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Season 3

Dec. 16, 2022

Conference Previews for the 2023 season - Conference Carolinas

Send us a text This is the fifth in our series of episodes on D2 Lacrosse Conference Previews for the upcoming season. We will have one coach from each conference join us to give us insight into their team and the conference overall. This week Coach Corey Struss of North Greenville joins us and sha…

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Dec. 9, 2022

Conference Previews for the 2023 season - GMAC

Send us a text This is the fourth in our series of episodes on D2 Lacrosse Conference Previews for the upcoming season. We will have one coach from each conference join us to give us insight into their team and the conference overall. This week Coach Ace Mallonee of Alderson Broaddus joins us and s…

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Dec. 2, 2022

Conference Previews for the 2023 season - ECC

Send us a text This is the third in our series of episodes on D2 Lacrosse Conference Previews for the upcoming season. We will have one coach from each conference join us to give us insight into their team and the conference overall. This week Coach Larry Ayers of St Thomas Aquinas joins us and sha…

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Nov. 25, 2022

Conference Previews for the 2023 season - The Peach Belt

Send us a text This is the second in our series of episodes on D2 Lacrosse Conference Previews for the upcoming season. We will have one coach from each conference join us to give us insight into their team and the conference overall. This week Coach Tony LePore of Lander joins us and shares his th…

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Nov. 18, 2022

Conference Previews for the 2023 season - RMAC

Send us a text This is the first in our series of episodes on D2 Lacrosse Conference Previews for the upcoming season. We will have one coach from each conference join us to give us insight into their team and the conference overall. This first one did not disappoint! Coach Sean Blair came on to ta…

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Nov. 11, 2022

DII Lacrosse Coaching Changes of 2022 (Part 3)

Send us a text This is the final episode in our series in which we delve into the 2022 coaching changes across D2 Men's Lacrosse. This episode spans the GMAC, Conference Carolinas, and the CACC. We also get to focus on the to new teams entering DII. We were also honored to be able to talk with Coac…

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Nov. 4, 2022

DII Lacrosse Coaching Changes of 2022 (Part 2)

Send us a text This is the second episode in our series in which we delve into the 2022 coaching changes across D2 Men's Lacrosse. This episode is really Coast-to-Coast, as we talk about coaching changes from the RMAC to the Peach Belt to the Sunshine State and then up North to the NE-10. We were a…

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Oct. 28, 2022

DII Lacrosse Coaching Changes of 2022

Send us a text This is the first episode of a three part series in which the In the Crease boys delve into the 2022 coaching changes across D2 Men's Lacrosse. This episode focuses on this year's " Whipple Ripple" at Catawba and Mount Olive. We start with the big change at Mercy and finish with an e…

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Oct. 21, 2022

"ALL IN" with Pro Lacrosse player - Charlie Bertrand

Send us a text This is a BONUS episode in our series of Pro Lacrosse players who played their college ball in DII. In this episode, The In the Crease boys sit down with Charlie Bertrand - whose progression from DII to DI at Merrimack and then DI at Virginia led him into a successful career in the P…

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Oct. 14, 2022

A Conversation with Pro Lacrosse player - Andrew Kew

Send us a text This is the fourth in our series of Pro Lacrosse players who played their college ball in DII. In this episode, The In the Crease boys sit down with Andrew Kew - current NLL player for the Georgia Swarm and PLL player for the Cannons in 2021 and MLL player for the Chesapeake Bayhawks…

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Oct. 7, 2022

A Conversation with Pro Lacrosse player - Ethan Ticehurst

Send us a text This it the third in our series of Pro Lacrosse players who played their college ball in DII. In this episode, The In the Crease boys sit down with Ethan Ticehurst - an NLL defensemen for the Calgary Roughnecks. Listen and you will find out why Ethan picked up a long pole to play LSM…

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Sept. 30, 2022

A Conversation with Pro Lacrosse player - Connor Farrell

Send us a text We continue our series talking with Pro Lacrosse players who played their college ball in DII. in this episode, Connor Farrell joins us and shares how he shifted his love for football into lacrosse while playing both sports at LIU. Listen and you will find out why Connor has become o…

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Sept. 23, 2022

A Conversation with Pro Lacrosse player - Shayne Jackson

Send us a text Our first in a series of episodes talking with Pro Lacrosse players who played their college ball in DII starts with Shayne Jackson. He shares his lacrosse journey from Canada to Onondaga to Limestone to the NLL and beyond. Listen and find out why Shayne loves the NLL and how DII hel…

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Sept. 9, 2022

THE BEST Recruiting Episode EVER!

Send us a text This is a MUST listen episode for any parent or student athlete in middle or high school who is thinking of playing at the next level. In this episode, the In the Crease boys sit down with Reid Meyer, founder of Athletes to Athletes to hear his story of being recruited for college an…

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Aug. 26, 2022

DII Coaching Insights

Send us a text In this episode, the In the Crease boys sit down with 4 Assistant Coaches (Austin Grimes of UIndy, Ryan O'Hagan of Mercyhurst, Ryan Sullivan of Tampa, and Brian Volpi of Adelphi) to find out what it takes to really make their programs run. You don't want to miss their insights into b…

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Aug. 12, 2022

The Origins of DII Lacrosse

Send us a text This week, the In the Crease boys sit down with Coach Jim Fritz who has coached in DII since its humble beginnings. Our conversation starts with how DII lacrosse got started, but then it opened up to a wide variety of topics, to include: the growth of the game; automatic qualifiers f…

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July 29, 2022

DII - The "People's League"

Send us a text The In the Crease boys sit down with Matt Shand - a former St Leo lacrosse player and now owner of Sticks and Stones Lacrosse. Hear what he has to say about what life is like after his playing days; what advice he has for players in college and thinking of playing lacrosse at the col…

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July 15, 2022

International and DII Lacrosse Combined

Send us a text In this episode, we sit down with a former DII player who also played for England's U19 team, Mike Connor. He provides great insight into the lacrosse game across the pond and shares his story of how he got to play DII lacrosse in the United States. The In the Crease boys also share …

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June 17, 2022

The Importance of Mental Health and the Student Athlete

Send us a text In this episode, we take a break from talking DII lacrosse specifically to focus on the important topic of mental health. To help us navigate this difficult subject, we invited Dr. Robin Scholefield, the Director of Culture, Wellbeing & Sport Psychology at the University of South…

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