAA Lacrosse Tournament games where we saw Georgetown get dropped by Delaware, Rutgers took down Harvard, Cornell took out Ohio State and Maryland waxed Vermont. PLUS, special bonus, I'm trying to get over 10,000 subscribers today as we're just 5 away, so help a brother out.
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NCAA Tournament Day 1, Princeton, Penn, Yale Win, Virginia Prevents Ivy Sweep (LaxFactor Podcast #208)
The first day of the NCAA Lacrosse Tournament kicked off on Saturday with four games being played through the day and I sat down and watched every minute of every game.
Princeton took the first contest of the day over Boston University. Erik Peters stopped 15 of the 20 shots he faced on the day, Chris Brown put up 5 assists and Princeton rolled to victory.
Richmond scared the hell out of Penn forcing Penn to tie the game late to force overtime. Penn would win the first possession of OT and score the game winner, a beautifully drawn up play executed to perfection, Ben Smith scores said game winner, and the Ivies are now 2-0 on the day.
St. Joe's put up a great showing against Yale. Levi Anderson a guy I've slept on all season put up 3 goals in the loss and St. Joe's had a 9-6 lead at one point in this game before Yale took the wheel and squeaked out a 2 goal victory. Matt Brandau and Leo Johnson each put up 4 goals and 2 helpers while Chris Lyons went 3 & 3 in the Yale win.
The last game of the day, Virginia at Brown gave the Ivy League a chance to sweep the day and go 4-0. But Virginia and Connor Shellenberger had other plans. Shelly went for 4 goals and 4 assists on the day, Cormier chipped in 5 goals, and UVA used a second half surge to drop Bruno 17-10.
I'll also briefly touch on some Division III scores towards the end of this show. RIT spanked Albion 22-6. Union continued their great run dropping John Carroll 14-7. Salisbury got past Stockton by 9 goals, Tufts murdered Norwich 33-10, St. Lawrence just got past Cortland 15-14, Gettysburg over Roanoke 14-8, Lynchburg got beat by Western New England, Wesleyan took down RPI, York over Denison and so on.
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It's NCAA Lacrosse Tournament time so I may be late, but still wanted to log my picks for this weekends first round. I'll discuss every game in this first round of the tournament including...
Vermont @ #1 Maryland
Delaware @ #2 Georgetown
Richmond @ #3 Penn
St. Joseph’s @ #4 Yale
Boston University @ #5 Princeton
Harvard @ #6 Rutgers
Ohio State @ #7 Cornell
Virginia @ #8 Brown
I won't write anything else about it. Watch the video, get my picks and then tell me how smart or dumb I am come Sunday night.
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Maryland proved they are absolute monsters with their statement win over Rutgers on Saturday in the Big Ten Championship. Logan Wisnauskas and company are good all over the field and Maryland locked up the #1 seed without question.
Georgetown made a solid argument as to why they deserve the #2 seed by capping their 1 loss season with a win over Villanova. Despite only winning by 2 goals, the game was never in question.
We'll also talk about Manhattan's win over St. Bonaventure in the MAAC title game. We'll touch on Vermont defeating UMBC in the America East title game. We'll also talk about Richmond over Jacksonville, Robert Morris over Utah and a bunch more.
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The Ivy has been insane all season long. That chaos was on full display in Yale's OT win over Harvard. Thomas Bragg scorched one in OT, yet another man-up goal for Bragg to win the game for Yale.
Loyola also needed OT to win their regular season finale. It was Kevin Lindley scoring a man up goal on a dish from Aiden Olmstead to secure the sudden death for Lehigh and give Loyola a much needed win. Loyola is back to 500 heading into the Patriot League Tournament.
Army and Boston University both put their 10-3 records on the line, and it was the Black Knights that picked up the win, improved to 11-3 on the season and is now well positioned for the Patriot tournament. Army has a solid shot at winning the tournament the way they've played, but even if they don't, an at large should probably be in their future.
We'll talk about those games and much more in this weeks LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast.
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Army hosted Navy in the annual Army/Navy lacrosse game on Saturday and it was Lax Twitter's favorite, Xavier Arline that helped quarterback Navy to a win over Army. He finished the game with 2 goals and 2 assists, and Jack Sweeney scored a man up goal in OT and Navy wins the ballgame.
Penn State gave Rutgers all the Scarlet Knights could handle and in the process scared the crap out of poor Rutgers. Rutgers needed a Ross Scott goal with just 8 seconds in regulation to force overtime, and it was Scott again in OT to give Rutgers the win.
The Patriot League insanity continued with Boston University clinching their first ever regular season Patriot League title with a last second win over host Lehigh. Tim Ley scored the game winner in dramatic fashion, a left handed back-handed bouncer from the low crease.
Loyola needed overtime to beat Colgate, the winner a feed from Aiden Olmstead down to Evan James who used some soft hands to put the ball in the back of the net for the Greyhound win.
We'll also talk about Brown taking it to Cornell, Princeton losing to Harvard, Maryland waxed Johns Hopkins, Syracuse lost to Virginia, Notre Dame beat North Carolina earlier in the week and we'll talk about a lot more.
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Syracuse gave all they had to try and fight their way back into their contest against North Carolina on Saturday, but the comeback bid came up short. After taking a 1-goal lead with just over 2-minutes to play, the Syracuse defense gave up 2 goals in the final minutes to allow UNC to pick up the victory in regulation, mathematically ending Syracuse's season. Chris Gray had 5 goals and an assist in the win, and second year goalie Colin Krieg made 18 saves in the win for UNC.
Ohio State gave Maryland a really tough time through 3 quarters, but Maryland continued to attack the OSU defense through the 4th and used that aggressive style of offense to outscore OSU 7-1 over the final 15 minutes giving Maryland the easy win. Logan Wisnauskas put up 5 goals and 2 helpers on the day for the Terps.
Lehigh got dropped by Colgate in overtime, an unexpected loss that ruined their perfect Patriot League record. Rutgers needed every save they could get out of Colin Kirst as his 15 saves against Michigan were enough to hold off the Michigan rally.
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It was heartbreak for the Syracuse faithful on Thursday night as the Orange took on UAlbany on the road and came away with a loss. Albany played incredible defense forcing Syracuse into 21 turnovers and Will Ramos made 15 saves for the Danes in victory. Graydon Hogg put up 4 goals off just 8 shots and freshman Thomas Decker contributed 3 goals and a helper.
In some D3 lacrosse action, RIT held off undefeated Union for a one-goal win at home on Saturday. The Tigers man-up unit went 3 of 5 on the day and Marley Angus had himself a day scoring 4 goals and contributing 2 assists in the conference win.
The Virginia Cavaliers rode a slow but steady offensive wave to victory over visiting North Carolina. Petey LaSalla did end up playing after being injured last weekend and won 10 of 18 of his draws. Payton Cormier scored 4 goals and had an assist and Case Saustad and Grayson Sallade each forced two turnovers in a brilliant defensive effort by UVA. Matthew Nunes, the rookie keeper made 13 stops against 17 shots.
Jacksonville was able to top Richmond in a SoCon matchup thanks to great defense and timely saves. Yale floored Dartmouth and scored 20+ for the second week in a row. Notre Dame saved their season by outlasting Duke and much, much more.
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Our second LIVE episode in as many shows. In this college lacrosse weekend preview episode, we'll talk about Syracuse heading to Albany for the first time to take on the Great Danes on the road. Maryland looks to stay undefeated against a one-loss team in Rutgers. In other big time ACC action, we see Duke take on Notre Dame while Virginia takes on North Carolina. And the Ivy League teams all play, which means there are officially way too many solid games to watch this weekend.
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It's episode #200 of the LaxFactor Podcast and today I'm going to talk about A LOT of lacrosse, AND I'LL DO IT ALL LIVE.
We're going to talk about Richmond's upset of Virginia, Duke put it on North Carolina, Princeton, Yale, Cornell, Georgetown, Maryland, Harvard and more all picked up wins as well.
I can't thank everyone that has supported this channel and this podcast over the last 3 seasons enough. It's been great and I'm proud to make it to 200 episodes, thanks to you all.
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Syracuse hosted Duke on Saturday in the Carrier Dome and Tucker Dordevic had himself a day in Cuse's 14-10 win over the Blue Devils netting 5 goals and 2 assists including a bonkers one-handed between the legs finish to give the Orange a 2 goal lead late in the game and ice the Duke comeback bid.
In other action, Virginia handled Notre Dame 12-8 and Connor Shellenberger continued his dominance with a 3 goal, 2 assist effort.
In a big Patriot League matchup, Brendan Nichtern showed why he's one of the best attackmen in the country scoring 3 goals and 4 assists on the day, with 2 goals and 3 assists coming over a 4th quarter stretch that saw Army take the lead and pull away for the win.
The Ivy League has been odd in both their dominance against non-league foes, as well as in how Saturday played out. We saw the two higher ranked Ivies lose to their rivals with Princeton losing to Yale, and Cornell losing to Penn.
We'll talk about these games and many more in todays show.
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The Penn and Princeton lacrosse squads produced an instant college lacrosse classic with Princeton hanging on for an OT victory over their Ivy League rival. It was the Ivy League that put out the most exciting games of the day as Cornell edged Yale by a goal and Harvard held on for a 1-goal win over Brown.
In other action, the Big Ten continued their winning ways over ACC foes as Maryland trounced Virginia 23-12. Syracuse went into the half tied with Stony Brook before Tucker Dordevic caught fire and put up 5 goals and 2 assists over the 3rd and 4th quarters helping the Orange to a victory.
Army and Lehigh did battle in Patriot League action and it was Mike Sisselberger's dominance at the face-off dot, winning 17 of 25 draws that allowed Lehigh to edge Army by a goal. We'll also discuss Loyola getting their 3rd win in a row against Bucknell in other Patriot action.
Georgetown whopped up on Utah, Binghamton did the same to Albany, Rutgers trashed on Hofstra and much more.
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We have the #1 vs #2 matchup this weekend, Virginia vs Maryland and it should be a heck of a game. We also get to see Princeton vs Penn as well as Cornell vs Yale, so the Ivy League matchups this weekend should be very interesting.
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We started the weekend early with a Thursday night ACC showdown between Virginia and North Carolina that saw Connor Shellenberger put up big numbers while helping the Cav's to a big victory over their conference rival.
The Ivy League showed up in a big way, starting with Princeton beating Rutgers (and I forgot to talk about that one) on Friday. But Harvard beat Michigan, Brown took down a very good Stony Brook team and Cornell squeaked one out against Penn State by a goal.
Richmond couldn't handle Georgetown and the same was true for Notre Dame with Ohio State. The Hoyas and the Buckeyes each got themselves a big win against a quality opponent on Saturday.
There are still many quality games to be played today (Sunday) with Syracuse taking on Hopkins, Duke facing Loyola, and Denver doing battle with Yale.
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Another great weekend of lacrosse with some big rivalry games in play starting with Virginia at North Carolina tonight on ESPN. Nothing better than Thursday night ACC Lacrosse on ESPN.
It ends with one of the most storied rivalries in lacrosse, Syracuse will hit the road to take on Johns Hopkins in a battle of two teams still struggling to find some consistency.
Beyond that, we'll talk about some D3 action with both Tufts and RIT playing key games this week, and we'll also dive into Binghamton hosting Fairfield, Stony Brook traveling to face Brown, High Point looking to improve their record against Robert Morris.
Other great matchups include Notre Dame vs Ohio State, Cornell vs Penn State and a big instate rivalry between Princeton and Rutgers. Even better, that won't be it.
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What a great weekend of college lacrosse that treated us to a bunch of really close games, including our first upset of a top three team. Georgetown got dropped by Princeton thanks to an incredible defensive effort by the Tigers lead by goalie Erik Peters 16 saves.
North Carolina and Denver did serious battle for a full 60 minutes and it was Chris Gray scoring his 6th goal of the game that gave Carolina the victory with just over a minute left in the contest.
Notre Dame gave Maryland a good run, but the Terps Kyle Long scored the dagger goal giving Maryland an 11-9 lead late in the fourth quarter and that score stuck.
Rutgers and Stony Brook went back and forth for much of the contest early on before Rutgers jumped out to a 17-12 lead. Stony Brook wouldn't die easily though battling back to within a goal and forcing Colin Kirst to make a huge save on the games final possession holding fort for Rutgers.
Yale took down UMass in overtime, Cornell disrupted Ohio States clearing game and pulled away for a 14-11 win over the Buckeyes, Michigan showed they are a legit team with an 18-8 statement win over a quality Delaware squad.
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In this weeks college lacrosse weekend preview show, we'll start with the Army & Syracuse weekday showdown that saw Army defeat the Orange in the dome ruining a perfectly fine Wednesday evening for me.
But after that we'll get into the weekend previews of games that should be pretty great. The biggest being Notre Dame hosting Maryland. I like the Terps to win, but it should be a heck of a game overall as these two teams match up well all over the field.
Beyond that, other games we'll discuss, Johns Hopkins at Virginia, Ohio State at Cornell, Michigan will show us how good they really are against a very good Delaware, Denver at North Carolina, Richmond at Duke, Princeton at Georgetown, Rutgers hits the road against an undefeated Stony Brook and much more.
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What a weekend of college lacrosse week #3 brought us. In this weeks recap show, we're going to start by talking about how Virginia dismantled Syracuse, partly thanks to Petey LaSalla getting revenge on Phaup. Connor Shellenberger going off for 7 points didn't hurt Virginia either.
The Georgetown defense proved it is every bit as good as advertised by holding off a late Notre Dame comeback bid and beating the Irish and taking their Soda Bread and Irish Stew. Owen McElroy made 24 saves on the day for the Hoyas, 11 of them coming in the 4th quarter to help secure the Gtown victory.
High Point and Navy did battle, and despite Navy holding a small lead through most of the game, Asher Nolting (3g, 5a) and company managed to battle back, take a late lead, hold off Navy's attempts to re-take the lead and Michael Ippolito's 4th goal of the second half ended up being the game winner for High Point.
In addition to all of these great games, we'll also talk about Penn State waking up and defeating Yale, Richmond made a crazy comeback from the depths of hell to beat Towson in 3 overtimes, Duke got dropped by Penn in sudden death overtime, Cornell handled their face-off business in their win over Lehigh and much more.
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We're going to start this episode talking about DII Mercyhurst vs Lemoyne, but after that will dive into Syracuse playing at Virginia which is going to be a huge game this weekend. But then Notre Dame hosts Georgetown in a battle of two of the best teams in the country across the board both offensively, defensively and in cage.
Maryland is taking on Princeton in a game many think is going to be close, but I personally don't. Rutgers heading to Maryland to take on Loyola should also be a good one. Navy and High Point? Sure. In the end we're going to talk about close to 20 games in this episode and it runs for almost 50 minutes, so enjoy.
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What a great Saturday of lacrosse we got to see. It started off for me watching Duke and Denver. What started out as a close game ended with Duke winning 19-10 and both Brennan O'Neill and Dyson Williams putting up 4 goals and 2 helpers.
The return of the Ivies happened this weekend and the highlight of Saturday was Penn taking on Georgetown. Great game all the way through that saw the Hoyas get an early edge, and despite getting back to within a goal late, Penn was unable to knot things back up and Gtown wins it 10-8.
Hopkins and Loyola played the game of the day. Loyola took a 10-8 lead prior to Hopkins stringing 3 unanswered 4th quarter goals together enroute to the one goal victory. Joey Epstein has continued to play well for Hopkins leading the Jays with 2 goals and 3 assists including the game-tying goal late in the 4th.
The surprise of the day was North Carolina getting waxed by Ohio State by a score of 20-8. Ohio State was greatly helped by Justin Inacio dominating the face-off dot winning 18 of 26 of the draws he took and that provided OSU with the possessions needed to put UNC away over the course of the 3rd quarter. Chris Gray finished the game with 3 goals and 4 assists, but it wasn't nearly enough and he got no help.
Also returning to action, Notre Dame beat up on Detroit Mercy, Cornell put it on Albany, Colgate won a close won over Air Force, Towson surprised early, but Virginia ended up pulling away for the route.
We'll talk about all of these gams and many more, so be sure to watch the full show.
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Week 2 action is upon us and we're going to see a bunch of really sold games. Quick list of what we'll talk about in this weeks preview show...
Syracuse will be hosting Maryland at the Dome and I expect both of these high flying offenses to put some points on the board. Duke is hosting Denver and this should be a very solid game with Duke holding a slight edge due to their unrelenting offensive firepower. We'll see Georgetown take on Ivy foe Penn as the Ivyies return to action. Hopkins and Loyola are going to be the crap out of each other this weekend as well. Lots to talk about as we touch on nearly every game that will be played this weekend.
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In our week one recap show, we're going to talk about a ton of games. To start us off we'll talk about Syracuse's absolute beat down of Holy Cross. Then we'll get into the North Carolina and Richmond contest from Friday that saw Richmond hang tight for the bulk of the game before UNC was able to pull away for the win.
We'll talk about the return of Joey Epstein as he put up 6 goals and a dish in Hopkins big win over Towson.
Jaxson Lamb saved the day and forced overtime for High Point against Colgate with just 19 seconds left, and Asher Nolting stuck the game winner in OT for the Panthers.
Maryland beat up on Loyola proving their offense is just fine with Logan Wisnauskas wearing the coveted #1.
Utah picked up the teams first top 20 win dropping Vermont by a goal thanks to a Josh Rose goal with just 1:28 left to play.
We'll talk about all of the above, and a lot more in this weeks episode, so be sure to watch to the end.
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In this week zero show, we're going to touch on EVERY GAME that was played on Saturday including Duke's Friday night win over Robert Morris, Virginia's big win over Air Force, Johns Hopkins close victory over a very tough Jacksonville squad, Maryland's statement win over High Point and much more.
Action kicked off with Duke beating up pretty good on Robert Morris by a score of 21-12, paced by Brennan O'Neill and his 6 goals.
Maryland got off to a hot start and easily dismantled High Point by a score of 21-13. New #1 Logan Wisnauskas put up 5 goals and 3 assists in the contest and was helped out by grad transfer Keegan Khan (4g, 2a).
Jacksonville scrapped with Hopkins and despite losing the game 11-8 has a lot to work with. Jack Keogh (2g, 3a) and Connor DeSimone (3g, 1a) led Hopkins to victory, but transfer Max Waldbaum looked great for Jacksonville going for 4 goals and a dish in the loss.
Virginia had its hands full early against Air Force going down 3-0 by the end of the 3rd quarter before pouncing on the game from there and winning out 21-11. Connor Shellenberger put up a quiet 2 goals and 5 assists in the win for the Cavs as they ended up rolling.
But that's not all, if you watch or listen to the show, we'll touch on EVERY GAME FROM SATURDAY.
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Week 1 of college lacrosse is upon us. This may technically be the half week, Week 0 as they've been calling it, but we'll adjust next week once I see what lacrosse Twitter calls it.
This week, we're going to talk about Duke & Robert Morris, Maryland & High Point, Virginia & Air Force, Hopkins & Jacksonville, Rutgers & LIU and Penn State & Lafayette.
I'll also rip through all of Lax Vegas Lines official lines and make picks, off hip, no prep, so forgive me if I butcher them.
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The first college lacrosse game of 2022 is in the books as we all watched Mercer take down Bellarmine by a score of 9-4 on Saturday in Georgia. ScoreBreak and Chris Jastrzembski did a great job streaming the game and overcome some early server issues so we could all watch the game.
The story of the day, Ashton Wood won 13 of the 15 draws he took which is the biggest factor in Mercer's win. Sean Goldsmith scored the first goal of the game (and the 2022 season) and finished the day with 2 goals. Taylor Dooley went for 2 goals and a dish and Carl Klepper put up a goal and 2 helpers on the day.
Colin Kelley, the Mercer keeper outplayed JC Higginbotham posting 6 saves against 10 shots to Higginbotham's 7 saves vs 9 shots. Kelley made some nice saves early in the game that prevented Bellarmine from taking an early lead and that proved helpful in controlling the flow of the game.
In other news, Owen Hiltz of Syracuse lacrosse fame was reportedly injured and is expected to miss extended time. Looks like a shoulder injury, but nothing has officially been released yet.
We'll also rip through and talk a bit about the full slate of games next weekend.
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College lacrosse is back thanks once again to Bellarmine and Mercer. They will faceoff today at noon in a game that this time around will be officially streamed. We all got to watch it last year on Periscope or Twitter thanks to Cameron Herbert, an injured Bellarmine player that streamed the game from his phone.
Last year Bellarmine won this opening game, but this year could be different as Mercer was without their leading scorer, Sean Goldsmith. Goldsmith gets things done on the offensive side of the ball, but he missed half of last season with an injury. Despite only playing in 5 games, Goldsmith managed to put up 18 goals and 10 assists which is pretty impressive across that stretch.
Mercer also has Ashton Wood at the face-off dot who won 92% of his draws against Bellarmine a season ago over their two games. Oddly, Bellarmine won both of those games.
Bellarmine gets back Kyle Playsted (16g, 13a) as their top returning scorer, and goalie JC Higginbotham will anchor a young and inexperienced defense with top returning long pole Jon Robbins.
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We'll keep this simple...Maryland will repeat and will finish 5-0. Rutgers and Ohio State should battle it out to see who finishes second. Hopkins could surprise, rebound and end up taking out either Rutgers or Ohio State and Penn State and Michigan will battle it out for the worst team in the conference. There will be lots of offensive firepower witnessed from all teams involved, but there are too many suspect teams defensively in this conference and that will keep Michigan and Penn State in the bottom of the pack.
Logan Wisnauskas, Daniel Maltz, Kyle Long, Anthony DeMaio, Bubba Fairman, Keegan Khan and Jonathan Donville on offense for Maryland? Forget about it. And back on defense are Matt Rahill, Brett Makar and John Geppert with McNaney in cage still? Forget about it and never mention it again. Maryland wins the B1G with a 5-0 record and will take their butts back to the Final 4.
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The 2021 college lacrosse season featured some of the highest profile transfers the sport has seen, headlined by Michael Sowers ditching Princeton for Duke. The 2022 season doesn't have any Sowers level transfers to boast of, but that doesn't mean that there aren't some very capable players that will be donning new colors this upcoming season, and I'd like to talk about them.
A guy like Sean Lulley (Penn to Duke, Attack) has somehow snuck under the radar, but make no mistake, Lulley put up BIG numbers in the covid shortened 2020 season. His 30 points over 5 games made him one of the leading scorers in the nation and despite not playing any meaningful lacrosse since that 2020 season, I expect he'll do big things for Duke playing alongside O'Neill and Robertson.
Everyone has known for a while that Will Bowen was ditching UNC for Georgetown in 2022, so this wasn't a surprise. But what is...Gibson Smith is coming back, so the Hoyas now have two of the top 5 long-poles in the country anchoring their defense. Owen McElroy being back in cage doesn't hurt either considering he was one of the best, if not the best, goalie in the country last season.
My favorite transfer, and one of the biggest surprises was Richie Connell leaving Richmond for Denver. Connell will be asked to pick up some of the slack offensively as Denver graduated some stupid talent on attack last season. Expect Connell to step in and be one of Denver's top two or three leading scorers. There is no way he won't be an impact right away.
There are more that I'll discuss as well, Mitch Bartolo (Penn to Rutgers, A/M), Jonathan Donville (Cornell to Maryland, A/M), Jason Reynolds (Richmond to Notre Dame, D), Kevin Mack (Michigan to Stony Brooke, A), Bobby Gavin (Virginia to Syracuse, G), Caton Johnson (North Carolina to Ohio State, G) and Mustang Sally (Richmond to Loyola, SSDM).
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The ACC has been the best top-to-bottom lacrosse conference for many years now. With teams like Virginia, Syracuse, Duke, North Carolina and Notre Dame, how could it not be? The 2021 season saw the ACC beat the living crap out of each other, each team having to play 6 ACC contests but that battle-tested these teams to the point that all of them ended up in the NCAA tournament.
So how do things look for 2022? Despite it being way too early to know, I'll give you my thoughts.
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In this episode, we'll start by talking some general news, but we'll dive deep into InsideLacrosse.com's Top 50 Returning Players list. We'll talk about #50 through #31 skipping over the girls only because I know nothing about girls lacrosse.
Guys that made the cut, to name a few, Owen Hiltz (Syracuse), Brennan O'Neill (Duke), Arden Cohen (Notre Dame), Brendan Nichtern (Army), Nakeie Montgomery (Duke), Bret Makar (Maryland), Asher Nolting (High Point), Petey LaSalla (Virginia) and many, many more.
We'll also talk a bit about Loyola's 2022 schedule which dropped last week. All that and a bit more in this weeks episode, #180, almost to #200 fools.
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2022 is going to be huge for college lacrosse as we'll see a bit of a "changing of the guard" in terms of who is doing battle for end of the year awards and the Tewaaraton. Guys like Brennan O'Neill and Logan Wisnauskas both played Robin to Sowers & Bernhardt last, but this year will get to put on the bat suit for themselves. Sam Handley hasn't seen a college lacrosse field since his breakout freshman season for Penn and talk surrounding this guy is that he may put in a Tewaaraton finalist quality performance.
Beyond these guys, we'll talk about Tucker Dordevic (Syracuse), Brendan Curry (Syracuse), Bubba Fairman (Maryland), Johnathan Donville (Maryland), Roman Puglise (Maryland), Matt Rahill (Maryland), Brett Kennedy (Syracuse), Dylan Gergar (Penn), Michael Long (Cornell), John Piatelli (Cornell), Aidan Olmstead (Loyola), Kevin Lindley (Loyola) and many more.
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The High Point men's lacrosse squad will once again play one of the most brutal early season schedules in all of college lacrosse including Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia and Duke. Throw in conference foes Richmond and Jacksonville along with solid programs like Robert Morris and Navy, and this schedule overall is one of the toughest in the country. I will rip through this schedule game by game and will predict what I think High Point's end-of-season record will be. Thanks to Asher Nolting, Hunter Vines and Brayden Mayea, I think they'll be just fine.
Also want to talk about Richmond and how they looked solid in their scrimmage against Penn State. Richmond returns Ryan Lanchbury, Richie Connell and Dalton Young on offense, so they should be very solid, and will once again try and play spoiler to High Points happy time.
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Lots of 2021 fall ball action to talk about including Syracuse vs Ohio State, Virginia taking on Lehigh, Johns Hopkins hosting Hobart and Richmond, High Point and Harvard did battle and much more.
Syracuse supposedly took down Ohio State, both both teams looked good. Rumors continue that we'll see Tucker Dordevic get some time at attack for the Orange which many of us have been calling for since last season.
Virginia looked excellent as usual and Petey LaSalla scored once again off a face-off draw and stuck yet another incredible goal, back-handed. Kid is the most electric face-off guy to play since Trevor Baptiste, and Baptise hasn't been gone all that long.
Asher Nolting looked like a cheat code for High Point per Inside Lacrosse, and Sam King, the freshman from Harvard had himself a day going for somewhere in the area of 5 goals and an assist. King did it all as did Nolting in their game, but looks like Harvard edged High Point by a goal or three.
For Hobart, the story was Ryan Archer who IL reported looked like he may have been the best player on the field at times. Anyone familiar with Hobart knows Archer is legit, but they are making it sound like he may have a Ryan Tierney level breakout season. Good luck to that kid, he's the real deal.
More next week as I look through the interwebs for more fall ball news to report.
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In today's episode we are going to keep it simple and stick to random news. To start, we'll talk about some World Sixes action that took place this weekend where we got to see the United States, Canada and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy do battle and I was suprised that I really liked what I saw in terms of highlights. I think I will be a bit more willing after this weekend to push this, and I'll talk about why in this episode.
Random college news that I'll rip through...
Gary Gait is allowing the Syracuse kids the freedom to explore their creativity on the field. Not a surprise, and not like Desko didn't allow them to get icky with it (he did for sure), but to hear that Gait is encouraging them to be creative is exciting news for Cuse lacrosse fans.
Sam Handley of Penn, Matt Kinnear of InsideLacrosse thinks he may be a legit Tewaraaton contender in 2022 and I couldn't agree more. The kid put up a monster year in 2019 as a rookie before getting injured in the first game of 2020 against Maryland (but not before putting up 3 goals and 2 assists). After not getting to play in 2021, this kid is going to be playing some mean lacrosse and I think he'll be one of the nations best and a name everyone will know by the end of 2022.
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At least one person asked for it, so you all shall receive. I'm going to revisit my predictions for the 2021 NCAA Lacrosse Tournament starting with the first round and see how I actually did in terms of (a) picking the winners and (b) picking the spread. I'm notoriously terrible at making predictions and have always fully admitted that fact, so it will be interesting to see...Am I Smart? Or Am I dumb?
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We're back with season #3 of the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast, and today marks our 174th episode. Today, we're going to answer InsideLacrosse's "10 Questions For Fallball 2021" that was posted to their website late this week. The questions include...
- How do the Ivies respond?
- How will Rutgers replace their attack?
- Who will replace Jared Bernhardt as Maryland's new #1?
- Who's on the Tewaaraton List?
- What's the Cuse defense look like?
- Is UVA the pre-season #1?
- Who's the biggest transfer?
- Who will surprise as a mid-major?
- How does O'Neill take over for Duke?
- How will JHU improve with a full fall?
Those are the questions I'll answer in this week's episode, the kick off of SEASON 3 BABY!!!
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There is no shortage of incredible offensive talent we will be able to enjoy in 2022's upcoming lacrosse season, but there are 5 guys that I'm really excited about, that I wanted to talk about.
Caveat, I'm not going to talk about Chris Gray, even though we know he's going to be the favorite once again for the Tewaaraton. Nothing at all against Gray, but I talked about him a ton last season and will do so again this season, so for this show, I'm going to talk about guys that aren't quite at Gray's level in terms of media coverage.
Those guys are... Connor Shellenberger (Virginia), Asher Nolting (High Point), Pat Kavanagh (Notre Dame), Ryan Lanchbury (Richmond) and Richie LaCalandra (LIU).
All five of these guys had huge 2021 seasons, and all five of them are expected to continue to trash on the NCAA in 2022 as well. All of them have different styles of play, some more flashy than others, but to be certain, all of the get things done on the lacrosse field and are must see TV.
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Lyle Thompson finally had his breakout game for the Cannons going for 5 goals and 4 assists in the Cannons one-goal win over the Archers. Stephen Rehfuss put up 2 goals and 3 assists in the win. The save of the year was made by Nick Marrocco as he turned away a doorstep chance with only a second remaining in the contest to secure the victory.
The Waterdogs pulled away from the Chrome on Sunday as well, winning out 12-6. Mikie Schlosser was good for 3 goals and Connor Kelly stuck 2 singles in the win. Jake Withers won 59% of his face-off draws over Connor Farrell. Withers stat line was a solid 1 goal, 13 of 22 at the face-off stripe, 5 groundballs and 3 caused turnovers. He was instrumental in the win.
The All-Star game is up next, I think Ament's squad is going to take it. They have Ament, Teat, Schlosser and more. All the hot offensive hands and thats what pays the bills for All-Star games.
The Redwoods are currently sitting on top of the PLL standings with a 4-3 record and the tie-breakers, but this league is up for grabs, no doubt.
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Jeff Teat put the league on notice letting everyone know, he didn't just come for the PLL Rookie of the Year award, but he may be eyeing that MVP as well. Teat went off for 4 goals and 4 assists in the Atlas' win over the Chaos Saturday evening.
The Waterdogs put the beat down on the Cannons, Ryan Brown going for 4 goals in the win, and the Redwoods topped the Whipsnakes thanks to 4 goals from Matt Kavanaugh, and Tim Troutner Jr. standing on his head in cage, 17 saves on the day for Troutner.
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We are seeing that trend of "the teams that play Friday and Sunday back to back end up gassed by Sunday", and this weekend was no different as we saw the "rested" teams both win out this weekend.
It started with the Matt Rambo-less Whipsnakes taking down the Archers by a single goal, Jay Carlson sticking the game winner on a feed from John Haus. Sunday's action continued as the Atlas defeated the Chrome by six goals thanks to the Atlas midfield going off. Bryan Costabile (6 points, 4 goals w/ a deuce and an assist) and Romar Dennis (5 points, 3 goals w/ a deuce, and an assist) both had huge games in leading the Atlas over the Chrome.
We'll talk about how SSDM's are having big years in the PLL, guys worth mentioning, Danny Logan (Atlas), Ryan Terefenko (Chrome) and Matt Abbott (Whipsnakes) all had huge weekends all over the field playing well on defense, between the boxes and even on offense. It's a trend I feel like we're seeing more than in the previous two seasons of PLL action and it's one I hope continues.
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The Chaos started the season with two straight losses and things looked rough for them with the Whipsnakes and the Archers up next. Instead of folding and starting 0-4, the Chaos decided to upset the two best teams in the league in back-to-back games. They held the Archers to their lowest scoring output in team history winning this one 8-7 on Friday night. John Galloway played tough in cage for the Chaos putting up 13 saves in the win. Colin Heacock scored 4 goals on the day including the game winner in the fourth quarter.
The Redwoods and Waterdogs blew the over/under out of the water on Saturday seeing each team score 10 first half goals. Both teams starting goalies found the bench at some point in the second half, and it was Jack Kelly getting the W in cage for the Redwoods, a great story. Kelly tore his ACL in 2018 during the World Games and this was his first action since the injury. Sergio Perkovic lead all scores in this game with 8 points off 4 goals and 2 assists (including two 2-point goals).
The Cannon's may have lost to the Chaos on Saturday, but on the bright side, Paul Rabil is now professional lacrosse's (the field version) all time points leader again thanks to his 3 goal, 3 assist effort. Alas, the Chaos played the better game and pulled out the win. Josh Byrne went for 2 goals and 3 helpers in the win, and rookie's Ryan Smith and Mac O'Keefe each put up 4 points.
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I'm from Upstate NY so I'm naturally a big Connor Fields fan. When he found himself on the bench last season I couldn't believe it as the Chaos thrived without him. So in this episode I'm going to dive into the PLL stats a bit to see how this could happen. How could one of the most skilled attack on planet earth have trouble getting on the field in the Premier Lacrosse League.
As part, we'll also talk about some geezers in the league that struggled in 2020, but have been playing really tough in 2021, Paul Rabil and Rob Pannell. Both put up stinkers last year, but have been incredible so far this season.
We'll also talk about a few PLL rookies. I'll quickly profile Mac O'Keefe (Penn State), Jeff Teat (Cornell) and Jake Carroway (Georgetown). All three were highly touted and each has had a measure of success thus far in 2021.
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Matt Rambo proved yet again that he's the best lacrosse player in the world by scoring the OT game winner for the Whipsnakes against the Atlas on Friday night. We also got to see the debut of Jeff Teat, the Cornell attackman that lost two college lacrosse seasons to covid stepped onto a lacrosse field for the first time in 400+ days and he ended up with 2 assists.
Rambo finished the day with 3 goals and 2 assists in the victory and teammate Jay Carlson came up with a game saving takeaway on a clear in OT that resulted in the Rambo game winner. Carlson also put up 2 goals.
It was Mac O'Keefe sniping a two-pointer from the top middle of the field which ended up being the game winner for the Chaos over the Redwoods. O'Keefe finished the game with 3 points off 2 goals (including that game winning two-pointer). Jake Froccaro paced the Chaos with 4 assists.
Grant Ament and the Archers walked to victory on Saturday night thanks to Ament's 1 goal and 5 helpers mixed with the Waterdogs playing like trash. Will Manny put up 3 goals and 2 assists for the Archers and Marcus Holman and Tom Schreiber each put up 4 points in the win.
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OK, so news first, Gary Gait, Syracuse's new head coach, only the 5th in the programs history, wasted no time making headlines in hiring Dave Pietramala, former adversary, and long time head coach at Cuse rival Johns Hopkins. Pietramala is one of the most storied players and coaches in the game. Largely considered the greatest defensive lacrosse player in the history of the sport, Petro has won national titles as both a player at Hopkins and as a coach (2005 and 2007). So this hire is huge news.
Potentially huge because it's possible both of Pietramala's sons could end up ditching North Carolina for Syracuse as well now that this change has been made. My sources are telling me it's pretty much a done deal, but we'll see.
And it's also time to put the 2021 NCAA season to rest with our end of the year player awards, so here is the "LaxFactor All NCAA Lacrosse Squad" as well as my player of the year awards...
Attack
Jared Bernhardt (Maryland)
Michael Sowers (Duke)
Chris Gray (North Carolina)
Midfield
Jack Hannah (Denver)
Kevin Rogers (High Point)
Graham Bundy Jr. (Georgetown)
SSDM
Danny Logan (Denver)
Roman Puglise (Maryland)
LSM
Jared Conners
Specialist
Petey LaSalla (Virginia, FO)
Defense
Will Bowen (North Carolina)
Jack Kielty (Notre Dame)
JT Giles-Harris (Duke)
Goalie
Colin Kirst (Rutgers)
Rookie Of The Year
Brennan O'Neil (Duke)
Breakout Player Of The Year
Conner Shellenberger (Virginia)
LaxFactor Biggest Balls Of Them All Awards
Alex Rode (Virginia, Goalie)
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Virginia won an instant classic over Maryland by a score of 17-16 capturing their second national title in a row, the first back to back championship in the programs history. Connor Shellenberger was a huge part of the win going for 4 goals and 2 assists. The redshirt freshman was too much for Maryland to handle all day long. Teammate Matt Moore also put up 4 goals and 2 helpers in the win, both players taking only 7 shots. That efficiency in scoring would prove key down the stretch as Maryland turned up the heat defensively and started to battle back late.
UVA Keeper Alex Rode and the Cavaliers defense played an excellent game, outplaying their counterparts for the Terps just enough to squeak out the win. Rode's last second save to seal the victory will go down in Virginia history as one of the biggest moments of all time.
Tewaaraton winner Jared Bernhardt was held to 2 goals and 3 assists, an excellent outing to be sure, but a touch off of his season average. Petey LaSalla won the lions share of face-offs for the Cav's, but the Terps forcing turnovers between the boxes evened out that possession battle, and allowed Maryland to keep pace right down to the end of the game.
In other news, Gary Gait was named Syracuse's 5th lacrosse coach in over 100 years as John Desko decided to retire while I was walking around Magic Kingdom. The transition should be as smooth as coaching changes can go with Desko offering to help out in any way he can, and Gait obviously accepting his former coach's offer.
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Memorial Day Weekend is upon us, the most beloved weekend of the year by lacrosse fans all over the world. We have the top four seeds in the tournament doing battle this weekend so it's sure to be exciting.
In Saturday's first game we have #4 Virginia taking on #1 North Carolina. Carolina beat the Cavs in their first meeting, but UVA retunred the favor and dropped the Heels in their second. So this is sure to be a dogfight.
In the second game on Saturday, we'll see the ACC vs Big Ten battle take place with #3 Maryland taking on #2 Duke. These teams only have Notre Dame as like opponents at this point and the outcomes prove, another dogfight will be happening here.
For my picks, I'm taking Virginia over UNC and Duke over Maryland, so I predict we'll see a Virginia vs Duke final, but who knows. I suck a predictions.
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Maryland made sure the NCAA Lacrosse Final Four wasn't an all ACC affair by knocking off Notre Dame in overtime on Sunday. We had three incredible lacrosse games that saw Duke and North Carolina also advance thanks to winning in overtime. One of the best quarterfinal weekends in memory.
For Maryland, Notre Dame gave them all they could handle, but Jared Bernhardt's 5 goals were too much to overcome and after dominating face-offs all day, Notre Dame lost the opening face-off of overtime and never ended up seeing the ball as Anthony Demaio stuck the game winner off the very first dodge of overtime.
Duke's overtime thriller against Loyola was also a great treat. Loyola played as well defensively as any team that faced Duke all year and Sam Schafer did a great job in cage, but in the end, it was Joe Robertson sticking yet another game winner for Duke in overtime to survive and advance.
Rutgers needed a perfect game out of their defense win against North Carolina and they very nearly got it. The Scarlet Knights were a couple of turnovers away from pulling the upset, but alas, the better team was able to force overtime and win which is what great teams do.
Virginia and Georgetown? An absolute bloodbath.
So we have three ACC teams and a Big Ten team in the final four next weekend.
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We had some incredible games for this weekends first round NCAA Lacrosse Tournament action. To summarize, we saw Drexel give Notre Dame some trouble, losing 10-8 to the Irish in a game that came down to the final minutes. We saw Vermont lose by a margin to Maryland, but it was a respectable 17-11 margin.
Loyola and Denver played the game of the weekend with Loyola's Same Shafer making the game saving save with 4 seconds left on the clock. Michael Sowers trashed on High Point in the first half going for 8 points off 4 goals and 4 assists in Duke's 16-10 win. North Carolina handled their business against Monmouth, but even in a 16-4 loss, I felt Monmouth played tough lacrosse through that game.
Rutgers proved the B1G was tougher than many ACC fanboys thought in defeating Lehigh pretty easily, 12-5. Bryant kept pace with Virginia losing 13-11 and Syracuse got waxed by Georgetown 18-8, a terrible low point for my Orange.
We'll talk about every game in detail, pepper in some highlights for the first 3 or 4 games that I talk about, and we'll rinse and repeat next week and do it again on Monday.
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May Madness is upon us, and today is the day I make predictions for the entire first round, complete with a predicted "margin of victory", and I'll also reveal my full bracket and pick my winner for this years NCAA Division I Lacrosse Tournament.
I won't spoil my picks within the description, but the games I'll be talking about obviously are...
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1 Notre Dame vs Monmouth
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2 Duke vs High Point
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3 Maryland vs Vermont
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4 Virginia vs Bryant
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5 Georgetown vs Syracuse
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6 Notre Dame vs Drexel
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7 Denver vs Loyola
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8 Lehigh vs Rutgers
I'll also talk very briefly about the DII quarterfinal/play-in games as well.
Lastly, I pick my winner for the Tewaaraton, because I've been saying all year, if either Duke, UNC or Maryland wins the title, their big cat will win the Tewaaraton, so be sure to listen to the end for that pick as well.
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So North Carolina brings home the top seed, followed up by Duke, Maryland and Virginia. Army ended up being the first team out, and Rutgers the last team in, and this was a tough call for the committee.
Matchups look like this...
#1 North Carolina vs Monmouth
UNC will win this game by a large margin, but congrats to Monmouth for making the big dance.
#2 Duke vs High Point
Duke rolled high point in their previous meeting, but expect an improved High Point team to put up a better showing in this tournament game. Duke will still win, but High Point should put up a good fight with Asher Nolting playing great lacrosse and taking care of the ball.
#3 Maryland vs Vermont
A good matchup for Maryland EXCEPT, Tommy Burke at the face-off dot could present some problems between the boxes for the Terps. But alas, Jared Bernhardt and company will end up being too good even if Burke rolls and Maryland will still win by a margin.
#4 Virginia vs Bryant
The toughest draw by far out of the top 4 seeds, which is kind of the idea. Virginia should be able to beat Bryant by a margin, but UVA has a tendency to let teams hang even where they have them outmatched on paper.
#5 Georgetown vs Syracuse
Perhaps the best first round matchup of the tournament, these teams are very evenly matched. Georgetown looks better on paper, they are tough both offensively and defensively. But Syracuse is far more battle tested and has proven they can hang with the best of them. This one is anyone's ballgame and should be a great game to watch Saturday night.
#6 Notre Dame vs Drexel
Lots of people are scratching their head at Notre Dame being placed in th is 6th spot, including myself, but alas, the Irish match up well against a very good and scrappy Drexel team. This game will be won by Notre Dame's defense which plays with an intensity that Drexel has not seen yet this season.
#7 Denver vs Loyola
Tough draw for Denver as Loyola isn't too far removed from knocking off the team that beat Denver twice this year (Georgetown). But Thompson is playing the best lacrosse of his career in cage for Denver, Stathakis and Ierland should be able to handle Savio at the dot, and Denver's offense has played better than Loyola's for most of the year.
#8 Lehigh vs Rutgers
This game will tell us for sure, is the Big Ten overrated this year or is the Big Ten as good as ever and this year just happened to be Rutgers year to hang right below Maryland. Lehigh is incredible, they win face-offs like it's no one's business and if Rutgers wins this game, we can end the talk about the B1G having a down year, because Lehigh is a legit team.
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We have had a great week of college lacrosse action with conference tournaments in full swing. On Thursday night we saw teams like Maryland, Denver, Georgetown and Drexel all handle their business. We also saw teams like Albany, Vermont and Hopkins pull upsets that will keep those hoping for at large bids guessing.
Hopkins win over Rutgers was the big one, as Rutgers will now pray that Maryland wins the Big Ten Tournament and not eat up one of the coveted at large bids. The same goes for Delaware. They'll be hoping Drexel takes down Hofstra so they don't have to compete with the Dragons for an at large. Every good team that lost is hoping the better teams win their conference tourny's.
So we'll see Maryland take on Hopkins in the Big Ten finals. We'll see Bryant take on Saint Joseph's in the NEC finals. We'll see Vermont take on Albany in the America East finals. The Patriot league still has to work through their semi-final games today (Friday). And yes, I ran out of time to talk about the MAAC again, but at least I didn't trash on them today.
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Syracuse hit the road to face Notre Dame with revenge on their minds, and instead they come home huge losers as the Irish embarrassed the Orange in an absolute blowout that has the #FireDesko crowd screaming from the rooftops, and even myself, a long time Desko supporter is starting to wonder if maybe the game has now passed this living legend by.
Michigan and Hopkins picked up huge Big Ten conference tournament victories over Ohio State and Penn State. Michigan and Hopkins only made the tournament field thanks to COVID, but ended up flipping the tournament upside down, as now the lowest two seeds will face the top two seeds in the semifinals. Great outing for both teams.
Vermont beat Stony Brook at the buzzer, literally, with no time left on the clock. Stony Brook had tied the game up with just 8 seconds to go, only to see Burke win the ensuing face-off and Vermont marched down and scored the game winner with ZEROS on the clock. Great scene as the Vermont team cleared the bench prior to the officials calling the shot a goal and they were all huddled around the refs waiting for the signal that the game was over and they finally got it.
We'll talk about tournament seedings for the America East, NEC, CAA, Patriot and more.
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The Big Ten Lacrosse Conference seedings and tournament schedule is set. Maryland get's the #1 seed, Rutgers the #2, Penn State the #3, Ohio State #4, Michigan #5 (thanks to a coin toss) and Hopkins is the last seed. That tournament will kick off this weekend with Maryland as the obvious favorite after going 10-0 in conference play this season.
The CAA, NEC, America East and Patriot League all have games being played this weekend that will help finalize their tournament fields and seeding. We'll discuss those.
And we'll very briefly touch on the Chase Scanlan vs Syracuse saga. I hate being shady and not getting more into what's going on, but this is a serious matter and no one, including myself, wants to say the wrong thing here. So cut us some slack, we can discuss in a manner that feeds your curiosity because it is a big story, but there are also humans involved, and some of those humans could have lawyers in play and I hate lawyers.
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A near must win for Syracuse in Charlottesville on Saturday and the Orange sent a message to everyone that doubted them letting us all know, they ain’t dead yet. Jakob Phaup who has struggled at the face-off dot against ACC foes went 24 of 27 against Petey LaSalla who has been the ACC’s best face-off guy since getting merked by Cuse his last time out. The possession deficit proved too much for UVA to overcome as the Orange pull out the 13-11 win on the road, and improve to 6-4, locking up a better than .500 record and an NCAA tournament bid.
Nakeie Montgomery and Michael Sowers put Duke on their backs and helped their team climb out of a 12-7 hole late in the 4th and then later win it in overtime. Another classic Thursday night ACC showdown for Duke.
Hopkins gave Maryland all they could handle on Saturday, but the terps were able to pull off the 14-13 win thanks to big games from Jared Bernhardt and Logan Wisnauskas who both went for 4 goals with a dish in this game.
Navy’s defense stifled Army’s big cat Brendan Nichtern holding him to zero points and just a couple of shots in their big 9-4 win over the Black Knights.
Dylan Foulds stuck the game winner on Saturday for Penn State with just 1:08 remaining in the game and tore the hearts out of Ohio State that needed this game badly to make their case for an at large bid. Foulds finished the day with 4 goals, Mac O’Keefe put up 2 goals and a helper.
UMBC beat Stony Brook in OT for the second time this season, dropping the Seawolves 14-13 in their second meeting, and snapping Stony Brook’s 6 game win streak. Ryan Frawley get’s the game winner on a feed from Brett McIntyre with 28 seconds left in the extra period.
We'll talk about all of the above action and much more in this weeks episode.
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In todays show we'll talk about the Duke and Notre Dame rematch that will be played Thursday night on the ACC Network. This will be a monster lacrosse game played under the lights in primetime. Michael Sowers and company will look to get revenge over Notre Dame and their insane defense.
We'll rip through the top 5 teams in the country and talk about each teams "key players" for continued success. On this topic we'll discuss Michael Sowers at Duke and how Duke can better utilize his skill. Jared Bernhardt has been on a tear for the Terps and we'll discuss what makes him so good. Kyle Thornton has been Notre Dame's biggest stat getter on the defensive side of the ball and he needs to keep that up so Notre Dame can keep winning big games. Matt Moore is a beast that needs to work a touch on his shot selection for UVA to be at their best. Colin Krieg needs to keep standing on his head if North Carolina is going to win their final two ACC contests.
There are some huge conference matchups being played this weekend within the America East, the CAA and the Patriot League and we'll talk about those games as well.
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North Carolina put the big hurt on Syracuse in the Carrier Dome on Saturday beating the Orange 21-9. It's the first time in Syracuse's history they have lost by 7 or more goals 3 times at home. Terrible outing for Syracuse and things aren't looking good heading into their final games against Virginia and Notre Dame. For UNC, a huge bounce back win that they needed badly. Chris Gray paced UNC with 2 goals and 6 assists.
Georgetown picked up their first regular season win over Denver in an 11-10 OT thriller. Declan McDermott scored the game winning goal in the OT period giving the Hoyas revenge for their earlier in the season loss to Denver. James Reilly factored heavily for Denver winning 16 of 24 face-offs against TD Ierlan and Alex Stathakis. Without that effort, Denver wins this game by a couple of goals.
LIU picked up a big conference win over The Mount. Delaware used a Tye Kurtz goal in OT to beat Hofstra. Virginia handled their business against Utah, but Utah looked tougher than many expected in the loss. Towson gets back to a 500 record with a big win over UMass.
We'll talk about these games and more in todays episode. A nice long one for you all.
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Virginia gave Duke everything they could handle in another instant classic within ACC lacrosse play. The game went back and forth all game long seeing both teams hold leads of 2 goals or more, only to see the other team battle back right through into overtime.
Joe Robertson scored 2 goals and had 3 assists on the day including the game winner in overtime, his second game winning OT goal of the season. Brennan O'Neill tallied 3 goals and 2 assists and Mike Sowers went for 3 goals in the Blue Devils win.
Dox Aitken and Charlie Bertrand paced UVA with 3 goals each on the day and Payton Cormier and Matt Moore each put up 2 goals of their own in the Cav's loss.
Alex Rode and Max Adler each had great days in net for their respective teams. Rode put up 16 saves for UVA in the losing effort and Adler put up 16 of his own and got the W.
Pete LaSalla had a great game for UVA winning 18 of 27 face-offs against Jake Naso who coming into the game was the best face-off guy in the ACC in terms of win percentage. But LaSalla won the day dominating the dot and put up a goal of his own, but alas it wasn't enough to get Virginia the win.
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Maryland gets the top spot in Inside Lacrosse's new media poll and I'll talk about why I think that Notre Dame probably deserves it. I will go through and outline my own top 10 as I also think they have Virginia and Duke reversed and I think Denver and Rutgers are both ranked too highly.
There are a lot of guys playing really well at the face-off dot, but I'm going to go through why I think Petey LaSalla is the best face-off athlete in the country, and it's not actually all that close thanks to his 11 points on the season.
There were a couple of OT games on the D3 landscape over the weekend with Gettysburg and Stevenson both needing an extra period to pull off wins.
And as always we'll do a bit of a preview on the biggest games coming up this weekend, starting with Duke @ Virginia, North Carolina @ Syracuse, Hopkins @ Rutgers and many more.
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In the first episode of our D2/D3 podcast, we'll rip through the following games...
Ross Filtch, a Le Moyne midfielder scored both the game tying and eventual game winning goals for the Dolphins over host Pace.
2 Tampa had a bit of a scare put into them against undefeated Lynn, but walked away with a 7-6 win.
Caleb Kueber and Devin Pipher went off for Mercyhurst, Kueber putting up 5 goals and 5 assists and Pipher chipped in 4 goals and 4 helpers.
Lenoir-Rhyne bounced back nicely after suffering their first loss in 13 outings against Wingate earlier in the week. They beat up on Lincoln Memorial on Saturday 18-6.
York got production up and down their roster in their 15-3 win over Lebanon Valley on Saturday. Brendan O'Sullivan put up 3 goals, Michael Russo went for 3 assists and Jacob Wilhelm went for 2 goals and a dish.
Lynchburg has won three straight games after losing to Washington & Lee on April 2nd. Granted, they returned the favor the next day beating Washington & Lee the following day and have added 2 additional blow out wins since. Roanoke is the latest victim getting bounced 20-10 on Saturday.
10 Union followed up their opening season win with a win over #6 St. Lawrence in a battle of NY teams.
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Notre Dame's defense came to play on Saturday handing #1 Duke their first loss of the season and upending the power structure of the ACC. Michael Sowers was held to a single goal and Notre Dame got production from their midfield in the huge ACC win.
Virginia got revenge against North Carolina by defeating the Tarheels in their second meeting, this time in Chapel Hill. UNC had beat UVA in Charlottesville by three goals earlier in the season and the Cavs returned the favor this time around handing UNC their second loss in a row.
In other action, Drexel upsets Delaware on the road 12-9 and now the CAA conference is looking really interesting with Delaware, Hofstra, Drexel and UMass all scrambling for position as we get close to the seasons end.
In Big Ten action, Maryland and Rutgers beat up on Michigan and Penn State respectively. Ohio State got back to 500 by defeating Johns Hopkins 14-12 at home. So Maryland owns the Big Ten at this stage with Rutgers coming up right behind them and Ohio State filling out the "good" side of things. Rutgers has Hopkins and Michigan left to play. Maryland has Ohio State and Hopkins left to play. For Ohio State, a win over Penn State in their season finale leading into the Big Ten tournament is going to be a must.
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Ryan Tierney's 3 goals and 3 assists were exactly what Hofstra needed to edge UMass in a huge conference win. Syracuse took down Albany in a semi-slow going game at the Dome, but it was exactly the win Syracuse needed heading into North Carolina next weekend.
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The biggest matchup of the weekend will see Duke hitting the road to take on Notre Dame in yet another top 10 matchup of ACC lacrosse teams. Duke is coming in as the favorite and the #1 team in the land, but Notre Dame is feeling really confident after beating up Syracuse in the Carrier Dome over the weekend. It's Michael Sowers against Pat Kavanagh in this one and both guys can light it up.
Big ACC games are the norm this year and Virginia hosting North Carolina could be another masterpiece. UNC dropped UVA in their first matchup, but Virginia likes playing at home and is hoping that Connor Shellenberger and Petey LaSalla can both play big and even the score against their ACC rival.
Army will face Loyola in a big Patriot League matchup. Loyola coming off a big win over Navy and Army is coming off a heart breaking loss to Lehigh, so expect this one to be a dog fight. Loyola will have to play tough against Brendan Nichtern if they want a shot at upsetting the Black Knights.
Syracuse is going to be looking to bully Albany after losing to Notre Dame the way they did. I don't wish this Syracuse anger on anyone and UAlbany playing without Tehoka Nanticoke is going to have their hands full in the carrier dome.
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Notre Dame rode their face-off duo to the promise land in the Carrier Dome taking down the Orange 18-11 while winning 23 of 32 draws on the day. Charles Leonard won 8 of 10 and Kyle Gallagher won 15 of 22 for the Irish. Pat Kavanagh peeled the Orange for 4 goals and 5 assists and teammates Griffin Westlin and Will Yorke each went for 4 goals.
Jared Bernhardt entered the record books at Maryland by surpassing Matt Rambo as the Terps all time leading goal scorer. His 1st goal of the day tied the record and his 2nd broke it. He now sits at 159 goals, breaking Rambo's old mark of 155 goals. Maryland also happened to beat up on Penn State 17-10. Bernhardt finished the day with 5 goals and 3 assists. Logan Wisnauskas put up 4 goals and Daniel Maltz chipped in a hattrick in the easy win.
Mike Sisselberger won 23 of 27 face-offs and helped lift Lehigh to a 13-12 win over Army. Cole Kirst scored the game winner late in the fourth (his 4th goal of the game).
Hobart picked up a huge NEC win over Bryant, picking up a 2-goal lead late in the game and successfully killed man-up opportunities for Bryant over the final minute of the game. Hobart gets the 11-10 win and the NEC is up for grabs.
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Biggest game of the season see's #2 North Carolina travel to Durham to take on #1 Duke in an ACC lacrosse matchup on Thursday. It's Michael Sowers of Duke vs Chris Gray of UNC doing battle for the first time since each player transferred to their new ACC schools. Gray of course transferred a year earlier. Duke comes into this game with the #4 ranked offense in the nation as scored by LacrosseReference.com and UNC is #1. But defensively, Duke's #13 rank looks a lot better than UNC's #42 rank. So on paper, Duke looks like the slightly more complete team, and that's why I like Duke in this game by a goal.
Maryland beat Rutgers again in Big Ten action on Sunday and Penn State got revenge over Hopkins by beating the blue birds in their second meeting.
We'll also take a look at the calendar for Saturday to see what games may be worth watching.
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Virginia and Notre Dame played another classic ACC lacrosse game on Saturday and we saw UVA pull out the 12-11 win thanks to Dox Aitken's game winner with 3:24 left in the fourth quarter. Aitken was good for 2 goals and 2 assists. Payton Cormier put up another 5 goal game and Ian Laviano got himself a hattrick in the UVA win. Will York (Bucknell transfer) had his breakout game for Notre Dame with 5 goals in the loss. Petey LaSalla won 13 of 25 face-offs against Notre Dame's two headed monster of Kyle Gallagher and Charles Leonard. Alex Rode won the goalie battle with 9 saves and UVA wins the game.
Georgetown and Villanova played a barn burner despite the Hoyas beating Nova 16-1 in their first meeting. Georetown wins this one 8-7 without Carraway. Towson upset Loyola 7-6 in OT thanks to Tim Montgomery's 3 goal day.
Brendan Nichtern continues his tear putting up 1 goal and 6 assists in Army's route of Holy Cross. His 6.2 points per game surely have him gaining some attention for the Tewaaraton.
Stony Brook is trying hard to keep pace with Vermont in the America East and looks like they may do so thanks to a 16-10 win over visiting Albany. Total team effort in the win.
Drexel turned some heads in beating Robert Morris 19-13.
Lots more to talk about, even some D2 and D3 action that we'll get into this week.
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The #4 ranked Syracuse mens lacrosse squad travels to Durham, North Carolina to face the #2 ranked Duke on Thursday in a huge ACC lacrosse showdown.
It will pit Michael Sowers and company against the highly reguarded Syracuse midfield unit of Tucker Dordevic, Jamie Trimboli and Brendan Curry. Curry and Trimboli have both scored game winners against Duke in their last three meetings and Duke will be wanting some revenge as Syracuse owns a 4-2 advantage over their last 6 meetings dating back to 2014.
If you go through unit by unit, Duke holds a slight edge offensively and defensively but Syracuse holds a considerable edge in terms of midfield depth and they have the more consistent goalie. So this should shape up to be an absolute masterpiece of a lacrosse game and can't be missed.
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Chase Scanlan's 7 goals helped Syracuse defeat Holy Cross in the Carrier Dome on Saturday. Teammate Owen Hiltz put up 1 goal and 5 assists in the win. Syracuse used their ride to limit their opponents possessions and the Orange defense was stingy only giving up 11 shots on cage. Syracuse will face Duke on Thursday in Durham. AJ Fox stood on his head in cage for Holy Cross contributing 19 saves in their losing effort.
Robert Morris gave Virginia all they could handle, but it was the Cavs outlasting the Crusaders by the end. Payton Cormier paced UVA with 5 goals and 1 assist and Matt Moore went for a goal and 4 helpers. Shellenberger went 1 & 3 and Dox Aitken returned to the box score with a big game, 3 goals out of the veteran midfielder.
Despite controlling most of the first half, Johns Hopkins ended up losing 15-9 to Rutgers. Maryland slowly but surely separated from and defeated Ohio State. North Carolina beat Air Force by ten goals thanks to Chris Gray's 2 goal and 6 assist day. Penn State is now in last place in the Big Ten after losing 14-12 to Michigan. Tye Kurtz scored the game winner in OT to lift Delaware over Towson.
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Denver exposed Georgetown's lack of defensive depth on Tuesday in a Big East Lacrosse matchup that pitted the countries most formidable defense (Georgetown) against one of the most battled tested teams in the country in terms of strength of schedule and overall experience (Denver). While Georgetown jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, the Pio's used a 7 goal over about 15 minutes of play to take a 7-2 lead and never looked back.
Jack Hannah had a huge day for Denver scoring 4 goals off just 8 shots, a huge improvement over his shooting percentage so far this season. Also factoring heavily was Ethan Walker who contributed 3 second half goals to go along with his two assists.
The Tewaaraton Award watch now involves three guys that all have a legit shot at winning by the seasons end. Included on my own personal short list is Ryan Tierney (Hofstra), Jared Bernhardt (Maryland), Michael Sowers (Duke) and Chris Gray (North Carolina). I think Tierney is the long shot, and the other three, Bernhardt, Sowers and Gray are all the obvious front runners. But who do I think has the best chance?
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In the featured college lacrosse game of the weekend, the Maryland Terps lacrosse squad put the Big Ten on notice by using a fourth quarter run to separate from fellow undefeated team Rutgers. Jared Bernhardt proved he's worth of legit Tewaaraton talk by going off for 6 goals and an assist. Daniel Maltz (4g) and Logan Wisnauskas (2g, 2a) also factored heavily for Maryland. Kieran Mullins paced Rutgers with 3 goals and 2 helpers and Adam Charalambides chipped in 4 goals in the Rutgers loss.
Johns Hopkins got a much needed win over Penn State on Saturday and did so in a big way. 13-6 was the final at Homewood as we saw Joey Epstein put up a solid 2 goals and 2 assists, Connor DeSimone proved his move to attack was smart going for 4 goals and an assist in the Hopkins win. Matt Narewski won 12 of 21 draws for Hop helping them gain an edge in the possession battle.
LIU proved they belong in the NEC by knocking off offensive powerhouse Hobart by 2 goals. Richie LaCalandra fronted a powerful offensive attack for LIU with 4 goals and 2 assists, a few of the highlight reel variety. LIU keeper Will Mark was the story of this game however putting up 24 saves vs 36 shots faced. He prevented Hobart from getting any real momentum and that ended up being the difference in this game.
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We have a host of fairly high profile college lacrosse games to talk about in todays episode. Duke and High Point start it all off tonight (Wednesday) followed up by North Carolina travelling north to take on ACC foe Virginia. Friday gives us a 3rd night in a row watching ACC teams play with Syracuse hosting Stony Brook at the Carrier Dome.
Saturday we have perhaps the biggest game of the weekend other than UNC/UVA. Maryland hosts Rutgers in College Park in a battle of the top two Big Ten lacrosse squads. Both teams come into the game with 3-0 records and you can expect a hotly contested, sometimes angry matchup.
Another battle being waged to decide who's top dog in their conference is Georgetown and Denver. The Pio's are playing touch after early losses to Duke and Carolina, but the Hoyas defense is tops in the nation and they have offense to compliment it. Should be a great game.
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College lacrosse is now in full swing and there is nothing better than March lacrosse (other than Memorial Day lacrosse). In the biggest rivalry matchup of the weekend, Johns Hopkins hung early with Maryland, but Jared Bernhardt and the Terps proved too much in the end beating Hopkins 18-10.
Syracuse hosted Vermont in the Dome and things got chippy, Vermont hung around, but Syracuse picked up the 17-13 win in the end thanks to big games out the Syracuse attack. Stephen Rehfuss (2g, 6a), Owen Hiltz (4g, 1a) and Chase Scanlan (3g, 1a) all factored heavily in helping Syracuse stave off Tommy Burke's outstanding day at the faceoff dot for Vermont. Burke won 24 of 34 draws on the day.
Penn State and Rutgers both picked up B1G wins (pun intended) and other teams pulling off victorsy included Georgetown (20-13 over Marquette), Albany (16-6 over Hartford), Army (12-10 over Boston U.), Hobart (13-9 over The Mount), North Carolina, Virginia, Lehigh and more.
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Georgetown's defense gave up a whopping 5 goals, but despite Mount St Mary's proving they could score more than once where others had failed, the Hoya's still pick up a very lopsided 17-5 win. Jake Carraway was big once again for Gtown going for 5 goals and 2 assists in the win. Alex Mazzone forced 3 turnovers and picked up 7 groundballs to help lead the Hoyas defense.
Hofstra beat down Wagner 18-6 and Ryan Tierney continued his outpouring of offense by putting up 6 goals in the win off just 11 shots. Alex Concannon chipped in 3 goals and 2 helpers for the Pride.
In yet another lopsided Tuesday win, Robert Morris took it to Bellarmine by a score of 17-8. Ryan Smith went off for 5 goals and 6 assists for Bobby Mo off just 8 shots.
In action on Wednesday we'll see Virginia and High Point face off in the early evening. Both teams are coming off blow out losses, UVA's to Syracuse and High Points at the hands of North Carolina.
Be sure to check back Saturday morning at 10am for the Saturday Morning Pre-Game Livestream.
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What a day of college lacrosse action, highlighted by Syracuse beating down Virginia in the dome by a score of 20-10. The Syracuse attack unit showed up, Rehfuss was good for 3 goals and 3 assists, Owen Hiltz in his first start goes for 3 goals and 2 helpers. The Cuse midfield also showed in a big way, Brendan Curry, 3 goals and 4 assists, Tucker Dorcevic, 3 goals, Jamie Trimboli, 2 goals, Owen Seebold and Lucas Quinn each went for 2 goals. It was an offensive outpouring for the Orange. UVA's Matt Moore and Dox Aitken were both held scoreless and the rest of Virginia's supporting cast were all quieted by an incredible defensive effort out of Drake Porter and company.
Duke is starting to look like what we expected them to on offense as they beat up Air Force at home, 17-7. Michael Sowers showed well in the box score with 8 points off 3 goals and 5 assists. Joe Robertson continued his welcome back party putting up 7 goals and 3 assists in the Blue Devil's win.
Rutgers surprised some folks by thrashing Ohio State in The Shoe 22-12. Connor Kirst continued his dominance of Big Ten foes by putting up 4 goals while teammate Adam Charalmbides was good for 5 goals and a dish and Mullins 2 goals and 4 helpers.
In other action, Hopkins defeated Michigan on the road 14-7. Joey Epstein went for 6 goals off just 8 shots which was good to see. North Carolina waxed High Point in their second meeting of the season 27-12. Gray and Solomon both went for 4 goals and 3 assists in the beat down.
Notre Dame saw their first action in a 19-7 win over Robert Morris, proving that the ACC is not to be messed with. Pat Kavanaugh had a monster day contributing 2 goals and 7 helpers in the win.
Georgetown continued their defensive dominance holding yet another team to a single goal. This time St. John's was the team that had to endure the embarrassment. So far over their first two games the Hoyas have outscored their foes 35-2. Jake Carraway was solid for Gtown putting up 3 goals and 3 helpers.
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Did Richmond provide a recipe to the ACC for how to hold Chris Gray in check and disrupt North Carolina's powerful offense? It would seem that Richmond came out and pressured UNC all over the field more than any other team they've faced has done so far, a very gutsy move by the Richmond staff, and it paid off. Richmond held Chris Gray to just 1 goal and 1 assist despite the loss.
Syracuse's epic meltdown against Army proved that the Orange still have off-ball defensive issues. They have played poorly off-ball in recent years and that continuation has Cuse fans alarmed. Luckily these are things that can be shored up as the season progresses, but with Cuse getting a late start, they will be facing teams like UVA that already have 4 or 5 games under their belts so that will continue to be a challenge as Cuse tries to get their game legs back.
Johns Hopkins struggled on-ball, allowing Ohio State dodgers to wreak havoc on their new goaltender who played admirably. Georgetown put the entire nation on notice by only giving up a single goal in a huge 16-1 win over Big East rival Villanova. No one saw that coming. Sure, I knew the Hoya's defense was solid, but I didn't see them holding anyone to a single goal.
All that and more in this weeks episode, our 138th podcast. Getting mighty close to 150.
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Sad day if you are a Syracuse lacrosse fan as the Orange got dropped at home by Army badly, 18-11. Tucker Dordevic paced Syracuse with 4 goals and 1 assist in the loss while Brendan Nichtern helped lead Army to victory with a 4 goal, 3 assist effort.
Virginia held on to beat Loyola by a score of 15-12. Connor Shellenberger continued to impress with a 2 goal, 3 assist outing and Matt Moore in his 2nd game back went for 5 goals in the UVA win.
The Kirst brothers paced Rutgers to a huge 11-9 home win over Penn State. Connor Kirst, former Villanova midfielder was good for 3 goals and 4 assists on the day while his brother, transfer goal keeper Colin made 15 saves against a PSU offense that struggled.
Other winners, Maryland over Michigan and Ohio State over Hopkins. Stony Brook gets a win as does Hofstra, Denver and more.
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We had a great game on tobacco road Tuesday with North Carolina holding on late to deal High Point a loss by a score of 17-15. Chris Gray held court putting up another 7-point game (3 goals, 4 assists) and Asher Nolting took point for High Point and had a monster 4 goal, 5 assist outing in the loss. Antonio Arcona stood on his head in cage for High Point putting up 18 saves on the day.
On Sunday, Virginia hosted Army and while UVA handled their business in the 14-9 win, Army looked decent in their first outing of the season. Payton Cormier paced the Cavs with 3 goals and 2 assists and Brendan Nichtern did his thing for Army with 2 goals and 3 dishes in the loss. Wyatt Schupler kept Army in the game with 12 saves.
Richmond held a lead most of the game, but Loyola rebounded late seeing Kevin Lindley tie the game at 7's forcing overtime and then scoring the game winner in OT. Lindley finished the game with 3 goals, Aidan Olmstead went for a goal and 2 dishes in the big win over the Spiders. Luke Grayum paced Richmond with 2 goals in this absolute snoozer until the end.
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We had our first full weekend of college lacrosse action and as always, it didn't disappoint. Michael Sowers and Joe Robertson each put up 4 goals in Duke's win over Mercer.
North Carolina and Chris Gray continue their quest for glory waxing Jacksonville and Gray put up 4 goals and 3 assists in the UNC win.
High Point and their big cat Asher Nolting had themselves a day beating up on Robert Morris 21-15. Nolting got help from teammates all over the place while he himself went for 3 goals and 4 assists in the victory.
Denver got back into the win column by dropping Air Force and Ethan Walker went off for 5 goals and 2 assists while Jackson Morrill put up 2 goals and 4 assists in the Pio's win.
Towson got themselves their first W in almost two years by defeating St. Joseph's in overtime off a Andrew Milani goal in overtime. Bryant didn't need overtime to beat Providence by a goal in large part thanks to goaltender Luke Caracciolo's 16 saves.
More action today with Army @ Virginia and Loyola @ Richmond.
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In the official first week of college lacrosse action, we have Army taking on Virginia after UMass was forced to cancel, we have Richmond hosting Loyola in a top 20 matchup, Air Force on the road at Denver in what already feels like a must win game for Denver and much more.
Connor Shellenberger, Payton Cormier and Charlie Bertrans proved that UVA can win big even without Matt Moore and Dox Aitken. Army is solid, but lost quite a bit of talent from last years roster, so UVA is still a heavy favorite, although never count a service academy out.
Loyola and Richmond should be a dogfight. Olmstead vs Lanchbury. Lindley vs Connell. Lots of great matchups. We have 50/50 scorers and we have pure goal scorers that have barely passed a ball to a teammate. Going to be a great game.
Denver struggled vs Utah, blew a big lead against Duke and then got smacked by North Carolina. This game against Air Force feels like a must win scenario even though in reality it isn't.
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We had a few more college lacrosse games to enjoy this weekend, in what has come to be known as Week Zero. The big game Saturday was technically Towson playing at Virginia because it was our second glimpse into the quality the ACC will put on display this year. Towson jumped out to an early 4-2 lead before UVA got settled and trounced them from there. Redhsirt freshman Connor Shellenberger was good for 4 goals and 3 assists, redshirt sophomore Payton Cormier went for 6 goals and a helper and graduate transfer Charlie Bertrand put up 4 goals and 2 dishes in the UVA win.
Utah proved just how terrible I am at predicting winners by beating Bellarmine 12-7 on the road. Bellarmine struck first, Utah then took over and got themselves a 6-3 lead before allowing Bellarmine to tie things up at 6-6. It was all Utah from there though as the Utes went on another run and took the game away from Bellarmine.
Other games we'll get to, Mercer picks up a big win over a D2 team, and Alabama Huntsville knocks off Lees-McRae in overtime.
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We have our first huge college lacrosse matchup of the year, #5 Denver hits the road to face-off against #1 Duke at 3pm this Friday in what is being dubbed the happy hour game. I myself will 100% be taking work off early on Friday (via getting started by 5am) to watch this one as Denver tries to shake off the dust in order to give Duke a full game. Michael Sowers will make his Duke debut as will Brendan O'Neill. Duke has gone 4-3 against Denver over the last 7 years, with Duke winning the last 3 matchups (Denver won the 3 prior).
Saturday we get to see Virginia for the first time as they face Towson. UVA got off to a disappointing start last season by their own standards, and Towson is coming off one of the worst starts in the history of college lacrosse going 0-6. Virginia gets the services of Dox Aitken back and teamed up with buddies Matt Moore, Ian Laviano, Jared Conners, Kyle Kology, Petey Lasalla and more, the Cavs have reason to be excited in 2021.
Denver proving they are a glutton for punishment travels 15 minutes down Erwin Road to take on #4 North Carolina Sunday. Chris Gray, Nicky Solomon, Justin (Mr.) Anderson and company are hoping to repeat last years quick start against the Pio's on their way to another win. Denver should finally be getting comfortable offensively and hopefully Jackson Morrill is fully acclimated because Denver will need him, Jack Hannah and Ethan Walker to play tough twice this weekend.
There are more games going on that we'll talk about in this Saturday's 10am live stream.
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College lacrosse action on Saturday didn't dissapoint with Bellarmine defeating Mercer by two goals in the seasons first action and Utah giving Denver all the Pio's could handle in a one-goal Denver win.
Bellarmine took advantage of no Adam Goldsmith and took down Mercer 9-7. Mercer had a 4-2 lead at the half, but Bellarmine chipped back and took down their conference foe by the end.
Denver coming in as huge favorites over Utah played as poorly as a team could play on offense over the first half allowing Utah a 3-1 lead heading into the third. Denver used a big second half from all of its usual suspects seeing Jack Hannah (2 goals, 1 assist), Ethan Walker (3 goals, 1 assist) and Jackson Morrill (1 goal, 2 assists) all have huge second halfs. In the end, Denver gained the lead and didn't give it up over the course of the fourth quarter.
All in all, a great first weekend of lacrosse action and I can't wait for next weekend.
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OK folks, lacrosse is here, FINALLY, so let's talk week 1's matchups. Bellarmine at Mercer and Utah at Denver. I had already set lines for these with Mercer -6.5 and Denver -9. As I type this, Mercer is already losing haha, maybe I wasn't so smart. I stand by the Denver line though. I think it's going to be a tough day for Utah.
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Yes, TD Ierlan decided to transfer to Denver. Yes, Syracuse has back their full roster and is at full strength in 2021. Both pieces of information are crazy news. But nothing compares to the fact we will be able to watch college lacrosse this weekend.
First game of the 2021 season, Bellarmine @ Mercer most likely won't be all that close as Mercer brings back almost everyone from a very good team last year. Mercer returns Sean Goldsmith's 34 goals and 8 assists as well as Michael Quinn's 12 goals and 12 assists. More importantly for Mercer, they bring back Wesley Chairs, Danny Walsh and Garrett LeClaire on the defensive side of the ball. Mercer is a complete team.
MY PREDICTION: Mercer -6.5
The second and more interesting game of the weekend is Utah @ Denver. Keep in mind, Utah has a totally new looking team. They have lost almost everyone on offense. Denver on the other hand brings back almost everyone on offense and added Jackson Morrill and Lucas Cotler. Throw in the fact that Jungle Jack Hannah played 2020 like someone told him he was the best midfielder in the country and now Morrill is paired on attack with Ethan Walker, one of the best finishers in the game, meets one of the best QB's in the game, Denver is going to be scary with all caps.
About TD Ierlan's announced transfer to Denver, it's reported by Terry Foy that he won't be able to take the field for the first time until Denver's 8th or 9th game, so that will factor.
Come back Saturday morning for the pre-game livestream on Saturday at 10am on the dot. We'll talk about the upcoming games and I'll answer questions. Then come back again on Sunday for the weekend recap show.
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College lacrosse is almost upon us. This Saturday, January 30th we will see Mercer host Bellarmine, and Denver host Utah. The following weekend so far has Denver @ Duke (our first realy big matchup), Air Force @ Notre Dame, Robert Morris @ Duke and finished off by Denver at North Carolina. We get right into some serious non-conference matchups right off the bat.
Air Force by far plays one of the toughest schedules in the land facing the likes of Notre Dame (2/6), Denver (2/13), Duke (2/27), Virginia (3/6), North Carolina (3/20) and finish the season off with High Point and Richmond. I don't imagine anyone will be playing a schedule like that outside of the ACC teams.
Syracuse's schedule isn't released yet, but we know they are playing Virginia and Notre Dame twice, and it looks like Albany and Army are two of their confirmed non-conference matchups. We'll wait to see if Cornell and some other NY schools make that cut.
Reppert is leaving Maryland for Holy Cross, but the Terps will be fine. We'll talk some "covid season" and more.
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The biggest news this week so far, TD Ierlan has entered the transfer portal, but before people start freaking out, lets see what happens with Yale's decision first. It's not looking good for the Ivy League for sure, but lets not jump to conclusions and see how this plays out.
Other huge news in the ACC, Dox Aitken is returning to Virginia to play out the 2021 season. He had left and was at Villanova in the fall trying to play some football, but that didn't work out, so he's back at UVA and that immediately makes the Cavs a lot better overall. They were already solid. Now they are back to approaching scary status.
Be sure to come back this Sunday as we continue on with team previews and talk about the schedules that have dropped thus far.
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The college lacrosse season was ended early in 2020, so we don't really know how Johns Hopkins, Notre Dame, Towson, Rutgers and Bryant would have finished off their seasons, but it's safe to say all five teams will be looking to bounce back and attempt to start 2021 with a bit more giddyup.
Hopkins with a new coach and a healthy Joey Epstein have a lot of potential. Notre Dame is barely needs a bounce back as they were pretty solid last year and only had one bad loss out of their three in 2020. Rutgers will improve thanks to the transfer portal and a solid culture. Bryant was going to finish 2020 above .500 so they are just hoping to be further above .500 in 2021 than they would have been in 2020. Towson started 0-6, but I argue they were one of the best 0-6 teams of all time, and that a tough schedule and some tough luck is largely to blame for their terrible start.
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College lacrosse is almost upon us so here is our pre-season top 20 for division 1 lacrosse in 2021. It starts out really ACC heavy, and gets filled out by the Big Ten and Ivy schools. The list goes...
- Duke
- Syracuse
- Maryland
- Virginia
- Denver
- North Carolina
- Cornell
- Penn State
- Notre Dame
- Yale
- Georgetown
- Loyola
- Army
- Ohio State
- Richmond
- UMass
- Lehigh
- Penn
- Johns Hopkins
- Rutgers
We'll also rip through and talk about Richmond's squad in 2021 and how I think they should probably win the SoCon. Owen Murphy entered the transfer portal and is apparently no longer hanging with the Hopkins team.
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So ripping through my college lacrosse pre-season positional players of the year for 2021, which ends up totally matching US Lacrosse's version of these, here goes... Attack, Michael Sowers (Duke), Midfield, Ryan Terefenko (Ohio State), Defense, JT Giles-Harris (Duke), Goalie, Drake Porter (Syracuse), Specialist, TD Ierlan (Yale), Player Of The Year, Michael Sowers (Duke).
It's that simple, we'll also dive into a new segment where we show a funny clip of pro lacrosse players telling stories and this week we use a clip from The Post Game w/ Nick Ossello and Evan Molloy as they asked Ryder Garnsey to tell a story of an interaction he had with Ossello while at Notre Dame.
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North Carolina's Will Bowen has entered the transfer portal, however I don't think this is a big deal, as the situation is simple and makes total sense when you're not jumping to conclusions. We'll talk about the top returning college lacrosse defensive units that include Army, Georgetown, Providence, Ohio State and Syracuse (per LacrosseBucket.com). We'll talk about the D2 and D3 college lacrosse tournaments possibly nixing teams and dropping participation a bit. We'll get into more, but it's Christmas Eve and there isn't a whole lot going on at the moment. PLL Merger? Maybe. Syracuse covid issues, probably not haha.
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Everyone knows by now. The Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) just absorbed (aka merged with) Major League Lacrosse and lacrosse fans are going bonkers. Some are happy. Some are sad. Some are indifferent. Some are popping hilarious shots at Paul Rabil. In the end, this was inevitable, although I am a touch surprised it's happened so soon. In hindsight though, we all should have seen it coming.
In today's episode we'll talk about what this means for the MLL players. What it means for some of the aging or fringe PLL players. The deepest college lacrosse draft in a decade, maybe ever is about to drop, and there are probably only about 8 to 12 roster spots available for the guys coming out.
College guys I can't wait to see play at the next level? Michael Sowers, Jeff Teat, Mac O'Keefe, JT Giles-Harris to name a few.
MLL guys I hope make the transition and do well, Lyle Thompson, Ryan Lee, Sean Sconone, Bubba Voigt, Bryce Wasserman.
So we'll talk about this PLL/MLL merger in a lot more depth today and let us know in the comments what you think.
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In this new audio only show, we'll explore news as it comes out, and where there isn't a lot of news we'll simply discuss random lacrosse related topics. In todays first episode, we'll talk about InsideLacrosse.com's top 50 list covering the men only, numbers 50 through 41. Guys we talk about in this episode...
50, Asher Nolting, Attack, High Point
48, Kyle Gallagher, Face-Off, Notre Dame (Penn Transfer)
46, Chase Scanlan, Attack, Syracuse
45, Ryan McNulty, LSM, Loyola
42, Jackson Morrill, Attack, Denver (Yale Transfer)
Let me say, it is a travesty that Jackson Morrill is this low on the list. He's a former Tewaaraton Finalist, and easily one of the top 10 players in college lacrosse. Even if you disagree with my "easily" assessment, he's a top 15 guy and I'd be willing to call anyone that would disagree a moron.....to their face.....well unless they were a lot bigger than me.
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Despite the season getting trashed, 2020 saw a huge number of freshman lacrosse players contributing for their teams at very high levels. Richmond's Richie Connell broke out and became one of the best young attackman in the land. Dyson Williams led Duke in scoring as a rookie which is saying something. Josh Zawada did the same for Michigan putting up 32 points in the shortened season.
Other guys I'm hyped up about include Pat Kavanaugh (Notre Dame), Payton Cormier (UVA), Michael Long (Cornell), Christian Mule (Lehigh) and there are a bunch more, so read on.
All in all, 2020 has been a crappy year, but we have lots and lots of reasons to be excited that 2021 will be better, and we can fully expect the 20 or so guys I'm about to talk about in this episode will all have far better 2021 seasons.
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Owen Hiltz is the real deal and Syracuse is lucky to have him. I've had him pegged wrong for a while now thinking he was a one-dimensional lefty finisher. He's not that at all. He's an all-around talent that can dodge, finish and feed, a true triple threat. The Culver Academy product should see quite a bit of time at Syracuse in the spring of 2021.
Terry Foy also asked a great question over the Thanksgiving holiday... If you are in a 2-3-1 set, how many players do you have behind GLE? I would say you have one, but I've proven to be an oddball (and wrong) before.
We'll also answer some mailbag questions. What are Maryland's chances of winning it all and can the Whipsnakes 3-Peat in the PLL?
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In our first LaxFactor Mailbag Adam Heller asked the question, who will have the best defense and goalie in 2021, and I think the answer to that is easy...The Army Black Knights.
Army returns a wealth of talent on the defensive side of the ball including 3rd Team All American goaltender Wyatt Schulper as well as 3rd Team All American close defender Marcus Hudgins. Both players were having outstanding seasons prior to 2020 getting nuked by the virus that shall not be named.
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In this episode we'll talk about Dox Aitken making it official, he's not returning to Virginia in the spring. That's going to sting the cavs a bit. We'll do a quick player profile of Brendan Grimes, Hopkins incoming stud and how I think he'll contribute right away. We'll talk a bit about Syracuse and how their fall ball rapped up, including how Desko implied we may see quite a bit of Owen Hiltz this spring. I'll discuss some of the best players that DID NOT win the Tewaaraton award, the main one, Connor Fields and a lot more.
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Lots of lacrosse news to talk about in todays episode, including, Payton Cormier decided to stay put at UVA and we discuss what that starting attack for the Cavs may look like. There is a new NLL team that was just announced, the Panther City Lacrosse Club, and their logo is SICK as they are rocking purple and red as their colors. Dan Witmer blogged about his favorite (and least favorite Upstate New York lacrosse facilities) so we'll talk about that a bit as well as I tend to agree with him. We will also talk about what the 2021 lacrosse season may look like as the Ivy just announced spring sports can't start until March and Hampton is folding all spring sports in 2021.
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One of Virginia's up and coming stars, Payton Cormier has entered the transfer portal according to Terry Foy of Inside Lacrosse. Cormier put up 12 goals and 7 assists over six games in the 2020 season. He put up 3 goals in his first collegiate action and 5 points (4g, 1a) in a UVA win over High Point. Lars Tiffany is hopeful he will decide to stay.
I was also surprised to see that Jonathan Donville of Cornell was in the portal. It's possible he too stays put, especially considering Jeff Teat gets to stay and play a 5th season at Cornell, a rarity in the Ivy that Cornell seems to like acting on.
The PLL reversible pinnies dropped this week and fans are ANGRY. Coming in at $80, a huge majority of the social media comments originating from the announcement posts were very, very negative. I think a $50 to $60 price point would have been applauded, and it would have resulted in more jerseys out there in circulation promoting their league. I get it, you need to make money, and you need to do so in an efficient way. Maybe pricing them at $80 was part of that strategy. Or maybe they just made a mistake? We'll see.
Lacrosse Bucket had two good articles out that I'll talk about, one covering what a post-Sowers Princeton may look like, and another proclaiming Penn State the team to beat in the B1G. I'll give you my take.
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Bennan O’Neill is probably one of the most hyped recruits there has been over the last decade. I can’t remember this much hype surrounding a prospect and their highlight reel (O’Neill’s has 125,000+ views) since Tehoka Nanticoke.
I purposely try not to put too much stock in high school kids highlight cuts for a good reason… It’s hard to tell who’s going to live up to the hype, and who’s not. The jump from high school lacrosse, even high end high school lacrosse, to D1 is tough to adjust to and not every top prospect ends up being a top 10 player by their senior year.
Let this be me going on record to state that I believe the Brennan O’Neill hype to be the TRUTH. I believe it so much, I’m going to start including the hashtag along with it and will simply start referring to him as #TheTruth.
I could go on and on but I'll save you (you can read more here https://www.laxfactor.com/2020/10/brennan-oneill-is-going-to-be-a-problem/). I don't get excited about high school kids all that often as it pertains to lacrosse, but when I do, it's because I legit believe they are going to be nasty at the next level.
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The Hobart Statesmen have been as good offensively as anyone over the last three seasons. In 2019 Hobart averaged 13.94 goals per game, good for 9th in the nation. The covid shortened 2020 season saw Hobart sitting at #1 in scoring offense with 19.6 goals per game. A full goal per game more than the #2 team, Cornell. A huge improvement.
A big problem is the loss of Eric Holden. Hobart doesn’t have a lot of grad school options, so Holden is off to Maryland where he'll likely see time at midfield. He was a top-5 scorer in the nation in 2020 after 5 games with 20 goals and 8 assists. Losing Holden will sting for sure.
Also gone, standout goalkeeper Sam Lucchesi. An excellent goalie who had improved a ton in each of the last three seasons. He stopped 48% of his shots faced in 2018 as a sophomore. 52% in 2019 as a junior, and was sitting at 56.6% as a senior in the short season. Lucchesi ended up ditching college to play for the Bayhawks in the MLL
But there is still reason to be optimistic in Geneva. Ryan Archer (7g, 11a) and Jason Knox (18g, 3a) both return, as do 5 of their top 9 leading scorers from a season ago. Also back, John Herlihy (12g, 1a) and Derrek Madonna (7g, 2a), both capable scorers and ready to step up and get more touches.
Also returning, PJ Delpha (defense), Sam Mueller (defense) and Eoin Hurley (lsm). The goalie situation is unclear. But having three solid returners on the defensive end doesn't hurt. Hobart finished 43rd in scoring defense in 2020 giving up 12 goals per game. They'll need to make sure their defense plays strong and helps their new goalkeeper. Could end up being Holtby who got some time as the backup last year and looked solid.
So yes, anyone that is a true fan of the Statesmen would admit, they are feeling the sting of losing a guy like Holden. But he's far away, playing for a team that likes their state flag a touch too much. Hobart has plenty to work with in Upstate, New York, and I have a feeling they'll be just fine.
PREDICTION: 8 wins
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With the very exciting addition of coveted transfer Chris Gray, the outlook for UNC Lacrosse in 2020 was good, and they proved the hype was real by starting the season 7-0. Their offense jumped from 12 goals per game in 2019 to 17+ goals per game in 2020's shortened season.
Good news, they return almost everyone on the offensive side of the ball. Bad news, the questions about the depth of their defense remain, and that could hurt the Heels if they don't figure that side of the ball out in 2021. Granted, they didn't get a chance to prove themselves defensively in 2020 as they never made it to the ACC portion of their schedule. But any true lacrosse fans know that's the only thing anyone can doubt about this team, because they are stacked all over the field.
Offensive production returning for North Carolina, Chris Gray, Nicky Solomon, Alex Trippi, William Perry, Tanner Cook, Justin Anderson, and the list goes on. Caton Johnson and Will Bowen will anchor the defense and a plethora of other solid returns give Tarheel fans a lot of reasons to be optimistic at their chances of making it to Memorial Day Weekend.
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The Duke Blue Devils had a pretty good squad in the shortened 2020 season. Add Michael Sowers to the mix while also retaining the services of pretty much your entire 2020 roster, and that is a recipe for winning of the likes Duke hasn't seen in a few years.
I've always been very up front about the fact that I think Michael Sowers is one of the best college lacrosse players of all time. Now Duke has that guy. Couple that with JT Giles-Harris, a guy many argue is the best long pole in the country, and now the Blue Devils take the field every game with the #1 player in the country and the #1 defender in the country. That's going to make them tough to beat.
Guys that will compliment Sowers on offense, Joey Manown, Joe Robertson, Dyson Williams, Reilly Walsh, Nakeie Montgomery, Owen Caputo, Kevin Quigley, Sean Lowrie, Brendan O'Neill. I mean the list goes on. Teams will have to focus on Sowers, but others will feast as #22 draws eyeballs.
I'm not trying to predict Duke will win it all in 2021. Teams still have to play and win games. All I'm saying is that this team is in fact built to destroy, and it is going to take a total team effort from everyone they play to topple this giant in 2021.
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It's official, Joey Spallina, the #1 ranked player in the 2022 class as ranked by Inside Lacrosse has chosen Syracuse as his college destination. Also announced by Spallina, he'll be rocking the #22 which was to a degree expected, and welcomed news.
Spallina is the real deal and can do it all. He can dodge and create, shoot with space, finish in any manner that is necessary to get the single. Spallina is as close to a guaranteed success as you have when signing players. I expect him to have a huge impact from day one.
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The Chaos were potentially the worst team in the Premier Lacrosse Leagues Championship Series over group play, but after winning in the quarters, and then dropping the Archers in the semi's, they have a good shot of going from worst to first if they can beat the Whipsnakes in the second PLL Championship.
The Whipsnakes also pulled out a win in their semifinal game against the Redwoods, and it took overtime. Matt Rambo and Zeddy Ballgame (Williams) didn't factor, at least not on the scoreboard, but it didn't matter as the Whips got a huge game out of Brad Smith (1g, 5a) and LSM Michael Ehrhardt (two 2-Point Goals, 1 assist).
We saw some crazy goals as well wity Byrne sticking one between his legs and Ehrhardt sticking two DEEP deuces.
My prediction for the finals....The CHAOS, a team of destiny will be the Whips by a goal, 13-12 in Sunday's final on NBC (at 12:30 pm eastern).
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Everyone is talking about Matt Gaudet's trash talk and Garrett Epple retaliating and jacking Gaudet up. My view, you talk trash in the manner Gaudet was talking trash and you risk getting popped. That's what happened, nothing more. Sometimes if you put a bad attitude out into the world, you get a bad attitude back. I'm not saying that Epple was justified in his actions. I'm just saying I'm not surprised. This is how male interactions have gone for 100,000 years and this is how we'll continue for another 100,000 years.
Game 7 of the PLL action needed overtime for the Redwoods to get their first win of the season on a Jones to Garnsey connection. Both goalies played well, Tim Troutner Jr. going for 15 saves on the day (71% save percentage) and Blaze Riorden went for 23 saves (77% save percentage). Scoring was spread out pretty evenly between both rosters, Myles Jones had a great game, 1 goal, 2 assists with the game winning apple and Ryder Garnsey scored that game winner and finished with 2 goals on the day.
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The opening weekend of the Premier Lacrosse League went down as expected. We saw a bunch of good games, all pretty close, and last nights Atlas/Archers game is being called by some, the best pro lacrosse game of all time. I don't buy that, but it was pretty exciting.
We saw Grant Ament score 3 goals with a dish in his first PLL outing. Rob Pannell looked good going for a goal and 3 assists in his opener and then putting up 1 & 2 in his matchup last night against the Archers. Bryan Costabile also factored heavily for the Atlas which was good to see.
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We are going to see the Denver Outlaws take on the Boston Cannons in one Major League Lacrosse semi-final on Saturday and then the Connecticut Hammerheads face-off against the Chesapeake Bayhawks in the other semi. Rematches, revenge, everything you want in lacrosse playoff games.
But we also get to watch some Premier Lacrosse League action this weekend as the PLL kicks off it’s covid season. We have more lacrosse this weekend than we’re going to know what to do with, 4 games on Saturday and 2 games on Sunday.
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Pro lacrosse action kicked off this weekend with the Barrage getting dropped by the Bayhawks 16-11. It was a very welcome sight, seeing guys running around on the lacrosse field beating on each other again.
The winners of the weekend were definitely the Bayhawks (2-0) and the Outlaws (2-0). Both teams handled their weekend foes and ended up 2-0 by Sunday evening. Both teams looked sharp both offensively and defensively.
The Hammerheads took one on the chin losing 18-6 to the Outlaws on Saturday before having the day off on Sunday. The Lizards also lost 2 games, but looked respectable and surprisingly tough on offense even without last years big cat Rob Pannell.
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Lacrosse is finally here!!! Major League Lacrosse is one of the first professional sports to get kicked off this summer through this COVID pandemic and I couldn't be more excited. We get to see Lyle Thompson and the Bayhawks take on Shayne Jackson and the Barrage. We get to see Mark Cockerton and Bryce Wasserman lead the Boston Cannons against the NY Lizards without Rob Pannel. And then in the nightcap, we see the Connecticut Hammerheads (formerly the Rochester/Dallas Rattlers) face off against last years runner up, the Denver Outlaws. Will Sands, Michael Kraus, Bubba Voigt and company vs Grant Jr, Brendan Kavenaugh and Aslanian (sweet name).
So we have lacrosse this weekend, and through the next 3 weeks between the MLL and the PLL, so let us all rejoice in the fact this is actually happening.
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We are very close to the return of both Major League Lacrosse and the Premier Lacrosse League. The MLL helps us with our lacrosse jones by kicking off their one week season and playoffs on July 18th with a triple header broadcast between ESPN2 and ESPN+. The PLL gets rolling the following weekend with all of their games airing their two week season and playoffs between NBC, NBCSN and NBC Sports Gold.
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Jeff Teat will be returning to Cornell for his "super senior" season as was announced by numerous outlets yesterday. He will withdraw from school for the fall semester and will rejoin the team in the spring to qualify.
Matt Rambo and Tom Schreiber are two of the biggest names in the sport right now and huge draws for the PLL. I'm going to talk about about what makes each player special.
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Connor Kirst, Villanova standount will be heading to Rutgers. That's probably the biggest news this week, an all american caliber player is ditching Nova for New Jersey. A scoring threat from outside, and an absolute bully of a player.
Big news for Notre Dame lacrosse with the announcement that they snagged Will York. Big finisher that will play well within the Notre Dame system. The kid had a big 2019 with Bucknell and was off to a big start in 2020 helping lead the Bison to a 5-1 record before the season was canned.
Other transfer news, we saw both Hopkins and Syracuse each bolster their defenses with Hop snagging Ohio State goalie transfer Josh Kirson and a starting caliber long pole from Lafayette. Syracuse gained two starting caliber defenders from Furman and Utah, so as I keep saying, the rich keep getting richer.
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Duke Lacrosse already landed the top lacrosse player in the land via transfer, Michael Sowers. Now they have nabbed the best goalie in the transfer portal in St Joe's Mike Adler.
The terrible news about Furman shutting down their lacrosse program (baseball as well) broke this week and as a result 30 additional players have entered the transfer portal, including a handful of really solid talent.
Interesting pro lacrosse news in that Michael Kraus got drafted by a PLL team and an MLL team and he chose to sign with the Hammerheads of the MLL in a pretty surprising turn from a fan perspective. He joins other top draft prospect Nick Mellen in signing with an MLL team.
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It's official, we can gamble on lacrosse now with the PLL announcing their partnership with Genius Sports Group. The PLL also had their college draft for 2020 and 14 guys were snatched up from the college ranks with a chance to join the PLL officially. There is also a bunch of college lacrosse transfer news we can rip through, all in this episode of the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast (#102).
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LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast time (#101) and we have a bunch of transfer news to dig into. First up, Bryan Costabile announced he will be leaving Notre Dame Lacrosse and shall be available for the PLL draft. I think he goes quickly, top-five pick.
Cole Williams has decided to remain at Johns Hopkins for the 2021 season removing his name from the transfer portal. Other Hopkins news, John Grant Jr. was named the Jay's offensive coordinator. Grant Jr. is one of the all time great professional lacrosse players in both indoor (NLL) and outdoor (MLL).
Despite Costabile taking off, Notre Dame picked up two great transfers from Penn in Kyle Gallgaher (face-off) and Kyle Thornton (defense). Gallagher was one of the most sought after transfers in lacrosse so that's a huge pickup and upgrade for ND at the face-off dot.
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In this 100th episode of the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast, we talk about the huge news out of the Premier Lacrosse League...The PLL is going live starting July 25th 2020 and will be playing a 14 game round robin leading into a 6 game playoff and championship. This will run from July 25th through August 9th and it looks like they are trying to take advantage of the lack of the Olympic Games going down.
TD Ierlan got drafted by the Long Island Lizards (MLL) early in the week and then announced days later he's returning to Yale for his super senior year. Not a red-shirt from Yale as he had a year left of school anyway. But teammates Jackson Morrill and Lucas Cotler, both being forced to leave as seniors who graduate this spring chose to head to Denver together.
Question of the week, does it pay to be physically fit as a coach over being out of shape and trying to perform the same job? I'll give you my take in the 100th episode of the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast.
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Everyone has heard the news that Mike Sowers is heading to Duke. The biggest name to enter the transfer portal beyond Sowers is Yale's Jackson Morrill. A four-year starter with 220 points over his career, Morrill will be a big get for some lucky team.
Teammate Lucas Cotler also entered the portal and is probably the highest rated midfielder. Kyle Gallagher (Fogo, Penn), Mike Adler (Goalie, St. Josephs) and Jack Rapine (Defense, Hopkins) are all in the portal as well amongst a bunch of other very recognizable names, many out of the Ivy.
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It's not official, but it's kind of official, Michael Sowers has reportedly chosen Duke as his landing spot to play lacrosse in 2021 and it makes a lot of sense. Sowers as I've said over and over is the best player in college lacrosse right now and Duke is now instantly a legit contender again. Michael Sowers is that good and now every time Duke takes the lacrosse field, they will do so knowing they have the best player on the field no matter who the foe.
Other big news, Johns Hopkins has hired Cornell Head Coach Peter Milliman to be the new boss of the Jays. Milliman went 28-10 in his 2.3 seasons as the head guy at Cornell, and this is now the second coach in a row that Hopkins has stolen from Cornell, as Petro was at Cornell when he was hired by Hopkins way back in the mid 90's.
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Dave Pietramala and Johns Hopkins have agreed to part ways and Petro is out as the head coach for the Bluejays. A national search for a new head coach is now underway at Hopkins.
Petro went 207-93 with 18 NCAA Tournament appearances between 2002 and 2019. He won titles in 2005 and 2007.
It's a sad day for all of us lacrosse fans, even those that had been calling for his head the last 4 or 5 seasons. Pietramala wasn't just the best defender to every play the game, he has also been one of the best coaches in the sport, ever. The guy is an absolute legend and I wish him the best of luck with whatever he decides to do next.
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Michael Sowers has entered the NCAA lacrosse transfer portal because Princeton & Yale decide no redshirts for withdrawing from the spring semester, which means, no Michael Sowers at Princeton next season. So there is now a very good chance we get to see Michael Sowers play out his senior year SOMEWHERE ELSE. What a crazy world we live in. Exciting news as we could potentially see some of the Yale guys, like TD or Morrill transfer as well.
But beyond that, I'll talk a little bit about how nice it has been seeing people "get back to work" in the sense that there is less crying over the spilled milk, and a lot more videos and posts about getting back to training and improving as players, coaches and humans. We can beat this thing together
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In this weeks LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast (#95) we are going to play our first ever Lacrosse Trivia to help you all keep the quarantine boredom at bay. In this episode I ask the questions... (1) Who was the first 2-time Tewaaraton Award winner? (2) How many national titles has Bill Tierney won? (3) Who lead the nation (D1) in points per game in 2018?
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I got the chance to sit down with Syracuse senior midfielder and USILA All-American Jamie Trimboli Friday night. We talk about how bad it sucks that COVID-19 merked the 2020 college lacrosse season, we talk about what it's been like getting a chance to play for the team he loved growing up, and he refuses to tell us which linemate he would pick to help him bury a dead body.
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The college lacrosse season was ended by the coronavirus, aka COVID-19, and the NCAA ruled that all sping athletes will be getting redshirts. But what does that mean for incoming freshmen? For the seniors deciding to use them and the parents that have to pay for these kids to go to school? We'll talk about it in this 93rd episode of The LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast.
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In the 92nd LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast, we'll talk a bit about the corona virus and how it nuked our college lacrosse season and more. We'll talk about what's next for the LaxFactor Podcast moving forward without college lacrosse (the horror). We'll be using this extra time to get back into the retail and team apparel game. We'll also talk a bit about Rob Pannell choosing the PLL along with some of his MLL home boys and what that means moving forward for both the PLL and the MLL.
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There are a lot of talented midfielders playing college lacrosse in 2020, but the three guys I'm going to outline in this video, Jamie Trimboli (SR, Syracuse), Jack Hannah (JR, Denver) and Jonathan Donville (JR, Cornell) are all having MONSTER seasons so far in 2020.
It's actually hard to call any of these guys "breakout stars" as they have all had great careers since stepping onto their respective campus', but these guys are all seeing big production jumps in 2020 and all have been called upon to step up and lead their teams.
Trimboli is as clutch as you get, scoring game-winners against Duke as a freshman and sophomore and has consistently put up points since stepping on campus. Hannah didn't factor as a rookie, but last season as a sophomore had a great year and is set to be one of the top midfielders in the country in 2020. Donville has put up 30+ points in each of his first two seasons with Cornell, but is on place to bust those numbers up on 2020.
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Cornell handled their business at the face-off dot and the result was a 1-goal win over Penn State. Brown used a big day from Phil Goss in net as he made 16 saves and that was good enough to get Brown the win. Syracuse rode their first midfield line to a route of Johns Hopkins in the Orange's first road game of the year. Princeton proved they can win games even if Michael Sowers doesn't put up 8+ points. Duke's 1st midfield got demoted to 2nd midfield, and then went on to play their best game of the year in beating Loyola by 3 goals. Ohio State got a big win over Hofstra. Maryland road Wisnauskas's 8 point day to a 1 goal win over visiting Albany, and Tehoka Nanticoke has continued his tear with 5 goals in the Great Danes loss.
Lot's of college lacrosse to talk about today and I'll get to all of it in a very long episode.
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A lot of college lacrosse games to touch on in this weeks preview show, including Penn State vs Cornell, Syracuse vs Hopkins, Duke vs Loyola, Denver vs Notre Dame, Rutgers vs Princeton and many more.
Can Michael Sowers continue his points tear against Rutgers in this in-state rivalry game? Can Penn State merk Cornell at the face-off dot like Ohio State did? If so, they'll win big over the Big Red. If Cornell can half-way handle their f/o business, Jeff Teat and company can keep this game interesting.
Syracuse and Hopkins hate each other, and Cuse hits the road to play at Homewood for the first time in 3 years or so. Will Joey Epstein be his normal self? If so, Hopkins can hang. If not, Cuse will run away with it thanks to too much midfield awesomeness. Tucker Dordevic, Brendan Curry and Jamie Trimboli are chomping at the bit to run the score up on Hop at Homewood. Nick Mellen could be back as well.
And we'll set the vegas lines for the games we are most interested, all in this episode, so enjoy.
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In this 87th episode of the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast, we are going to recap Sunday's games including Cornell vs Ohio State, North Carolina vs Denver, Air Force vs Virginia and Furman vs Duke.
Cornell dropped Ohio State 16-15 despite losing 30 face-offs to Justin Inacio. Jeff Teat put up 4 goals and 2 assists for Cornell and Tre Leclair went for 6 goals and 2 assists in the loss for OSU.
North Carolina hit the road to face Denver and despite a 15-13 win that appeared close on paper, UNC had control of this game from start to finish and was never really threatened by Denver. Ethan Walker put up 5 goals for Denver and Justin Anderson went off for UNC tallying 5 goals and 2 assists.
Virginia beat up on Air Force and Duke trashed Furman, so the ACC teams that played Sunday all handled their business as did Syracuse on Saturday. Notre Dame was the lone ACC team that lost this weekend.
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In this weeks 86th LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast College Lacrosse Recaps Show, we are going to rip through Yale's loss to UMass, Penn State's OT win over rival Penn, Princeton's handling of Johns Hopkins and Notre Dame's loss to Maryland.
Yale's goaltending killed them on the day and in the end is the big reason for this loss. UMass held Yale's known quantities down as well playing a great defensive game. Penn State needed help from almost everyone on their roster to squeak past Penn. Ament was quiet with just 2 goals and 2 helpers, and Mac O'Keefe played hero and netted the game winner in OT.
Hopkins got owned by Michael Sowers and Princeton. Sowers put up 2 goals and 7 assists by the end of the first half, and the Tigers rolled the Jays from there.
Maryland finally put a full four quarters together and the end result was a fairly lopsided victory over a very solid Notre Dame lacrosse team.
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In this weeks 86th LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast College Lacrosse Recaps Show, we are going to rip through Yale's loss to UMass, Penn State's OT win over rival Penn, Princeton's handling of Johns Hopkins and Notre Dame's loss to Maryland.
Yale's goaltending killed them on the day and in the end is the big reason for this loss. UMass held Yale's known quantities down as well playing a great defensive game.
Penn State needed help from almost everyone on their roster to squeak past Penn. Ament was quiet with just 2 goals and 2 helpers, and Mac O'Keefe played hero and netted the game winner in OT.
Hopkins got owned by Michael Sowers and Princeton. Sowers put up 2 goals and 7 assists by the end of the first half, and the Tigers rolled the Jays from there.
Maryland finally put a full four quarters together and the end result was a fairly lopsided victory over a very solid Notre Dame lacrosse team.
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Hobart as expected came into the dome and gave Syracuse some trouble, but Syracuse used the 4th quarter to separate themselves from their longtime rival enroute to a 21-13 Orange win.
Tucker Dordevic had his 2020 breakout game going for 5 goals with 2 helpers. Linemates Brendan Curry (5g, 1a) and Jamie Trimboli (2g, 2a) made sure the entire nation knows that this Cuse first midfield line is tops in the country as the trio put up 12 of Syracuse's 21 goals on the day.
The Orange attack re-emerged as a threat with Chase Scanlan putting up 4 goals and an assist and Stephen Rehfuss contributed a goal and 2 assists in the big win.
Eric Holden was very good for Hobart with 3 goals and 2 helpers on the day and Jason Knox went for 1 goal and 2 assists. Syracuse did a good job limiting Hobart's other known quantities holding Ryan Archer to just a goal and a dish.
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20 Richmond gave #13 Duke all they could handle in Durham, but Duke was able to pull out a thrilling overtime victory over the pesky Spiders by a final score of 16-15.
JT Giles-Harris was formidable on defense causing 4 turnovers while picking up 6 ground balls. On offense it was the Dyson Williams show with the freshman going for 7 goals off just 9 shots. JP Basile (1g, 4a) and Owen Caputo (3g, 1a) filled out the box score for Duke in the win.
For Richmond, Tyler Shoults put up 3 goals and 3 helpers and Adrian Nash contributed a hatrick in the Richmond loss. Jack Rusbuldt's 11 saves were key in Richmond forcing overtime. He was outstanding over the first 20 minutes of the game, got a bit shaky around the middle, but finished strong. Duke's goaltending on the otherhand was a horror show.
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In this 84th episode of the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast we'll preview A LOT of games. We're going to talk about Richmond vs Duke and why I think the Blue Devils will pull this out by a margin. Hobart vs Syracuse promises to be a better game than most would assume. Villanova has played one of the toughest early schedules in the country and I don't think Delaware is ready for Nova. We'll also dive into Notre Dame vs Maryland, Johns Hopkins vs Princeton, Penn State vs Penn, Yale vs UMass, Cornell vs Ohio State, Air Force vs Virginia, North Carolina vs Denver and Harvard vs Albany. A lot of action and a lot to talk about. Visit our sponsor, SidelineSwap https://sidelineswap.com/?utm_source=laxfactor&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=laxfactor2020 Support the channel, buy some swag... https://www.laxfactor.com/
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In this 83rd LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast, we recap a bunch of college lacrosse games from this past weekend including Princeton vs Virginia, Yale vs Penn State, North Carolina vs Johns Hopkins and more. Michael Sowers totally smoked Virginia in Princeton's big win over the Cav's. I was surprised that Princeton pulled out the win, but not at all surprised that Mike Sowers went for 4 goals and 4 assists in the win. I actually picked Yale by 2 in my initial line before our group went with Penn State by 1.5. Penn State shot the ball poorly all game long. If Kneese didn't play as well as he did, Yale wins this game by 4 or 5. North Carolina's Chris Gray put on a shooting clinic vs Johns Hopkins in UNC's route of the Jays. Carolina's offensive supporting cast is deep, so watch out for North Carolina as the season goes on. We'll also talk about High Point vs Cornell, Ohio State vs Bucknell, Loyola's one-goal win over Rutgers and much more. Visit our sponsor, SidelineSwap https://sidelineswap.com/?utm_source=laxfactor&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=laxfactor2020 Support the channel, buy some swag... https://www.laxfactor.com/
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It was a great game at the Carrier Dome with #7 Army taking on #5 Syracuse and we saw Cuse pull out the tough 9-7 win thanks to a 5-goal effort from senior midfielder Jamie Trimboli. Drake Porter factored heavily in cage for Syracuse with 18 saves, and Jakob Phaup dominated the face-off dot winning 16 of 19 in the big win. Brendan Curry scored 2 goals and 2 assists on the day, and Tucker Dordevic and David Lipka each tallied a score. Trimboli is also credited with scoring the eventual game winner on his 5th goal of the game. In this episode we'll also talk about Loyola & Rutgers 1-goal game as well as Ohio State's road win over a solid Bucknell. Visit our sponsor, SidelineSwap https://sidelineswap.com/?utm_source=laxfactor&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=laxfactor2020 Support the channel, buy some swag... https://www.laxfactor.com/
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Lots of college lacrosse action this weekend so in this 81st episode of the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast we'll talk about Yale @ Penn State, Army @ Syracuse, Navy @ Maryland, Penn @ Duke, Princeton @ Virginia, Carolina @ Hopkins, Cornell @ Towson, Colgate @ Hobart, Lafayette @ Binghamton, Richmond @ Notre Dame and many more. ALL OF THE LINES...
Penn State 1.5 over Yale Penn 1.5 over Duke Syracuse 2 over Army Carolina 3 over Hopkins Maryland 3.5 over Navy Notre Dame 3 over Richmond Lafayette 1 over Binghamton Virginia 3.5 over Princeton Cornell 4.5 over Towson Loyola 3.5 over Rutgers Ohio State 3.5 over Bucknell Colgate 5 over Hobart Hofstra 2.5 over Villanova Cornell 4.5 over High Point
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In this first episode of our Setting Of The Lines Discussion, Adam Skiadas and I sit down and figure out lines for a bunch of games for this weekend. We'll talk about and set lines for Yale @ Penn State, Army @ Syracuse, Navy @ Maryland, Penn @ Duke, Princeton @ Virginia, Carolina @ Hopkins, Cornell @ Towson, Colgate @ Hobart, Lafayette @ Binghamton, Richmond @ Notre Dame and many more. ALL OF THE LINES...
Penn State 1.5 over Yale Penn 1.5 over Duke Syracuse 2 over Army Carolina 3 over Hopkins Maryland 3.5 over Navy Notre Dame 3 over Richmond Lafayette 1 over Binghamton Virginia 3.5 over Princeton Cornell 4.5 over Towson Loyola 3.5 over Rutgers Ohio State 3.5 over Bucknell Colgate 5 over Hobart Hofstra 2.5 over Villanova Cornell 4.5 over High Point
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In this 80th episode of the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast, we are going to jump to Tuesday's action where we saw Maryland get dropped by Nova in a thriller. Army had the tables turned and got smoked by Marist. Mike Sowers scored 14 points against Colgate. Wait, what? The Maryland Terps not being able to play a full 4 quarters finally came back to bite them in the bottoms as their comeback against Villanova came up a goal short on their last possession. Army had the tables totally turned on them as a very solid Marist team picked up a statement win over a top 20 team. Mike Sowers, my favorite player in the country went off for 3 goals and 11 assists against Colgate. Pray for any D1 defender that gets stuck guarding Michael Sowers in 2020 because it looks like the coaching staff at Princeton is ready to unleash him on the world to give him a legit shot at winning the Tewaaraton. Visit, SidelineSwap https://sidelineswap.com/?utm_source=laxfactor&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=laxfactor2020 Support the channel, buy some swag... https://www.laxfactor.com/
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In this 79th episode of the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast, we're going to recap Hopkins vs Loyola, Cornell vs Albany, Penn vs Maryland, Rutgers vs Army and a lot more.
We learned that without Joey Epstein, Hopkins offense is looking rough. We learned that Maryland IS NOT overrated and in fact they are as solid as it gets over the course of a full 60 minute game. We learned that Army is for real and their first year starter in cage is as legit as anyone in the country. We saw Cornell beat up on upstate NY rival Albany and spread the scoring out.
A bunch of great college lacrosse to recap, along with some highlights sprinkled in.
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Lot's of games to preview and set lines for in this Week 2 College Lacrosse Weekend Preview Show. Games we'll talk about include, Penn vs. Maryland, Yale vs Villanova, Rutgers vs Army, Hopkins vs Loyola, Duke vs Denver, Cornell vs Albany and many more. A couple of legit big time matchups to keep an eye on though. Penn @ Maryland was a great lacrosse game last year and should be again this year. But look out for Maryland having a head start on Penn with this being Penn's first contest and the Terps third outing. Duke @ Denver is also going to be a big game. Duke picked up a rebound win over High Point last weekend, but Denver handled the team that upset Duke in week one, Air Force. I actually like Duke to pull out a one or two goal game in this one, but I think Vegas would side with Denver. Loyola embarrassed Hopkins last year at Homewood, so I think that Hopkins will be looking for a bit of blood when they travel to face crosstown rival Loyola. I like Hopkins in this one, especially if Epstein plays. Tons of great lacrosse though, Rutgers @ Army, Yale @ Villanova, where Nova has played Yale tough the last two seasons, Cornell @ Albany playing in upstate NY in terrible conditions, Binghamton looking to possibly get beat down by Syracuse in the Dome. Support The Channel, Buy Some Swag https://www.laxfactor.com/ LaxFactor Division 1 Lacrosse Computer Power Rankings (Week 1) https://www.laxfactor.com/2020/02/laxfactor-division-1-lacrosse-power-rankings-week-1/
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In part two of our College Lacrosse Weekend Recap Show, we're going to talk about Maryland's crazy come-from-behind OT win over Richmond, Rutgers slow kill of St. Johns, Army beat UMass down, Air Force couldn't string two upset wins together as Denver defeated their familiar foe, and more.
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In the weekend action of week 1, we saw Virginia drop Loyola at home, Johns Hopkins got revenge over Towson, Duke picked up their first win by beating up on Asher Nolting and High Point and there were a few other games to talk about, including some D3 action. Virginia got a healthy dose of Matt Moore and a solid effort in cage out of Alex Rode as they beat a new look Loyola team. Johns Hopkins was without Joey Epstein, but no worries as Cole Williams was good for 3 goals and 4 assists in Hopkins drubbing of Towson. Duke got revenge on High Point for last years upset loss in Durham by dispatching High Point on the road. Duke has struggled against SoCon teams over the last 5 or 6 years early in the season. Support the channel, buy some swag... https://www.laxfactor.com/
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A couple of lacrosse games we'll discuss in this College Lacrosse Recap Special... Syracuse dropped Colgate at the Dome, Navy got a win over Manhatten, and Ohio State beat down on Detroit Mercy to start off our week 1 action. Chase Scanlan started his Cuse career off well going for 7 goals, and teammate Stephen Rehfuss tallied a goal and 8 helpers. The Syracuse defense struggled, but they were good enough to route Colgate. Navy jumped out to a 5-1 lead after the 1st quarter and the game was never really in question after. Ohio State, they totally put the smack down on Detroit Mercy, proving that the Big Ten teams are focused on putting up points hoping to be ready to try and outscore Penn State. WAER Sports (88.3)... https://soundcloud.com/waer-sports Support The Channel, Buy Some Swag https://www.laxfactor.com/
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In Week #1 of college lacrosse action, we will preview a bunch of games including Colgate @ Syracuse, Duke @ High Point, Maryland @ Richmond, Loyola @ Virginia, Denver @ Air Force, Towson @ Johns Hopkins, Penn State @ Villanova, and we will dive into some D3 action as well.
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Yale vs Syracuse on Sunday, one of the best scrimmage matchups of the 2020 season went down and I was in the house. Both teams looked great, both came out playing fast and playing aggressive, and after 3 quarters of each team playing their starters, Yale edged out Syracuse 12-11 or so. Support the channel, buy some swat https://www.laxfactor.com/
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In Part 2 of this weeks College Lacrosse Weekend Recap Show, week zero coverage continues, this time we're talking about Maryland beating up on High Point, Penn States not so bloody win over Lafayette, Rutgers scores 20 goals in their win over Qunnipiac and Marquette pulls out a big W in OT vs Cleveland State. Also got the bad news that Joe Robertson of Duke will miss 2020 with a torn ACL. That's terrible news for Robertson who was poised to be Duke's big cat on offense, as well as for Duke as a team as they desparately need Robertson to lead them on offense. Support the channel, buy some swag... https://www.laxfactor.com/
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Week Zero is behind us and we got our first upset of the college lacrosse season with Air Force knocking off Duke. North Carolina beat up on Colgate, Detroit Mercy beat Jacksonville, Utah beat Bellarmine out west and we'll talk a bit of Division 3 action as well. Air Force's win over Duke was huge, and I'll pat myself on the back for seeing it coming. UNC beating up on Colgate was a bit of a surprise to me as I figured Colgate could keep that game a bit more interesting. Jacksonville and Detroit Mercy put on a good show in a game of runs that Detroit Mercy won, and Utah has continued to improve in just their second season, increasing their margin of victory over Bellermine from 1 goal, to 6 goals. Watch/Listen on our website https://www.laxfactor.com/2020/02/college-lacrosse-week-zero-recaps-air-force-vs-duke-colgate-vs-unc-more/ Support the channel, buy some swag https://www.laxfactor.com/
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So, the D1 Media Poll hit Inside Lacrosse this week, and the ACC has ALL 5 TEAMS IN THE TOP 10. UVA at #2, Cuse at #5, Duke at #7, Notre Dame at #8 and UNC at #10. That's bonkers. Justin Anacio is out for an undetermined amount of time for Ohio State as reported by Ty Xanders, the wizard of personnel in lacrosse. That is going to hurt OSU early. AND LAX IS WITH IS THIS WEEKEND, so everyone buckle up. This season is going to fly by, and it all starts this weekend..... Support the channel, buy some swag... https://www.laxfactor.com/
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The first LaxFactor Podcast of the NEW SEASON is here. It's episode #70 overall, but this is episode #1 of our second season and I couldn't be more excited. The weekend known as ZERO in the college lacrosse world is upon us and there are a bunch of games to talk about.
Upset Alerts:Colgate @ North Carolina
High Point @ Maryland
Air Force @ Duke
I don't actually expect any of my upset alert picks to actually lose this week, but the blue bloods will be sure not to take their opponents lightly this weekend.
Bloodbath Alert:Lafayette @ Penn State
Penn State is probably going to be featured as the team about to merk someone as part of our weekly bloodbath alert. May god be with Lafayette this weekend.
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I was in the house for the Syracuse/Vermont/Hofstra scrimmage on Sunday and we have some highlights and commentary on how it went. The scrimmage was closed to the public, and Hofstra was was closed to everyone. They opened the doors for the media for the Vermont tilt and it was great to get to see Syracuse in action for the first time this spring.
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While I'm sad to see Kevin Donahue leave the Syracuse program after having been a soldier for our cause for countless years, I'm also excited about this new Tommy Costanza hire. The guy is dripping in Upstate NY swagger juice, he's connected all over to high school coaches, college coaches and parents thanks to his ties to the Sweetlax program as one of the directors and coaches. Even though he can't formally recruit as a volunteer assistant, I bet March and company name dropping Costanza can't hurt with some of these upstate kids Cuse is trying to keep home (and away from Cornell & Albany). So today I'm going to ramble for 13 minutes about Tommy Costanza, the newest addition to a changing Syracuse coaching staff.
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In this episode of the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast (#68) we will talk 2020 previews for North Carolina, Jacksonville & Navy. The three teams had a scrimmage this past weekend so it only makes sense to preview all of them in one shot. Jacksonville went up early on UNC and defeated the Heels, Navy beat up a bit on Jacksonville, and UNC beat Navy, so it was up and down for all three teams, but it was quality lacrosse and all three teams had moments where they looked great. We'll talk a bit about Chris Gray and Caton Johnson as well.
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In this 4th episode of the LaxFactor Lacrosse Daily Podcast, we are going to call this Rambling Wednesday where I cover a bunch of topics more off the hip, and today we talk about the Face-Off Yearbook Preseason Men's D1 Media All-Americans that were just announced. We'll also dive into an incredible PDF scrapbook for the 1983 Syracuse natty championship team that was pretty cool and a great piece of history, and we'll talk about guys being tools coaching at the youth level (allegedly).
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In this third episode of LaxFactor Lacrosse Daily, on this Tuesday, January 21st, 2020, we will keep with this trend of discussing PCarc's 5 attackers who put up 50+ goals in 2019 that are getting #NoRespect. Who's up next? Kevin Lindley, a junior out of Loyola that lived off of Pat Spencer last season, and will look to teammate Aiden Olmstead to feed the best in 2020.
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In this second episode of LaxFactor Lacrosse Daily, on this Monday, January 20th, 2020, we will continue to discuss PCarc's 5 attackman who scored 50+ goals in 2019 that aren't getting any respect, this time it's Adam Goldner of Penn we'll discuss. We'll also start out with a quick discussion about Jack Rapine not playing for Hopkins in 2020 and what that means moving forward.
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It was announced on Friday night, first by College Crosse, and later by Ty Xanders of Inside Lacrosse that Jack Rapine, supposed to be senior defender for Johns Hopkins in 2020 will NOT be playing in the 2020 season, and all indications are this is it for Rapine at Johns Hopkins.
It's being reported that Rapine will stay on campus and finish out his degree, but what this means for Rapine's future as a college lacrosse player is unclear. Will he transfer and play a year as a graduate student somewhere else? If so, who get's him? Duke? UVA? Syracuse?
This is bad news for Johns Hopkins lacrosse fans any way you try and paint it.
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In the first episode of LaxFactor Daily, I discuss Paul Carcaterra's (@paulcarcaterra) recent tweet about five D1 attackers that aren't getting enough RESPECT. First up, Corson Kealey, a junior out of Robert Morris. VISIT LAXFACTOR.COM TO SUPPORT THE CHANNEL, AND BUY SOME SWAG... https://www.laxfactor.com/ He's a nice dodger Yet another lefty, canadian, it's like there is something in the water up there. But Kealey is a dodging, offense creating lefty Canadian. Not as quick and shifty as Cornell's Teat, and not as accomplished sniper from outside as Denver's Walker. Both of those guys are filthy lefty Canadian attack men that can dodge with the best of them. But Kealey isn't far behind them in terms of his dodging and finishing prowess. His 51 goals with a 41.6 shooting percentage tells you what you need to know. The kid put 73% of his shots on cage. That's because he's mixing it up, and getting shots in close. Versatile in how he attacks you A lot of Canadians like to keep you out front, they dodge from wings and love going underneath, something Kealey excels at. But he can also dodge from X, get you on the high side if you try and not give him the underneath. So if you overplay him high, he's sure to merk you, whether it's from the wing or from X. But if you try to take away that underneath dodge, whether he rolls you, facedodges you, swims you, whatever, if you take that way, he'll wrap it off you on the high side. As with most Canucks, he's great in transition, broken plays Surprise...he can burn you as the lefty finisher on a fast break, he'll sting one from the back side on man up. He picks up ground balls and goes to the cooker. 33 ground balls in fact, so he mixes it up for sure. Can hit an open guy. He's not going to do anything crazy and have a 4-helper outing. But if an open man presents himself, he will hit him. Robert Morris has some. Has help coming back Robert Morris lost a couple of scorers in Tyson Gibson (67 points) and Matt Schmidt (41 points), but senior Ryan Smith returns as do his 37 goals and 19 helpers. Jake Boudreau put up 15 goals, 18 assists and is also back for his Junior year. Austin Popovich could see a jump in production as well with burn opening up in front of him.
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In this special episode of the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast, I sit down with LacrosseAnalytics YouTube Channel founder Gabe and we chat out the PLL's recent Protected/Unprotected announcements.
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In this episode of the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast (#66) I discuss the five guys that I think will end up getting named the 2020 Tewaaraton Award Finalists. There are a lot of guys that will be considered and on the "watch list" as the year goes on, but these five guys I feel have the best shot at being named "Tewaaraton Award Finalists" by the years end. Only five players get the honor leading up to the final vote.
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In the 65th episode of the LaxFactor Podcast we will review 2019 all in and as part will talk about my 2019 predictions, what I got right, what I got wrong, and we'll also rip through all that happened in 2019 in college and pro lacrosse.
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In this 64th episode of the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast, we are going to talk about Johns Hopkins and Syracuse's 2020 schedules and do some previews and predictions for each of those games over the first two segments. The third segment will be another Ask Ted, this time, I answer the question, are paid online lacrosse training programs put out by the pros worth it?
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In the first segment of this weeks LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast (listen to the full audio version below) I discuss the breaking news that Rob Pannell is reportedly planning on leaving Major League Lacrosse for the greener pastures of the Premier Lacrosse League. It is thought that Pannell will be joining the PLL's new expansion team for the 2020 season according to Dave Franklin per what he claims is a source close to the family.
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In the first segment of this weeks LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast #62, I predict the winners of the Patriot League, the ACC and the Metro. All three conferences have some incredible lacrosse teams fighting first for regular season titles and I'll tell you who I think will win these three.
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In the 61st LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast, I start my two-part series called Picking 2020 Conference Winners Like A Boss and in this episode we will cover D1 college lacrosse conferences starting with the SoCon, NEC, Ivy and the Big Ten.
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LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast #60, we talk about a great infographic that US Lacrosse came out with titled 5 Ways To Maintain Perspective On Youth Sports as well as a bit about an announcement that StringKing & Warrior (and maybe some others) will soon be lowering the price tag of their unstrung heads down to $70 which would be huge for growing the game and brings down one of the main barriers for entry...equipment costs.
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The Loyola Greyhounds had a good run with Pat Spencer suiting up for them between 2016 and 2019. Over his career, he put up 149 goals, 231 assists and 380 points. Add to that a Tewaaraton Award in 2019, and one of the truest statements on earth is that “Pat Spencer will be impossible for Loyola to replace”.
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Ryan Conrad in my opinion was the most valuable player in all of college lacrosse in 2019. His stats were off the charts in so many ways. He put up 31 goals and 49 points on the season. He picked up 95 groundballs, that's insane. Virginia doesn't win a national championship in 2019 without Ryan Conrad on this team. It's that simple.
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In this episode of the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast (#57), I will discuss 2 of my college lacrosse 2020 "dark horse" teams that I think could make some noise if they get a mix of solid play and good fortune.
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So we had to bring this Way Too Early Top 10 to a close, so today, in #56 of the LaxFactor Podcast, we will rip through #5 through to #1.
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In this episode of the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast #55, I'm going to talk through my 2020 College Lacrosse Way Too Early Top 10. This will be the "Fall Edition" as we'll do an update to this in a "quicker way" in the future to keep with developing news.
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Host of ReLAXin' with Pcarc host, ESPN broadcaster, former Syracuse All-American, National Champion, and all around good guy Paul Carcaterra was kind enough to grant me an interview this week.
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Syracuse hosted Denver at SUNY Cortland this past weekend, and we'll talk about it in the first ever Syracuse Lacrosse Podcast #1 and this episode will double as the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast #53 as well so that I could work some other random fall ball action into the end.
In the actual scrimmage, we saw the return of Tucker Dordevic, as he scored the games first goal (finished with 2 on the day). We saw Chase Scanlan wearing the #22, and we also saw him score his first two goals with the Orange.
Griffin Cook got the start at attack and looked great putting up 3 goals on the day.
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NCAA/College Lacrosse Fall Ball Is Upon Us!!! We are excited that college lacrosse is back now that October is here, and teams are starting practice and will soon have scrimmages/events. We'll talk about Jim Nagle's new Inside Lacrosse Column Nagle's Fall Ball Tour as well as do a preview of Johns Hopkins top returning guys for 2020.
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I'm late to the party, but the PLL Championship game was played, and was awesome, seeing the Whipsnakes drop the Redwoods thanks to some Matt Rambo heroics.
The World Indoor Lacrosse Championships have reached the big game, Canada against the Iroquois Nationals for all the marbles. The Iroquois dropped the US 9-7 in a close game, and Canada merked England in their semi 21-4.
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In this episode of the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast (#50, Part 1), we'll talk about the second day of the PLL playoffs and how they bored me and we'll also do a segment on the top returning Tewaaraton candidates for the 2020 college/ncaa/d1 lacrosse season.
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LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast #49 (Part 1), we discuss Friday nights PLL action, great game between the Redwoods LC and the Archers LC, we'll discuss our first copyright strike and how that will change the channel and we'll dive deep into NCAA Lacrosse's top 5 Returning point getters for 2020.
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In this episode of the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast (#48) I'll rip through and discuss 5 of the best returning lacrosse defenders coming back to play college lacrosse in 2020.
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If you watch the news, it is now official. Parents of kids participating in youth sports have lost their damn minds. They are beating up umpires, yelling at coaches, fighting each other in the stands. It’s absolute anarchy. It has even spilled over into our usually more peaceful northern neighbors in Canada with a box lacrosse player waiting outside for an official and then proceeded to beat his ass.
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In this episode of the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast, we discuss Brett Queener's suspension and fine at the hands of the PLL, we'll discuss a few 2019 fall ball events and how excited we are to have fall ball fast approaching, and we'll get into the big news that Ohio State is building a $20M lacrosse facility that should be ready in 2021.
The second half we discuss Yale Lacrosse and a few players that will need to step up in 2020 in order for Yale to make it to their 3rd consecutive NCAA Lacrosse Final. Lucas Cotler, Brian Tevlin and Jack Starr will all have to have big years in 2020 for Yale to get back to that championship form.
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In this LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast, we explore the big news that Syracuse will be playing at UAlbany for the first time in 18 meetings in 2020. The PLL had a big weekend and their playoff spots are now locked. Penn State lost a lot of man power on the defensive side of the ball so we will discuss a handful of guys that need to have big years in order for PSU to make it back to championship weekend.
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The dive rule was a disaster in college lacrosse this season even though it also provided a lot of excitement. The NCAA Lacrosse Rules Committee will be reviewing the dive rule, how it's written, and how it's called this off-season and it will be interesting to see if they make any changes.
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The NCAA lacrosse face-off rules will be discussed as part of the annual NCAA Lacrosse Rules Committee meeting. The goal will be to see if there are ways they can decrease the effect that fogo's have on a games outcome. I personally think the current rules are incredible and have already gotten rid of the "cheating" as much as possible at the face-off X.
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UVA returns the best attack group in the country in Michael Kraus, Matt Moore and Ian Laviano. Dox Aitken, one of the best midfielders in the country will look to anchor the midfield, this time without the help of Ryan Conrad, but guys like Jeff Conner will certainly be ready to step up and fill some of the scoring gaps. Petey freakin Lasalla is of course back after having a great rookie season at the face-off X and will need to improve upon his already impressive 8 goals as a fogo to help ease the pain of losing #22 who was very effective off draws in creating transition.
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Syracuse Lacrosse returns a ton of talent in 2020 in addition to the addition of transfer Chase Scanlon. Guys like Jamie Trimboli, Brendan Curry, Tucker Dordevic, David Lipka, Jacob Buttermore, Stephen Rehfuss, Griffin Cook and more give Syracuse lacrosse fans a lot to look forward to in 2020.
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The Inside Lacrosse Invitational completed play last week and got the full broadcast treatment from ESPN. It was a huge win for club lacrosse and showcase lacrosse tournaments as the broadcast quality was excellent and the lax players on hand got to show off in front of a big crowd as well as the ESPN audience.
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In this episode of the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast, we talk about some 2020 college lacrosse including some new faces at Maryland, Syracuse & Loyola and we also talk a little about about these teams strategies in the past and moving forward in the new landscape of lacrosse recruiting and transfers.
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It's official, Chase Scanlon, the incredible freshman midfielder from Loyola will transfer to Syracuse and will rock the #22. Scanlon is likely going to play attack for the Orange. He'll be the most proven #22 Syracuse has had since Mike Powell as his 43 goals and 15 assists at Loyola last season solidified his spot as one of the top three freshman lacrosse players in the country. Scanlon was also an All-American which would make him the first 4-time All-American since Mike Powell to wear the #22 assuming his AA status continues to roll.
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In this weeks LaxFactor Pro Lacrosse Show we rip through week 3 of the Premier Lacrosse League and Major League Lacrosse action, including our game of the week, the Chaos vs Redwoods.
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On this week's LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast (#34), we continue on with the Pro Lacrosse Show series and we'll talk Premier Lacrosse League and Major League Lacrosse action.
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The Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) kicked off this weekend and I think most were pleasently surprised with what we saw on the field. The PLL promised a more "player-centric" product and I think they delivered on that promise.
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The 2019 Tewaaraton Award was awarded to Loyola senior attackman Pat Spencer at May 30th's award ceremony. Pat Spencer had a dominant season including 49 goals, 65 assists, 114 points, 3 game winning goals, 37 ground balls, 8 caused turnovers.
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On the first ever LaxFactor Pro Lacrosse Show, we discuss the game between the Denver Outlaws and the Long Island Lizards that will get Major League Lacrosse's season underway. We'll also talk about the Premier Lacrosse League rosters vs the MLL's and the disparity is noticeable. The PLL rosters are stacked.
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In this LaxFactor College Lacrosse Show, it's the 2019 NCAA Lacrosse National Championship Recap Episode, the one we've been waiting for all year is finally over. Virginia comes away the winner by a score of 13-9.
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Virginia and Duke needed two overtime periods to decide who got the ticket to Monday's championship game, and TD Ierlan and Yale came out and fought Penn State like a bunch of crazed dogs. An incredible day of lacrosse played out on Saturday and we're going to get into it in this weekend's special edition of the LaxFactor College Lacrosse Show.
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In this weeks LaxFactor NCAA Lacrosse Semifinals Preview Show, we are going to rip through the two games being played, #2 Duke vs #3 Virginia on Saturday at noon and #1 Penn State vs #5 Yale at 2:30.
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It's time, LaxFactor's College Lacrosse Show, this Monday covering the 2019 NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal games from this weekend. We saw three overtime games played out of the four seeing Maryland lose to Virginia in OT, Notre Dame got dropped by Duke in OT, Penn State handled Loyola and then Yale got revenge on Penn winning 19-18 in OT.
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In this weeks LaxFactor College Lacrosse Show, we rip through the NCAA Lacrosse Tournament Quarterfinal matchups including Maryland vs Virginia, Notre Dame vs Duke, Loyola vs Penn State and Yale vs Penn. All great matchups.
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In this episode of the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast, we rip through the 1st round of NCAA Lacrosse Tournament action including Loyola dropping Syracuse, Yale and TD Ierlan defeating Georgetown, Penn's offense was clicking against Army, Virginia handled Robert Morris, Penn State murdered UMBC, Maryland needed OT to advance over Towson, Duke managed to hold off Richmond and Notre Dame bullied Johns Hopkins in Ryder Garnsey's return.
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In this episode of the LaxFactor College Lacrosse Show, we break down the NCAA Lacrosse Tournament Bracket. We'll rip through Penn State being named the #1 overall seed which wasn't a surprise to anyone and from there, Duke and Virginia draw favorable matchups, but Penn (vs Army), Yale (vs Georgetown), Towson (vs Maryland), Notre Dame (vs Hopkins) and Loyola (vs Syracuse), those are all brutal draws for the first round and we should see upsets all over.
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LaxFactor Podcast: Should Lacrosse Coaches Chirp Officials/Refs At Any Level?: In this episode of the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast, I wanted to discuss a very interesting discussion I was taking part in on a Facebook lacrosse group. Some think that officials need to do a better job policing college coaches chirping them. They think it's setting a bad example for the "kids" and I disagree.
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In this weeks LaxFactor College Lacrosse Weekend Recap, we dive hard into the lacrosse conference tournaments. We'll talk about how this weekends games played into seedings and what we think is going to happen from here. AQ's and at large bids to the NCAA Lacrosse Tournament are on the line.
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In this week's College Lacrosse Weekend Recap we'll talk about a bunch of games including Penn State smoking Johns Hopkins, Maryland needing OT to beat Ohio State, Yale beats Albany in TD Ierlan's return, Syracuse pounds Navy, Penn rolls and climbs the polls, Virginia get's a tune up win leading into the ACC tournament, Notre Dame beats UNC to shore up a better seed in the ACC tournament and much more.
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In this week's LaxFactor Podcast College Lacrosse Scores & Weekend Recap show, we talk about Johns Hopkins and how Ohio State put them in a pickle, we talk about how Syracuse & UNC played a great game along side ACC rivals Duke & Virginia, we'll talk about Penn State & Michigan, and how easy Grant Ament makes things look, Pat Spencer held to 1 point in Loyola's upset loss to Boston U.
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In this weeks LaxFactor College Lacrosse Scores & Weekend Recap Show we sit down to discuss a bunch of games including Duke beating Notre Dame, UVA beating UNC, Loyola put a hurt on Lehigh & much more.
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In this weeks College Lacrosse Weekday Recap & Weekend Preview Show, we talk about a few games played on Tuesday night including Harvard @ Boston U, Notre Dame @ Michigan, St. Bonnies @ Cornell. We'll talk quickly about Brown losing to Holy Cross in OT and Quinnipiac getting an OT victory of their own.
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In the Week 6 edition of the LaxFactor College Lacrosse Saturday Recap, we will get dirty and talk about a ton of lacrosse games from Saturday.
We'll talk Towson at Duke, Rutgers at Syracuse, Notre Dame at Virginia, Villanova at Maryland, Cornell at Yale and we'll talk about how Georgetown got to 7 wins, how Army is continuing on with their winning ways, Navy got waxed by Loyola and we even spit a little D3 action.
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In this weeks College Lacrosse Weekday Recap & Preview Show for Week #6, we talk about Utah @ Duke, The Mount @ Johns Hopkins, Lehigh @ Rutgers, Bucknell @ North Carolina, and we also dive into some exciting upcoming games this weekend including Rutgers @ Syracuse, Cornell @ Yale and a bunch more.
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In this week's College Lacrosse Saturday Recap Show for week 5 of the ncaa college lacrosse season, we rip through a bunch of games including Hopkins at Syracuse, UMBC at High Point, Maryland at Albany, Penn State at Cornell, Cleveland State at Marquette, Notre Dame at Denver and many more.
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In this week's LaxFactor College lacrosse Weekday Recap & Weekend Preview Show (for week #5) we are going to discuss last nights Loyola @ Duke game, we'll jump a bit into Princeton @ Navy, talk Albany's loss to UMass, Georgetown getting another win, and then look at this weekends match-ups including Hopkins @ Syracuse, Towson @ Cornell, Penn State vs, Cornell and many more.
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Week 4, another LaxFactor College Lacrosse Recap Show, this week we talk about Denver at North Carolina, Utah at Furman, Johns Hopkins vs Princeton, Virginia vs Syracuse, Albany at Cornell, UMass vs Yale and Duke at Richmond.
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In this weeks Thursday College Lacrosse Show for Week 4, we're going to recap Loyola at Towson, Marist at Hartford as well as Stony Brook at Hofstra.
We'll also talk about some big games coming up this weekend like Duke at Richmond, Virginia at Syracuse, Hopkins at Princeton and more.
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In Week 3's College Lacrosse Preview Show we're going to talk about and pick winners for Cornell @ Hobart, Virginia @ Princeton, Towson @ Georgetown, Johns Hopkins @ North Carolina, Penn State @ Yale and Army @ Syracuse.
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We're back for the 3rd episode of the LaxFactor College Lacrosse Saturday/Weekend Recap Show, the dopest show of it's kind on the internet.
A ton of action this week, Yale get's dropped by Villanova for a second straight season, Duke get's a huge one-goal win over Denver, Syracuse bounces back from their terrible loss to Colgate at home by beating up on Albany, Loyola puts it on another highly ranked foe travelling across town to Johns Hopkins to give their rival a good ol fashioned butt whooping. Maryland get's another close win, North Carolina continues their win streak, Penn State continues to look scary good and more...
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In the 10th episode of the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast, I'm going to rip through MY pre-season top 5 for mens D1 lacrosse and I'm going to talk about three other teams that I think are important to watch out for in the upcoming season.
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In this 9th episode of the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast: It’s official, NCAA Lacrosse is BACK this weekend with the season getting kicked off on Friday, February 1st with Vermont heading out west to take on first-year program Utah at 6pm eastern. Looks like the game is going to be streamed on the Pac-12 website....
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In this weeks episode of the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast, I discuss my pre-season player of the year picks at every position, goalie, defense, specialist, midfield, attack and overall player of the year. I'll say no more than the guys that were considered were Jeff Teat, Michael Kraus, Pat Spencer, Chris Fake, Cade Van Raaphorst, Bryan Costabile, Dox Aitken, Ryan Conrad, TD Ierlan and Colby Kneese. Now listen to see who I put where and who get's left off.
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Syracuse lacrosse has a unique history with the #22. The jersey number 22 has a long standing history in the sport of lacrosse. It has been doled out to a teams best player, or a team captain long before Gary Gait first wore the jersey at Syracuse and started a trend of Syracuse's best player wearing the number while playing at a crazy high level.
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The Maryland Terps men’s lacrosse squad is primed for another big season, and another run at a championship. Maryland has been the most consistent team in the country under head coach John Tillman. During his eight season reign, Maryland has appeared in seven NCAA Final Fours and five NCAA National Title Games with one National Title coming in 2017. Tillman is 110-33 as the Terps boss man.
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I rip through and reflect on US Lacrosse's Too Early Top 5 which includes (5) Virginia, (4) Cornell, (3) Maryland, (2) Duke and (1) Yale. I agree with all five placements. College lacrosse is back baby!!!
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This week on the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast #4, we discuss a bunch of attackmen that I'm excited to see coming back for 2019, including Pat Spencer, Jeff Teat, Michael Sowers, Michael Kraus, Cole Williams, Stephen Rehfuss, Jared Bernhardt, Tehoka Nanticoke.
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On episode #3 of the LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast, I'll discuss Syracuse Lacrosse's outlook for 2019, go through their roster, who they lose, who returns and we'll chat about their upcoming schedule, which is brutal.
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So it's time to start tearing through each team in Inside Lacrosse top 15 and do our pre-season team previews, starting with the #1 lacrosse team in the land, the Yale Bulldogs.
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I listened to the Inside Lacrosse Podcast from 11/27 or so, and because it's a very, very slow news day in lacrosse, I'm going to rattle off the things that I agreed with Quint Kessenich about ranging from how I believe the 20-second clear is going to play more in college lacrosse in 2019 than the 80-second shot clock, on how I think Syracuse is going to get themselves back on the map in 2019 and how I hope Olympic lacrosse doesn't stink, but I don't really think it will.
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There disciplined a handful of attackman that are returning in 2019 that I'm crazy excited about, and Ethan Walker comes in at my #5 spot. The Denver attacker is well disciplined, can score with the best of them, and doesn't shy away from dodging and creating for his teammates.
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The top 5 lacrosse attackmen of all time according to Ted Hust. These lax attackers lit it up. In this breakdown of the best attackman in college lacrosse history includes commentary and highlights.
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Syracuse saw their top 4 recruits de-commit and ditch for other programs, all 4 kids were in the top 40 of their class, and two left for ACC rivals Virginia and Notre Dame.
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It was announced by Scott Marr in early October of 2018 that Tehoka Nanticoke wasn't with the team for fall ball, but was expected to be back in the spring. Nothing new has been announced as of yet. We hope the best for the kid, and no matter what he decides to do we wish him good luck. Tehoka has a ton of options in the event he doesn't return to Albany and he should be just fine. BUT I HOPE HE COMES BACK!!!
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It's official, Paul Rabil, his brother and a slew of investors and partners are going to launch the Premier Lacrosse League, aka the PLL, to go toe to toe with Major League Lacrosse.
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The NCAA Lacrosse rules committee decided to adopt an 80 second shot clock for the 2018/2019 season, 20 seconds to clear, 60 seconds to satisfy the shotclock requirement of getting a shot "on cage" aka, hitting a pipe, the goalie, or scoring.
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