How the 2020 Lacrosse Season Changed My Perspective Forever
I see things differently now after the 2020 lacrosse season, or lack thereof. It was the start of the 2020 lacrosse season, my sophomore year. As a college lacrosse player, the fall and summer are for preparation and the spring is game time. It’s what you look forward to all year. From the chatter in […]
Meg Decker Named Xavier Women’s Lacrosse Head Coach
Meg Decker has been named the first head coach of the Xavier women’s lacrosse program, which will begin competition in the 2022-23 academic year as part of the Big East. In May, Xavier announced that women’s lacrosse would become its 19th varsity sport. Now about two months later, the Musketeers have their first head coach. […]
Jill Batcheller, Kayla Treanor Headline Big Women’s Lacrosse Hires
Two major hires in women’s college lacrosse happened last week, with Villanova naming Jill Batcheller as its next women’s lax head coach and Syracuse appointing Kayla Treanor to take over its program. Jill Batcheller spent the last three seasons as the head women’s lacrosse coach at Drexel, leading the Dragons to a 24-15 record, including […]
Dave Pietramala to Syracuse: What Does It Mean?
The rumors were true after all. After much speculation, Dave Pietramala was announced as the new defensive coordinator for Syracuse men’s lacrosse this week in a splash hire for new head coach Gary Gait. The confirmation of the acquisition officially brings together arguably the two greatest players at their respective positions and provides Syracuse with […]
Clemson Adds Women’s Lacrosse for 2023 Season
CLEMSON, S.C. – Clemson University will add women’s lacrosse and women’s gymnastics as varsity programs in the next two years, Director of Athletics Dan Radakovich announced on Thursday, live on Packer and Durham on ACC Network. Lacrosse is projected to begin competition in 2022-23, with gymnastics beginning competition in the 2023-24 academic year. “We are thrilled to be […]
2021 DII/DIII Men’s Lacrosse Season in Review
Le Moyne and RIT are the 2021 title holders and a full DII and DIII men’s lacrosse season is behind us. It feels like a much bigger accomplishment this year than usual, but after what 2020 brought, getting anything feels like a blessing. So, let’s review what happens in 2021 in DII and DII men’s […]
Championship Recap, Tewaaraton Talk, PLL Preview
This week on the Going Offsides podcast, the guys recap championship weekend, talk about Tewaaraton candidates, and preview this weekend’s PLL matchups. CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP, TEWAARATON TALK, PLL PREVIEW CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP With the 2021 college season in the books, we broke down each of the games on the men’s side. As we all know by now, […]
Ranking NCAA DI Men’s Lacrosse Tournament Helmets
Memorial Day Weekend has come and gone, and it graced us with some unforgettable lacrosse. It drew to an end a wild DI men’s tournament that had plenty of overtimes, insane goals, games determined in the final seconds and more. It also had tons of outstanding helmets, so we’re ranking the lacrosse buckets that were […]
Championship Weekend Lives Up to the Hype – DI Men’s Rundown Week 16
Here we are at the end of the season. Now that the champions have been crowned across all three divisions of men’s NCAA lacrosse, there is a little bit of reflection to take place, a Tewaaraton to be awarded, and then that’s it until fall ball (for college lacrosse, anyway). But before all of that, […]
Virginia Men’s Lacrosse Scores Seventh NCAA National Championship
Virginia men’s lacrosse scored its seventh NCAA national championship Monday, 17-16, narrowly holding off Maryland with a last-second defensive stand to confirm the win. This is how the Cavs defended their title from 2019 and ascended back to the top of the sport. Virginia Men’s Lacrosse Scores Seventh NCAA National Championship First Quarter The first […]
NCAA DI Men’s Lacrosse Finals Preview: Maryland vs Virginia
It’s time: the NCAA DI men’s lacrosse finals are upon us. When the dust had settled on the quarterfinal games last weekend, we were left with the top four seeds all advancing. But after Saturday’s games, it wasn’t the top seeded teams (and ACC co-champions) moving on. Instead No. 3 Maryland beat No. 2 Duke […]
Boston College Women’s Lacrosse Finally Secures National Title
We have a new champion! In what was a fitting finale to a season unlike any other, the Eagles of Boston College are your 2021 champions in DI women’s lacrosse following their 16-10 win over Syracuse. The victory marks the first title in program history, and the Boston College women’s lacrosse squad is remarkably the […]