Lax Factor Lacrosse Podcast

Did Richmond provide a recipe to the ACC for how to hold Chris Gray in check and disrupt North Carolina's powerful offense? It would seem that Richmond came out and pressured UNC all over the field more than any other team they've faced has done so far, a very gutsy move by the Richmond staff, and it paid off. Richmond held Chris Gray to just 1 goal and 1 assist despite the loss. Syracuse's epic m...

Sad day if you are a Syracuse lacrosse fan as the Orange got dropped at home by Army badly, 18-11. Tucker Dordevic paced Syracuse with 4 goals and 1 assist in the loss while Brendan Nichtern helped lead Army to victory with a 4 goal, 3 assist effort. Virginia held on to beat Loyola by a score of 15-12. Connor Shellenberger continued to impress with a 2 goal, 3 assist outing and Matt Moore in his 2...

We had a great game on tobacco road Tuesday with North Carolina holding on late to deal High Point a loss by a score of 17-15. Chris Gray held court putting up another 7-point game (3 goals, 4 assists) and Asher Nolting took point for High Point and had a monster 4 goal, 5 assist outing in the loss. Antonio Arcona stood on his head in cage for High Point putting up 18 saves on the day. On Sunday,...

We had our first full weekend of college lacrosse action and as always, it didn't disappoint. Michael Sowers and Joe Robertson each put up 4 goals in Duke's win over Mercer. North Carolina and Chris Gray continue their quest for glory waxing Jacksonville and Gray put up 4 goals and 3 assists in the UNC win. High Point and their big cat Asher Nolting had themselves a day beating up on Robert Morris...

In the official first week of college lacrosse action, we have Army taking on Virginia after UMass was forced to cancel, we have Richmond hosting Loyola in a top 20 matchup, Air Force on the road at Denver in what already feels like a must win game for Denver and much more. Connor Shellenberger, Payton Cormier and Charlie Bertrans proved that UVA can win big even without Matt Moore and Dox Aitken....

We had a few more college lacrosse games to enjoy this weekend, in what has come to be known as Week Zero. The big game Saturday was technically Towson playing at Virginia because it was our second glimpse into the quality the ACC will put on display this year. Towson jumped out to an early 4-2 lead before UVA got settled and trounced them from there. Redhsirt freshman Connor Shellenberger was goo...

We have our first huge college lacrosse matchup of the year, #5 Denver hits the road to face-off against #1 Duke at 3pm this Friday in what is being dubbed the happy hour game. I myself will 100% be taking work off early on Friday (via getting started by 5am) to watch this one as Denver tries to shake off the dust in order to give Duke a full game. Michael Sowers will make his Duke debut as will B...

College lacrosse action on Saturday didn't dissapoint with Bellarmine defeating Mercer by two goals in the seasons first action and Utah giving Denver all the Pio's could handle in a one-goal Denver win. Bellarmine took advantage of no Adam Goldsmith and took down Mercer 9-7. Mercer had a 4-2 lead at the half, but Bellarmine chipped back and took down their conference foe by the end. Denver coming...

OK folks, lacrosse is here, FINALLY, so let's talk week 1's matchups.  Bellarmine at Mercer and Utah at Denver.  I had already set lines for these with Mercer -6.5 and Denver -9.  As I type this, Mercer is already losing haha, maybe I wasn't so smart.  I stand by the Denver line though.  I think it's going to be a tough day for Utah. Support the channel, buy some swag... h...

Yes, TD Ierlan decided to transfer to Denver. Yes, Syracuse has back their full roster and is at full strength in 2021. Both pieces of information are crazy news. But nothing compares to the fact we will be able to watch college lacrosse this weekend. First game of the 2021 season, Bellarmine @ Mercer most likely won't be all that close as Mercer brings back almost everyone from a very good team l...

College lacrosse is almost upon us.  This Saturday, January 30th we will see Mercer host Bellarmine, and Denver host Utah. The following weekend so far has Denver @ Duke (our first realy big matchup), Air Force @ Notre Dame, Robert Morris @ Duke and finished off by Denver at North Carolina.  We get right into some serious non-conference matchups right off the bat. Air Force by far plays...

The biggest news this week so far, TD Ierlan has entered the transfer portal, but before people start freaking out, lets see what happens with Yale's decision first. It's not looking good for the Ivy League for sure, but lets not jump to conclusions and see how this plays out. Other huge news in the ACC, Dox Aitken is returning to Virginia to play out the 2021 season. He had left and was at Villan...

The college lacrosse season was ended early in 2020, so we don't really know how Johns Hopkins, Notre Dame, Towson, Rutgers and Bryant would have finished off their seasons, but it's safe to say all five teams will be looking to bounce back and attempt to start 2021 with a bit more giddyup. Hopkins with a new coach and a healthy Joey Epstein have a lot of potential. Notre Dame is barely needs a bo...

College lacrosse is almost upon us so here is our pre-season top 20 for division 1 lacrosse in 2021. It starts out really ACC heavy, and gets filled out by the Big Ten and Ivy schools. The list goes... Duke Syracuse Maryland  Virginia  Denver North Carolina Cornell Penn State Notre Dame Yale Georgetown Loyola Army  Ohio State Richmond  UMass Lehigh Penn Johns Hopkins  Rutg...

So ripping through my college lacrosse pre-season positional players of the year for 2021, which ends up totally matching US Lacrosse's version of these, here goes... Attack, Michael Sowers (Duke), Midfield, Ryan Terefenko (Ohio State), Defense, JT Giles-Harris (Duke), Goalie, Drake Porter (Syracuse), Specialist, TD Ierlan (Yale), Player Of The Year, Michael Sowers (Duke). It's that simple, we'll...

North Carolina's Will Bowen has entered the transfer portal, however I don't think this is a big deal, as the situation is simple and makes total sense when you're not jumping to conclusions. We'll talk about the top returning college lacrosse defensive units that include Army, Georgetown, Providence, Ohio State and Syracuse (per LacrosseBucket.com). We'll talk about the D2 and D3 college lacrosse...

Everyone knows by now. The Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) just absorbed (aka merged with) Major League Lacrosse and lacrosse fans are going bonkers. Some are happy. Some are sad. Some are indifferent. Some are popping hilarious shots at Paul Rabil. In the end, this was inevitable, although I am a touch surprised it's happened so soon. In hindsight though, we all should have seen it coming. In today...

In this new audio only show, we'll explore news as it comes out, and where there isn't a lot of news we'll simply discuss random lacrosse related topics. In todays first episode, we'll talk about InsideLacrosse.com's top 50 list covering the men only, numbers 50 through 41.  Guys we talk about in this episode... #50, Asher Nolting, Attack, High Point #48, Kyle Gallagher, Face-Off, Notre Dame...

Despite the season getting trashed, 2020 saw a huge number of freshman lacrosse players contributing for their teams at very high levels. Richmond's Richie Connell broke out and became one of the best young attackman in the land. Dyson Williams led Duke in scoring as a rookie which is saying something. Josh Zawada did the same for Michigan putting up 32 points in the shortened season. Other guys I...

Owen Hiltz is the real deal and Syracuse is lucky to have him. I've had him pegged wrong for a while now thinking he was a one-dimensional lefty finisher. He's not that at all. He's an all-around talent that can dodge, finish and feed, a true triple threat. The Culver Academy product should see quite a bit of time at Syracuse in the spring of 2021. Terry Foy also asked a great question over the Th...

In our first LaxFactor Mailbag Adam Heller asked the question, who will have the best defense and goalie in 2021, and I think the answer to that is easy...The Army Black Knights. Army returns a wealth of talent on the defensive side of the ball including 3rd Team All American goaltender Wyatt Schulper as well as 3rd Team All American close defender Marcus Hudgins. Both players were having outstand...

In this episode we'll talk about Dox Aitken making it official, he's not returning to Virginia in the spring. That's going to sting the cavs a bit. We'll do a quick player profile of Brendan Grimes, Hopkins incoming stud and how I think he'll contribute right away.  We'll talk a bit about Syracuse and how their fall ball rapped up, including how Desko implied we may see quite a bit of Owen Hi...

Lots of lacrosse news to talk about in todays episode, including, Payton Cormier decided to stay put at UVA and we discuss what that starting attack for the Cavs may look like. There is a new NLL team that was just announced, the Panther City Lacrosse Club, and their logo is SICK as they are rocking purple and red as their colors. Dan Witmer blogged about his favorite (and least favorite Upstate N...

One of Virginia's up and coming stars, Payton Cormier has entered the transfer portal according to Terry Foy of Inside Lacrosse. Cormier put up 12 goals and 7 assists over six games in the 2020 season. He put up 3 goals in his first collegiate action and 5 points (4g, 1a) in a UVA win over High Point. Lars Tiffany is hopeful he will decide to stay. I was also surprised to see that Jonathan Donvill...

Bennan O’Neill is probably one of the most hyped recruits there has been over the last decade. I can’t remember this much hype surrounding a prospect and their highlight reel (O’Neill’s has 125,000+ views) since Tehoka Nanticoke. I purposely try not to put too much stock in high school kids highlight cuts for a good reason… It’s hard to tell who’s going to live up to the hype, and who’s not. The j...