IL's Dan Kaplan continues the series of "How Recruiting Works" with a DIII twist. 

He welcomes Dickinson coach Dave Webster and Amherst coach Sean Woods to answer a bevy of recruiting-related questions. While a lot of the blueprint for most of DIII is pretty similar, the subtle manipulations by staff and program make all the difference.

In addition to valuable knowledge about the process, this episode also has packed in plenty of advice about how recruits should carry themselves as a means of showing off the tangibles and intangibles that it takes to go from a prospect to a committed player.

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?"

In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, concluding this year's series with Delaware coach Ben DeLuca.

The Blue Hens sit at the intersection of several aspects of college athletics — geographically (north/south), academically (most selective/most prestigious), competitively (perennial tournament contender/perennial title contender) and, most pertinently as they transition from FCS to FBS football, high-major vs. low-major. It all manifests in how DeLuca builds out Delaware's roster, and he discusses how that informs his evaluation and recruiting strategies.

More than 200 players in the Class of 2026 have announced their commitment, including more than 100 since IL's Dan Kaplan and Terry Foy last recorded. In light of that, the Top 10 Class Rankings have started to take form, most notably Duke's No. 2 group, which rocketed up the charts with four huge commitments on Sept. 16. After unpacking what the Blue Devils did (including an analysis of the video Mitchell Pehlke did with Bennett Matthews), Kaplan and Foy worth through how the groups have come together for Notre Dame, Virginia, Harvard, Syracuse, Carolina, Princeton, Maryland, Georgetown, Michigan, Ohio State and Dartmouth.

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?"

In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Saint Joseph's coach Taylor Wray.

Entering his 14th season at the Hawks' helm, Wray describes how his path from Edmonton to Duke informs how he evaluates and recruits, and explains how St. Joe's has incrementally increased its investment in men's lacrosse since he arrived, culminating in receiving its full scholarship allotment six years ago (and how that has corresponded with the program's cresting).

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?"

In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Sacred Heart coach Jon Basti.

Coming off a MAAC Championship and an NCAA Tournament appearance, Basti discusses the sweetest sandwich he's had recently before venturing into how assistant coach Chris Doctor has helped him slow the Pioneers' process down, how they try to find athletes that want to be at their institution and how they define the program's identity.

The Archers have successfully defended their crown, so Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown are back for a final time this season to discuss how they got the job done, put Brett Dobson's repeat Championship MVP honors in perspective, describe how impressive their offensive depth really is and double down on why defense wins championships.

After a thorough game recap, Rosie and Kevin discuss way too early 2025 challengers to Utah's 3-peat bid, who could be on the move this offseason and more.

Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown bring on PLL stats analyst Joe Keegan to preview the 2024 title game matchup between the fourth-seeded Maryland Whipsnakes against the second-seeded Utah Archers (0:00-40:58).

Then, Rosie and Kevin travel  to Philadelphia for the PLL Championship Media Day and interview Archers captain Ryan Ambler (40:59-48:16), coach Chris Bates (48:16-1:01:02), goalie Brett Dobson (1:01:03-1:04:29), Whipsnakes coach Jim Stagnitta (1:04:29-1:23:22), Maryland midfielder Colin Heacock (1:23:23-1:28:21), captain Matt Dunn (1:28:23-1:35:03) and LSM Colin Squires (1:35:08-1:39:25).

What up Prep Nation! IL's Dan Kaplan and Terry Foy are back for the first time in more than a month to discuss the process behind ranking the Class of 2026 and assigning the 5-, 4- and 3-Star recruits, then discuss the early movers in the first 11 days since Sept. 1, notably North Carolina, Duke, Harvard, Notre Dame, Maryland, Penn State and Syracuse.

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?"

In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Denver coach Matt Brown.

Now in his second fall since taking over for Bill Tierney, Brown relates his experience of getting recruited to Denver, how the program built a roster based on three Cs — Colorado, Canada and California — how he evaluates box players' projection to field lacrosse and wonders what recruiting will be like as the game expands farther internationally.

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?"

In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Bryant coach Brad Ross.

As one of the youngest coaches to be featured in this podcast series and entering his third season as the Bulldogs' head coach, the conversation examines what Ross learned about recruiting at each stop: as a player at Duke, as an assistant at Brown, Bryant, Ohio State and Navy and how he has aggregated all of that into his approach as the head man in Smithfield.