In the wake of Sunday's NCAA Tournament Selection Show, IL's Terry Foy talks to Committee chair and Rutgers Deputy AD Matthew Colagiovanni about decisions like Penn (the first team out) vs. Penn State (the last team in), seeding Hopkins over Syracuse and Virginia over Maryland and more. He then talks to Sacred Heart head coach Jon Basti, whose Pioneers won the MAAC for the first time, plus Towson coach Shawn Nadelen, Syracuse coach Gary Gait and Denver coach Matt Brown ..read more

May Madness is upon us. We’re down to the conference semifinals, and it’s down to each league’s four best squads. So many critical games, and since conference tournament semifinals begin on Thursday, we’re putting this out a day early. Let’s get it! As we normally do, we’ll go chronologically through the schedule, conference by conference. THURSDAY’s Conference Tournament Games Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Semifinals at Manhattan – Riverdale, N.Y.No. 5 Siena (8-7, 5-4) vs. No. 1 Sacred Heart (11-4, 9-0), 3 p.m., ESPN+ No. 3 Manhattan (7-8, 6-3) vs. No. 2 LIU (10-3, 7-2), 6:30 p ..read more

The start of May brings  a new episode of the DIII Lax Pod and plenty of conference clashing. Kap and Caleb linked up to recap some heavy-hitting games, do a little NCAA Tournament field selection explainer, have a loaded batch of statistical players of the week and close things out with a handful of conference champion predictions. Consistent listeners should be prepared for Big Dog to bask in the glory of his correct Hamilton over Tufts prediction and get ready for this week’s version ..read more

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 Murphy later in the day and then the Mack's qualifying for the America East Tournament to end the day. While the Ivy Leagu ..read more

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 her ..read more

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 ..read more

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 co ..read more

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 ..read more

IL's Terry Foy and Nick Ossello unpack a pair of incredible finishes — Siena's four-goal run in the last minute to beat Manhattan and Lafayette's buzzer-beater to top Boston U — plus Jordan Faison's caused turnover that led to the Notre Dame's eventual game-winning goal. From there, they bring on former Brown star Larken Kemp to discuss the Bears' win over Princeton. Kemp shares his thoughts on what it must be like for Virginia coach Lars Tiffany to have their regular season losing streak to Duke extend to 19, and they wrap by talking about Army's win over Navy and Denver's big Big East win o ..read more

Caleb has returned from his bachelor party to reclaim his role as the co-host of IL’s DIII Podcast. The fellas have Wesleyan coach John Raba on the show to talk all things Wesleyan lacrosse. The three of them hit everything from fatherly life advice to what NOT to do when you are on your visit as a prospective Wesleyan student athlete. Among the many things that the trio dives in on, is what, if any, similarities exist between this 2024 team and the group that conquered DIII in 2018 ..read more