North Carolina put the big hurt on Syracuse in the Carrier Dome on Saturday beating the Orange 21-9. It's the first time in Syracuse's history they have lost by 7 or more goals 3 times at home. Terrible outing for Syracuse and things aren't looking good heading into...
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Duke Drops Virginia In Overtime In Another Instant ACC Lacrosse Classic (LaxFactor Podcast #153)
Virginia gave Duke everything they could handle in another instant classic within ACC lacrosse play. The game went back and forth all game long seeing both teams hold leads of 2 goals or more, only to see the other team battle back right through into overtime. Joe...
Maryland Terps Are The New #1, Petey LaSalla My Favorite Faceoff Guy (LaxFactor Podcast #152)
Maryland gets the top spot in Inside Lacrosse's new media poll and I'll talk about why I think that Notre Dame probably deserves it. I will go through and outline my own top 10 as I also think they have Virginia and Duke reversed and I think Denver and Rutgers are...
Notre Dame Upsets Duke, Virginia Drops UNC, Drexel Over Delaware & More (LaxFactor Podcast #151)
Notre Dame's defense came to play on Saturday handing #1 Duke their first loss of the season and upending the power structure of the ACC. Michael Sowers was held to a single goal and Notre Dame got production from their midfield in the huge ACC win. Virginia got...
College Lacrosse Previews, Duke @ Notre Dame, UVA @ UNC, Army @ Loyola & More (LaxFactor #150)
The biggest matchup of the weekend will see Duke hitting the road to take on Notre Dame in yet another top 10 matchup of ACC lacrosse teams. Duke is coming in as the favorite and the #1 team in the land, but Notre Dame is feeling really confident after beating up...
Notre Dame Drops Syracuse, Bernhardt Sets Goal Record For Maryland & More (LaxFactor Podcast #149)
Notre Dame rode their face-off duo to the promise land in the Carrier Dome taking down the Orange 18-11 while winning 23 of 32 draws on the day. Charles Leonard won 8 of 10 and Kyle Gallagher won 15 of 22 for the Irish. Pat Kavanagh peeled the Orange for 4 goals and 5...
North Carolina vs Duke Lacrosse Preview, Maryland & Penn State Won Sunday (LaxFactor Podcast #148)
Biggest game of the season see's #2 North Carolina travel to Durham to take on #1 Duke in an ACC lacrosse matchup on Thursday. It's Michael Sowers of Duke vs Chris Gray of UNC doing battle for the first time since each player transferred to their new ACC schools. Gray...
Virginia Tops Notre Dame, TD Ierlan’s Perfect Return For Denver & More (LaxFactor Podcast #147)
Virginia and Notre Dame played another classic ACC lacrosse game on Saturday and we saw UVA pull out the 12-11 win thanks to Dox Aitken's game winner with 3:24 left in the fourth quarter. Aitken was good for 2 goals and 2 assists. Payton Cormier put up another 5 goal...
Syracuse vs Duke Lacrosse Preview 2021, Huge ACC Lacrosse Matchup (LaxFactor Podcast #146)
The #4 ranked Syracuse mens lacrosse squad travels to Durham, North Carolina to face the #2 ranked Duke on Thursday in a huge ACC lacrosse showdown. It will pit Michael Sowers and company against the highly reguarded Syracuse midfield unit of Tucker Dordevic, Jamie...
Lacrosse Film Review: Face-Dodge Underneath A Defender From the Wing Area (Lacrosse Dodging Tips)
In this lacrosse film review, we're going to demonstrate how to effectively face-dodge your defender from the "wing" area of the field. The idea is that if you see a defender making a "quick approach", meaning, he's being forced to approach you quickly due to either...
Syracuse Over Holy Cross, Virginia Tops Bobby Mo, Rutgers & Maryland Win (LaxFactor Podcast #145)
Chase Scanlan's 7 goals helped Syracuse defeat Holy Cross in the Carrier Dome on Saturday. Teammate Owen Hiltz put up 1 goal and 5 assists in the win. Syracuse used their ride to limit their opponents possessions and the Orange defense was stingy only giving up 11...
Denver Exposes Georgetown, Tewaaraton Watch, Chris Gray, Mike Sowers & More (LaxFactor Podcast #144)
Denver exposed Georgetown's lack of defensive depth on Tuesday in a Big East Lacrosse matchup that pitted the countries most formidable defense (Georgetown) against one of the most battled tested teams in the country in terms of strength of schedule and overall...