They say “Kempin’ Ain’t Easy” and listen to this — we’ve got an analyst currently recording from San Sebastian. As such, we’re recording before Penn State-Ohio State, but we've got everything you need from Michigan's three-overtime upset at Maryland, Dartmouth's epic OT win at Penn, Boston U's star-making win at Army, Brown's deep dig at UMass, Den…

It’s officially spring. There is a fantastic weekend of college lacrosse on tap for this weekend, and D-Fly and Dixie are here to get you ready for all of the action. The next few weeks are maybe the best stretch of time for sports fans each year. In addition to college lacrosse teams hitting mid-season form, we get treated to March Madness, baseba…

Kap and Caleb combine to recap their time on site for at 10 games thanks to the Callum Robinson Mustang Classic. The guys dive in on a ton of game action, recap highlight performances, and name some personal MVPs of the weekend. The full DIII landscape has had shifts from teams rising, falling, and others that are on the verge.…

IL's Terry Foy is joined by Nick Ossello and Larken Kemp to discuss a dozen games as they decide to go shorter on more, as opposed to longer on fewer. They start by talking about CJ Kirst's record-setting day in Cornell's 15-10 win over Princeton, Maryland doubling up Virginia 12-6, Richmond came up just short in double overtime vs. Duke, Harvard o…

It’s mid-March. What did the non-conference schedule teach us? Which teams are the most battle tested? Who is healthy and getting better as the weather improves and home crowds increase? Which new stars have emerged? D-Fly & Dixie are back to get you answer these questions and get you set for another exciting weekend of college lacrosse. Let’s get …

Dan Kaplan hosts a new episode of the IL Preps podcast. IL's Dan Aburn joins the show to discuss all things early high school ball. Rivalries are on the forefront, regional reputation is on the line, and the energy that comes with high school lacrosse is soaring. Tune in as the guys discuss early Q-Collar Rankings, Crankshooter games of the week, a…

Once again, Larken Kemp joins IL's Terry Foy to drive the car in Week 5, and they start by examining Syracuse's win over Johns Hopkins in front of 8,000 fans in the Dome on Sunday. They're then joined by Nick Ossello — who, ironically, is driving a car — to discuss how worried he is about the two-time defending champs after their loss to Ohio State…

After two consecutive weekends of non-stop matchups of Top 20 teams in the KANE Men’s Division I Media Poll, this week feels like a necessary breather. This time “only” three such matchups highlight the weekend slate as many programs get their final non-conference tune ups in before league play begins. The main event will be a stand-alone tilt tele…

The ILWomen Podcast is back, and part of the discussion is which team is making the lump from the dangerous and unpredictable middle tier to the dominant Final Four tier? An early look at players of the year, conference races and more. This year, Inside Lacrosse is proud to partner with the NCAA to offer you, our loyal listeners, $5off all single-d…

IL's Terry Foy and Nick Ossello welcome the return of Larken Kemp — back by popular demand — and dive deep into Maryland's win over Notre Dame in front of more than 10,000 fans in Atlanta. From there, they discuss Princeton's win over North Carolina, Cornell's comeback vs. Richmond, Hopkins' win over Virginia and the rest of Friday's action. This y…

As the calendar flips from February to March, we are treated to seven showcase games featuring Top 20 teams spread out across three days! Finally, some premier games that are not all scheduled on top of each other. As Ivy rivals Penn and Princeton head south to play Tobacco Road rivals in Friday-Sunday twin bills, we also get the Doyle Smith Cup ga…

Big Dog and Kap look at the latest action in DIII lacrosse with ton of Top 20 talk, a deep dive on Salisbury toppling Gettysburg, Babson besting Union, and plentyof other matchups from early season. Statistical players of the week makes its triumphant return, and we take a look at some upcoming heavy-hitter matchups.…

IL's Terry Foy and special guest Larken Kemp (filling in for absentee partner Nick Ossello) are joined by 2016 Harvard lacrosse alum (and Larken's high school teammate) Will Walker to discuss the Crimson's dramatic 15-14 win over the Orange in the JMA Wireless Dome. From there, Foy and Kemp talk about Ohio State's win over Virginia in Columbus, the…

As we approach our fourth weekend of college lacrosse action, what do we really know? Some teams look like legit contenders, and some hyped contenders look very pedestrian. Do we know anything yet? All we can be sure of is that it’s way too early to crown a champion, and a fool’s errand to write any team off before the end of February. One thing we…

Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown recap the 2025 Championship Series with Boston getting the clean sweep for PLL and WLL silverware. Rosie and Kevin discuss the adrenaline rush from the epic Cannons semifinal win, heap some praise onto Matt Campbell and Colin Kirst, give shoutouts to the training staff plus react to the debut of the Women's Lacrosse…

IL's Terry Foy and Nick Ossello are joined by IL Data Specialist Patrick McEwen, a.k.a. @LaxFilmRoom, who watched Richmond's upset over Virginia and helped the boys dive deeper into not just how the Spiders made it happen, but what to make of each team going forward.. From there, Foy and Ossello talk about Maryland's impressive defensive display vs…

If the first two weekends of the 2025 season felt like small-plate tapas, then this week we get the full meal. The Ivy League and Notre Dame (almost half the Top 10) finally join the party, making their 2025 debuts this week. The all-you-can-eat buffet includes 37 games on the menu from Friday to Sunday. Sure, almost all the games are scheduled at …

Week 1 provided an epic First Friday and a strong showing from the favorites. Matt Kinnear hosts Alyssa Cometti and Emily Considine for a breakdown of the title contenders, what it's like to be a freshman on the big stage, the impact of transfers and a celebration of first-time programs. And oh yeah — don't sleep on Week 2 with a pair of Top 5 matc…

It's Week 1, which means the season is officially underway? And, of course, drama follows. The highlight is from Salt Lake City, where Delaware survived a stick check to their face-off guy with 2:00 remaining, which set up the most dramatic ending of the season. To talk about the Blue Hens' debut win, IL's Terry Foy and Nick Ossello are joined by f…

The first weekend of the 2025 season went mostly according to script. With more teams making debuts and 32 games on the slate, will this week bring the drama, upsets and stunners we all love? D-Fly and Dixie are back to get you teed up for the weekend. They’ll take a big picture look at the opening weekend, recap mid-week games including Hopkins na…

Kap and Caleb return with a pop-up episode, talking early Salisbury scout, explaining the seven-game NPI concept a bit better, and previewing the weekend. Christopher Newport coach Mikey Thompson hits on everything from Coach's all-time CNU 3x team to goals and aspirations for the 2025 season.Di Inside Lacrosse Podcasts

We're almost all the way back! IL's Terry Foy and Nick Ossello unpack the Week Zero results, starting with Utah's upset of Ohio State, Hopkins Top 10 win over Denver and Syracuse and Duke's impressive performance. Ute senior middie Cody Hart joins to discuss his team's trip to Columbus, their balance between pushing the tempo and being patient offe…

The 2025 season gets officially underway with 17 games on February 1, and D-Fly & Dixie are back in the saddle to help get you acclimated and excited for the new year. Despite two-time defending champ Notre Dame again claiming the top spot in the IL Media Top 20, the main theme of this new season is fresh faces. The historic cohort of experienced, …

Kap and Caleb dust off the podcast gear and dive in to DIII 2025 predictions, a breakdown of the Top 20 teams, and a fantasy draft that highlights some of the nation’s top returners. Tufts coach Casey D’Annolfo chats about the defending champions, and then he gives a breakdown of an all-time Tufts attack line.…

To get you ready for the 2025 college lacrosse season, IL's Terry Foy and Nick Ossello are back with The Tailgate. They start with an offseason recap, going over rule changes, coaching changes, new teams and the rest of the news. From there, they break down the Preseason Media Poll, look back at their 2024 predictions and pick their Dark Horse, Tew…

ILWomen's Alyssa Murray Cometti and Emily Considine discuss the best of the best in college lacrosse heading into the 2025 season, explaining the challenges of compiling the Top 50 ranking released in the fall, providing their takes on the strengths of the nation's most premier players, and going position by position for in-depth analysis. Topics i…

One of the coolest sports stories of the young new year was Golden State Warrior Pat Spencer being guarded by his younger brother, Memphis Grizzlies rookie Cam Spencer, in a game on Saturday, Jan. 4. It was the latest crescendo of a pair of incredible athlete journeys that were heavily influenced on the lacrosse fields at Boys' Latin (Md.) and Loyo…

IL's Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown discuss the reporting around Andy Towers and his staff stepping down from the Carolina Chaos, provide takes on the Zed Williams for Matt Brandau and Pat Kavanagh to Denver trades before spinning it forward to look at some key free agents ahead of the next player movement window in March.…

Another conversation with a published author, IL's Terry Foy is joined by Utah assistant coach Tim McDermott to discuss his recently released book "The Dojo Decision: A Lacrosse Journey." An avid consumer of performance-focused books, podcasts and videos, McDermott shares his background that led to being part of the Utes' staff, then describes how …

Winter recruiting was in full effect with four events this past weekend. Kevin Brown and Dan Aburn both ventured west, to Arlington, Texas for the Primetime Lone Star Cup and Henderson, Nev., for the Adrenaline Blackjack Classic. Host Dan Kaplan took a trip up I-95 to Wilmington, Del., for Best In Class Committed. And, we connected with Face-Off Ac…

In reflection of a changing landscape, IL speaks with John Colan of Coaches, Inc., who discusses how he's come to represent a handful of college lacrosse coaches, including Virginia's Lars Tiffany, Brown's Jon Torpey and Bellarmine's Andy Whitley. Tiffany, Torpey and Whitley then join IL's Terry Foy to discuss why and how they started working with …

In what's become an annual tradition, IL's Matt Kinnear, Dan Kaplan, Kevin Brown and Terry Foy discuss their drafts of a Top 50 players list as part of an exercise leading to next week's reveal of IL's final list. No. 1 is unanimous, but from there it gets more interesting.Di Inside Lacrosse Podcasts

As yet another evaluation window comes to a close, Harvard lacrosse coach and the sport's contrarian/ombudsman Gerry Byrne joins IL's Terry Foy to lay out the ills that he sees in the recruiting process. Topping his list of complaints: gatekeepers of communication that don't act in the best interest of their players and families. On the other end o…

On the heels of last weekend's World Lacrosse General Assembly, newly-extended CEO Jim Scherr and newly-elected president Bob DeMarco join IL's Terry Foy to discuss what's been done to get to this point, from Scherr's arrival to Olympic inclusion, as well as what's next, from governance to schedule to sport development and more.…

A year on from the release of his book "Influence and the Creator's Game," IL's Terry Foy catches up with Frank Kelly III for a unique and wide-ranging conversation that centers on the role that faith played in Kelly's life and the relationship between that and, among other things, the spirituality of the Creator's Game. They also touch on what a u…

About halfway through the college fallball season, IL's Matt Kinnear, Kevin Brown, Christian Swezey and Terry Foy convene to compare their notes on the teams they've seen so far this month. They start with Swezey and Kinnear's breakdown of Georgetown's win over Virginia at the Bob Kemp Classic, then discuss Notre Dame's win over Harvard at "Playing…

IL's Dan Kaplan continues the series of "How Recruiting Works" with a DIII twist. He welcomes Dickinson coach Dave Webster and Amherst coach Sean Woods to answer a bevy of recruiting-related questions. While a lot of the blueprint for most of DIII is pretty similar, the subtle manipulations by staff and program make all the difference. In addition …

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, concluding this year's series with Delaware coach Ben DeLuca. The Blue Hens sit at th…

More than 200 players in the Class of 2026 have announced their commitment, including more than 100 since IL's Dan Kaplan and Terry Foy last recorded. In light of that, the Top 10 Class Rankings have started to take form, most notably Duke's No. 2 group, which rocketed up the charts with four huge commitments on Sept. 16. After unpacking what the B…

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Saint Joseph's coach Taylor Wray. Entering his 14th season at the Haw…

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Sacred Heart coach Jon Basti. Coming off a MAAC Championship and an N…

The Archers have successfully defended their crown, so Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown are back for a final time this season to discuss how they got the job done, put Brett Dobson's repeat Championship MVP honors in perspective, describe how impressive their offensive depth really is and double down on why defense wins championships. After a thoro…

Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown bring on PLL stats analyst Joe Keegan to preview the 2024 title game matchup between the fourth-seeded Maryland Whipsnakes against the second-seeded Utah Archers (0:00-40:58). Then, Rosie and Kevin travel to Philadelphia for the PLL Championship Media Day and interview Archers captain Ryan Ambler (40:59-48:16), coac…

What up Prep Nation! IL's Dan Kaplan and Terry Foy are back for the first time in more than a month to discuss the process behind ranking the Class of 2026 and assigning the 5-, 4- and 3-Star recruits, then discuss the early movers in the first 11 days since Sept. 1, notably North Carolina, Duke, Harvard, Notre Dame, Maryland, Penn State and Syracu…

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Denver coach Matt Brown. Now in his second fall since taking over for…

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Bryant coach Brad Ross. As one of the youngest coaches to be featured…

IL’s Dan Kaplan hosts the first DIII edition of the "How Recruiting Works" series. Christopher Newport coach Mikey Thompson and McDaniel coach TC Dibartolo join to answer a bevy of questions to shed light on the process for families and recruits. DII programs do things a variety of ways, and with no scholarships, and less strict regulations the rec…

Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown wrap up the 2024 PLL regular season with their takes on the end of season award finalists before giving their own superlatives from the summer that was. Then, Rosie and Kevin end the pod with their postseason predictions so stay til the end for their picks for this year's title winners!…

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Penn coach Mike Murphy. Murphy's conversation is one of the most wide…

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Notre Dame coach Kevin Corrigan. One of the longest tenured coaches i…