Most of the Ivy League games this week are covered in the other conference matchup posts.

Yale V Fairfield is the only one that is not.

Yale should win this one handily.

University of North Carolina V Brown:

UNC has the one two punch in the game with Petramala and Duffy. Also the team is a whose who of LAX greats kids. Thing is, all those kids are really good at the game.

Prediction: UNC wins

University of Virginia V Towson.

UVA has been in rebuilding mode for three years and Towson is located in “The State of Lacrosse”. SO both teams have plenty of almosts.

Prediction UVA wins.

Duke V Air Force

As is the tradition, Duke is 6 games into the season and has yet to play a remotely competitive team.

Prediction: Duke Wins

Maryland V Delaware:

Maryland is 1 and 3 and their season is in crises. Maryland cannot lose another game this year this year if they hope to have a post season.

Prediction: Maryland Wins

Michigan V Harvard:

Harvard, like many Ivy League schools, is looking really good this year.

Prediction: Harvard Wins

Rutgers V Princeton:

This is the battle for New Jersey, Unfortunately for Rutgers Princeton is an absolute War Wagon this year.

Prediction: Princeton Wins

Ohio State V Notre Dame:

OSU has invested so much into LAX, unfortunately they have always been the bridesmaid, and never the bride. This year looks no different.

Prediction: Notre Dame Wins

Johns Hopkins V Syracuse:

These two teams are 1 and 2 for the most national title wins in history. So this is a battle of THE two blueblood teams.

Prediction: JHU Wins

Penn State V Cornell:

The battle of the Dark Horse teams. Both teams are so hard to figure out.

Prediction: PSU wins.

The Ivy League season begins this weekend.

Harvard V Providence: This is hard game to call as both teams have ups and downs and are perennial bubble teams.

Prediction: Harvard Wins

Yale V WestPoint: Army is a tough opponent for anyone as is Yale.

Prediction: Yale Wins

Pennsylvania V Georgetown: Georgetown is a presiding top five this year.

Prediction: Georgetown wins

Brown V Fairfield: Brown has been a bottom feeder for too long.

Prediction: I have not idea

Cornell V UAlbany. There a two teams in New York that every New York team wants to beat. Cornell and Syracuse.

Prediction: Cornell Wins

Dartmouth V Boston University: BU has a top tier Goalie and Dartmouth is historically a mess.

Perdition: BU wins

Here are the ACC matchups for this weekend.

UNC v high Point: This is the first game of a weekend double-header for UNC. Last week both of UNC’s big time attackman were non factors. If that is the case this weekend UNC is in trouble this.

Prediction: UNC wins

Virginia V Richmond: Richmond is a wonder to behold. the program is only ten years old and they are a great team.

Prediction: Richmond Wins

Notre Dame v Marquette: Notre Dame begins its season with a body bag game.

Prediction: Notre Dame Wins

UNC V Iona: This is the second game of the weekend double-header for UNC and like the first it is a body bag game.

Prediction; UNC Wins

Duke V Vermont: Vermont is historically and almost was and they face one of the blue bloods this weekend.

Prediction: Duke Wins

Maryland V Syracuse: Number 1 and Number to square off. This should be the best game of the year until playoffs.

Prediction: Maryland Wins

Result: Syracuse wins

Michigan V Lehigh: this is a tough game to call. Michigan is a big question mark this year and Lehigh is one of those teams that is scrappy every year.

Perdition: Lehigh Wins

Penn State V Princeton: Princeton is a preseason top five team and PSU has been a mess this year.

Prediction: Princeton Wins

Johns Hopkins V Loyola: Every team in Mayland wants to beat two teams, Hopkins and Maryland. Unfortunately for Loyola they just don’t have the fire power this year.

Predition: Hopkins wins

Ohio State V Airforce: The military academies have one hand tied behind their back when it comes to sports, EXCEPT lacrosse. Lacrosse does not have the financial opportunities post graduation that other sports do and the lacrosse physique is beneficial to military life. Hence why Army has the success it does.

Predition: Ohio State Wins

Man, this Friday is a big time Match. Number 1 Maryland V Number 2 Syracuse playing in the dome at Syracuse.

It is wild that we get this big of a game this early in the season.

John Tillman (Head Coach Maryland) is the gold standard for Coaching in Lacrosse and is the master at building super teams. The 2022 Squad is one of the greatest of all time. Will his 2026 team be on that level?

If so, that will be tested this Friday Night.

Gary Gait (Head Coach Syracuse) is listed as the greatest midfielder to ever play the game. What he did as a player was unreal. He once scored a goal from behind the net!.. by jumping over top of it…. His primary attack-man is Joey Spallina who is on the verge of breaking all of Gait’s records. The Syracuse squad is hungry for a nation title and ..

the quest for that will be tested this Friday Night.

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Weather permitting for season finally begins for most conferences, including the toughest conference in D1, the Big Ten. The Big Ten matchups this week are:

Penn State University v Villanova. Nova is he cornerstone of the Big East conference and this is the battle for PA. This should be a fun game.

PSU wins

UPDATE: Villanova Won.

Rutgers v Army. Rutgers is the bottom feeder of the Big Ten and Army has graduated a ton of talent. This one is a hard game to call.

Army Wins

update: Army Won

Johns Hopkins V Georgetown: This is the best game of the weekend. Georgetown is planning to make a championship run and it is time for JHU to turn the corner under Peter Milliman. LAX and Doctors are the two things Hopkins does.

Georgetown Wins

Update Game Postponed

Ohio State V Cleveland St: This is a bodybag game.

OSU wins

Update: OSU Won

University of Maryland V Loyola University. For every team in Maryland (The state of Lacrosse) when they play the Terps it is the Super Bowl. Loyola will be hungry but they are facing the Tillman Machine.

Terps Win

Update: Terps Win

Michigan v Marquette: Michigan is the perineal dark horse of the big ten as is Marquette of The Big East.

Michigan Wins

Update: Michigan Won

This week weather permitting the season finally starts for most conferences. The ACC matches this week are:

• Duke v Utah: Utah is the western most Men’s LAX program in the country so the cards are stacked against them. This week they play one of the blue bloods of the sport.

Duke Wins

Update: Duke Won

• UNC v Jacksonville: UNC has a top tier FOGO and a dynamic duo on attack.

UNC Wins

Update: UNC Won

• Syracuse V St Joseph; This is the epitome of a body bag game.

Cuse wins Update: Cuse Won

• Virginia v Colgate: UVA has been on a decline for a while now and it is time for Lars Tiffany to turn things around.

UVA Wins

Update: UVA Won

Preseason polls are what they are. Fortunately for lacrosse what a team does in the season is all that matters.

So since this place seems like my personal instance/community I will keep posting.

Per Insider Lacrosse here is the D1 Top Ten:

1. Maryland
2. Princeton
3. Syracuse
4. Cornell
5. Georgetown
6. North Carolina
7. Penn State
8. Notre Dame
9. Richmond
10. Ohio State

This season is starting off right. This Saturday UMD and Richmond will open the season against each other. Also the Terps as usual have a brutal schedule in there first four games three of the teams are in the top ten and the fourth team is a bitter in-state rival.

I am lucky enough to live in The State of Lacrosse and it am a huge Terps fan. This is going to be a fun season.

This will get you ready for the upcoming season!

Who you got for this week’s Big East Match Ups.

Georgetown v Loyola: This will be a rough outing for both teams. Both teams have great coaches and are in fertile recruiting grounds.

Loyola Wins

UPDATE: Game Postponed

Providence V Holy Cross: Providence makes noise every now and then and I think the Friars will win this one.

Providence Wins

UPDATE: Providence wins

Denver V Cleveland St. This is a body bag game through and through. The Pios will win this one easily.

Denver Wins

UPDATE: Denver wins

Who you got for this week’s ACC games.

The only ACC game this weekend is Duke v Bellarmine. John Danowski is a living legend and clearly believes in the idea that the game teaches best. Therefore Duke always seems to play a lot of games.

Duke Wins.

What are your picks for this weekend’s Big Ten Games:

• Michigan v Mercyhurst: this is a total bodybag game, but Michigan graduated a lot of talent last year.

Michigan wins.

UPDATE: Michigan win

• Rutgers v Jacksonville: Two seasons ago, Jacksonville was everyone’s favorite underdog. It will be curious to see what they are all about this year.

I am picking the Upset

Jacksonville Wins

UPDATE: Rutgers win

• Maryland v Richmond. The Terps are the preseason #1 this year, and Richmond was a tough outing for anyone who played them last year. The national title winner barely four past Richmond last year. I don’t know a lot about the Spiders this year.

Maryland Wins

UPDATE: Game Postponed

• Hopkins v Robert Morris: Robert Morris pops up in the NCAA every once in a while and they are right outside Pittsburgh so they have a talent pool.

Hopkins wins.

Joey Spallina will be wearing the famous 22 Jersey for Syracuse.

The best attackmen in history is Mikey Powell and he wore the #22.

The best midfielder in history is Gary Gait and he wore the #22.

Spallina wore it last year and is clearly able to handle the pressure of wearing that number at Cuse.

In the 90s Andrew Wipple started the tradition of UMD’s most dangerous attack player wearing the #1 Jersey. That tradition has evolved to the #1 being worn by the teams most valuable player. There have been nine players who have worn the #1 since Wipple and the last three have been two defenders and a goalie.

This year it will be worn by attackman Eric Spanos. He had 55 goals last year.

Two great players are now coaches at their Alma Maters:

Irelan is now an assistant coach at Hopkins.

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/hopkins-promotes-ierlan-kelly-joins-stanford-air-force-adds-mcguire-richmond-adds-whipple/65745

Shelly is now an assistant coach at UVA: https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/all-time-cavalier-shellenberger-returns-to-virginia-as-assistant-marquette-villanova-hire-alums/65636

Ierlan played most of his career at Cornell before transfering to Hopkins so I did not see him play during most of his career. I am more familiar with his brother the face off expert.

I did see a lot of Shellenberger at UVA. He was an amazing D1 player and I salute him. He grew up in Charlottesville, was one of the best players UVA had and is now a star in the PLL.

He will be a great coach. I am sure both will be. The question is how will they do as recruiters. That is the bread and butter of any college program.

It is going to be an interesting weekend. This is the last weekend off the regular season before the playoffs and all teams have something to play for. Though not all teams control their own destiny.

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The Boston Cannons can clinch a playoff berth with a win in either of their two games.

Even if the Cannons loss they may still get in with a Waterdogs loss to the Atlas and the score differential tiebreaker over Philly.

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The Chaos clinched their spot in the playoffs last week by upsetting the Denver Outlaws at home.

The Archers must beat the Chaos on Friday night and the Archers need California to lose to Boston on Friday and to overturn the nine-point score differential tiebreak margin to the Woods in the process.

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New York can clinch the No. 1 seed with any one of three things: A win against the Philadelphia Waterdogs, a Cannons loss in one of their two games, or a score differential tiebreaker over Boston. The Atlas currently have a +16 score differential relative to the Cannons’ -3 differential, so they’re in a good spot.

The Waterdogs can make the playoffs in one of three scenarios. The simplest is by beating the Atlas on Saturday. A Whipsnakes loss to the Cannons on Saturday night would also ensure that Philly makes the playoffs.

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The Whipsnakes have not had a good year but they are not done yet. They need to beat the Cannons and then they need help.The Whipsnakes also need either the Cannons to lose to the Woods or the Waterdogs to lose to the Atlas.

Denver v Chaos!

Interesting storyline this game Logan McNaney his old DC is one of his defenders!

The weekend is upon us so who you got?

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I am going with Denver. Denver is firing on all cylinders at all three levels of the game. Also hats off to the coaching staff for herding all of that talent.

The wild card on this game is Blaze Riordan. If he stands on his head. Who knows.

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This one is a tough call. It is. Do or die for Boston but the Waterdogs backs are also against the wall.

I am going with Philadelphia.

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Will Denver be worn out from playing earlier?

LMAO NO.

Denver

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California started out hot and then fell off a cliff.

Unfortunately the Whipsnakes are an utter disaster and alas it seems my man Rambo is washed.

California wins this one.