The first in-season Tailgate features IL's Terry Foy and Nick Ossello diving into the Denver Pioneers' comeback, buzzerbeater, overtime and upset win over Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. From there, they discuss Colgate's upset of No. 4 Penn State, then move to Richmond, where the Spiders fell to Maryland in double overtime. Up next, Foy and Ossello examine Loyola's dominant win over Georgetown that featured a 24-goal turnaround from 2023 to ’24. Finally, they look at Syracuse's impressive performance vs. Vermont and whip around the world of college lacrosse.

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It's the penultimate Tailgate of the regular season, IL's Terry Foy and Nick Ossello start by talking not about Notre Dame's win over Virginia, but North Carolina's win over Duke and what it means for the ACC Tournament and the future of Tar Heel lacrosse.



From there, they dive into the Merrimack situation, which started with a fight at last week's loss to UAlbany (which Nick was in attendance for), the Warriors' win over Bryant on Saturday, the resignation of coach Mike Morgan later in the day and then the Mack's qualifying for the America East Tournament to end the day.



While the Ivy League and Big Ten didn't pack a huge punch, the Patriot League and Atlantic 10 made up for it. Wrap up the weekend with Towson's winning the CAA and Siena and Manhattan making it to the MAAC Semifinals.

4/29 The Tailgate: It Doesn't Get Any Better

How did we get here so fast? 



As we leap into the last weekend of April, we need to mentally come to grips with the crazy fact that this will be the last game of the season for a large number of teams. Sadly, it will be the end of dreams and a reminder of the harsh reality of the finality of a lacrosse season. Time flies.



For others, this weekend is an opportunity to better position themselves for post-season glory. They get to continue to chase their goals and be together for another week.



That makes every game on the schedule MASSIVE this weekend. As always, D-Fly & Dixie are here to get you pumped up for marquee games, and we’ll talk to Georgetown’s All-American Graham Bundy ahead of the Hoyas regular-season finale against Villanova on Friday night.








MARQUEE MATCHUPS



Friday, April 26

No. 12 Army (10-2, 5-2 Patriot) at Loyola (7-6, 5-2), 7 p.m., CBS Sports Network

No. 15 Towson (10-3, 6-0 CAA) at No. 18 Delaware (8-3, 6-0), 7 p.m., FloSports

No. 11 Georgetown (9-3, 3-1 Big East) at Villanova (8-5, 2-2), 7 p.m. , FloSports



Saturday, April 27

No. 13 Princeton (8-4, 3-2 Ivy) at No. 9 Yale (11-2, 4-1), noon, ESPN+

No. 1 Notre Dame (9-1, 3-0 ACC) at No. 5 Virginia (10-3, 1-2), 2 p.m., ESPNU

No. 16 Saint Joseph’s (9-3, 4-0 Atlantic 10) at No. 14 Richmond (9-4, 4-0), 4 p.m., ESPN+



Give and Go

In this week’s car misery-inspired Give & Go, the guys discuss the Misery Index when it comes to life on the road.

4/26 D-Fly & Dixie Podcast with Georgetown’s Graham Bundy

Caleb and Kaplan return to set the table on conference races, Top 20 movement, and much more. This episode also features a great segment of statistical Players of the Week that will have you questioning what's possible in a single game. The lookahead highlights some key matchups, updates Bet of the Week, and has a few predictions baked in.




















4/25 DIII: Conference Races and Predictions

It's Rivalry Week, huge crowds are showing up and IL's Terry Foy and Nick Ossello are back to examine two huge games with contrasting identities.



First, to Syracuse, where Foy was in the building for the Orange's 18-17 win over Virginia in the latest entry for Game of the Year (a very crowded ballot). Then, to a Homewood Field that revised its attendance total to become the biggest crowd of the college lacrosse season so far, and where the Blue Jays completed a 7-5 win over their archenemy Terrapins to claim the Crab Trophy. Wrapping up the rivalry talk, they dive into Ohio State's frantic comeback that fell just short and set up a rematch vs., you guessed it — Michigan.



It wasn't all rivalry action, though, and they dive into Mike Gianforcaro's goalie goal, Loyola's win over Navy and what it sets up in the Patriot League, Jacksonville's big ASUN win over Air Force and Yale's win over UAlbany on Friday night that may or may not have laid out the blueprint for Merrimack to beat the Great Danes in Sunday's showcase game, which Ossello attended (after this podcast was recorded).  

4/22 The Tailgate: That One Time… In the Carrier Dome…

It’s Rivalry Week in the college lacrosse season as teams jockey for position in their respective conference tournaments. Expect big crowds, intense action and maximum effort. Are you ready?



D-Fly and Dixie are here to get you prepped for all of these big games on the schedule. As always we’ll get you primed for those games and more, and we’ll talk to Johns Hopkins’ Garrett Degnon ahead of the No.3-ranked Jays game against No. 5 Maryland.



In the interview with Degnon, they talk about his unusual recruitment and journey to being a two-time team captain, living up to the standards at Homewood, the 2024 Blue Jays, playing in the sport’s best rivalry, and much, much more. 



MARQUEE MATCHUPS

Friday, April 19

No. 10 Penn State (8-3, 2-2 B1G) at Rutgers (7-5, 1-3), 6 p.m., Big Ten Network

Loyola (6-6, 4-2 Patriot) at Navy (7-5, 4-2), 7 p.m., CBS Sports Network



Saturday, April 20

No. 18 Harvard (7-4, 1-3 Ivy) at No. 9 Cornell (7-4, 3-1), noon, ESPN+

Jacksonville (9-4, 6-1 ASUN) at Air Force (8-4, 7-0), 1 p.m., ESPN+

No. 4 Virginia (10-2, 1-1 ACC) at No. 6 Syracuse (10-4, 2-1), 2 p.m., ESPNU

No. 5 Maryland (8-3, 3-1 B1G) at No. 3 Johns Hopkins (9-3, 4-0), 4 p.m., ESPNU

No. 13 Penn (8-4, 4-1 Ivy) at No. 17 Princeton (7-4, 2-2), 5 p.m., ESPN+

Michigan (6-6, 1-3, B1G) at Ohio State (6-7, 1-3), 7 p.m., Big Ten Network



Give and Go

In this week’s Rivalry-inspired Give & Go, the guys discuss what makes for a great rivalry and classic rivalries outside the sports world.

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