Lax Factor Lacrosse Podcast

What we learned in the D1 NCAA Lacrosse Quarterfinal Round is that Maryland is really, really good at lacrosse. The Terps dismantled Virginia while dominating all facets of the game. It's going to be tough for Princeton next weekend, and if the Terps are able to get past the semi-final round, it will be tough in the finals for whoever has to face them as well.

Cornell was able to play almost four full quarters this weekend in dropping Delaware. Ierlan was a monster in cage for the Big Red, and they won the game.

Rutgers squeaked past Penn in the same way. They got a big day out of Kirst in cage, and they won their game by the same margin.

Princeton, didn't have as much trouble with Yale, had to do just a bit of looking over their shoulder, and as was the case in the Cornell and Rutgers wins, Princeton owed a big part of their win to their keeper, Peters.

Every team that won this weekend had a goalie that played a big game.

We'll also talk a bit about the D2 and D3 semi-final rounds, I'll make picks for this upcoming weekend and we're off to the races. It's going to be an awesome Memorial Day for us all.

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We had a great day of DIII lacrosse action as the NCAA Lacrosse Quarterfinals were played on Saturday in the heat.

Union needed back to back goals with under a minute to play to defeat Gettysburg by a score of 14-13... ***NOTE, I THOUGHT FOR SOME REASON THIS GAME WENT INTO OT, IT DIDN'T, but it was still a hell of a game and I'm just an idiot****. 

York and Christopher Newport actually did need an OT period to decide the outcome of their contest. York goalie Jack Michael came up with a couple of huge saves in that overtime period to help keep York alive and allow his offense a chance to win in sudden death, which they did.

RIT beat up on Bowdoin pretty easily. It was close after the first quarter, but RIT rolled from there and went on to win 20-14, but it wasn't as close as even that score would indicate as RIT at one point held an 18-6 lead prior to emptying the bench.

Tufts and Salisbury, this had the chance to be the best game of the weekend, but Tufts ended up dropping the Seagulls by a score of 17-10. Salisbury was able to get to within 11-9 at one point prior to Tufts putting them away.

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Going live today to discuss Sunday's NCAA Lacrosse Tournament games where we saw Georgetown get dropped by Delaware, Rutgers took down Harvard, Cornell took out Ohio State and Maryland waxed Vermont.  PLUS, special bonus, I'm trying to get over 10,000 subscribers today as we're just 5 away, so help a brother out.

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NCAA Tournament Day 1, Princeton, Penn, Yale Win, Virginia Prevents Ivy Sweep (LaxFactor Podcast #208)

The first day of the NCAA Lacrosse Tournament kicked off on Saturday with four games being played through the day and I sat down and watched every minute of every game.

Princeton took the first contest of the day over Boston University. Erik Peters stopped 15 of the 20 shots he faced on the day, Chris Brown put up 5 assists and Princeton rolled to victory.

Richmond scared the hell out of Penn forcing Penn to tie the game late to force overtime. Penn would win the first possession of OT and score the game winner, a beautifully drawn up play executed to perfection, Ben Smith scores said game winner, and the Ivies are now 2-0 on the day.

St. Joe's put up a great showing against Yale. Levi Anderson a guy I've slept on all season put up 3 goals in the loss and St. Joe's had a 9-6 lead at one point in this game before Yale took the wheel and squeaked out a 2 goal victory. Matt Brandau and Leo Johnson each put up 4 goals and 2 helpers while Chris Lyons went 3 & 3 in the Yale win.

The last game of the day, Virginia at Brown gave the Ivy League a chance to sweep the day and go 4-0.  But Virginia and Connor Shellenberger had other plans.  Shelly went for 4 goals and 4 assists on the day, Cormier chipped in 5 goals, and UVA used a second half surge to drop Bruno 17-10.

I'll also briefly touch on some Division III scores towards the end of this show. RIT spanked Albion 22-6. Union continued their great run dropping John Carroll 14-7. Salisbury got past Stockton by 9 goals, Tufts murdered Norwich  33-10, St. Lawrence just got past Cortland 15-14, Gettysburg over Roanoke 14-8, Lynchburg got beat by Western New England, Wesleyan took down RPI, York over Denison and so on.

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It's NCAA Lacrosse Tournament time so I may be late, but still wanted to log my picks for this weekends first round. I'll discuss every game in this first round of the tournament including...

Vermont @ #1 Maryland

I won't write anything else about it. Watch the video, get my picks and then tell me how smart or dumb I am come Sunday night.

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Maryland proved they are absolute monsters with their statement win over Rutgers on Saturday in the Big Ten Championship. Logan Wisnauskas and company are good all over the field and Maryland locked up the #1 seed without question.

The Ivy has been insane all season long. That chaos was on full display in Yale's OT win over Harvard. Thomas Bragg scorched one in OT, yet another man-up goal for Bragg to win the game for Yale.

Loyola also needed OT to win their regular season finale. It was Kevin Lindley scoring a man up goal on a dish from Aiden Olmstead to secure the sudden death for Lehigh and give Loyola a much needed win. Loyola is back to 500 heading into the Patriot League Tournament.

Army and Boston University both put their 10-3 records on the line, and it was the Black Knights that picked up the win, improved to 11-3 on the season and is now well positioned for the Patriot tournament. Army has a solid shot at winning the tournament the way they've played, but even if they don't, an at large should probably be in their future.

We'll talk about those games and much more in this weeks LaxFactor Lacrosse Podcast.

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Army hosted Navy in the annual Army/Navy lacrosse game on Saturday and it was Lax Twitter's favorite, Xavier Arline that helped quarterback Navy to a win over Army. He finished the game with 2 goals and 2 assists, and Jack Sweeney scored a man up goal in OT and Navy wins the ballgame.

Penn State gave Rutgers all the Scarlet Knights could handle and in the process scared the crap out of poor Rutgers. Rutgers needed a Ross Scott goal with just 8 seconds in regulation to force overtime, and it was Scott again in OT to give Rutgers the win.

The Patriot League insanity continued with Boston University clinching their first ever regular season Patriot League title with a last second win over host Lehigh. Tim Ley scored the game winner in dramatic fashion, a left handed back-handed bouncer from the low crease.

Loyola needed overtime to beat Colgate, the winner a feed from Aiden Olmstead down to Evan James who used some soft hands to put the ball in the back of the net for the Greyhound win.

We'll also talk about Brown taking it to Cornell, Princeton losing to Harvard, Maryland waxed Johns Hopkins, Syracuse lost to Virginia, Notre Dame beat North Carolina earlier in the week and we'll talk about a lot more.

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Syracuse gave all they had to try and fight their way back into their contest against North Carolina on Saturday, but the comeback bid came up short. After taking a 1-goal lead with just over 2-minutes to play, the Syracuse defense gave up 2 goals in the final minutes to allow UNC to pick up the victory in regulation, mathematically ending Syracuse's season. Chris Gray had 5 goals and an assist in the win, and second year goalie Colin Krieg made 18 saves in the win for UNC.

Ohio State gave Maryland a really tough time through 3 quarters, but Maryland continued to attack the OSU defense through the 4th and used that aggressive style of offense to outscore OSU 7-1 over the final 15 minutes giving Maryland the easy win. Logan Wisnauskas put up 5 goals and 2 helpers on the day for the Terps.

Lehigh got dropped by Colgate in overtime, an unexpected loss that ruined their perfect Patriot League record. Rutgers needed every save they could get out of Colin Kirst as his 15 saves against Michigan were enough to hold off the Michigan rally.

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It was heartbreak for the Syracuse faithful  on Thursday night as the Orange took on UAlbany on the road and came away with a loss. Albany played incredible defense forcing Syracuse into 21 turnovers and Will Ramos made 15 saves for the Danes in victory. Graydon Hogg put up 4 goals off just 8 shots and freshman Thomas Decker contributed 3 goals and a helper.

In some D3 lacrosse action, RIT held off undefeated Union for a one-goal win at home on Saturday. The Tigers man-up unit went 3 of 5 on the day and Marley Angus had himself a day scoring 4 goals and contributing 2 assists in the conference win.

The Virginia Cavaliers rode a slow but steady offensive wave to victory over visiting North Carolina. Petey LaSalla did end up playing after being injured last weekend and won 10 of 18 of his draws. Payton Cormier scored 4 goals and had an assist and Case Saustad and Grayson Sallade each forced two turnovers in a brilliant defensive effort by UVA. Matthew Nunes, the rookie keeper made 13 stops against 17 shots.

Jacksonville was able to top Richmond in a SoCon matchup thanks to great defense and timely saves. Yale floored Dartmouth and scored 20+ for the second week in a row.  Notre Dame saved their season by outlasting Duke and much, much more.

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