Lax Factor Lacrosse Podcast

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