Bill Tierney Set to Retire After the 2023 Season
“When you know, you know.” Denver Men’s Lacrosse Coach and Hall of Famer Bill Tierney announced that the 2023 season would be his last on Thursday night. Coach Tierney coached for 48 years at two high schools and four colleges. His numbers alone would put him among the Mount Rushmore of lacrosse coaches. Denver’s press […]
2023 College Lacrosse Sleeper Players
Inside lacrosse released it’s Top 50 Men’s Players for 2023 recently. Last week, I published Snubs from the Inside Lacrosse Top 50 Men’s Players For 2023. This list featured great players who did not make the cut for the Top 50. I hosted IL’s Terry Foy and Matt Kinnear on the Quintessential Lacrosse Podcast and […]
Harvard Men’s Lacrosse Player Spotlight
I had the opportunity to sit down with two Harvard Men’s Lacrosse players, Chase Yager and Greg Campisi. The purpose of the interview was to find out about their trip to Washington D.C. to play in the Bob Kemp Classic. I enjoyed our conversation so much that I wanted to learn more about their stories […]
Snubs from the Inside Lacrosse Top 50 Men’s Players For 2023
Inside Lacrosse released its list of the Top 50 Men’s Players For 2023. It’s not an easy assignment and their five-man committee does all of the work in promoting the “big name” players in the sport. There is no bias and I reject the notion that they operate with an agenda. It can be easy to […]
Ohio State Ready to Unveil New Lacrosse Stadium
The 2023 season will kick off for the Ohio State Buckeyes on January 8th. You won’t find the Buckeyes indoors though at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center however. Instead, the Ohio State Buckeyes will be in their brand new state-of-the-art $24 million dollar new lacrosse-only facility. The new stadium will be home to both the […]
Ivy League Lacrosse 2023 Conference Preview
The Ivy League had a breakout season last year and was arguably the best conference in all of college lacrosse. Despite the conference beating up on one another during the regular season, six of the seven teams in the Ivy League made the NCAA Lacrosse Tournament. The Ivy League is riddled with talent from top […]
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 […]
Harvard Men’s Lacrosse: Beyond the Field and Classroom
Gerry Byrne enters his fourth season in 2023 as The Frisbie Family Head Coach of the Harvard Men’s Lacrosse program. Byrne came to Cambridge after being the long-time assistant to Kevin Corrigan at Notre Dame. Byrne’s defenses are some of the most respected in the game. During Byrne’s 13 seasons at Notre Dame, the Fighting […]
Clemson Women’s Lacrosse Program Overview
This is the first fall ball for the Clemson Women’s Lacrosse program. Clemson announced in June 2021 that they were starting a women’s lacrosse program. Allison Kwolek was hired that August and has been working diligently in preparation for this moment. Kwolek came from Richmond where she had tremendous success. At Richmond, Kwolek won 80% […]
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 […]
Quint Kessenich Has Some Questions
Quint Kessenich takes a look at the current lacrosse landscape and questions the way things are things are being handled at every level of the sport. If lacrosse players can effectively shoot with both hands (righty and lefty), why aren’t there goalies playing with both hands? Why have we not seen a two-handed tennis player […]
St. John’s Men’s Lacrosse Program Overview
Justin Turri is entering his first year as head coach of the St John’s Red Storm. The Long Island native played at Duke, where he was a two-time All-American midfielder and helped the Blue Devils win the 2010 National Championship. Turri also played nine years in both the MLL and PLL, earning the Most Improved […]