Lax Factor Lacrosse Podcast

My title for this podcast may only mention Joey Spallina & Syracuse, but I promise, in this episode we'll talk about the incredible games played between Richmond & Cornell, Syracuse & Princeton, Georgetown & Maryland and Notre Dame and Penn State. After discussing the games from this past weekend, we'll dive into previews for the Syracuse vs Maryland and Penn State vs Corne...

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 s...

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...

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...

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 Delawar...

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...

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 &am...

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 re...

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 Syracus...

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...

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 s...

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,...

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...

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 Loy...

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&...

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 qua...

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...

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 c...

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 lacros...