The Ultimate Lax Bro Taking You Into Memorial Day Weekend
Grab your spoons and let’s have ourselves weekend, boys. MDW is for the laxers. And just remember–the DI level never stops.
And if you need anything else to help you kill the time between now and when the games start at noon tomorrow, listen to the latest episode of The Crease Dive where we've got you covered on everything you need to know heading into Championship Weekend.
College Lacrosse Weekend Schedule:
Saturday, 12pm // Rutgers (-1.5) vs Cornell (+140) // ESPN2
Rutgers loves to push the pace and get going in transition. Between that and having a goalie who is playing out of his mind lately, that makes them a dangerous team. But when you're pushing the ball in transition and the shots just aren't dropping, that can really start to eat away at you on a stage this big. I think Cornell is a little more methodical with the ball and I think as long as Rutgers isn't going on a 4-5 goal run at any point in the game, that puts the Big Red in a spot where they can keep this game to within a goal either way. So the smart play here is Cornell +1.5, but I don't think Rutgers wants anything to do with a 3rd matchup against Maryland this year. So give me Cornell ML.
Saturday, 2:30pm // Maryland (-7.5) vs Princeton (+600) // ESPN2
Remember in the 1980 Winter Olympics when Team USA got the absolute shit kicked out of them by the Soviets in the prelim game and then turned around to complete one of the greatest upsets in sports history when they beat the USSR in the semifinal game? Well…that's not going to happen here. Princeton already lost to Maryland 15-10 earlier in the year, and it's probably going to be even worse this time around now that Maryland is so close to their finish line. Maybe if this game was being played in Lake Placid I'd give them a fighting chance. But miracles don't happen in East Hartford. 7.5 is still a huge number though so maybe they can cover. I'd still just stay away from this one.