On today’s episode of the Lax Lounge we have quite the show in store as we talk with one of our earliest super fans Dillon McManus. Dillon touches on growing up in the lacrosse hotbed of Long Island, how his transition to Cabrini was coming from Bates College, the gourmet dining hall experience he had while in Maine, and how he was able to adjust to Cabrini both on and off the field. From there we ask him about how he feels being recently named Atlantic East Conference Player of the Year, and the difference he’s seen from last year to this year playing in the blue and white. We end with a draft of the best movies of all time where Dillon quickly shows us just how big of a movie fan he is. Before all of this and throughout the show we have our apartment neighbors Matt Dorian and Sam Di Trolio crash the podcast where Nick and I do a fast five segment that turns into a 40 minute conversation about everything from the Kardashians to horse sized geese. When I say this is a classic look into the conversation that 5 college lacrosse players have, strap in because the entertainment factor is through the roof. As always make sure to subscribe, vote on the poll for who won the draft, and follow us on instagram @thelaxlounge

Intro 0:00-1:25

Dillon joins the guys in the lounge along with a couple extra visitors, we do the slowest fast 5 questions with Matt Dorian and Sam DiTrolio, debates spark over Taylor Ham v Pork Roll (and scrapple?), Dill talks about his senior dinner with Coach Colfer, Dorrian shares his passion for chasing the Cabrini geese as the guys imagine what a horse sized goose would look like, flashing back to 2020 and thinking about what we would say to ourselves with our knowledge today, we talk about food challenges and Ty Carrol’s infamous hot wing challenge on our spring break trip last year, most important invention in history, and what our meal of choice would be between stale bread and cabbage soup in the Great Depression 1:25-1:00.18

Dorrian gets the guys talking about Ryan Reynolds and takes on him as an actor, Dillon talks about how he became a Devils fan and how he feels as we watch game 5 against the Hurricane’s, his experience growing up on the hot bed of Long Island, almost putting the Lax Lounge curse on Dillon getting player of the year, Dillon’s transition from Bates to Cabrini and adjusting to not eating in a top 10 dining hall, highlights of his first season at Cabrini including his press conference during the NCAA tournament, and a quick tangent about Fridge being the Cabrini Dean of Students according to Chat GPT 1:00.18-1:30.25

Dillon talks about the difference going from relatively unknown to the main guy at Cabrini, his reaction to being AEC Player of the Year (and freshman phenom Connor Herraiz getting honorable mention all-American!), DiTro talks a bit about his freshman year and what is was like getting meaningful playing time (with Dillon witnessing the Devils season come to an end in OT), The guys get behind the scenes intel into the AEC end of season award selection 1:30.25-1:46.58

Previewing our weekend trip to Boston for the NCAA tournament and a draft of the best movies of all time (featuring a bonus Chicken review) 1:46.58-2:20.20