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 […]

2023 D1 College Lacrosse Strength of Schedule

Data and analytics provide insights beyond film study. Lacrosse Reference is one of the best resources in lacrosse. Created in 2016 with the goal of bringing the analytical methods used in other sports to college lacrosse, the site focuses on finding innovative ways to compare teams and players beyond the traditional metrics of points or […]

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 […]

Division 1 College Lacrosse Championship Favorites

The 2023 NCAA Men’s Division 1 College Lacrosse season begins on February 4th. DraftKings has put out the team futures odds to win it all in 2023. Here are the three biggest takeaways based on the odds. The Favorites John Tillman and Maryland (+450) are favored to repeat as champions. The Terps have been dominant […]

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.  […]

NCAA Lacrosse Transfer Portal and the Ivy League

We are still feeling the reverberations from the Ivy League’s decision to cancel their season in 2021. Ty Xanders of Inside Lacrosse broke the news that nine members of the Princeton Men’s Lacrosse team are entering the NCAA lacrosse transfer portal and will look to finish their collegiate lacrosse careers outside of the Ivy League […]

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 […]

Ranking the 2022 NCAA D1 Lacrosse Tournament Helmets

Lacrosse Helmet Ranking

With the 2022 NCAA Lacrosse Tournament now a month in the past, let’s go through my ranking of the best and worst of the 18 teams’ helmet designs from this year’s tournament. WARNING: This list is strictly one writer’s opinion on which helmets were their favorite. However, I strongly encourage debate in the comments sections about […]

NCAA Lacrosse Quarterfinals Recap

NCAA Lacrosse Quarterfinals

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?

ncaa LACROSSE TOURNAMENT

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. […]