Lax Factor Lacrosse Podcast

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. *Watch On YouTube* https://youtu.be/uqmSE3gDGBU *S...

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...

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, b...

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...

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. VISIT LAXFACTOR.COM TO SUPPO...

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. VISIT LAXFACTO...

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...

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 u...

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. Support the channel, buy a T-Shirt or watch videos on our website... https://www.laxfactor.com/

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...

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.

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?

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 i...

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.

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.

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 en...

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”.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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)...

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.

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.