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 […]
Concordia University Irvine Is Transitioning to NCAA Division 2
Concordia University Irvine is a private Lutheran school of about 4,000 students located in Irvine, California with a very successful men’s lacrosse program. In the span of 15 years they were able to start an MCLA DII lacrosse program from scratch, win five conference championships, a national Championship, move up to MCLA DI, have multiple […]
Florida State Rises: MCLA Lacrosse Week 4 Rankings
Florida State Lacrosse had a big weekend upsetting multiple top ten teams! These Week 4 rankings include the most amount of movement we have seen due to most teams really diving into their schedules now. Division I 1. Virginia Tech After beating all of their first four opponents by at least 13 points, they proved […]
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 […]
Concordia Could Be Back: NAIA Lacrosse All Stars Coaches Poll
The NAIA has been growing for number of years now but there as always been one consistent road bump for the teams involved, being the lack of national coverage. The league currently only offers one ranking system which features a rating committee comprised of eight raters; two raters per conference/group. All of these rankings are […]
Virginia is HIM: Week 2 Lacrosse Wall Ball
Welcome to the Week 2 Lacrosse Wall Ball recap. Week 2 saw six Top 20 teams lose this weekend (Hopkin’s actually lost twice). Georgetown, Harvard, and Brown left Week 2 looking for the reset button and UMass-Lowell needing the number of a good personal injury lawyer. Maryland and Syracuse didn’t make the list this week […]
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 […]
Ohio State or UNC: College Lacrosse Best Bets
If there’s anything we’ve learned through the first two weekends of the college lacrosse season, it’s that we know nothing at all especially when it comes to bets. Up is down and down is up. The new-look Georgetown will squash Hopkins, right? Wrong. “Mr. 1/15 is Jordan Evan’s 2.0.” I can’t believe that was a […]
Syracuse vs Maryland 2023 Lacrosse Preview
Lacrosse fans now know from this point on until May, the best way to spend your Saturday is on your couch watching college lacrosse. Weeks one and two have not disappointed, specifically last week where we saw the No.2 Maryland Terrapins lose to in-state rival Loyola, along with the No.3 Georgetown Hoyas falling to the […]
Concordia Irvine Wins Big: MCLA Lacrosse Week 3 Rankings
After an eventful Week 2 of MCLA lacrosse, the Varsity Club Lacrosse boys are breaking down their rankings for Week 3. These rankings are separate from what we see in the MCLA Coaches’ Poll. Division I 1. South Carolina Beat James Madison at home 11-5. Can’t move the number #1 team down until they lose, […]
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 […]
MCLA 2023 Season SLC D1 Preview
2023 SLC D1 Preseason Coaches Poll Concordia USC Grand Canyon Arizona State Arizona Chapman San Diego State UCLA Concordia Overall Record: 13-3 Conference Record: 7-0 Result of 2022 Season: First Round of Nationals Head Coach: Jesse Foss (5th Season) A heavy national championship favorite almost all year. Their only loss going into the SLC D1 […]