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 […]
Breaking Down the High School Lacrosse Class of 2022
“Stars Matter” is a common phrase when I listen to one of my favorite football podcasters and writers, Ari Wasserman of The Athletic, and it certainly applies to high school lacrosse. The philosophy is simple, the more talent you have, the better chance that your team will be successful and win a championship. This helps […]
How to Support the HEADstrong Foundation
Nick Colleluori was diagnosed with Diffuse Large B-Cell non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a blood cancer affecting the lymphatic systems, at the end of his freshmen season after playing significant minutes on defense for Hofstra. Shortly after his diagnosis, he created the HEADstrong Foundation to raise awareness and funds for cancer patients, calling on other lacrosse players and […]
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 […]
The Division 1 Lacrosse Fall Ball Experience
Every Division 1 college lacrosse team has identical goals for fall ball. The physical piece stems from the weight room and is extremely important in the fall for injury prevention, athletic growth, confidence, and team building. Teams are looking to improve individual speed, install team schemes, build team chemistry, assimilate the freshmen, experiment with player […]
ACC Lacrosse 2023 Conference Preview
The ACC in years past has been arguably the best conference in college lacrosse. Last year, the ACC took a step backwards as Virginia was the only team to make the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse National Tournament. The 2023 season leaves a lot of opportunity for the ACC to reclaim its throne at the top of […]
From the Vault: 1981 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Champions
Each week we will be diving into the vault and bringing some history to the youngsters who just don’t know what they don’t know. This week, we will be looking at the 1981 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse champions. It’s important to note that the women’s game did not have NCAA championships of any kind until 1982. […]
Tufts Men’s Lacrosse Overview with Casey D’Annolfo
Casey D’Annolfo is entering his seventh season at Tufts University as the Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach.. Tufts is one of the preeminent Division 3 lacrosse programs in the country. D’Annolfo is a 2006 Tufts graduate where he was a three-sport letterman in football, basketball, and lacrosse. According to the Tufts website, he has one of […]