Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast

In Season with Andy Towers NCAA Championship Weekend Review 01:03 Duke vs Virginia -Face-offs down the stretch -The battle back -Different personnel for Virginia -Alex Rhode's play all weekend -Different defensive looks from Virginia -This Weeks Blog Referred to: https://www.jm3sports.com/blog/a-lacrosse-weekend-5-26-19 -Offensive schemes from the game -Motion vs stagnant offense for Virginia 13:17 Penn State vs Yale -Beating Penn State at their own game -The ebbs and flows of the face-off game -The impact the shot clock has had on face-off volumes -TD Ierlan's ability to create 50/50 GB's 19:53 National Championship Virginia vs Yale -The advantages each team brought into the game -Virginia's 222 B/L offense -Virginia's tight packed defense gave opportunities for Yale to shoot -Virginia earning the win -Missed first chance ground balls -Yale's exhaustion -The physicality and the impact of the rides -Ryan Conrad in the tournament 33:58 Axia Time Player of the Week Jamie: Matt Moore - Virginia Andy: One Per Game Petey LaSalla - Virginia Matt Brandau - Yale Alex Rhode - Virginia AxiaTime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100

In Season with Andy Towers Live From PLL Training Camp NCAA Tournament Week 3 / Pre-Championship Weekend 01:34 Recap of last weekend and the stage lacrosse is in 05:10 Virginia vs Maryland 12:05 Duke vs Notre Dame 17:40 Penn State vs Loyola 24:05 Yale vs Penn 34:19 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Andy's flashback of the 1994 Final 4 Appearance with Brown as an Assistant Coach Ivy League Player of the Week: Jamie: Jackson Morrill - Yale Andy: Jack Tigh - Yale AxiaTime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100 39:56 Final Picks Andy: Virginia over Duke Yale over Penn State National Champion: Virginia Jamie: Penn State over Yale Virginia over Duke National Champion: Penn State

In Season with Andy Towers NCAA Tournament Week 2 / Post First Round 00:33 Andy and Jamies Weekend In Review and Mothers Day 02:56 Loyola vs Syracuse 06:22 Yale vs Georgetown 08:52 Penn vs Army 11:23 Virginia vs Robert Morris 15:07 Penn State vs UMBC 17:20 Maryland vs Towson 19:57 Duke vs Richmond 22:44 Johns Hopkins vs Notre Dame 28:38 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Flashback to 1990 Yale Team Ivy League Player of the Week: Andy: TD Ierlan - Yale Jamie: Simon Mathias - Penn AxiaTime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100 38:14 Quarter Final Picks -Virginia over Maryland - Both -Duke over Notre Dame - Andy -Notre Dame over Duke - Jamie -Penn State over Loyola - Both -Penn over Yale - Jamie -Yale over Penn - Andy

In Season with Andy Towers NCAA Tournament Week 1 / Post Selection Sunday 00:53 Vermont vs UMBC 02:32 Marist vs Quinnipiac 05:07 Penn State vs Johns Hopkins 12:03 Loyola vs Army 14:25 Upcoming Loyola vs Syracuse Matchup 18:50 Denver vs Georgetown 22:07 Yale's Loss in the Ivy League Championship and Penn's Success and the Path Ahead for each 29:39 Upcoming Virginia vs Robert Morris Matchup 33:15 Upcoming Towson vs Maryland Matchup 34:40 Upcoming Notre Dame vs Johns Hopkins Matchup 35:49 Upcoming Duke vs Richmond Matchup 37:35 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Flashback to 1992 playing Navy @ Navy as Assistant Coach at Yale Ivy League Player of the Week: Jamie: Reed Junkin - Penn Andy: Kyle Gallagher - Penn AxiaTime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100 47:36 Next Weeks Picks -Penn State over UNBC -Syracuse over Loyola -Yale over Georgetown -Penn over Army -Virginia over Robert Morris -Towson over Maryland - Andy -Maryland over Towson - Jamie -Johns Hopkins over Notre Dame -Duke over Richmond -Penn State over Syracuse -Yale over Penn - Andy -Penn over Yale - Jamie -Virginia over Towson/Maryland -Duke over Johns Hopkins - Andy -Johns Hopkins over Duke - Jamie Andy's Final 4: -Penn State -Yale -Duke -Virginia Jamies Final 4: -Penn State -Penn -Johns Hopkins -Virginia Championship Games: Andy: Virginia over Penn State Jamie: Penn State over Virginia

In Season with Andy Towers Week 12 00:00 AT's Weekend 03:55 Michigan vs Ohio State 07:27 Denver vs Marquette 09:55 Navy vs BU 13:05 Holly Cross vs Lehigh 16:00 CAA as a Conference 17:53 Stoney Brook and the American East 19:23 Maryland vs Johns Hopkins 22:48 Notre Dame vs Duke 24:22 Penn State vs Rutgers 26:10 Virginia vs North Carolina 30:43 Highpoint vs Richmond 34:34 Drexel as a Team 37:00 AXIA Time Ive League Review -Flashback story of 1988 game at Syracuse -Yale vs Harvard -Penn vs Vermont -Brown vs Dartmouth -Cornell vs Princeton 56:58 Jamie: Clarke Petterson - Cornell Andy: TD Ierlan - Yale AxiaTime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100 59:40 Next Weeks Games -Army vs Holy Cross -Bu vs Bucknell -Quinnipiac vs Detroit Mercy -Vermont vs Albany -Penn State vs Rutgers -Umass vs Drexel -High Point vs Jacksonville -Mt. St. Marry's vs Robert Morris -Georgetown vs Providence -Towson vs Delewars -Marist vs Conscious -Stoney Brook vs UNBC -Johns Hopkins vs Maryland -Air Force vs Richmond -Hobart vs Sacred Heart -Denver vs Villanova -Penn vs Brown -Yale vs Cornell -Virginia vs Notre Dame 1:02:11 League Champion Projections Ivy League - Yale American East - Vermont NEC - Sacred Heart MAC - Detroit Mercy Patriot League - Loyola Big East - Denver SOCON - High Point CAA - UMass

In Season with Andy Towers Week 11 01:38 Duke vs Marquette 04:28 Bucknell vs Lehigh 07:39 High Point vs Bellermine 09:28 North Carolina vs Notre Dame 16:41Ohio State vs Maryland 18:51 Loyola vs Army 22:14 Blowout Games 24:06 Stoney Brook vs Vermont 28:11 Penn State vs Johns Hopkins 31:50 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Flashback story to vintage Jake Reed -Princeton vs Harvard -Upcoming Princeton vs Cornell Game -Penn vs Dartmouth -Cornell vs Brown Axiatime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100 48:42 AXIA Time Ivy League Player of the Week Andy: Micheal Sowers - Princeton Jamie: Micheal Sowers - Princeton 49:54 Next Weeks Games -Bryant vs Brown -North Carolina vs Syracuse -Navy vs Boston -UMass vs Deleware -Michigan vs Ohio State -Stoney Brook vs Albany -Marquette vs Denver -High Point vs Richmond -Cornell vs Princeton -Providence vs Villanova -Georgetown vs St. Johns -Dartmouth vs Brown -Penn State vs Rutgers -Harvard vs Yale -Duke vs Notre Dame -Maryland vs Johns Hopkins

In Season with Andy Towers Week 10 *Live From the Lacrosse Virtual Summit* 2:04 Notre Dame vs Cornell 08:18 Ohio State vs Johns Hopkins 11:44 Umass vs Towson 14:15 Duke vs Virginia 18:36 Syracuse vs North Carolina 25:58 Air Force vs Richmond 27:56 BU vs Loyola 30:08 Penn State vs Michigan 36:54 Maryland vs Rutgers 38:49 Non top 20 games 42:10 Army vs Navy 46:17 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Flashback to 1986 and 1987 vs Army -Flashback to 1990 vs Cornell Road Trip -Penn vs Harvard -Yale vs Brown -Princeton vs Dartmouth 58:47 AXIA Time Ivy League Player of the Week Jamie: Sam Handley -Penn & Adam Goldner - Penn Andy: Chayse Ierlan - Cornell Axiatime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100 1:00:47 Next Weeks Games -Brown vs Providence -Yale vs Albany -Duke vs Marquette -Notre Dame vs North Carolina -Brown vs Cornell -Deleware vs Towson -Lehigh vs Bucknell -Maryland vs Ohio State -Harvard vs Princeton -Penn vs Dartmouth -Denver vs Providence -Drexel vs Hofstra -Army vs Loyola -Holy Cross vs BU -Syracuse vs Navy -Johns Hopkins vs Penn State

In Season with Andy Towers Week 9 00:53 Sunday Night Lacrosse Penn State vs Ohio State 08:32 Loyola vs Lehigh 12:36 Duke vs Notre Dame 18:53 Johns Hopkind vs Rutgers 26:03 Maryland vs Michigan 26:25 Vermont vs Albany 26:37 Villanova vs Denver 30:47 Army vs BU 34:06 Virginia vs North Carolina 44:22 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Flashback of Late Great Paul Schimoler's Stick -Reflecting on Paul Schimoler and Stories -Harvard vs Cornell -Yale vs Dartmouth -Brown vs Penn -Princeton vs Stoney Brook 1:05:45 AXIA Time Ivy League Player of the Week Jamie: TD Ierlan - Yale Andy: Sam Handley - Penn Axiatime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100 1:08:57 Next Weeks Games -Loyola vs Georgetown -Syracuse vs Cornell -Notre Dame vs Marquette -Lehigh vs Robert Morris -Duke vs Virginia -Penn State vs Michigan -UMass vs Towson -Loyola vs BU -Brown vs Yale -Syracuse vs North Carolina -Cornell vs Notre Dame -Ohio State vs Johns Hopkins -Villanova vs Georgetown -Maryland vs Rutgers

Brodie Merrill - Decorated NLL and MLL Defensemen 02:32 Growing Up and Lacrosse Journey for Brodie -Physical education teachers for parents -Migrating west to Ontario from Quebec -Orangeville and playing lacrosse there -Turning to lacrosse in such a unique environment -How these small programs create such good players -Shane Sanderson as one of Brodies first coaches -Falling short in the 2000 Minto Cup -Journey to Salisbury 15:28 First Picking Up a Pole -Established stick skills before -U19 Team in 1999 had no poles and he stepped up -Gave experience and learned from other defensemen -Doesn't take long and is much easier to learn with a shorter stick first -Randy Staats and Jeff Teat using a pole 22:11 Playing for Coach Urick at Georgetown -Moral compass -Demanded respect without a lot of yelling or demeaning -Father figure of the program 24:38 Professional Career -Close calls for the final 4 in college -Winning cam easy in Baltimore first year in MLL -Players that he played with on that first Baltimore team -Not overthinking matchups -Learning from Mikey Powell 31:42 Stories About Dave Huntley -He always had the time for you -Similarities to coach Urick -Playing 5v6 so defense could back up shots -Outside the box thinking 36:59 Playin on the Expansion NLL Team - San Diego Seals -Coming to play for Brodie's brother -Fresh starts for everyone -Interesting dynamic of the team -Austin Staats and his ability 42:15 The Hill Academy School and Program -Building a healthy relationship between athletics and academics -Father putting so much on the line -The players that have come through -200 students 90 mens players and 20 girls players -Interaction between like minded people -How much training goes on at The Hill -Playing other sports in the winters -Taking the time to learn the field game -Measuring volume and intensity levels in everything they do -Advantage of American players coming up and playing 57:55 Future of the NLL and Opportunities for American Players -PLL will help provide more opportunity -Great growth in the NLL -Schedules of the different leagues finally coincide -Breakthrough for the career

In Season with Andy Towers Week 8 00:30 Last Week In Review for Andy and Jamie 01:13 Penn State vs Maryland Sunday Night Game 10:10 Rutgers vs Ohio State 13:45 Notre Dame vs Syracuse 16:10 North Carolina vs Duke 21:08 Run Through of the Patriot League 27:30 AXIA Time Ivy League Review -Flashback of 1987 Brown at UNH -Flashback of old school King of the Hill -Brown vs Princeton -Cornell vs Dartmouth -Penn vs Yale 3OT Game 36:10 AXIA Time Ivy League Player of the Week Jamie: Sam Handley - Penn Andy: Darian Cook - Brown Axiatime.com Coupon Code: Bruno100 40:01 Next Weeks Games -Hobart vs Syracuse -Lehigh vs Loyola -Air Force vs High Point -Notre Dame vs Duke -Cornell vs Harvard -BU vs Army -Richmond vs Jacksonville -North Carolina vs Virginia -Rutgers vs Johns Hopkins -Michigan vs Maryland -Navy vs Colgate -Albany vs Vermont -Dartmouth vs Yale -Penn vs Brown -Villanova vs Denver -Ohio State vs Penn State