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 […]
Brian Ruppel Maryland Lacrosse Goalie Spotlight
For the last decade, the University of Maryland has been a gold standard for NCAA Division 1 Men’s Lacrosse. The team motto of “Be The Best” has been embodied in the program with its consistent dominance across the sport. During the 2022 season, the Terps lived up to the saying and completed a perfect season capped […]
Quint Kessenich’s Top 20: March 20, 2023
We are beyond the era of early recruiting, that is the recruitment of eighth and ninth graders. The result being the big name programs have risen to the top. Look at the Top 10. It’s heavily Big Ten and ACC with the Ivy League sprinkled in next. The early recruiting trend buried more than one […]
Notre Dame Lacrosse Can Win It All in 2023
We are a month into the NCAA Division 1 Men’s Lacrosse season and even though there has been chaos so far, we are starting to see the cream of the crop rise to the top. One of the biggest storylines of the NCAA Tournament last year was the fact that No.6 Notre Dame was left […]
Has Penn State Lacrosse Bounced Back?
Penn State is one of the hottest teams in Division 1 Men’s Lacrosse this season. The Nittany Lions are currently 4-1 and have climbed up to No.8 in the polls. They began the season unranked and many had questions about if the program was going to be able to bounce back from their successful 2019 and […]
February Report Card: Division 1 Men’s Lacrosse
Unpredictable. Chaotic. Exciting. All adjectives used to best describe the first month of NCAA Division 1 Men’s Lacrosse. Here are a few numbers before we get into the February report card. 1: Congratulations to Lindenwood and Queens on earning their first Division 1 wins this season. 5: Rock Fights. Five times this season both teams […]
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: March 6, 2023
There’s little debate at the top where Virginia, Notre Dame and Cornell should comprise every pollsters #1-3 in no specific order. The ultimately winning pack of one-loss chasers is large and difficult to categorize. So is the PLL playing indoors and the NLL playing outside. My poll is a combination of art and science. It’s […]
Does Duke Lacrosse Play Worse in February?
Two weeks ago, Duke had a comfortable 9-5 lead at Jacksonville. The Dolphins would outscore the Blue Devils 8-3 in the come-from-behind win. Last Friday, Duke struggled to keep pace with Denver and needed a late goal by Brennan O’Neill to force overtime. O’Neill bailed out his Duke teammates with a right-handed rip in overtime […]
Notre Dame Is Legit: Week 3 Lacrosse Wall Ball
Wins matter. It’s only February. Wins matter. Conference play is only just beginning. Wins matter. The 2022 selection committee made a statement last year putting in six Ivy League teams in the NCAA Tournament and having only one ACC earn an at-large bid. Wins matter. The Big Ten and ACC received the message loud and […]
Quint Kessenich’s Top 20: February 27, 2023
Losses by Princeton, Loyola, Yale, Syracuse, Penn and Georgetown triggered massive shifts in the Top 20. It appeared as if wintry weather tempered goal scoring. Virginia and Notre Dame solidified their status at the top. A robust slate of Sunday games put the deadline on a shot clock. As we turn the page from February […]
OVERREACTIONS: Division 1 Lacrosse Week 2
Ah, yes. Another week of Division 1 Lacrosse overreactions. Week one’s edition saw some early return and another take that has already blown up in my face. I, along with the rest of Lax Twitter, would personally like to take credit for calling Hopkins’ collapse. But it really wasn’t cool of Georgetown to drop that […]