Inside Lacrosse Podcasts

With the top play on SportsCenter and a game-winning goal all in his debut, Jack VanOverbeke stole the show in Utah in the Archers' first of two wins to end the regular season as Western Conference Champions. Co-hosts Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown catch up with VanOverbeke (1:01-21:37) to talk about his dream weekend, playing at High Point and learning from Jon Torpey and Asher Nolting, growing...

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Utah coach Drew McMinn. After playing goalie at Providence, McMinn spent seven years as an assistant at Robert Morris b...

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Maryland coach John Tillman.  Reputed among his peers as one of — in not  the  — hardest working evaluator in terms of...

The No. 1 pick in the 2023 draft Gavin Adler join the show (25:48-1:04:00) to describe the Atlas' defensive turnaround this season, his personal lacrosse story that includes a determined road to getting recruited to Cornell, why he started playing defense, why he wears 77, and now how he trains and prepares himself during the PLL season now fully healthy. Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown finish up...

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, starting with Army head coach Joe Alberici. Given the service academies' ability to begin contacting prospective student-athletes on Ju...

What up Prep Nation! We're back for the final evaluation update of the summer, covering everything since mid July. IL's Dan Kaplan, Matt Kinnear, Kevin Brown and Terry Foy start with the All-American Senior Game, then identify the standout performances from the Adrenaline All-America Game, ML8's Future Phenoms and conclude with the All-America Underclass Tournament, covering the Highlight, Burn an...

IL's Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown return to recap the action from Maryland's homecoming weekend sweep at Homewood Field, unpack the deal that sent Waterdogs midfielder Ryan Conrad to the Whipsnakes, provide an initial eulogy on Philly's season and hype up the races to the coveted Eastern and Western Conference top seeds for a chance at those first-round byes in the playoffs.

Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown return to recap the action from San Diego in Week 8 of the PLL season including discussions on whether or not we'd like to face the Waterdogs in the playoffs if they turned their season around, are they what their record says they are and what needs to change? Also, the two discuss the Redwoods splitting their two homecoming games, Rob Pannell reaching the 600-poin...

Coming off a five-point (1G, 2T) display against the Waterdogs, Graham Bundy joins the show at the 53-minute mark to discuss a range of topics including using his backup stick since his last breakout performance against the Redwoods, the jump from the college game to the PLL ranks, the Outlaws team dynamic in the locker room, playing alongside Brennan O'Neill, Sam Handley and more. Also, Kevin and...

What up Prep Nation! We're back to cover everything since the NCAA Dead Period, and IL's Dan Kaplan, Matt Kinnear and Terry Foy start with the NLF Summer Club Championships, then identify the standout performances from the Alliance Lacrosse League, National All-Star Games, Main Stage, IL Summer Cup the Countdown.

IL's Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown dive in on the Week 5 games from Boston, discuss the impact of the home crowd, the potential goal of the season, Atlas' dominant bounce back and the Redwoods getting in the win column. Chris and Kevin also talk midseason award frontrunners and nominees if the season ended at the halfway point.

Checking in now the NCAA Recruiting Dead Period has officially arrived, IL's Dan Kaplan, Kevin Brown and Terry Foy rundown the events they've attended and talent they've evaluated over the last two weeks, starting with USA Men's U20 Tryouts, Sweetlax Summer Showcase and Showdown, Crabfeast, NHSLS and NAL.

IL's Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown catch up to recap the Week 4 action from Minnesota, provide a status update on the Atlas, note why Redwoods and Chaos fans should be worried and talk about Bill Tierney's first win as the Waterdogs' head coach. Then, the two go over the interesting choices in filling out the All-Star Game ballots before setting the stage for the clash of the top two overall pi...

There is no disputing that this is an unprecedented moment in the history of college athletics. Given how important college lacrosse is to the sport more broadly (and specifically Division I men's lacrosse), understanding the future of college sports — in an incredibly uncertain time — is exceptionally important. To try to understand better, IL CEO Terry Foy brings on Extra Points' Matt Brown to d...

Back together for the first time in a long time, IL's Terry Foy and Matt Kinnear recap the last month of coaching news, from Jon Torpey taking the Brown job, John Crawley taking over High Point, Jake Richard and Charlie Hayes getting promoted at Marquette and Detroit Mercy, respectively, and Michael Sciamanna getting the Merrimack job. From there, they each pick 10 players who they expect to be th...

The PLL Bye Week brings an overdue return for the PLL Happy Hour Podcast as Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown catch you up on the biggest storylines from the first three weeks of the season. From Atlas' resurgence into an undefeated hot start out of the gates and wondering how to slow down Jeff Teat's record scoring pace to enjoying the superstar rookie class as well as addressing the Waterdogs' fa...

It's Summa, summa, summatime and IL's Terry Foy, Dan Aburn and — most importantly — ILPreps Director Dan Kaplan are back to recap the first 12 days of the summer recruiting circuit. An incredibly dense 80 minutes starts by discussing the standouts from Maverik Showtime, which — if history is any indicator — will have an outsized impact on informing the market for players on Sept. 1 (and, by extens...

For the final episode of the 2024 season, IL's Terry Foy and Nick Ossello look inward, reflecting on their best and, more importantly, worst takes of the season, the funniest moments of the year, their best listener interactions and so much more. But first, hear what it's like to break news in real time as Nick gets word of who's taking over as Merrimack's head coach. Onto 2025!

As spring transitions to summer, Director of ILPreps Dan Kaplan brings on Detroit Country Day (Mich.) coach Chris Garland and Urbana (Md.) coach Gavin Donahue to discuss their teams run to state titles, and to kick things off, he and and Terry Foy look back at the first week of summer recruiting and look ahead to the big upcoming second weekend.

Nearly two weeks removed from the national championship game and the end of the season, IL's Terry Foy and Nick Ossello reflect on the season in total, discussing the following categories from an a non-Notre Dame and a fully Notre Dame perspective: Best Game Best Goal Best Non-Goal Highlight Best Upset Best Player Best Teammate Best SSDM Most Improved Player Best Season-Long Coaching Performance B...

What a year in college lacrosse! We felt back in January that the 2024 season would be special, and it definitely delivered. The D-Fly and Dixie Podcast presented by Simplicity Group recaps Championship Weekend in Philadelphia, looks at USILA post-season awards and ties up some other loose ends. Dixie also makes his Tewaaraton Award prediction.  In this week’s picnic-inspired Give & Go, the gu...

Live from Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, IL's Terry Foy and Nick Ossello unpack Notre Dame's 15-5 win over Maryland to win the program's second NCAA Championship. From Chris Kavanagh's MOP showing to the weather delay to what it's like to be in the building as a fan, they dive into the tactics and personnel behind ND's dominance, then touch on their Semifinal win over Denver and the Terr...

The dream begins each fall as newcomers join the veteran players on a quest to win a championship and bring glory to themselves, their teammates and their alma mater. This weekend the quest culminates in Philadelphia. Four teams. Four dreams. One trophy. In this week’s pod, D-Fly and Dixie talk with CBS’s Evan Washburn and set the table for you to prepare for Championship Weekend. Let’s get it. WE...

The Big Dog Caleb Abney takeover continues as this week he links up with another former Spartan to talk about Sunday's title game. Matt Whitcher brings his experiece playing and coaching against both Tufts and RIT to the table as they discuss keys for each team and what makes both teams so unique.

Live from Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson, Md., as Virginia came back from down 10-7 to win 11-10 in double overtime, IL's Terry Foy and Nick Ossello discuss Maryland's shocking upset of Duke, Denver's methodical sprint past Syracuse, Virginia's impressive win over the Blue Jays and wrap up with Notre Dame's 16-11 win over Georgetown. Among the questions asked (and answered): more credit/blame, Ma...