In our final college lacrosse weekend preview episode of the year, we're going to talk the NCAA College Lacrosse Final 4 matchups with Penn State taking on Duke, and Notre Dame taking on Virginia. This will be the third time UVA and ND have faced each other this season with Virginia taking both regular season matchups. Penn State and Duke have not played yet, but they match up well so long as Penn State can keep Brennan O'Neill from carving them up. All American goaltender Jack Fracyon may be able to help the Nittany Lions defense with that. We'll also talk about the DII and DIII matchups betw ..read more

What a weekend of high quality college lacrosse. We had some close games, no absolute blowouts and the stage is set for Memorial Day Weekend which for lacrosse fans has become one of the most holy holiday weekends of the year. We’re going to talk about Virginia’s win over Georgetown, Duke’s win over Michigan, Penn State’s win over Army as well as Notre Dame’s win over Johns Hopkins. But we’ll also dive into the DII and DIII semifinal games played this weekend that saw Mercyhurst upset Lemoyne and Lenoir-Rhyne take out Limestone. In DIII action I watched Tufts take down RIT and Salisbury defeat ..read more

OK, today I’ll talk about the D1 NCAA Lacrosse Tournament as well as about games for the D2 and D3 tournaments. Every game this weekend at the Division I level have promise, but I think the Georgetown vs Virginia and Army vs Penn State matchups could be crazy. Duke has shown they are susceptible to getting upset, they did lose to Jacksonville early this season after all. Notre Dame and Hopkins rarely faceoff against each other, so no matter what the outcome of that game it will be fun to watch. I don’t hate Hopkins chances at screwing up Notre Dame’s fun. We’ll also talk about all of the D2 an ..read more

Duke and Notre Dame were left out of the NCAA Lacrosse Tournament a season ago and now that they've locked up the #1 and #2 seeds respectively, they will be seeking revenge for last years snub. I’m going to rip through and discuss this upcoming weekend's NCAA tournament games in order of how worthy I think they’ll be of watching if you want a solid shot at seeing a decent lacrosse game. Princeton vs Penn State promises to be a really incredible game and I think that Yale vs Georgetown won't be too far behind it. But can Army upset Maryland and maybe Michigan pull an upset over Cornell? Read th ..read more

I missed Wednesday/Thursday’s show because I’m a pansy and I was sick, but I watched a ton of lacrosse over the last 5 days and I can say that I don’t recall a conference tournament season as odd as this one. The A10 Semifinals saw Saint Joseph’s (the 1-seed) get humbled in a loss. The America East Semifinals saw Vermont (the 1-seed) get bounced. The Big Ten Tournament Semifinals, the top two seeds got bounced. Michigan took down Penn State and Maryland toppled Hopkins. The Ivy League Semifinals, same crap, the top two seeds, Cornell and Penn, both lost. If you were a team on the bubble, these ..read more

We had lots of action this weekend with the bulk of the games being played factoring in NCAA or conference tournament seeding. We’ll talk about a bunch of said games including a couple of overtime finishes between Princeton and Cornell as well as Denver and Marquette. Syracuse’s postseason hopes were on the line in an ACC road game against Duke. Yale and Harvard played a win and you're in game, and Boston University took on Army to decide who would get the one-seed in the Patriot League tournament. The Big Ten tournament kicked off with Michigan taking on Ohio State and Maryland hosting Rutger ..read more

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. View the blog post... https://www.laxfactor.com/2023/04/notre-d ..read more

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 ..read more

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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laxfactor/support ..read more