Lax Factor Lacrosse Podcast

This weekend will see #3 Virginia host #1 Notre Dame in a game that could decide who get's the #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Big Ten Tournament kicks off with Ohio State vs Michigan and Rutgers vs Maryland. Conference tournament seeds will be completely locked up by the end of the day on Saturday and we can officially begin the postseason. Syracuse and North Carolina will each finish their season against Duke and Notre Dame respectively and a win will give them hope for an at large bid, a loss will end both of their seasons.

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One of the oldest and most respected rivalries in college lacrosse, Johns Hopkins visiting Maryland ended up being the best game of the weekend, as expected. Hopkins picked up the win, and is now looking to be the favorite to win the Big Ten tournament, but seeing how every team makes the cut, it could still get interesting.

North Carolina and Syracuse both badly needed wins to keep their hopes for an at large bid alive, and both lost as Notre Dame and Virginia handled their business against their ACC rivals in a weekend that saw Duke relax with a weekend off.

Cornell and Princeton both picked up victories to remain at the top of the Ivy League standings and there were huge games in almost every conference in terms of setting up the conference tournament seedings and so on.

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This week's preview show is going to start with some recaps from Sunday’s and Tuesday’s games. There was some Big Ten action on Sunday that we have to talk about as well as Georgetown beating up on Loyola last night. Once we get done with those three recaps we’ll dive into previews and will talk about all of the big games being played between Friday and Saturday this weekend.

As a die-hard Syracuse fan, I was on the edge of my seat as Michael Leo scored the game winner with 12 seconds left against North Carolina Saturday in a must-win for the Orange. I was pretty sure Duke was going to roll Virginia for the 105th time in a row, but UVA battled back and made Duke earn the W by the end. Cornell and Georgetown each won one-goal games, the Hoyas needed a Tucker Dordevic goal in OT to taste victory. I'll talk about these games and many more in this weekends college lacrosse weekend review.

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We're at the stage of the college lacrosse season where every game has huge conference tournament and NCAA tournament implications. While #3 Duke hosting #2 Virginia only plays into NCAA tournament seeding, as both of these teams have done enough to lock up their spots, it should still be a must watch game on Saturday.

The rest of the field has a lot more to play for than just seeding and bragging rights. Boston University's tilt against #20 Loyola is huge for both teams as Loyola is currently on the bubble, and Boston University could position themselves on the bubble if they can win out. Army hosting Cornell is the last non-conference matchup for both teams and represents each teams last chance at picking up a high RPI win. North Carolina just about "punches their ticket" for an at large bid if they can beat Syracuse on Saturday, and for the Orange, their only hope of staying a live and getting a potential at large bid will require a W on Saturday against the Heels.

Moral of the story, there are a lot of very important lacrosse games being played this weekend, but I'll dive a bit more into the games I'm featuring in this episode.

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Between Friday and Saturday we had some insane games including huge matchups and some OT thrillers.  We’ll start this college lacrosse weekend recaps show off talking about Saturday's matchup between #1 Duke and #2 Notre Dame, but as the show progresses we’ll also touch on #5 Maryland vs #17 Ohio State, #3 Virginia vs #9 North Carolina, #16 Michigan vs #12 Rutgers, Syracuse vs #15 Princeton, #6 Johns Hopkins vs #8 Penn State and many more.

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We have a bunch of incredible games popping off this weekend, starting with big time conference rivalry games on Friday with Michigan vs Rutgers, Virginia vs North Carolina, Navy vs Loyola and Maryland vs Ohio State. On Saturday the solid in-conference matchups continue. The big one of the weekend, #1 Duke vs #2 Notre Dame in South Bend. Penn State hosts Hopkins and many more.

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While I don't dive into Friday nights contest that saw Duke take down Virginia, I do go deep into Michigan's win over #2 Maryland as that to me was the story of the weekend. Penn had a big Ivy matchup against Yale and once again the cardiac Quakers needed to show up to pull out the W. Syracuse battled back to take the lead back from Notre Dame only to see the Irish go on a monster run and take the game by a margin. We'll talk about these three games and more in this weeks episode.

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We're going to start this weeks college lacrosse preview show with a quick review of the insane Seton Hill comeback that saw the Griffin's down by 4 goals with just over 1:37 left in the game and they scored 4 unanswered goals in around 30 seconds to force overtime, and scored the game winner in OT. For this weekends D1 lacrosse previews, we'll talk about #4 Duke hitting the road to take on #1 Virginia in a Friday night ACC battle. We'll also talk about Rutgers vs Johns Hopkins, Denver vs Georgetown, Yale vs Penn, Notre Dame vs Syracuse and many more.

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The first weekend of high school lacrosse in Section IV is upon us and we saw Johnson City take on Saratoga Springs in a non-conference matchup while Maine-Endwell hosted Horseheads and Notre Dame took on Oneonta.

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