Overreactions : Week 0

Each week I’m going to combine analysis with emotion and overreact to college lacrosse outcomes. The BIG is a three bid league Parity in lacrosse is alive and well. The Big ten is off to a shaky start in 2024, going 3-2  this weekend. The preseason leaders Johns Hopkins and Penn State took tough losses. […]

2023 Fall Review

Autumn events are finishing up as the leaves age red to orange, fluttering in the breeze. Get out your rake. Fall is over, Winter is coming. That means the regular season is also creeping near. Just 15 weeks until real games. Three months before the winter portion of the schedule begins. What am I hearing? […]

Marquette Primed for 2024 Run

If they can turn one goal defeats into victories, the Marquette Golden Eagles, a.k.a. “Milwaukee’s Best” can win a Big East league title and qualify for the NCAA tournament. The Golden Eagles play their home games at Valley Fields, a gorgeous grass pitch that doubles as a soccer field, when the weather obliges, which is […]

College Lacrosse Midseason Hidden Gems

As we approach the midseason mark of the 2023 college lacrosse season, it’s time to reflect on what we’ve seen from the first half. At this point in the season, ACC and Big Ten teams play on linear TV almost on a weekly basis, but they’re not the only teams with players lighting up the […]

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.  […]

Big East Lacrosse 2023 Conference Preview

The Big East is one of most interesting conferences in college lacrosse. With teams like Georgetown and Denver sitting at the top, the conference has the potential to bring home a national championship. However, the lower half of the Big East has been lackluster in recent years. With multiple new coaches at the helm, expect […]

Big East Lacrosse: Conference Uniform Rankings

This week, we cover the best and worst uniforms coming out of the Big East Lacrosse conference.  Let’s take a look where these schools stack up amongst each other.  Big East Lacrosse Conference Uniform Rankings 6. St. Johns Up to this point in the season, St. Johns men’s lacrosse has definitely seen better days, and […]

Tension Score: Stat of the Week

Tension Score

Welcome back to the next edition of our collaboration with Zack Capozzi over at Lacrosse Reference. Each week, we are putting together a stat of the week to highlight a game, team, or individual from Men’s or Women’s lacrosse to focus on. It might be from a game the previous weekend, or it might be […]

12 Games in 12 Sentences: D1 Preview

12 Games

This week we take a quick look at 12 games to be on the lookout for this upcoming weekend. Think of this article as an appetizer to get you ready for a big weekend of lacrosse. It was difficult to narrow this list down to just 12 games, as there is so much good lacrosse […]

Ten games in Ten Sentences: D1 Preview

TEN GAMES

Week three is here and the season is already full of drama. Duke lost an early season game, not surprising, but the way the Dolphins are playing has them trending all the way into the top 15. Who will pull off the big upset this week? This and every week of the season, I’ll be […]

D1 College Lacrosse Season Preview: Part 1

college lacrosse

The 2022 college lacrosse season is officially underway! 2022 brings new challenges and familiar foes. The dream of advancing to Memorial Day weekend begins with conference play. Mercer hosted Bellarmine in what is becoming tradition on the division one calendar; these two schools were also the only programs to compete in January of last year. […]

Undervalued DI Men’s Lacrosse Programs That Deserve Respect

Blue bloods aren't the only tough teams; these are four undervalued DI men's lacrosse programs that deserve more respect than they get.

To show some love to teams that don’t always get the attention they deserve, we’ve been featuring a handful of programs from various levels of lacrosse to give them the due they don’t often get. It’s now time to focus on undervalued DI men’s lacrosse sides. What’s the criteria? That’s a gray area, but there […]