LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast

In this weeks episode, I'll quickly re-cap the first round games while discussing this weekends quarterfinal matchups. We'll discuss every upcoming game including Richmond vs Cornell, Syracuse vs Princeton, Georgetown vs Maryland and Notre Dame vs Penn State.Check out our new LaxFactor Offensive Player Ratings here...https://www.laxfactor.com/laxfactor-player-ratings/

Conference tournament weekend is almost over, we have all but 2 tournament seats decided. Syracuse beat Notre Dame in a "win and your in" game on Saturday. Ohio State booked their first Big Ten Tournament Championship over Maryland. Richmond, Georgetown, Siena, Towson and others also get to dance after wins on Saturday.

We'll talk about the crazy CJ Kirst has had this season for Cornell. We'll talk about a bunch of games played this weekend and will mix in quite a bit of bracketology as well in my first week back after a bit of a hiatus.

Cornell, Maryland, Ohio State and Princeton all handled their business and picked up wins on Saturday. North Carolina was the lone top-5 team to get beat making life a bit easier for the media members that get a vote in the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.Syracuse got a big win over arch rival Virginia despite UVA jumping out to a 5-1 lead early in the game. Notre Dame beat up on Duke for the second season in a row. Michigan took down Hopkins on a day that the Jays struggled to get anything going offensively. We'll talk about these games and more in the 300th episode of the LaxFactor Podcast.

The college lacrosse world saw its #1 ranked team in Maryland and its #3 ranked team in Army both dropped in overtime on Saturday. Michigan needed a late game save in overtime out of Hunter Taylor to help lift them over the Terps, and Boston University got a huge save from their keeper, Will Barnes to get them over the hump against Army.Syracuse welcomed upstate rival and #18 Colgate to the Dome on Saturday and came away victors. Princeton hosted Ivy League rival Harvard and managed to hold them off for a 2-goal victory.We'll talk about these games and many more in this weekends episode.

This weekend was thin on ranked matchups, but it more than made up for it with 5 games on Saturday needing overtime to get to the winner, including Duke and Towson each picking up thrilling OT victories. Maryland, Johns Hopkins and Notre Dame all handled their business and picked up solid wins as well.Support the podcast:https://www.laxfactor.com/

Big college lacrosse podcast today as we'll be doing recaps for a batch of Division 3 games from this past weekend as well as previewing the bulk of the Division 1 games coming up this weekend. We'll talk a bit about the Mustang Classic matchups that hit Friday and Saturday in one of the largest collections of top lacrosse teams you'll see anywhere, including the PLL.

College lacrosse got a bit more exciting this weekend as we saw #15 Ohio State upset #2 Notre Dame, and #9 Penn State took down #3 Cornell, both on the road. The top-rated Maryland Terps handled business at home against Delaware, insuring at least one of the top three teams booked a victory. Other teams that booked wins that we'll talk about, North Carolina handled Hofstra. Duke struggled, but overcame Air Force. Harvard squeaked by Michigan thanks to Sam Kings big day, and many more.Support the channel...https://www.laxfactor.com/

This is a week of college lacrosse that doesn't feature a whole lot of top 20 matchups, but we will be getting a Johns Hopkins vs Syracuse matchup at the Dome which is all anyone can really ask for. Notre Dame will host Ohio State and Cornell will take on Penn State in the other top 20 matchups that I'll have my eyes on.  We'll rip through all of the games played by top 10 teams, including Delaware vs Maryland, Rutgers vs Princeton, Army vs Holy Cross, Hofstra vs North Carolina as well as a few more.Support the podcast...https://www.laxfactor.com/

In our first ever D3 Lacrosse Podcast, we're going to touch on Christopher Newport's win over Grove City, Salisbury's win over Lynchburg, Amherst's win over Middlebury, Ursinus' 3OT win over DeSales, Gettysburg win over Stevenson, RIT's win over York and much more. We'll also name our first ever D3 Freaks of the Week.Buy some swag...https://www.laxfactor.com/

College lacrosse fans were treated to a battle between #1 Notre Dame and #2 Maryland and it didn't disappoint with the Terps taking home the one-goal victory over the returning national champs, and in the process proved their worth without any doubt.Princeton and Johns Hopkins each pulled one-goal wins out of their respective behinds taking down Duke and Virginia respectively. North Carolina and Syracuse were the lone ACC teams to pick up victories each handling their business against inferior foes. The Hoyas took down Brown, Ohio State dropped Bryant and Colgate picked up a big win over conference rival Loyola. We'll talk about all of these games and more in this weekends college lacrosse weekend recaps show.Support the show, buy some swag...https://www.laxfactor.com/

This college lacrosse season has been crazy, and this weekend we get a battle between #1 Notre Dame and #2 Maryland, in Atlanta. I'll talk about that game and many more in this weekends college lacrosse weekend previews.We'll finally know who's the real deal. Syracuse, Johns Hopkins and Virginia all need to bounce back and pick up wins this weekend. North Carolina, Duke, Princeton & Penn play a round robin this weekend with the two ACC teams taking on the two Ivy teams over Friday and Sunday.*Support the channel, buy some swag...*https://www.laxfactor.com/

We had three huge upsets this weekend with Syracuse losing to Harvard (in the Dome), North Carolina beat Johns Hopkins by a goal (at Homewood) and Virginia got thrashed by Ohio State. In other action, Notre Dame, Cornell and Maryland all handled their business picking up big wins against quality opponents. We'll talk about those games and a lot more in this weekends college lacrosse weekend recaps.Support the channel...https://www.laxfactor.com/

We have 8 games being played this weekend where both teams are featured in the InsideLacrosse Media Poll. The games we'll be talking about, in order… #1 Notre Dame @ #11 Georgetown #2 Maryland @ #5 Princeton #9 North Carolina @ #3 Johns Hopkins #12 Denver @ #4 Cornell #15 Harvard @ #6 SyracuseMichigan @ #7 DukeMercer @ #8 Army #20 Navy @ #10 Penn State & more.Can Joey Spallina and the Syracuse attack get a bounce back win against Harvard? Can Georgetown take down Notre Dame for the second season in a row? Will Maryland prove all of their doubters wrong and pick up their second win over a top five team in two weeks? We'll talk about that and more in this episode.

In the top battle of the weekend, #6 Maryland beat #2 Syracuse by taking away the Orange's inside game. Richmond toppled Virginia in a stunning upset in Charlottesville. Johns Hopkins needed some last minute heroics from Matt Collison and Russel Melendez to take out Loyola on the road by a goal. We'll talk about the Ivy League finally seeing action, Notre Dame is now 2-0 after two blowouts and more.Support the channel, buy some swag...https://www.laxfactor.com/

We had a great Saturday filled with quality college lacrosse games topped off by Maryland's OT win over Loyola on the road. John Hopkins picks up their third win over a ranked opponent, so far the toughest schedule out of anyone in the land. The ACC teams, including Syracuse, Virginia, North Carolina and Duke all cruised to easy wins. Delaware travelled cross country and took down a hot Utah squad. We'll talk about those games and more in this weeks college lacrosse weekend recaps.*Support the channel, buy some swag...*https://www.laxfactor.com/

We nearly have a full slate of college lacrosse games to watch this weekend and in this college lacrosse preview show I'll talk about Vermont vs #2 Syracuse, #4 Maryland vs Loyola, Colgate vs #6 Virginia, #7 Duke vs Jacksonville as well as the game of the week, #10 Georgetown visits #8 Johns Hopkins. We'll also cover #12 Penn State vs Villanova, #13 Army vs UMass, #14 Denver vs Air Force, #15 Michigan vs #16 North Carolina, Delaware vs #19 Utah, and Stony Brook vs #20 Rutgers. I'll also revisit my predictions from last week to see how I did.

College lacrosse's second biggest weekend of the year, only topped by Memorial Day Weekend is here, Week 0 is what it's now called and lacrosse nerds can now feel happiness again. In this seasons first College Lacrosse Weekend Recaps Show, I'll talk through #2 Syracuse beating up on Jacksonville, #5 Maryland handling business against #20 Richmond, #7 Duke's route of Bellarmine, #8 Johns Hopkins road win over #10 Denver, #11 Georgetown's victory over a new look Loyola, #14 Penn State's revenge win over Colgate, #15 Michigan's hammering of Marquette, Utah shocking #19 Ohio State at the Shoe, and more. *Support the channel, buy some swag...* https://www.laxfactor.com/

We have a near full sloate of games in what has become known as WEEK ZERO in division 1 college lacrosse. #2 Syracuse hosts Jacksonville in the Dome. #5 Maryland hosts #20 Richmond in College Park. Bellarmine goes on the road to face #7 Duke. The Game of the week will see #10 Denver host #8 Johns Hopkins in the only matchup with two top 10 teams in the mix. Beyond that, #11 Georgetown takes on Loyola, #14 Penn State gets a do-over against Colgate, #15 Michigan will take on Marquette and #19 Ohio State plays Utah. I'll talk about each matchup in depth and be sure to come back Sunday morning for the full recap show with highlights and everything. Support the channel, buy some swag: https://www.laxfactor.com/

We have a full slate of college lacrosse games popping off a week from today, so I want to rip through my personal top 10, along with the full poll I submitted to InsideLacrosse for their media poll. I'll start by talking about the top 10, and then by the end I go through my entire top 20 and line that up against the released preseason media poll that dropped early last week. In this video, I'll heavily discuss Denver, Johns Hopkins, Yale, Duke, Cornell, Virginia, Princeton, Maryland, Syracuse and Notre Dame. Support the channel... https://www.laxfactor.com/

Syracuse brings back more offensive talent than any team in the country. Yes, I'm a homer, but that is a fact. Joey Spallina headlines a healthy roster of returning talent as the only returning “numbered” All-American. Spallina & Hiltz and whoever they put in that 3rd spot on attack will be one of the top 5 units in the country (IL has them at #5 in fact). The real strength of this team is quality depth on the offensive midfield. I'm not the only guy speaking on the strength of Syracuse's first two midfield lines. IL has them ranked #2 in their midfield unit rankings. Billy Dwan is the lone returning “numbered” All-American on the defensive side. Carter Rice was an honorable mention All-American and in my opinion was one of the best 10 or so SSDM's in the nation by seasons end. A few teams lost top level faceoff guys, including Syracuse in Mason Kohn (58%). But most teams didn't have two guys on their roster that won 58% of their draws in 2024. Syracuse did, and John Mullen comes back looking like the guy that can give the Orange some draw stability for years to come. The only outright question mark this Syracuse team has is in cage. Can Jimmy McCool or whoever ends up starting be “just good enough” to allow this team to get back to the final 4? Hot Take #1, if Syracuse has a goalie that stops at least 53.5% of the shots he faces going into the tournament, they'll make it to the Final 4. Support the channel... https://www.laxfactor.com/

Notre Dame received the #1 spot in my submission for the Inside Lacrosse D1 Preseason Media Poll. Despite losing Pat Kavanaugh and Liam Entenmann to graduation, the Irish return Chris Kavanaugh, Devon McLane, Jordan Faison, Shawn Lyght and many more. Winning two consecutive titles was a tall task. Winning three is going to be an even taller hill to climb, but this Notre Dame lacrosse team has the talent. The question becomes, will they still have that dog in them after the Tewaaraton winner has departed. *Support the channel, buy some swag...* https://www.laxfactor.com/

We saw a ton of very good, top goalies graduate in 2024. While there are a few “very easy to peg top returners”, two are total no brainers, Emmet Carroll of Penn and Jack Fracyon of Penn State. These guys were both numbered All-Americans a season ago (Carroll was on the 2nd team and Fracyon was the 3rd team). Both of these keepers are proven talents and will have big seasons in 2025. Support the channel, buy some swag... https://www.laxfactor.com/

College lacrosse is almost back so it's time to start looking at who the top returning players will be in 2025. I want to start with Harvard's Sam King and and Penn's Emmet Carroll. Both are incredible players that will be heavily leaned on by their respective teams. Sam King has been Harvard's leading scorer since his first season on campus, and Emmet Carroll was the best goalie in college lacrosse a season ago, at least in my opinion. Support the channel, buy some swag... https://www.laxfactor.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support

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. Visit Our Website To Support The Show: https://www.laxfactor.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support

#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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support

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. *Support the channel, buy some swag...* https://www.laxfactor.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support

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. *Support the channel, buy some swag...* https://www.laxfactor.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support

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. Support the channel, buy some swag... https://www.laxfactor.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support

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. *Support the channel, buy some swag...* https://www.laxfactor.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support

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. Support the show... https://www.laxfactor.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support

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. Visit LaxFactor.com to Support The Show & Buy Some Swag... https://www.laxfactor.com #lacrosse #lacrossepodcast #collegelacrossepodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support

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. Support the podcast, purchase some swag: https://www.laxfactor.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support

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. SUPPORT THE CHANNEL... https://www.laxfactor.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support

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. Support the channel, get custom lacrosse apparel, team gear, reversibles, shorts and more from us!... https://www.laxfactor.com/ Watch the show w/ video on YouTube... https://www.youtube.com/laxfactor/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support

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. View the blog post… https://www.laxfactor.com/2023/05/college-lacrosse-final-4-set-notre-dame-vs-virginia-penn-state-vs-duke-laxfactor-podcast-264/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support

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. View the blog post... https://www.laxfactor.com/2023/05/ncaa-tournament-quarterfinal-previews-talking-d1-d2-d3-lacrosse-today-laxfactor-podcast-263/ Watch the show w/ video on YouTube... https://www.youtube.com/laxfactor/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support

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. Read the blog post... https://www.laxfactor.com/2023/05/ncaa-tournament-1st-round-recaps-laxfactor-podcast-262/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support

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? Read the blog post... https://www.laxfactor.com/2023/05/ncaa-lacrosse-tournament-first-round-game-previews-acc-teams-want-revenge-laxfactor-podcast-261/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support

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. View the blog post... https://www.laxfactor.com/2023/05/duke-the-1-seed-acc-b1g-ivy-each-get-3-in-tournament-recaps-more-laxfactor-podcast-260/ Watch the show w/ video on YouTube... https://www.youtube.com/laxfactor/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support

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. View the blog post... https://www.laxfactor.com/2023/04/duke-ends-syracuse-postseason-hopes-maryland-michigan-advance-in-b1g-tourney-more-laxfactor-podcast-259/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support

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. View the blog post... https://www.laxfactor.com/2023/04/notre-dame-virginia-do-battle-conference-tournament-seeds-get-decided-laxfactor-podcast-258/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support

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. *View the blog post...* https://www.laxfactor.com/2023/04/johns-hopkins-notre-dame-virginia-win-conference-tourneys-taking-shape-laxfactor-podcast-257/ Watch the show w/ video on YouTube... https://www.youtube.com/laxfactor/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support