The Premier Lacrosse League will play its third championship game in Washington, D.C., on Sunday at noon. In a rematch of the 2020 game, Chaos LC -- coached by recent podcast guest Andy Towers (New Canaan, Conn.) -- will take on the two-time defending champion Whipsnakes LC. Despite the pandemic, … [Read more...]
From the podcast: Andy Towers on hyper-competitive players
New Canaan, Conn., native Andy Towers is one of the most electrifying coaches in the game of lacrosse. His energy level and competitiveness are without peer in the sport. For the second year in a row, his Chaos LC team has advanced to the Premier Lacrosse League championship, where it will once … [Read more...]
How Boston College goalie Kait Devir is making NIL work
When the news broke that student-athletes would be able to profit off of their name image and likeness for the 2021-22 school year, there were several different reactions. From muted panic to casual indifference, coaches, parents and students approached the notion of making money off of being a … [Read more...]
Commentary: Why Paul Rabil’s influence may never be matched
On Tuesday, days before the 3rd annual Premier Lacrosse League championship game, Paul Rabil retired from playing professional lacrosse. It was a small ceremony in Washington, D.C., sparsely attended by media and friends. It lacked all of the pomp and circumstance that one has come to expect from … [Read more...]
Watch list: Division 3 coaching changes of note in New England
There are so many Division 3 colleges with men’s lacrosse programs in the New England region that it’s nigh impossible to keep track of all of them. However, the turnover in the coaching ranks of those schools is not very high -- especially at the higher end of the spectrum. This offseason has been … [Read more...]
Sophomore Surge: Youngsters in MAAC can rule the roost
While several conferences in Division 1 lacrosse struggled with the burden of COVID protocols last spring, the blight of the pandemic was felt most heavily by the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. The MAAC is home to just one New England team -- Quinnipiac University -- but players from the region … [Read more...]