Pat Kavanagh is Notre Dame’s Savior: Wall Ball Week 4
The ACC and Big Ten continued to distance themselves from the pack this weekend after big wins. Penn State, Johns Hopkins, and Michigan each knocked off Top 20 teams to continue to strengthen the conference’s non-conference record. Michigan responded to a 9-4 deficit with a 9-0 run to knock off Delaware. Virginia and Notre Dame […]
Quint Kessenich’s Top 20: February 20, 2023
Army beat Rutgers. Cornell had to fight for the full 60 minutes at Albany. Penn and Loyola held serve. Manhattan shocked Navy. Brown fell to Quinnipiac. Harvard got torched for 20 goals in the first half. Queens picked up their first D1 win on Sunday defeating Hampton. So far, 2023 is unpredictable, high scoring and […]
Quint Kessenich’s Top 20: February 13, 2023
Maryland, Georgetown, BU, Duke, and Denver all lost on enemy soil. It was a forgettable weekend for the Big East who nearly went winless, salvaged by a Sunday Villanova win over Penn State. The Clemson Women’s Lacrosse program debuted. Ivy League teams waited out a final week. This week, everyone is activated. Mother Nature was […]
Quint Kessenich’s Top 20: February 6, 2023
I can’t remember a year that features so many championship caliber teams. Usually, it’s a small elite handful of three to six teams who could go the distance. In 2023, I could argue that the lead peloton is ten or twelve deep. It’s February, so let’s not rush to judgement. 2022 is ancient history. It […]
2023 College Lacrosse Conference Predictions
The 2023 season kicks off on Saturday, February 4th. We look to offer our college lacrosse winners and contenders for each of the ten conferences. In order to get you started, let’s get you caught up on a busy offseason. Movement was a key theme in 2023. The NEC and SoCon stopped sponsoring lacrosse in […]
Important Division 1 Men’s Lacrosse February Matchups
Here are some compelling winter games that’ll shape the 2023 landscape. They are a foreword to the season as the results may be significant in May. These early tussles will be revealing. With league scheduling hoarding the mid-March and April calendar, the best cross-conference competition exists in February and during the first half of March. […]
Fall Ball for Dummies: Division 1 Lacrosse 2022-23
With the NCAA Division 1 lacrosse fall ball season wrapping up here in the coming weeks at the, let’s get caught up on some of the major changes since the end of last season. Delaware was a quarterfinalist in 2022 and brings back the vast majority of its minutes. Defender Owen Grant is one of […]
NCAA Lacrosse Quarterfinals Recap
We are quickly approaching the best weekend in college lacrosse, Championship Weekend. In order to get there, we had to outlast the NCAA Quarterfinals which provided great lacrosse from start to finish. The stage is officially set for Championship Weekend. If you watched ESPN’s coverage of Quarterfinal games, you may have noticed an absence in […]
NCAA Lacrosse Tournament: Who Stepped Up?
When NCAA Lacrosse Tournament rolls around, there are a few things you want to happen for your team. One is you want your best players to play their best, and the other is you want someone to step up in a way they haven’t. If those two things happen, your chances of winning greatly increase. […]
2022 Cinderella Team: Delaware Lacrosse
Delaware has been crowned as this year’s Cinderella team as the unseeded Blue Hens defeated No.2 Georgetown in a Sunday night thriller. Delaware jumped out to a 3-0 lead midway through the opening quarter, but goals by USA Lacrosse First Team All-American Graham Bundy, and honorable mention All-American Dylan Watson, cut the lead to 4-3 […]
Quint Kessenich’s NCAA D1 Lacrosse Quarterfinals Preview
Welcome to the pay off round. Win and advance to Championship Weekend. Nobody remembers quarterfinal losers. Saturday the NCAA Lacrosse Quarterfinals action starts at noon on ESPNU and the ESPN app from Hofstra. Anish Shroff and Paul Carcaterra have the call under the production expertise of John Kettering for the doubleheader. Chris Cotter, Ryan Boyle, […]
D1 Men’s College Lacrosse Tournament Preview
On Sunday,18 teams were awarded an opportunity to chase their dream of winning the NCAA 2022 College Lacrosse National Championship. This year will look different, with six Ivy League teams earning a ⅓ of the available bids. The second biggest story coming out of the selection show was Duke and Notre Dame being left at […]