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DII Lacrosse Preseason Top 20 for 2026! · In the Crease

• 0:27
  SPEAKER_02: Welcome, welcome, welcome to another episode of In the Creest with Danny and Kevin, a coast-to-coast discussion of D2 Men's Lacrosse.
• 0:35
  SPEAKER_02: I'm your co-host, Kevin Stenstrom, and with me as always is the Nostradamus of D2 Lacrosse, Danny Moran.
• 0:44
  SPEAKER_01: The Nostradamus.
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  SPEAKER_02: Mr.
• 0:47
  SPEAKER_02: Omniscient.
• 0:49
  SPEAKER_01: All I know is I know nothing.
• 0:52
  SPEAKER_02: So it's funny.
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_02: I looked up, obviously I know Nostradamus.
• 0:56
  SPEAKER_02: I go back like, oh, he's had all these predictions way back when, the things in the future.
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  SPEAKER_02: I actually went back and looked at my top 20.
• 1:02
  SPEAKER_02: This is our top 20 show, as people know by the title and everything else.
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  SPEAKER_02: I went back to see how well I did last year.
• 1:10
  SPEAKER_02: And I I I hit 14 out of 20.
• 1:14
  SPEAKER_02: The top 10 was pretty damn close.
• 1:17
  SPEAKER_02: At least they're most of the ones I had in the top 10 ended up in the top 10.
• 1:21
  SPEAKER_02: Right.
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  SPEAKER_02: But I I whiffed on like six.
• 1:25
  SPEAKER_02: Some of my big ones were like Rockhurst.
• 1:27
  SPEAKER_02: I had him in my top 10.
• 1:28
  SPEAKER_02: They didn't even end up in the top 20.
• 1:30
  SPEAKER_02: I didn't have Anderson, Malloy, or Newberry in the top 20, and look what they did last year.
• 1:35
  SPEAKER_01: Dude, I said Anderson wouldn't be 500.
• 1:39
  SPEAKER_02: So that's why you're no Stradomus and I'm not.
• 1:42
  SPEAKER_01: I'm no Stradomus.
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  SPEAKER_01: I know nothing.
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  SPEAKER_01: So anyway, it's our top 20.
• 1:48
  SPEAKER_01: It's our top one.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's one of our best ones, Kev.
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  unknown: I'm on top of the world.
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  unknown: I'm on top of the world.
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  SPEAKER_01: Hello, imagine dragons.
• 1:58
  SPEAKER_01: We always do the old people's music.
• 2:00
  SPEAKER_01: So I figured we'd do some of the young kids'.
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  SPEAKER_01: There we go.
• 2:03
  SPEAKER_01: Top of the world.
• 2:05
  SPEAKER_01: Who's going to be on top of the world this year, Kev?
• 2:08
  SPEAKER_01: In the Division II lacrosse men's.
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  SPEAKER_02: And don't expect us to get it right.
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  SPEAKER_02: But it's something you it's something for the water cooler, as they say.
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_02: And uh this is always my favorite one.
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  SPEAKER_02: This is my favorite.
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  SPEAKER_02: I love this.
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  SPEAKER_02: I always have trouble doing it, Danny.
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  SPEAKER_02: Usually the top ten, this once again, this top ten, maybe not the sequence, but the the ones that are in there I feel fairly good about.
• 2:36
  SPEAKER_02: It's when I get to that next 10, and then really as I get down to the bottom, I had, Danny, probably five, I had seven more that I can tell you did not make the top 20 that I at some time during our conference previews, I thought they would be in the top 20.
• 2:54
  SPEAKER_01: Right.
• 2:55
  SPEAKER_01: And you know what?
• 2:56
  SPEAKER_01: I've had some teams that weren't in the top 20 in it this year, and some teams that were in the top 20 not in it this year, Kev.
• 3:02
  SPEAKER_01: So it just goes by, you know, we we did these conference previews, we did our homework.
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  SPEAKER_01: So I'm kind of going along with that.
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  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_02: So where do you want to start?
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  SPEAKER_02: Do you want to start at one or do you want to start at 20?
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  SPEAKER_01: Start at the end, work our way to the top, my brother.
• 3:18
  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
• 3:19
  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
• 3:20
  SPEAKER_02: Well, let's start with you.
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  SPEAKER_01: Who do you have at number 20?
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  SPEAKER_01: At number 20, Kev, representing the CACC, my friend.
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  SPEAKER_01: The Wilmington Wildcats.
• 3:33
  SPEAKER_01: Ah.
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  SPEAKER_01: They received an at-large bid last year at the national tourney.
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  SPEAKER_01: I believe they have an upper echelon offensive productivity with 16 goals a game last year.
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  SPEAKER_01: They are led by a lethal attack unit by Andrew Zubiak, who was CACC player of the year last year.
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  SPEAKER_01: All-American honorable mention.
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  SPEAKER_01: They're super solid in goal with Daniel Flynn.
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  SPEAKER_01: I like the Wilmington Wildcats at number 20, Kev.
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  SPEAKER_02: Good pick.
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  SPEAKER_02: I have them a little bit higher, but that's what that's what happens in this in this top 20.
• 4:09
  SPEAKER_02: It's tough for me.
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  SPEAKER_02: My number 20 is the Mercy Mavericks.
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  SPEAKER_02: All right.
• 4:16
  SPEAKER_02: They return on D, a lot of on D, as well as having Cam Dorfman and face-off specialists at Kenny Summit.
• 4:27
  SPEAKER_02: That keeps them in the top 20, but they lose some key offensive threats that put them lower than where they've been in the years past.
• 4:37
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I don't have mercy on my top 20, Kev.
• 4:40
  SPEAKER_01: They didn't make it this year.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm not saying they can't make it in.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I'm not saying they're not worthy.
• 4:45
  SPEAKER_01: They're just not in my top 20 right now.
• 4:48
  SPEAKER_02: I'll tell you.
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  SPEAKER_02: I kept them in because probably more because their mercy and their pedigree.
• 4:55
  SPEAKER_02: Because there's other ones.
• 4:56
  SPEAKER_02: Listen, Assumption's not in mind.
• 4:58
  SPEAKER_02: Montevallo's not in mind.
• 4:59
  SPEAKER_02: Westminster's not in mind.
• 5:00
  SPEAKER_02: Roberts Wesleyan, that I said was probably in the top 20.
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  SPEAKER_02: There's so many that that could be in that.
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  SPEAKER_02: And Mercy's the one probably just tipped the scales a little bit by what they have at special teams coming back, I think, was the one that really tipped me to go 20.
• 5:16
  SPEAKER_02: Excellent choice, my friend.
• 5:18
  SPEAKER_02: All right.
• 5:21
  SPEAKER_02: My number 19 is Rollins.
• 5:26
  SPEAKER_02: All right.
• 5:27
  SPEAKER_02: They lost some key offensive weapons, but they still have depth there.
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  SPEAKER_02: Their D looks very strong.
• 5:36
  SPEAKER_02: They have goalkeeper options, especially with Colin Selters of Limestone coming over.
• 5:43
  SPEAKER_02: Could they be out of the top 20?
• 5:45
  SPEAKER_02: Yes, but I could not do that same way as Mercy based on their track record.
• 5:50
  SPEAKER_02: So I have them at 19.
• 5:52
  SPEAKER_02: Excellent choice.
• 5:53
  SPEAKER_02: Excellent choice.
• 5:54
  SPEAKER_01: I have representing the NE-10 at 19, Kev, the Assumption Greyhounds.
• 6:02
  SPEAKER_01: I believe I believe the Greyhounds made great strides in 25 under Coach Bordoon.
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  SPEAKER_01: They're led by face-off specialist Connor Stack, who was third team All-American last year.
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  SPEAKER_01: Another all-American in goal with Shane Corcoran.
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  SPEAKER_01: And their top scorer was only a sophomore, Kev.
• 6:23
  SPEAKER_01: So I believe that this team, like I said, made great strides, and I like the Greyhounds at number 19.
• 6:29
  SPEAKER_02: I like that.
• 6:30
  SPEAKER_02: Like I said, I went back and forth about them going in, and you make a very good argument of why they're in there.
• 6:38
  SPEAKER_02: I can't refute that.
• 6:39
  SPEAKER_02: Who do you have at 18?
• 6:41
  SPEAKER_01: Okay.
• 6:42
  SPEAKER_01: Representing the Sunshine State Conference, the Rollins Tars, Kev.
• 6:48
  SPEAKER_01: We're one off.
• 6:50
  SPEAKER_01: You know, the injury bug hit them last year in the 25th season, but they came on strong at the end.
• 6:55
  SPEAKER_01: They do have a great mix of younger and older players with experience.
• 7:00
  SPEAKER_01: Because of those injuries, those younger players got experience.
• 7:03
  SPEAKER_01: And I believe with that experience, gives them depth at both sides of the ball, and they're deep at face-off.
• 7:10
  SPEAKER_01: So at number 18, I like the Rollins Tars.
• 7:13
  SPEAKER_02: Of course I like that one because you and I are close with that one.
• 7:16
  SPEAKER_02: So I like it a lot.
• 7:17
  SPEAKER_02: Okay, my number 18 are the Crusaders of Belmont Abbey.
• 7:24
  SPEAKER_01: Wow.
• 7:25
  SPEAKER_01: Very good choice.
• 7:26
  SPEAKER_02: They return top six scores and they have a solid defense.
• 7:31
  SPEAKER_02: I think they are poised this year to make a statement, and they could climb higher.
• 7:36
  SPEAKER_02: Look at they they're finally at the point where their players are more seasoned and experienced than they have been in the past.
• 7:44
  SPEAKER_02: And so that's what gets them in the top 20.
• 7:47
  SPEAKER_02: Now, last year I think I had them in the top 20, and they really didn't end up in the top 20.
• 7:51
  SPEAKER_02: This year, I think they're a solid choice for that in the top 20.
• 7:54
  SPEAKER_02: That's why I have them at 18.
• 7:55
  SPEAKER_02: Good choice.
• 7:56
  SPEAKER_02: Good choice.
• 7:56
  SPEAKER_02: What do you got at 17?
• 7:58
  SPEAKER_02: Okay, at 17, that's I've got Wilmington Wildcats.
• 8:02
  SPEAKER_02: All right.
• 8:03
  SPEAKER_02: From what you said, you know, they returned their top six scores.
• 8:05
  SPEAKER_02: You kind of listed all the good reasons.
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  SPEAKER_02: They lose a little on D, including Paul Army, but they bring back a solid core as well as their face-off specialist Connor Whitmer, which I think is key.
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  SPEAKER_02: He was at 66%.
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  SPEAKER_02: So I think Wilmington's very solid in the top 20.
• 8:23
  SPEAKER_01: Excellent choice.
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  SPEAKER_01: For 17, representing the Conference Carolinas, Kev, the Belmont Abbey Crusaders.
• 8:32
  SPEAKER_01: I have it 17.
• 8:34
  SPEAKER_01: This team, they went 11-4 last year overall, 6-1 in conference with mostly sophomores on the offensive side of the ball, Kev.
• 8:43
  SPEAKER_01: They have, if you ask me, an upper echelon defense and an elite attack unit.
• 8:50
  SPEAKER_01: They have a new offensive coordinator this year, which I think is going to give Belmont Abbey a little bit of a different look for a lot of teams.
• 9:06
  SPEAKER_01: You're right.
• 9:07
  SPEAKER_01: At 17, I like the Belmont Abbey Crusaders.
• 9:11
  SPEAKER_01: I like it.
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  SPEAKER_01: All right.
• 9:13
  SPEAKER_01: Who do you have at 16?
• 9:14
  SPEAKER_01: At 16, also representing the Conference Carolinas.
• 9:20
  SPEAKER_01: I have the North Greenville.
• 9:25
  SPEAKER_01: No, they're the Trailblazers.
• 9:27
  SPEAKER_01: Trailblazers.
• 9:30
  SPEAKER_01: It's going to take me a long time to get that right.
• 9:33
  SPEAKER_01: The Trailblazers.
• 9:34
  SPEAKER_01: Last year's Conference Carolinas champ, Kev, they had an underrated and overlooked defense, if you ask me.
• 9:41
  SPEAKER_01: Cole Jenkins, Nick Shaller, and Dalton Wilkins caused 65 turnovers between the three of them.
• 9:47
  SPEAKER_01: Offensively, they have a senior-laden attack that will be lethal, that was led by Conference Carolina's player of the year, Mr.
• 9:55
  SPEAKER_01: Caden Castle.
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  SPEAKER_01: So I like the North Greenville.
• 10:02
  SPEAKER_01: Trailblazers.
• 10:05
  SPEAKER_01: Well, you got that right at the end.
• 10:07
  SPEAKER_02: That's funny.
• 10:10
  SPEAKER_02: I did not have them in my top 20.
• 10:14
  SPEAKER_02: And they were one that's one of mine that could have been in.
• 10:18
  SPEAKER_02: You just made almost a better argument.
• 10:20
  SPEAKER_02: Now I'm rethinking what I should have done.
• 10:22
  SPEAKER_02: But that's a good pick.
• 10:23
  SPEAKER_02: I like it.
• 10:23
  SPEAKER_02: I don't know if I would have them that high, but I can see where they would be.
• 10:27
  SPEAKER_02: I think this is where you get into the the time frame of this 15 to 20.
• 10:32
  SPEAKER_02: And ones that didn't make it could be anywhere in that top, the the 11 to 20, right?
• 10:38
  SPEAKER_02: That's kind of the way it works.
• 10:39
  SPEAKER_02: So okay.
• 10:41
  SPEAKER_02: My 16 Newberry.
• 10:45
  SPEAKER_02: Oh boy.
• 10:47
  SPEAKER_02: Now could they go higher?
• 10:50
  SPEAKER_02: Yes.
• 10:51
  SPEAKER_02: Could they go lower?
• 10:53
  SPEAKER_02: It depends.
• 10:54
  SPEAKER_02: I think it depends on their transfer production.
• 10:57
  SPEAKER_02: Like who did they bring in?
• 10:59
  SPEAKER_02: Who did they bring in?
• 11:00
  SPEAKER_02: We don't we as you remember, we didn't have that in their roster on the website.
• 11:06
  SPEAKER_02: They were very, very good last year.
• 11:09
  SPEAKER_02: They lost some players, but they kept a very good core, and I think they're going to be poised to definitely be in the top 20.
• 11:17
  SPEAKER_02: Could they definitely go higher than what I have at 16?
• 11:19
  SPEAKER_02: Yes, they could.
• 11:20
  SPEAKER_02: I put them there just because of the unknowns that I had in my mind.
• 11:23
  SPEAKER_02: Understood.
• 11:25
  SPEAKER_02: You make a good argument.
• 11:27
  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
• 11:27
  SPEAKER_02: Who do you have number 15?
• 11:29
  SPEAKER_02: 15 from the NE10, the pace setters.
• 11:34
  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
• 11:35
  SPEAKER_02: They're pretty strong at offense returning, but they lost a lot on D from my perspective, which is why they dropped to this point at 15.
• 11:45
  SPEAKER_02: As you know, Danny, they're one of these teams that usually are in the top 10 or very, very close.
• 11:50
  SPEAKER_02: And they they're in the top 10 and they stay there before they even have any games.
• 11:55
  SPEAKER_02: And then when they play, right, they show why they're at that level.
• 12:00
  SPEAKER_02: They usually move up.
• 12:01
  SPEAKER_02: They usually move up.
• 12:02
  SPEAKER_02: And I could see where pace would move up.
• 12:04
  SPEAKER_02: But you saw how they ended last year.
• 12:07
  SPEAKER_02: I think they're at that same level this year.
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  SPEAKER_02: And so that's why I have them at 15.
• 12:16
  SPEAKER_02: Excellent.
• 12:17
  SPEAKER_02: Excellent.
• 12:17
  SPEAKER_01: How about you?
• 12:18
  SPEAKER_01: At 15, representing the ECC.
• 12:23
  SPEAKER_01: I have the Malloy Lions, Kev.
• 12:26
  SPEAKER_01: I think they're well coached and scrappy.
• 12:29
  SPEAKER_01: They're a high IQ squad.
• 12:30
  SPEAKER_01: They got a lot of offensive weapons, a top-tier attack unit with Green, Corcoran, Taylor, and Poolis.
• 12:38
  SPEAKER_01: They have McCabe and LSM Thomas Kofott on defense, who's just like Zorro with a stick in his hand.
• 12:45
  SPEAKER_01: The guy's amazing.
• 12:46
  SPEAKER_01: And they're solid at face-off.
• 12:48
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, they're just a solid squad, top to bottom.
• 12:51
  SPEAKER_01: A little question in goal right now.
• 12:53
  SPEAKER_01: That's why I have them back a little bit.
• 12:56
  SPEAKER_01: But at 15, I like the Malloy Lions.
• 13:00
  SPEAKER_02: That's a good, good pick.
• 13:02
  SPEAKER_02: I have them higher.
• 13:04
  SPEAKER_01: Okay.
• 13:06
  SPEAKER_02: Higher.
• 13:07
  SPEAKER_02: Wow.
• 13:08
  SPEAKER_02: Which could be one of these that I may uh not make.
• 13:11
  SPEAKER_02: We may see where what happens at the end of the year, but I'll show you why I do it.
• 13:14
  SPEAKER_02: But yeah, I agree with you.
• 13:15
  SPEAKER_02: Um I think they're loaded for bear.
• 13:17
  SPEAKER_02: That's why I have them a little bit higher.
• 13:19
  SPEAKER_02: Who do you have at 14?
• 13:23
  SPEAKER_01: Representing, excuse me, pardon me.
• 13:26
  SPEAKER_01: The GLVC, the Lewis Flyers.
• 13:30
  SPEAKER_01: Here's a team that's physical on defense and deep with talent, Kev.
• 13:36
  SPEAKER_01: Led by Malachi Good, who had 74 points last year.
• 13:40
  SPEAKER_01: And yet they got Caden Donahue in goal.
• 13:43
  SPEAKER_01: They're solid.
• 13:44
  SPEAKER_01: I just expect to be I expect Lewis to be one of the better teams in the country.
• 13:48
  SPEAKER_01: So I got Lewis coming in at number 14.
• 13:52
  SPEAKER_02: I like it.
• 13:53
  SPEAKER_02: I like it.
• 13:53
  SPEAKER_02: I have them a little bit higher too, and we'll get to that.
• 13:56
  SPEAKER_02: My number 14 is Colorado Mesa.
• 14:01
  SPEAKER_02: All right.
• 14:02
  SPEAKER_02: They lose JJ Brummet, their number one scorer.
• 14:05
  SPEAKER_02: But other than that, they return everyone, including on the defensive side and special teams.
• 14:10
  SPEAKER_02: They've got Shaden Shields and goal at 88%, and they return 88% of their defensive unit.
• 14:16
  SPEAKER_02: So I think now could I put them higher than maybe a Lewis or a Rockhurst?
• 14:25
  SPEAKER_02: I could.
• 14:27
  SPEAKER_02: I think usually in the past, and the pass is no indication of the future, the GLVC teams have usually won out against Colorado Mesa.
• 14:36
  SPEAKER_02: So I put them at 14.
• 14:39
  SPEAKER_02: Could Colorado Mesa go up?
• 14:42
  SPEAKER_02: I do.
• 14:42
  SPEAKER_02: I think they're solid in the top 20, though.
• 14:45
  SPEAKER_02: Excellent.
• 14:46
  SPEAKER_02: Excellent points, Cove.
• 14:48
  SPEAKER_01: Who do you have at 13?
• 14:49
  SPEAKER_02: 13.
• 14:50
  SPEAKER_02: This kind of surprised me where they ended up, but I have Seaton Hill at 13.
• 14:57
  SPEAKER_02: You crazy.
• 15:00
  SPEAKER_02: You just crazy that one.
• 15:04
  SPEAKER_02: They need that.
• 15:04
  SPEAKER_02: They have a new face-off specialist, new starting close D.
• 15:09
  SPEAKER_02: That is what dropped them out of the top 10 for me.
• 15:11
  SPEAKER_02: You remember last year, they were loaded for Bear everywhere.
• 15:15
  SPEAKER_02: And they deserve to be in the top 10.
• 15:17
  SPEAKER_02: They ended up in the top 10.
• 15:18
  SPEAKER_02: They deserve to be there.
• 15:19
  SPEAKER_02: They are always a solid team, but that's why I dropped them out of the top 10 and have them at number 13.
• 15:25
  SPEAKER_02: How about you?
• 15:26
  SPEAKER_01: Interesting.
• 15:27
  SPEAKER_01: Interesting take on that, my friend.
• 15:29
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 15:30
  SPEAKER_01: At 13, representing the Armac, I have the Colorado Mesa.
• 15:36
  SPEAKER_01: Boys from Colorado, the Road Warriors, deep, depth, talent.
• 15:42
  SPEAKER_01: They win championships there, Kev.
• 15:44
  SPEAKER_01: They're winners.
• 15:45
  SPEAKER_01: They're winners.
• 15:46
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 15:47
  SPEAKER_01: They're led offensively by Attack Connor Jensen and Dylan Pless.
• 15:52
  SPEAKER_01: Again, like you mentioned, goalie Shaden Shields, who's phenomenal.
• 15:57
  SPEAKER_01: A little question of face-off there, like you said, but you know what?
• 16:02
  SPEAKER_01: Until somebody can really knock the snot out of them, I think Colorado Mace is one of the better teams in the country.
• 16:08
  SPEAKER_01: Always going to give a team a game, can come down and wipe the snot off you, or come down and lose by one.
• 16:14
  SPEAKER_01: You know, they're going to give you a game.
• 16:16
  SPEAKER_02: They're going to give you a game, and they're one of those teams that beat teams you don't expect and sometimes lose one that you don't expect also.
• 16:24
  SPEAKER_02: But they are really, really, really good.
• 16:28
  SPEAKER_02: And I expect them to be there this year.
• 16:29
  SPEAKER_02: Yep, absolutely.
• 16:32
  SPEAKER_02: Who's your number 12?
• 16:33
  SPEAKER_01: All right, number 12, representing the Peach Belt, the Flagler Saints, Kev.
• 16:41
  SPEAKER_01: Six out of the seven top scorers return.
• 16:43
  SPEAKER_01: Attackman, Trace McDonald, and Ben Nyberg led a really good offense, and those guys return.
• 16:49
  SPEAKER_01: The defense will be led by Ty Secondback, and goal.
• 16:52
  SPEAKER_01: They have two goalies, Josh Stevens and Wade Lamone, that split time last year.
• 16:57
  SPEAKER_01: They both come back.
• 16:58
  SPEAKER_01: They're athletic, they're fast, they're super well coached.
• 17:03
  SPEAKER_01: They were right on the cusp last year.
• 17:06
  SPEAKER_01: I think that this year they're gonna start out with maybe people knowing about them now, you know.
• 17:15
  SPEAKER_01: Flagler's gonna have a little bit of a target on their back.
• 17:18
  SPEAKER_01: They're not the new guy anymore.
• 17:19
  SPEAKER_01: There's these guys are players.
• 17:22
  SPEAKER_01: So I I want to see how they start out, but I think uh I love the Flagler Saints here at number 12.
• 17:28
  SPEAKER_01: I think them they'll probably move up.
• 17:32
  SPEAKER_02: So I have nothing to say, Danny, because my number 12 is Flagler.
• 17:37
  SPEAKER_01: Oh yeah, because you are quality, my friend.
• 17:40
  SPEAKER_02: The only thing I would add and why they're at 12 and not higher, is they lost a little more on D.
• 17:48
  SPEAKER_02: And there's some unknowns on who's gonna do that from transfers other than on how the who's gonna step up.
• 17:53
  SPEAKER_02: But you're right, I agree with you.
• 17:54
  SPEAKER_02: They can move up beyond 12 easily.
• 17:57
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yep.
• 17:58
  SPEAKER_01: I think they're they're a fast athletic team.
• 18:00
  SPEAKER_01: If you see what Brian Duncan's done with these guys in four or five years, I mean he's just getting better recruits.
• 18:06
  SPEAKER_01: It's not a hard sell to come to St.
• 18:08
  SPEAKER_01: Augustine.
• 18:09
  SPEAKER_01: He's gonna he's gonna be a uh team.
• 18:14
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, agree.
• 18:16
  SPEAKER_01: He's gonna be one of the top teams from now on.
• 18:19
  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
• 18:19
  SPEAKER_02: You want to know my number 11?
• 18:21
  SPEAKER_01: Sure.
• 18:24
  SPEAKER_02: St.
• 18:25
  SPEAKER_02: Leo.
• 18:26
  SPEAKER_02: Wow.
• 18:28
  SPEAKER_02: Can you say loaded?
• 18:32
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 18:32
  SPEAKER_02: They are loaded.
• 18:34
  SPEAKER_02: The only reason they are not in my top ten is that they have not been there in a few years.
• 18:40
  SPEAKER_02: And that I think does make a difference sometimes.
• 18:43
  SPEAKER_02: Could they get up in the top 10?
• 18:45
  SPEAKER_02: Hell yes, they could.
• 18:47
  SPEAKER_02: I think they're that talented.
• 18:48
  SPEAKER_02: They've got that much experience across the whole field.
• 18:53
  SPEAKER_01: I agree.
• 18:55
  SPEAKER_01: I agree.
• 18:56
  SPEAKER_01: That's my number 11.
• 18:58
  SPEAKER_01: You make an excellent argument, Mr.
• 19:00
  SPEAKER_01: Stenstrom.
• 19:01
  SPEAKER_02: Who do you have at 11?
• 19:02
  SPEAKER_01: At number 11, I have Coach Mariana, the NE10, and the pace setters.
• 19:08
  SPEAKER_01: Oh, there you go.
• 19:10
  SPEAKER_01: Solid squad, top to bottom, well coached, high IQ squad, year in and year out, Kev.
• 19:15
  SPEAKER_01: No matter where they are, they're always one of the better teams out there.
• 19:19
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, they're gonna be led by senior attackmen, uh, Declan Landers and Will Donowski.
• 19:24
  SPEAKER_01: They're they're solid and special teams in goalie with Jack Kern.
• 19:28
  SPEAKER_01: Coach is a great recruiter, a great coach.
• 19:31
  SPEAKER_01: I think they're gonna be right there in the mix uh again.
• 19:35
  SPEAKER_01: And uh at number 11, I like the pace setters.
• 19:39
  SPEAKER_02: It's a good choice.
• 19:40
  SPEAKER_02: It's a good choice.
• 19:41
  SPEAKER_02: I look I had it in a different spot, but like you said, I think you make a good argument there.
• 19:46
  SPEAKER_02: All right, who do you have at 10?
• 19:49
  SPEAKER_02: All right.
• 19:50
  SPEAKER_02: As we move into the top 10, here we go.
• 19:52
  SPEAKER_01: Here we go to the top 10.
• 19:54
  SPEAKER_01: At number 10, representing the SAC.
• 19:58
  SPEAKER_01: I have the Newberry Wolves, Kev.
• 20:01
  SPEAKER_01: Okay.
• 20:02
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I think they're solid and special teams, a young yet formidable attack unit.
• 20:08
  SPEAKER_01: Their defense is tough and athletic with those limestone transfers.
• 20:13
  SPEAKER_01: Heard they looked very good in the fall.
• 20:15
  SPEAKER_01: I think Coach Utter has been putting in the ingredients in for the last couple of years, and he's got he's got the guys.
• 20:23
  SPEAKER_01: It's just about execution now.
• 20:25
  SPEAKER_01: So at number 10, I like the Newberry Wolves.
• 20:30
  SPEAKER_01: I like it.
• 20:30
  SPEAKER_02: You saw where I had him.
• 20:32
  SPEAKER_02: Yep.
• 20:33
  SPEAKER_02: My number 10 is close to where it's just a flip of where you had them.
• 20:39
  SPEAKER_02: Same thing.
• 20:39
  SPEAKER_02: I I have Lewis as number 10.
• 20:41
  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
• 20:42
  SPEAKER_02: And you had Lewis back around 15 or 16, right?
• 20:45
  SPEAKER_01: I had Lewis at 14.
• 20:47
  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
• 20:48
  SPEAKER_02: So look at I had I had Newberry at 16, you have them at 10, I have Lewis at 10, you had them at 14.
• 20:55
  SPEAKER_02: Very, very close.
• 20:58
  SPEAKER_02: Their attack returns.
• 20:59
  SPEAKER_02: They also added Limestone's Carta Kaczynski to MIDI.
• 21:03
  SPEAKER_02: They have good midis, but have not really worked together yet.
• 21:06
  SPEAKER_02: They've got some that are coming from limestone.
• 21:10
  SPEAKER_02: I think they're going to be really solid.
• 21:12
  SPEAKER_02: They lose face-off specialists, Don Torello, but they've got all the space-off specialists that have been proven and are above the 50%.
• 21:18
  SPEAKER_02: So I think they are going to be right there.
• 21:21
  SPEAKER_02: That's why I have them in my top 10.
• 21:22
  SPEAKER_01: Kaczynski's going to be a handful in that conference.
• 21:25
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 21:26
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, he's got SAC, you know, uh notches in his belt with limestone, and he was good at limestone.
• 21:34
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, yeah.
• 21:35
  SPEAKER_01: He was one of those players that just kept looking, go, damn, that kid is good, man.
• 21:38
  SPEAKER_01: Don't take your eyes off him.
• 21:40
  SPEAKER_01: Don't take a defender off him.
• 21:42
  SPEAKER_01: You know, they had Zach Terry and had McGarry and that's the first time.
• 21:45
  SPEAKER_01: That's the problem, right?
• 21:46
  SPEAKER_01: And that now he's going to be doing that for Lewis because they've got a bunch of options.
• 21:50
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, he's going to be really good for Lewis.
• 21:51
  SPEAKER_01: So I think that's a great, that's a great number 10, Kev.
• 21:55
  SPEAKER_01: Okay, my number nine.
• 22:00
  SPEAKER_02: Is Rockhurst out of the GLVC?
• 22:03
  SPEAKER_02: Wow.
• 22:04
  SPEAKER_02: That's a big one, dude.
• 22:06
  SPEAKER_02: I did this with them last year.
• 22:08
  SPEAKER_02: I got burned.
• 22:09
  SPEAKER_02: So come on, Coach Kelly.
• 22:11
  SPEAKER_02: I'm believing you.
• 22:12
  SPEAKER_02: I believe in your team, man.
• 22:13
  SPEAKER_02: Come on.
• 22:14
  SPEAKER_02: They're loaded in all areas.
• 22:17
  SPEAKER_02: Except for close D.
• 22:18
  SPEAKER_02: They have a few replacements there for starters.
• 22:22
  SPEAKER_02: I wanted actually to put them ahead of all that my GLVC teams that I have in this, but I didn't because of last year.
• 22:30
  SPEAKER_02: But I just think on paper they look like they can be a top 10 team.
• 22:38
  SPEAKER_02: And now they just have to prove it on the field.
• 22:41
  SPEAKER_01: It's interesting because I don't have them in my top 20.
• 22:44
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 22:44
  SPEAKER_02: I didn't think you did because I hadn't heard him yet, and I figured you would have already had him.
• 22:48
  SPEAKER_01: That's interesting.
• 22:49
  SPEAKER_01: That's very interesting.
• 22:50
  SPEAKER_01: At number nine, Kev, also representing the GLVC, the Maryville Saints.
• 22:58
  SPEAKER_01: I think this is a team that every year is just really, really good.
• 23:02
  SPEAKER_01: They had a strong and stout defense last year that only led up like nine goals per game.
• 23:08
  SPEAKER_01: They're super solid from top to bottom.
• 23:11
  SPEAKER_01: You know, they have Fogo Shea Rayburn, who is an All-American honorable mention.
• 23:15
  SPEAKER_01: They got Short Stick Middy John Charlton, who led that defense last year.
• 23:20
  SPEAKER_01: And with Simonson, Tobias, and Zemey, I don't know.
• 23:24
  SPEAKER_01: They're going to be a tough out.
• 23:26
  SPEAKER_01: I agree.
• 23:27
  SPEAKER_01: I agree.
• 23:28
  SPEAKER_01: He does a good job of coaching, man.
• 23:30
  SPEAKER_01: He was the D2 coach of the year last year, and he does a very good job there.
• 23:34
  SPEAKER_01: So I like the Saints of Maryville at number nine.
• 23:39
  SPEAKER_02: I like it.
• 23:40
  SPEAKER_02: I like it.
• 23:41
  SPEAKER_02: You'll see where I've got him.
• 23:43
  SPEAKER_02: How about number eight there, Mr.
• 23:45
  SPEAKER_02: Moran?
• 23:46
  SPEAKER_01: This is probably going to blow a lot of people's minds right here.
• 23:49
  SPEAKER_01: I got the St.
• 23:50
  SPEAKER_01: Leo Lions representing the Sunshine State Conference at number eight, Kev.
• 23:55
  SPEAKER_01: The return of Greg Palmer and John Rauchy, along with that seasoned veteran offense, Mr.
• 24:02
  SPEAKER_01: No Jin.
• 24:03
  SPEAKER_01: No Jin.
• 24:05
  SPEAKER_01: We got it right.
• 24:07
  SPEAKER_01: Mr.
• 24:07
  SPEAKER_01: Nealin, my man, Thomas Nealin.
• 24:10
  SPEAKER_01: There we go.
• 24:11
  SPEAKER_01: You know, LeBlanc, along with Ben Baker, a defense wouldn't Wills, in my estimation, one of the better defensers in the country.
• 24:20
  SPEAKER_01: And James Davies and Jimmy McDon McGonagall.
• 24:23
  SPEAKER_01: They're solid at special teams, and they are lethal on man up, Kev.
• 24:29
  SPEAKER_01: So at number eight, I got the Lions of St.
• 24:33
  SPEAKER_01: Leo.
• 24:34
  SPEAKER_02: I cannot refute you on that pick.
• 24:38
  SPEAKER_02: Like I said, I didn't have them in the top ten, but they are loaded, and they could easily be up there.
• 24:43
  SPEAKER_02: And I could have had them up there.
• 24:47
  SPEAKER_02: I just didn't.
• 24:47
  SPEAKER_02: And one of the reasons is where I put my number eight, which is Malloy.
• 24:53
  SPEAKER_02: And there you go.
• 24:54
  SPEAKER_02: Malloy Lions.
• 24:55
  SPEAKER_02: They're loaded too, just like St.
• 24:57
  SPEAKER_02: Leo.
• 24:58
  SPEAKER_02: Only question probably is goalkeeper.
• 25:04
  SPEAKER_02: But like Coach Dunn said, they've got a guy that's been waiting in the rings, wings, he's ready to go.
• 25:10
  SPEAKER_02: I could have even had them a little bit higher.
• 25:13
  SPEAKER_02: You'll see who my number seven pick is.
• 25:15
  SPEAKER_02: They could have been in that slot.
• 25:17
  SPEAKER_02: I I just couldn't put my number seven.
• 25:20
  SPEAKER_02: I couldn't switch them for obvious reasons when I get there.
• 25:24
  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
• 25:25
  SPEAKER_02: All right.
• 25:26
  SPEAKER_02: Because my number seven, I guess I'm up for this.
• 25:28
  SPEAKER_02: It's my turn, right?
• 25:29
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, yes, yes.
• 25:30
  SPEAKER_02: Is Lenore Ryan.
• 25:32
  SPEAKER_01: Oh, wow.
• 25:34
  SPEAKER_02: No real weakness except goalkeeper position.
• 25:41
  SPEAKER_02: No they, you know, the need the defense needs to step up a little bit more, I think, than they have in the past.
• 25:48
  SPEAKER_02: They don't have the players when they had like the Powells and the Masseys of that close D, but they're returning their defense.
• 25:55
  SPEAKER_02: And I think they are look at Coach Perrin always knows how to coach this team.
• 26:00
  SPEAKER_02: He had a team that was practically brand new.
• 26:03
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 26:04
  SPEAKER_02: And they went 14 and 4 last year.
• 26:06
  SPEAKER_02: Yep.
• 26:08
  SPEAKER_02: I think that's why I had to put Lenore Ryan at seven and Malloy at eight.
• 26:13
  SPEAKER_02: Wow.
• 26:14
  SPEAKER_02: Interesting.
• 26:16
  SPEAKER_01: At number seven, I have Lenore Ryan Bears, Kev.
• 26:21
  SPEAKER_01: We both have them at number seven.
• 26:23
  SPEAKER_01: I think they have a lethal offense and a beast at the dot with Matt Mancini.
• 26:29
  SPEAKER_01: Donnie Powell, kids ridiculous out there with the ball.
• 26:33
  SPEAKER_01: You got Robert Walker and Jared Huff and Brushing Hannon and Morgan Mattish.
• 26:38
  SPEAKER_01: They are stacked on the offensive side.
• 26:40
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 26:41
  SPEAKER_01: They got some pretty good defenders too, and Parks Painter and Deacon Medwick on defense, like you said.
• 26:47
  SPEAKER_01: Little questioning goal.
• 26:49
  SPEAKER_01: They had a scrimmage yesterday the other day up in High Point.
• 26:53
  SPEAKER_01: I heard they started the freshman goalie, Long Island kid from Northport High School.
• 26:59
  SPEAKER_01: And I think the uh graduate student, red shirt graduate, Mr.
• 27:04
  SPEAKER_01: Conlin got the second half.
• 27:07
  SPEAKER_01: I don't know.
• 27:07
  SPEAKER_01: I didn't get any more reports on that, but I heard so they're still looking, I think, for that for that opening day.
• 27:15
  SPEAKER_01: Goalie.
• 27:16
  SPEAKER_01: So that's why I have them a little bit back.
• 27:18
  SPEAKER_01: They should be higher usually in my in my top ten.
• 27:22
  SPEAKER_02: But like we talked about it in the conference preview last week for the sack.
• 27:26
  SPEAKER_02: Who knows what's going to happen?
• 27:28
  SPEAKER_01: They're going to be tough.
• 27:29
  SPEAKER_01: Are you kidding me?
• 27:30
  SPEAKER_01: You're not going to LR's gonna come in and kick your ass.
• 27:34
  SPEAKER_01: You know what I mean?
• 27:35
  SPEAKER_01: They are good.
• 27:36
  SPEAKER_01: Strong, fast, super well coached, stacked on offense.
• 27:40
  SPEAKER_01: Again, little, little question in goal.
• 27:44
  SPEAKER_01: And it looks like they're gonna try to straighten that out.
• 27:47
  SPEAKER_01: I agree.
• 27:48
  SPEAKER_01: Who's your number six?
• 27:50
  SPEAKER_01: My number six also representing the SAC.
• 27:55
  SPEAKER_01: The Anderson Trojans.
• 27:58
  SPEAKER_01: I have them uh at lethal, lethal attack unit.
• 28:02
  SPEAKER_01: Excellent at face-off with Russia and Dixon.
• 28:06
  SPEAKER_01: Oh, their offense is tough too.
• 28:07
  SPEAKER_01: Bitterman, Cole Sparks, Raiden Badron, Matty Rogers.
• 28:11
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, just tough, solid on D, ending goal with Aiden Laughlin.
• 28:16
  SPEAKER_01: You know, this is a team that went to the SAC championship last year, caught a lot of teams off guard and beat the snot out of them.
• 28:23
  SPEAKER_01: Pretty much everybody returns, Kev.
• 28:25
  SPEAKER_01: Yep.
• 28:26
  SPEAKER_01: Yep.
• 28:26
  SPEAKER_01: That's a good choice.
• 28:27
  SPEAKER_02: That's a very good choice.
• 28:29
  SPEAKER_01: They're gonna be tough.
• 28:30
  SPEAKER_01: They're gonna be tough, the Anderson Trojans this year.
• 28:32
  SPEAKER_02: I definitely see them in the top ten.
• 28:34
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, 100%.
• 28:37
  SPEAKER_02: My number six, though, is Merriaville.
• 28:40
  SPEAKER_02: You had them at nine, right?
• 28:42
  SPEAKER_01: I had them at nine.
• 28:43
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I have them at six.
• 28:45
  SPEAKER_02: They bring back a lot of firepower.
• 28:48
  SPEAKER_02: D is very solid.
• 28:49
  SPEAKER_02: The only question I have is goalie Evan Alfano replacing Dylan Radke.
• 28:54
  SPEAKER_02: Now he's been in the wings.
• 28:57
  SPEAKER_02: I think he's gonna be ready.
• 29:00
  SPEAKER_02: I definitely think they're a top ten team.
• 29:04
  SPEAKER_02: Are they six or nine?
• 29:05
  SPEAKER_02: We'll see.
• 29:06
  SPEAKER_02: I just had him, just of what they've done, look what they did last year.
• 29:11
  SPEAKER_01: Defense was great last year.
• 29:13
  SPEAKER_02: Going all the way to the final four.
• 29:16
  SPEAKER_01: I guess, you know, like we always talk about offenses, you know.
• 29:18
  SPEAKER_01: We all, you know, because that's the most exciting thing to look at.
• 29:22
  SPEAKER_01: You know, oh, they do this, they got this guy, they got that guy.
• 29:25
  SPEAKER_01: But meanwhile, their defense just shutting people down.
• 29:28
  SPEAKER_01: Right.
• 29:28
  SPEAKER_01: Maryville only gave up nine goals a game last year.
• 29:31
  SPEAKER_01: Like you had to earn your goals against Maryville.
• 29:36
  SPEAKER_01: Once they got the ball, man, they good luck getting it back.
• 29:40
  SPEAKER_01: Exactly.
• 29:41
  SPEAKER_02: They're really good team at I expect them to be pretty good, man.
• 29:44
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 29:45
  SPEAKER_02: All right, here's my number five, Danny.
• 29:48
  SPEAKER_02: It's the Wingate Bulldogs.
• 29:50
  SPEAKER_02: Ah, you're a smart man, Kevin.
• 29:52
  SPEAKER_02: You're a smart man.
• 29:54
  SPEAKER_02: They we talked about this, or I talked about this in the conference preview last week.
• 30:00
  SPEAKER_02: They may have the best offense in both attack and mini lines coming back in D2.
• 30:06
  SPEAKER_02: To me, their defense is a little bit of the question mark.
• 30:10
  SPEAKER_02: That is why I actually put them below Anderson.
• 30:15
  SPEAKER_02: You'll see where I've got them.
• 30:17
  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
• 30:18
  SPEAKER_02: And last year is not an indicator, but you'll see where where I have uh put I couldn't put them ahead of Tampa either.
• 30:29
  SPEAKER_02: Tampa's in my top four, and I had to put Wingate.
• 30:31
  SPEAKER_02: It was one of these, it's one of these, Danny.
• 30:33
  SPEAKER_02: When we talked about this before.
• 30:35
  SPEAKER_02: Every year, it's like the top five, six, seven, like there's a few that can go up and down, right?
• 30:39
  SPEAKER_02: And I had Wingate solid at five.
• 30:41
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, makes total sense.
• 30:43
  SPEAKER_01: Because you know why?
• 30:44
  SPEAKER_01: Because I had Wingate at number five.
• 30:47
  SPEAKER_02: Well, you're a smart, you are no Stradamus.
• 30:52
  SPEAKER_01: Good one, Kev.
• 30:54
  SPEAKER_01: I like it.
• 30:55
  SPEAKER_01: I like it.
• 30:56
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, you know, the Wingate Bulldogs, lethal attack and midfield unit.
• 31:01
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, added depth at Fogo now is gonna help them.
• 31:05
  SPEAKER_01: Man, Joey Moran, Kyle Spence, uh uh Sean Clark on offense, three All-Americans right there.
• 31:13
  SPEAKER_01: Sean, Joey Moran is like Steph, Steph Curry of Division II.
• 31:18
  SPEAKER_01: He can shoot from anywhere, either hand, doesn't matter.
• 31:22
  SPEAKER_01: He can, he's tough, man.
• 31:23
  SPEAKER_01: And then you got just, you know, uh solid in goal in Quad Williams.
• 31:29
  SPEAKER_01: Solid in goal.
• 31:30
  SPEAKER_01: Again, added depth and photo.
• 31:33
  SPEAKER_01: Uh question a little bit on who's going to be that starting close.
• 31:37
  SPEAKER_01: They lost a couple of guys.
• 31:39
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 31:39
  SPEAKER_01: But you know, Coach Boyle's teams are always very deep, and I think that defense is going to figure it's it figure it out.
• 31:46
  SPEAKER_02: I think that's probably you're right.
• 31:48
  SPEAKER_02: Figuring it out is like to me, it's not if, it's when.
• 31:52
  SPEAKER_02: Right.
• 31:53
  SPEAKER_02: Like they'll figure it out.
• 31:55
  SPEAKER_02: Exactly.
• 31:55
  SPEAKER_01: So so at number five, I like the Bulldogs of Wingate University.
• 32:01
  SPEAKER_02: I like it.
• 32:02
  SPEAKER_01: All right.
• 32:02
  SPEAKER_01: Who's your number four?
• 32:04
  SPEAKER_01: My number four, the Tampa Spartans representing the Sunshine State Conference.
• 32:10
  SPEAKER_01: Kev, uh they lost a lot last year, but you know, Coach Clark, he's just a reloader.
• 32:17
  SPEAKER_01: Um, they're strong defensively last year, which is uh, you know, we always think of Tampa as that 17, 18, 19 goal a game team.
• 32:27
  SPEAKER_01: Last year they weren't that team, right?
• 32:29
  SPEAKER_01: Like a 13 goal a game.
• 32:31
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 32:31
  SPEAKER_01: But they had a great face-off in Mikey Flores and just a super stout defense.
• 32:37
  SPEAKER_01: And that guy, Gordy Gumbold on DKF, dude, he's a beast.
• 32:44
  SPEAKER_01: He's one of the better defenders in the country.
• 32:47
  SPEAKER_01: He locks down motherfuckers.
• 32:49
  SPEAKER_01: I'm telling you, he's a locked down defender.
• 32:52
  SPEAKER_01: Conley Stone, the same thing.
• 32:54
  SPEAKER_01: And they're deep on offense.
• 32:55
  SPEAKER_01: You know, Jackson Bashaw's coming back.
• 32:57
  SPEAKER_01: Tommy Ortega's coming back.
• 32:59
  SPEAKER_01: Guys have been with JB for a couple of years know the system.
• 33:02
  SPEAKER_01: So Tampa, they're gonna be Tampa.
• 33:06
  SPEAKER_01: They're gonna be tough to beat.
• 33:07
  SPEAKER_01: Um, can't wait to see them play.
• 33:10
  SPEAKER_01: So at number four, I got the Spartans of Tampa.
• 33:14
  SPEAKER_02: I love that choice, Danny.
• 33:16
  SPEAKER_02: I love it.
• 33:17
  SPEAKER_02: My number four is Tampa.
• 33:19
  SPEAKER_01: Oh, you're the man because you're smart.
• 33:25
  SPEAKER_02: You you said it exactly right.
• 33:27
  SPEAKER_02: They did lose a little, they lost some key short stick D middies, they lost Mikey Flores at the dot.
• 33:36
  SPEAKER_02: The thing I keep on going back to is I could I have them lower?
• 33:42
  SPEAKER_02: Probably.
• 33:43
  SPEAKER_02: But until proven otherwise, I can't.
• 33:45
  SPEAKER_02: Exactly.
• 33:47
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, last year I had them at eight, and they ended up number two in the country.
• 33:51
  SPEAKER_02: So I can't go against that.
• 33:53
  SPEAKER_02: They are always ready.
• 33:54
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 33:55
  SPEAKER_02: So number four is a good pick.
• 33:57
  SPEAKER_01: Coach Club just, you know, he knows how to get these teams going.
• 34:01
  SPEAKER_01: They're just good, man.
• 34:02
  SPEAKER_01: They're just well coached and good assistance and just good recruiting, and just it's got the whole package there.
• 34:08
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 34:09
  SPEAKER_02: I agree.
• 34:10
  SPEAKER_02: I agree.
• 34:11
  SPEAKER_02: All right.
• 34:12
  SPEAKER_02: My number three, we're in the the final stretch here, Danny.
• 34:17
  SPEAKER_02: Yes, we are.
• 34:20
  SPEAKER_02: Anderson.
• 34:21
  SPEAKER_02: Wow.
• 34:22
  SPEAKER_01: All right.
• 34:24
  SPEAKER_02: You said it.
• 34:25
  SPEAKER_02: You they took a big step last year.
• 34:27
  SPEAKER_02: You mentioned this.
• 34:29
  SPEAKER_02: And really, for them, their big step had to be beating uh got teams like Wingate.
• 34:34
  SPEAKER_02: They did Wingate, Lenore Ryan, and Newberry.
• 34:37
  SPEAKER_02: Their face-off special returns with a 61% save or face-off rate, all their shooters return, and there's no real gap in defense.
• 34:47
  SPEAKER_02: That's the only reason I had them a little bit higher than Wingate.
• 34:51
  SPEAKER_02: And I have at number three.
• 34:53
  SPEAKER_02: Could Tampa be at three and Anderson at four?
• 34:56
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, but Anderson didn't lose any.
• 34:58
  SPEAKER_02: So on paper, I got to say, look what they did last year.
• 35:01
  SPEAKER_02: They got everyone coming back.
• 35:02
  SPEAKER_02: They're my number three.
• 35:05
  SPEAKER_01: Makes complete sense.
• 35:06
  SPEAKER_01: And I have no argument with that.
• 35:08
  SPEAKER_01: I can totally understand you have them that high.
• 35:12
  SPEAKER_02: I can't wait to hear your number three.
• 35:14
  SPEAKER_02: Because I think we're down there somewhere that you and I are not in sync here.
• 35:18
  SPEAKER_02: Yep.
• 35:18
  SPEAKER_01: I have representing the GMAC, the Seton Hill Griffiths at three.
• 35:24
  SPEAKER_01: Oh.
• 35:27
  SPEAKER_01: Another deep and stacked team, well coached.
• 35:32
  SPEAKER_01: The Sheriff, Brunel, Herbster, Carter Green on offense, 160 points between those three guys, Kev.
• 35:40
  SPEAKER_01: They are a lethal little unit upon themselves.
• 35:44
  SPEAKER_01: Brunel is sick.
• 35:45
  SPEAKER_01: Herbster is sick.
• 35:46
  SPEAKER_01: Carter Green is sick.
• 35:48
  SPEAKER_01: They got Will Cody in goal.
• 35:52
  SPEAKER_01: Just a solid, solid goalie.
• 35:55
  SPEAKER_01: And then Color Green.
• 35:57
  SPEAKER_01: Cullen Green's going to lead that defense.
• 35:59
  SPEAKER_01: So I love what they do up at St.
• 36:02
  SPEAKER_01: A.
• 36:03
  SPEAKER_01: I mean Seton Hill.
• 36:04
  SPEAKER_01: And again, I got them at number three, the Seton Hill Griffiths.
• 36:10
  SPEAKER_02: That's a good pick.
• 36:12
  SPEAKER_02: I did not, as you know, I didn't have them that high.
• 36:17
  SPEAKER_02: I think it's going to be interesting to see.
• 36:18
  SPEAKER_02: They easily could move in my in my ranking, right?
• 36:23
  SPEAKER_02: They easily can move up in the top ten.
• 36:25
  SPEAKER_02: They are a solid choice, I think, just from their pedigree to be in that top ten.
• 36:32
  SPEAKER_02: Well, it's I think this is going to be the real interesting one for you to watch between you and me where Seton Hill ends up, right?
• 36:40
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 36:41
  SPEAKER_01: Hey, you know, they always wind up up there, man.
• 36:44
  SPEAKER_01: They're they're just good, man.
• 36:47
  SPEAKER_01: You know what I mean?
• 36:48
  SPEAKER_01: Avante does a killer job.
• 36:49
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, no, he he does.
• 36:51
  SPEAKER_02: And I think I think they're gonna be up there this year.
• 36:54
  SPEAKER_02: He's gonna be Vine, he's gonna be in the NCAA tournament and see what they can do.
• 36:57
  SPEAKER_02: That's the way I look at it.
• 36:59
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I just you just can't ever count a Seton Hill Griffith team.
• 37:03
  SPEAKER_01: That's the type of team like no matter what conference you put them in, they'd be great.
• 37:08
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 37:08
  SPEAKER_01: You know what I mean?
• 37:09
  SPEAKER_01: They'd be a top team in that conference.
• 37:12
  SPEAKER_01: You know, so that's how good they are.
• 37:13
  SPEAKER_01: All right, who do you have at number two?
• 37:15
  SPEAKER_01: At number two, I have the St.
• 37:18
  SPEAKER_01: Anslum's Hawks out of the N-10, Kev.
• 37:21
  SPEAKER_01: They were the only team to beat the champions last year, and they have the team to do it.
• 37:30
  SPEAKER_01: They have the squad.
• 37:32
  SPEAKER_01: They have given Adelphi, who's been a two-time national champ, everything.
• 37:37
  SPEAKER_01: I they don't want to play.
• 37:39
  SPEAKER_01: Adelphi don't want to play St.
• 37:40
  SPEAKER_01: A's because St.
• 37:42
  SPEAKER_01: A's knows how to play Adelphi.
• 37:44
  SPEAKER_01: It's a game when those guys play.
• 37:46
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 37:46
  SPEAKER_01: Uh Quinn Gannon at the dot, Finn Grenara in goal, Matt LeMay, Chris Cloughlin on offense.
• 37:55
  SPEAKER_01: They're deep at LSM with Eddie O'Brien, Jay Koplecki, and Tyler Vigen on defense.
• 38:02
  SPEAKER_01: I just think they're loaded for Bear and the St.
• 38:05
  SPEAKER_01: A's Hawks.
• 38:06
  SPEAKER_01: I got them at number two.
• 38:09
  SPEAKER_02: I got nothing to say, Danny.
• 38:11
  SPEAKER_02: St.
• 38:12
  SPEAKER_02: Ansome, number two.
• 38:13
  SPEAKER_01: You're a smart man, Kevin.
• 38:17
  SPEAKER_02: Now, our number one.
• 38:20
  SPEAKER_02: Hmm.
• 38:23
  SPEAKER_02: You haven't said a name.
• 38:25
  SPEAKER_02: I haven't said a name.
• 38:27
  SPEAKER_02: I think we got the same number one.
• 38:31
  SPEAKER_02: I think we do.
• 38:32
  SPEAKER_02: A Delphi.
• 38:34
  SPEAKER_01: The Panthers! The two time.
• 38:39
  SPEAKER_01: Defending national champs out of the N-10.
• 38:43
  SPEAKER_01: Kev.
• 38:44
  SPEAKER_01: Whew.
• 38:45
  SPEAKER_01: This team is stacked again, my man.
• 38:48
  SPEAKER_01: Outstanding on both sides of the ball.
• 38:52
  SPEAKER_01: Offensively, McDermott, Lewis, Dunellen, Dernan.
• 38:57
  SPEAKER_01: Are you kidding me?
• 38:58
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 38:59
  SPEAKER_01: Pick your freaking poison.
• 39:00
  SPEAKER_01: Defensively, Delessandro, Reese Bauer, Carter Linkletter.
• 39:06
  SPEAKER_00: That's just so scary.
• 39:08
  SPEAKER_01: Are you effing kidding me?
• 39:10
  SPEAKER_01: Are you effing kidding me?
• 39:12
  SPEAKER_01: They're going to be tough, man.
• 39:13
  SPEAKER_01: They are going to be tough.
• 39:15
  SPEAKER_01: They have Will Greaves at faceoff, who did phenomenal for them last year as a freshman.
• 39:21
  SPEAKER_01: Their only question, my only question is in goal.
• 39:24
  SPEAKER_01: They have two goalies, I think they're going to go.
• 39:25
  SPEAKER_02: Exactly what I've got.
• 39:26
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 39:26
  SPEAKER_01: A Boston U guy and the kid from Belmont Abbey, correct?
• 39:33
  SPEAKER_01: Yes.
• 39:33
  SPEAKER_01: So we'll see.
• 39:34
  SPEAKER_01: We'll see who a Delphi gets, who gets the start there.
• 39:38
  SPEAKER_01: But they're the champs, Kevin.
• 39:41
  SPEAKER_01: Like, you know, like Muhammad Ali.
• 39:42
  SPEAKER_01: Until you can knock them out, they're the champs.
• 39:46
  SPEAKER_02: We said the same thing last year.
• 39:47
  SPEAKER_02: We were right.
• 39:48
  SPEAKER_02: They ended up as a champs again.
• 39:50
  SPEAKER_02: Dylan Renner gone.
• 39:53
  SPEAKER_02: I can't see another goalie coming in that's going to be as dominant as Dylan Renner.
• 39:59
  SPEAKER_02: I'm not sure they always need that to be at number one.
• 40:02
  SPEAKER_02: If they've got a guy that's really, really, really good still, because they could.
• 40:06
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 40:08
  SPEAKER_01: Well, like they got a great defense.
• 40:09
  SPEAKER_01: So I'm Yeah.
• 40:12
  SPEAKER_01: The defense is going to set up the goalie.
• 40:14
  SPEAKER_01: Goalie might not have to do too much.
• 40:16
  SPEAKER_01: The ball may not get to him.
• 40:18
  SPEAKER_01: But you know what?
• 40:19
  SPEAKER_01: Those two guys, they go down, they go down and face um L uh LR and Wingate.
• 40:25
  SPEAKER_01: Two really good offenses with two great face-off squads.
• 40:31
  SPEAKER_01: It might dude, I want to see both of those games.
• 40:35
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I will tell you, those are going to be great games.
• 40:41
  SPEAKER_02: And let's look we talked about the sack, and regular season performance is not going to be an indicator what ends up.
• 40:49
  SPEAKER_02: If Adelpha goes down and loses, let's just say they do.
• 40:54
  SPEAKER_02: They lose let's say they lose both those games.
• 40:57
  SPEAKER_02: That's not an indicator what's going to happen with them at the end of the year either.
• 40:59
  SPEAKER_02: That doesn't hurt.
• 41:00
  SPEAKER_02: Because those three teams are all in our top ten and all very close.
• 41:08
  SPEAKER_02: And so who knows what's going to happen when they they meet in regular season and what happens after that.
• 41:13
  SPEAKER_02: This so you're right.
• 41:15
  SPEAKER_02: I I think I think that's smart for a Delphi to do.
• 41:18
  SPEAKER_02: Because guess what?
• 41:19
  SPEAKER_02: They may be meeting one of those teams in the Natty, the final.
• 41:24
  SPEAKER_01: It's very possible.
• 41:25
  SPEAKER_01: Very possible.
• 41:26
  SPEAKER_01: So that's our top 20.
• 41:28
  SPEAKER_01: One, I got a Delphi, two, St.
• 41:30
  SPEAKER_01: A's, three, Seton Hill, four Tampa, five Wingate.
• 41:34
  SPEAKER_01: You and I are together on a lot.
• 41:36
  SPEAKER_01: Six, I have Anderson.
• 41:38
  SPEAKER_01: Number seven, I have LR.
• 41:40
  SPEAKER_01: Number eight, I have the St.
• 41:41
  SPEAKER_01: Leo Lions.
• 41:42
  SPEAKER_01: Number nine, the Maryville Saints.
• 41:44
  SPEAKER_01: Number ten, the Newberry Wolves.
• 41:46
  SPEAKER_01: At 11, I have the Pace Setters.
• 41:48
  SPEAKER_01: At 12, I have Flaggler.
• 41:50
  SPEAKER_01: At 13, I have Colorado Mesa.
• 41:53
  SPEAKER_01: At 14, I have the Lewis Flyers.
• 41:55
  SPEAKER_01: At 15, I have the Malloy Lions, which I think that could get probably go up.
• 42:00
  SPEAKER_01: 16, I have the North Greenville Trailblazers.
• 42:08
  SPEAKER_01: And number 17, I have Belmont Abbey.
• 42:10
  SPEAKER_01: I think they're going to be tough this year.
• 42:12
  SPEAKER_01: I'm very, very interested to see what Belmont Abbey does offensively.
• 42:17
  SPEAKER_01: Rollins at 18.
• 42:21
  SPEAKER_01: And Wilmington at 20.
• 42:23
  SPEAKER_01: Go over your top two.
• 42:24
  SPEAKER_02: Great picks there.
• 42:25
  SPEAKER_02: Great picks.
• 42:25
  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
• 42:26
  SPEAKER_02: Starting from number one, I've got a Delphi.
• 42:28
  SPEAKER_02: Number two, I've got St.
• 42:29
  SPEAKER_02: Anselm.
• 42:30
  SPEAKER_02: Number three, Anderson.
• 42:32
  SPEAKER_02: Number four, Tampa.
• 42:33
  SPEAKER_02: Number five, I've got Wingate.
• 42:35
  SPEAKER_02: Followed up by number six, Meryville.
• 42:38
  SPEAKER_02: Number seven, Lenore Ryan.
• 42:40
  SPEAKER_02: And at eight, I've got Malloy, followed by number nine, Rockhurst, my Dark Horse, and number 10, Lewis.
• 42:47
  SPEAKER_02: And going into the final stretch, number 11, I've got the St.
• 42:51
  SPEAKER_02: Leo Lions, followed by number 12, Flagler.
• 42:54
  SPEAKER_02: And then number 13, Seaton Hill.
• 42:56
  SPEAKER_02: I've got Colorado Mesa at 14, Pace at 15.
• 43:01
  SPEAKER_02: Number 16, I've got Newberry, followed by Wilmington at 17.
• 43:05
  SPEAKER_02: Then I've got Belmont Abbey at 18.
• 43:08
  SPEAKER_02: 19 is Rollins.
• 43:10
  SPEAKER_02: And closing it out for me is Mercy at number 20.
• 43:14
  SPEAKER_02: Excellent choices, Kev.
• 43:17
  SPEAKER_01: Excellent choices.
• 43:18
  SPEAKER_01: Our top 20 for 2026.
• 43:22
  SPEAKER_02: I love it.
• 43:23
  SPEAKER_01: I love it.
• 43:23
  SPEAKER_01: It's in the book.
• 43:24
  SPEAKER_02: See what the fans, our listeners, think about those.
• 43:27
  SPEAKER_01: I tell you, man, I think they'd have to kind of agree with us.
• 43:30
  SPEAKER_01: We're pretty, I think we're right on top of it.
• 43:33
  SPEAKER_01: What do you think?
• 43:34
  SPEAKER_02: I think we it's always tough every year.
• 43:36
  SPEAKER_02: There's gonna be people that don't totally agree with us.
• 43:38
  SPEAKER_02: I think we're we're pretty solid.
• 43:40
  SPEAKER_02: Like I said, I've got several that should be could be in there that I didn't go over then.
• 43:44
  SPEAKER_02: And some of those we talked about.
• 43:45
  SPEAKER_02: You had some, I didn't have some.
• 43:47
  SPEAKER_02: So I think that'll be really interesting.
• 43:48
  SPEAKER_01: Like Mercy and whatnot.
• 43:50
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 43:50
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 43:51
  SPEAKER_02: Assumption like you had, and I didn't have them in there, and I think they could be in there.
• 43:54
  SPEAKER_01: So it's gonna be a good year, man.
• 43:56
  SPEAKER_01: It's gonna be great.
• 43:56
  SPEAKER_01: It's gonna be a good year.
• 43:57
  SPEAKER_01: I mean it's gonna be great.
• 43:58
  SPEAKER_01: I'm fired up to the teams.
• 44:00
  SPEAKER_01: There's like eight or nine elite teams, I think.
• 44:03
  SPEAKER_01: Elite.
• 44:04
  SPEAKER_01: When I say elite, they got all the ingredients.
• 44:06
  SPEAKER_01: You know what I mean?
• 44:07
  SPEAKER_02: I've got Command Central ready to go.
• 44:09
  SPEAKER_02: Watching several games at one time.
• 44:12
  SPEAKER_01: We need we need Inside Lacrosse to give us the calendar.
• 44:15
  SPEAKER_02: I know.
• 44:16
  SPEAKER_01: What's up with that?
• 44:17
  SPEAKER_01: IL.
• 44:18
  SPEAKER_01: We gotta what do you got?
• 44:19
  SPEAKER_01: A subscribe now?
• 44:20
  SPEAKER_02: That's what I'm afraid of.
• 44:22
  SPEAKER_02: All right.
• 44:22
  SPEAKER_02: We've got one more section.
• 44:24
  SPEAKER_02: We've done this for the last few years.
• 44:25
  SPEAKER_02: We've done players to watch in 2026.
• 44:29
  SPEAKER_01: Yes.
• 44:29
  SPEAKER_02: I've got several.
• 44:30
  SPEAKER_02: I know you do too.
• 44:31
  SPEAKER_02: I'm going to try to go through some of them quickly.
• 44:33
  SPEAKER_02: Where do you want to start off?
• 44:35
  SPEAKER_02: You want me to start it off?
• 44:36
  SPEAKER_01: Oh, you can start off, Kev.
• 44:38
  SPEAKER_01: You've been on a roll tonight.
• 44:40
  SPEAKER_02: As we we don't try to look, there probably are some obvious ones.
• 44:44
  SPEAKER_02: I usually every year do not pick ones I picked the year before.
• 44:48
  SPEAKER_02: I like to give some other love because there's so many you can choose from, Danny.
• 44:52
  SPEAKER_02: It's ridiculous.
• 44:53
  SPEAKER_02: And so I'm trying to look for some that this year I try to look for some that uh they they fit a few different categories.
• 44:59
  SPEAKER_02: I'm gonna start off with a few seniors.
• 45:01
  SPEAKER_02: I'll do two and I'll let you do a few.
• 45:03
  SPEAKER_02: We'll see where we go from there, okay?
• 45:04
  SPEAKER_01: You go I have nine players altogether.
• 45:07
  SPEAKER_02: Okay, I've got a little bit more than that.
• 45:09
  SPEAKER_02: Maybe I'll I'll I'll run through them quick, okay?
• 45:11
  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
• 45:12
  SPEAKER_02: So my I start off with senior MIDI James Sternberg of Walsh.
• 45:18
  SPEAKER_02: Last year, 45 goals, 44 assists.
• 45:22
  SPEAKER_02: Walsh is is moving up in the ranks.
• 45:25
  SPEAKER_02: Now with James as a senior, I think you need to look, I think we need to watch this player this year.
• 45:31
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 45:31
  SPEAKER_02: 45 goals is nothing to sneeze at as this year.
• 45:35
  SPEAKER_02: No.
• 45:35
  SPEAKER_02: Now here's my other one.
• 45:36
  SPEAKER_02: This is a Lee's McRae player, senior attack, Cole Morris.
• 45:40
  SPEAKER_02: He had 46 goals last year, only 13 assists.
• 45:44
  SPEAKER_02: He was their he was their shooter, great player.
• 45:47
  SPEAKER_02: I want to see what he does with these other weapons that are around him now.
• 45:54
  SPEAKER_02: He may actually have less in the stat category, but I guarantee he's going to be someone that is still going to be used, and I'm really interested to see how he meshes with the other players coming at least McRae.
• 46:06
  SPEAKER_01: You know, you're a very smart man this evening, Kev.
• 46:09
  SPEAKER_01: You were really showing your smarts because I had Cole Morris as myself.
• 46:13
  SPEAKER_01: Cole Morris or Cole Sparks, did you say?
• 46:15
  SPEAKER_01: I said Morris.
• 46:17
  SPEAKER_01: I have Cole Morris, too.
• 46:20
  SPEAKER_01: Who else do you have?
• 46:21
  SPEAKER_01: The Attack Man.
• 46:23
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 46:24
  SPEAKER_01: You know where he's from, Kev?
• 46:25
  SPEAKER_01: Where's he from?
• 46:26
  SPEAKER_01: This one I know I'm gonna butcher.
• 46:30
  SPEAKER_01: Akatox, Alberta, Canada, O K-O, T-O-K-S.
• 46:37
  SPEAKER_01: Akatox?
• 46:38
  SPEAKER_01: A cotox?
• 46:40
  SPEAKER_02: You may have to have an Alberta City name game.
• 46:44
  SPEAKER_02: Like we did in the case.
• 46:45
  SPEAKER_01: We need somebody to come in and tell us how to how to pronounce that.
• 46:49
  SPEAKER_01: But Cole's from Akatox, Alberta, Canada, led all sophomores last year in goals and was third in the entire country.
• 46:58
  SPEAKER_01: Colmar has had himself a year.
• 47:00
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 47:02
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 47:02
  SPEAKER_01: Who else do you have?
• 47:04
  SPEAKER_01: Oh, well, on sophomores, if we're gonna stay with sophomores, I had uh Tyler Byrd, Kev, the defenseman from Davenport.
• 47:16
  SPEAKER_01: Oh.
• 47:17
  SPEAKER_01: I like it.
• 47:18
  SPEAKER_01: You know where he's from?
• 47:19
  SPEAKER_01: Where is he from?
• 47:20
  SPEAKER_01: Caledonia, Michigan.
• 47:24
  SPEAKER_01: He was 12th in the country and caused turnovers at 2.2 per game.
• 47:29
  SPEAKER_01: He had 33 as a sophomore.
• 47:32
  SPEAKER_01: Pretty tough little player.
• 47:33
  SPEAKER_01: Tyler Byrd from Davenport.
• 47:35
  SPEAKER_02: So is he so he's a junior this year?
• 47:37
  SPEAKER_01: He will be a junior this year this year.
• 47:39
  SPEAKER_02: Gotcha.
• 47:40
  SPEAKER_02: I'm with you now.
• 47:41
  SPEAKER_01: These were like super softs last year.
• 47:43
  SPEAKER_01: They're all gonna be juniors.
• 47:44
  SPEAKER_02: I like it.
• 47:46
  SPEAKER_02: All right.
• 47:46
  SPEAKER_02: Let me.
• 47:47
  SPEAKER_02: I'm gonna go actually to what I'm calling my freshman sensations.
• 47:54
  SPEAKER_02: Because I want to see what they can do in their sophomore year.
• 47:56
  SPEAKER_02: I'll run through them quickly, Danny, okay?
• 47:58
  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
• 48:00
  SPEAKER_02: Sophomore defender Owen Conway from Kataba.
• 48:03
  SPEAKER_01: Excellent choice.
• 48:04
  SPEAKER_02: 43 ground balls, 25 cost turnovers as a freshman.
• 48:08
  SPEAKER_02: Like, what can he do?
• 48:10
  SPEAKER_02: What is he going to do this year?
• 48:11
  SPEAKER_02: That's phenomenal as a freshman coming in.
• 48:13
  SPEAKER_02: Now, a little more season with his team.
• 48:16
  SPEAKER_02: That's outstanding for a freshman.
• 48:19
  SPEAKER_02: So my next sophomore, who was a freshman, is Mitty Noah Hartle from Rockhurst.
• 48:24
  SPEAKER_02: He was freshman of the year in the GLVC last year.
• 48:27
  SPEAKER_02: 19 goals, 15 assists.
• 48:29
  SPEAKER_02: Doesn't sound like a lot, but let's see what you know.
• 48:33
  SPEAKER_02: You know what I like about Rockhurst.
• 48:34
  SPEAKER_02: I'm really excited to see what he how he progresses this year.
• 48:38
  SPEAKER_02: What can he do as a freshman of the year in the GLVC, which is no small award, and see what he can do.
• 48:46
  SPEAKER_02: My next one.
• 48:47
  SPEAKER_02: Sophomore MIDI, Andrew Rogers from Northwood.
• 48:53
  SPEAKER_02: 34 goals, 25 assists as a freshman last year.
• 48:56
  SPEAKER_02: One of the leaders in a very young squad, their first season last year.
• 49:01
  SPEAKER_02: What does he do and what does this offense do this year?
• 49:05
  SPEAKER_02: And my last one, Danny, is sophomore short stick D Middy, Andrew Kessinger from Young Harris.
• 49:13
  SPEAKER_02: 43 ground balls, 18 cost turnovers, four goals.
• 49:19
  SPEAKER_02: This guy is a transition player.
• 49:22
  SPEAKER_02: And I'm excited to see what he does in his sophomore year.
• 49:26
  SPEAKER_01: That's phenomenal, Kev.
• 49:27
  SPEAKER_01: I still have a couple of sophomores here that are juniors this year.
• 49:31
  SPEAKER_01: I know we talked about him, but this kid was only he was so good last year.
• 49:36
  SPEAKER_01: Goalie from Colorado Mesa, Shaden Shields.
• 49:40
  SPEAKER_01: Oh, that's a good one.
• 49:41
  SPEAKER_01: You know where he's from?
• 49:42
  SPEAKER_01: You know where he's from?
• 49:43
  SPEAKER_01: He's from Naples, Florida, Kev.
• 49:45
  SPEAKER_01: He was ninth in the country in save percentage at 68%.
• 49:52
  SPEAKER_01: He's just outstanding.
• 49:53
  SPEAKER_01: Another uh sophomore that's a junior this year.
• 49:57
  SPEAKER_01: The attackman from Deuville, O'Brien Tall Chief.
• 50:02
  SPEAKER_01: Love that name.
• 50:03
  SPEAKER_02: So I had him too, my friend.
• 50:06
  SPEAKER_02: I had him on my list.
• 50:08
  SPEAKER_02: I actually asked his coach, how do you say his first name?
• 50:14
  SPEAKER_02: It's Aubrey.
• 50:15
  SPEAKER_01: Aubrey.
• 50:16
  SPEAKER_02: Aubrey Tall Chief.
• 50:18
  SPEAKER_02: I had him on my list too.
• 50:19
  SPEAKER_02: Exact same reasons.
• 50:21
  SPEAKER_02: I love that pick.
• 50:23
  SPEAKER_01: He's a junior from Angola, New York.
• 50:26
  SPEAKER_01: He was fifth in the country among sophomores and assists.
• 50:30
  SPEAKER_01: Aubrey, tall chief, attack from Diouville.
• 50:36
  SPEAKER_01: Last year, a freshman who's now a sophomore, defenseman out of Malloy, Aiden Dinnegan.
• 50:45
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 50:45
  SPEAKER_01: The Oakdale New York native led all freshmen and cause turnovers and was 17th in the country with 42 calls turnovers.
• 50:56
  SPEAKER_01: Coach Dunn's got to be happy with that young man coming around for a couple more years.
• 51:01
  SPEAKER_01: Also, Fogo, Vinny Rosario from St.
• 51:06
  SPEAKER_01: Thomas Aquinas, the Vortees New Jersey native, Kev, led all freshmen and was eighth overall in the country for oh, I'm sorry, was twelfth in the country in face-off winning percentage at 64%.
• 51:25
  SPEAKER_01: Outstanding.
• 51:27
  SPEAKER_01: Another young player last year who was just insane.
• 51:31
  SPEAKER_01: I'm sorry.
• 51:32
  SPEAKER_01: I messed up.
• 51:33
  SPEAKER_01: Vinny Rosario's from Ridge, New York.
• 51:37
  SPEAKER_01: I'm I messed up.
• 51:38
  SPEAKER_01: Jake Feeney, the attack from Holy Family.
• 51:42
  SPEAKER_01: He's from Voorhees, New Jersey.
• 51:44
  SPEAKER_01: He was eighth all over uh overall in the country for points with 82 points.
• 51:49
  SPEAKER_01: So, I mean, as a freshman, that's awesome.
• 51:53
  SPEAKER_02: That's that's some really good picks.
• 51:55
  SPEAKER_01: Um, what do you got?
• 51:56
  SPEAKER_01: You got any more?
• 51:57
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, so I got several.
• 51:58
  SPEAKER_02: I've got so let's continue with my transition game.
• 52:02
  SPEAKER_02: Love guys who can do transition.
• 52:04
  SPEAKER_02: We talked about Anderson Kessinger.
• 52:07
  SPEAKER_02: Junior this year out of Emmy Riddle, short stick D mini, Luke Barber.
• 52:12
  SPEAKER_02: Last year, 35 ground balls, eight cost turnovers, seven goals, one assist.
• 52:18
  SPEAKER_01: That's a season.
• 52:20
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 52:21
  SPEAKER_02: Can't wait to see what he does this year.
• 52:22
  SPEAKER_02: I'll add in some of my face-off specialist that I that I like.
• 52:26
  SPEAKER_02: One senior face-off specialist, Isaac Morero from Roberts Wesleyan.
• 52:32
  SPEAKER_02: He was at 67%.
• 52:35
  SPEAKER_02: I just think he's gonna be a key cog for them this year.
• 52:39
  SPEAKER_02: They were one of those teams that I could have had in my top 20.
• 52:41
  SPEAKER_02: They they were out.
• 52:42
  SPEAKER_02: I think he's one of the keys to talk about.
• 52:46
  SPEAKER_02: Now I've got I've got just a couple more, but this is the one that I find really interesting, and I'll let you do a few more.
• 52:51
  SPEAKER_02: Here I've got this is a kind of a special category, and it's all of Wheeling's close D and LSM.
• 52:58
  SPEAKER_02: When I talk to their coach, I want to know if they're gonna bring out all their six foot four guys and above out this year.
• 53:06
  SPEAKER_02: So Owen Worley at 6'4, 205, Gage Kimmel at 6'5, Hayden Evans, who's a freshman at 6'5, and an LSM Lincoln, Riley Lincoln as a freshman, 6'5.
• 53:21
  SPEAKER_02: I want to see that lineup.
• 53:23
  SPEAKER_02: That's what I want to see.
• 53:25
  SPEAKER_01: Wow, that's huge.
• 53:27
  SPEAKER_01: Oh my god.
• 53:28
  SPEAKER_01: That's crazy.
• 53:29
  SPEAKER_01: All right.
• 53:30
  SPEAKER_01: You have any others?
• 53:31
  SPEAKER_01: I have two more left, Kev.
• 53:33
  SPEAKER_01: Uh one as a goalie.
• 53:36
  SPEAKER_01: Shane Corcoran, goalie for Assumption.
• 53:39
  SPEAKER_01: This kid is ridiculous, Kev.
• 53:40
  SPEAKER_01: He's really, really good.
• 53:42
  SPEAKER_01: He led the country in safe percentage as a true freshman, and he was second in the country, second overall in the country.
• 53:50
  SPEAKER_01: Shane Corcoran is a beast in goal, and assumption's got him.
• 53:55
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 53:55
  SPEAKER_01: And last but not least, this kid just, when I first saw him, I said, wow, this kid is good.
• 54:02
  SPEAKER_01: And then every time I watched him, he just got better and better and better and better.
• 54:07
  SPEAKER_01: And he was a true freshman last year.
• 54:09
  SPEAKER_01: He's a sophomore this year.
• 54:11
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, and that's Matt LeMay, uh, the attackman from St.
• 54:15
  SPEAKER_01: A's, all region, NE10, co-rookie of the year, first team mall conference.
• 54:20
  SPEAKER_01: He had 41 goals, 55 points as a true freshman.
• 54:24
  SPEAKER_01: So those are my players to watch this year.
• 54:27
  SPEAKER_02: I love it.
• 54:27
  SPEAKER_02: I love those picks.
• 54:29
  SPEAKER_02: I like the last one especially.
• 54:30
  SPEAKER_02: I actually like all of them.
• 54:31
  SPEAKER_02: I like all your picks.
• 54:32
  SPEAKER_02: We're good.
• 54:33
  SPEAKER_02: I've got one more, and that's junior defender Patrick Niarko of UDC.
• 54:38
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 54:39
  SPEAKER_02: 46 ground balls, 26 cause turnovers.
• 54:42
  SPEAKER_02: I got to show him some love.
• 54:43
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, this is a team that deserves they've got some players.
• 54:47
  SPEAKER_02: When you're when you lose all those and you got a defender that can do that, now obviously he is gonna have to step up again this year to help them out, but I gotta show him some love.
• 54:58
  SPEAKER_02: He's a very good player, and I'm excited to watch him again this year.
• 55:01
  SPEAKER_01: Playing some quality lacrosse for coach.
• 55:04
  SPEAKER_02: Exactly.
• 55:05
  SPEAKER_02: Those are good picks.
• 55:06
  SPEAKER_02: I'm sure we've missed a lot.
• 55:08
  SPEAKER_02: Like I told you, there's a ton out there as I was going through it.
• 55:11
  SPEAKER_02: We don't we could spend all day with guys you want to watch.
• 55:14
  SPEAKER_02: I think that's a great list on both sides to start with.
• 55:16
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 55:17
  SPEAKER_01: And the top 20 was good tonight, Kev.
• 55:19
  SPEAKER_01: Excellent.
• 55:20
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, yeah.
• 55:21
  SPEAKER_02: Now, shout-outs.
• 55:23
  SPEAKER_02: I've got two.
• 55:24
  SPEAKER_02: Do you have any?
• 55:24
  SPEAKER_02: I have one.
• 55:25
  SPEAKER_02: Okay, let me do one, then you do one.
• 55:29
  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
• 55:29
  SPEAKER_02: And then I'll finish up with the last one.
• 55:31
  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
• 55:31
  SPEAKER_02: Sound good?
• 55:32
  SPEAKER_02: My first shout out goes to the new coaches at American International College, AIC.
• 55:40
  SPEAKER_02: Coach Keith Campbell as the new head coach with Busy Adam as associate, not assistant, but lacrosse coach.
• 55:48
  SPEAKER_02: So that's really interesting that they picked two coaches that have huge high school pedigrees.
• 55:55
  SPEAKER_02: Let me tell you, they have 80 combined years of experience.
• 55:58
  SPEAKER_02: Coach Campbell was the head coach of my high school alma mater.
• 56:02
  SPEAKER_02: Wow.
• 56:03
  SPEAKER_02: Long Meadow High School.
• 56:04
  SPEAKER_02: He was there from 2015 to 2025.
• 56:06
  SPEAKER_02: 10 consecutive Western Mass first place finishes, been to five MIA championships.
• 56:14
  SPEAKER_02: That's a Massachusetts Interclass Interscholastic Athletic Association.
• 56:18
  SPEAKER_02: They won two.
• 56:20
  SPEAKER_02: They were the state champs in 22 and 24.
• 56:23
  SPEAKER_02: His associate coach, Busy Adams, has been the head coach at Newton North High School the past 32 years.
• 56:33
  SPEAKER_02: Look at these credentials.
• 56:34
  SPEAKER_02: 15 Bay State Conference Championships, five Eastern Mass Championships, three MIAA championships.
• 56:42
  SPEAKER_02: These two have all of Massachusetts covered if you look at it from a recruiting standpoint.
• 56:49
  SPEAKER_02: Here's what I found really interesting in their press release.
• 56:53
  SPEAKER_02: Their AD said that with these hires, they are setting a new bar for AIC lacrosse.
• 57:01
  SPEAKER_02: They initiate a complete these two guys are going to come in and initiate what he said a complete cultural evolution, and the transformation starts today.
• 57:11
  SPEAKER_02: I find these picks, these hires, really interesting.
• 57:15
  SPEAKER_02: All high school for the past 80 combined years.
• 57:24
  SPEAKER_02: They do club.
• 57:25
  SPEAKER_02: They do club, but it's not a head coach hiring a young assistant.
• 57:30
  SPEAKER_02: These are two guys that are seasoned.
• 57:32
  SPEAKER_02: And I'm really excited to see what they do at AIC.
• 57:35
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, well, now they're in a different boat now.
• 57:37
  SPEAKER_01: It's not high school now.
• 57:38
  SPEAKER_01: Now they got recruiting, there's scholarships, there's protocols.
• 57:42
  SPEAKER_01: Whole new world for these coaches.
• 57:44
  SPEAKER_01: It's not high school anymore.
• 57:47
  SPEAKER_01: As far as recruiting is concerned, sounds like they got the inn from the upper New England, you know, that New England area.
• 57:54
  SPEAKER_01: Sounds like they got the inn.
• 57:55
  SPEAKER_01: They are in club ball up there.
• 57:57
  SPEAKER_01: So they're seeing kids go through tournaments up there with their clubs.
• 58:01
  SPEAKER_01: So they got to get on the uh recruiting trail fast and furious because AIC needs players.
• 58:07
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I agree.
• 58:08
  SPEAKER_01: I agree.
• 58:09
  SPEAKER_01: I'm happy for them.
• 58:10
  SPEAKER_01: Congratulations for those guys.
• 58:12
  SPEAKER_01: See what, see what they can do with AIC.
• 58:15
  SPEAKER_01: It's gonna take a little bit, Coach.
• 58:17
  SPEAKER_02: It is, it is.
• 58:18
  SPEAKER_01: We'd love to get them on this program.
• 58:19
  SPEAKER_02: I think so.
• 58:20
  SPEAKER_02: All right, what's your shout out?
• 58:22
  SPEAKER_01: Oh, well, this week we dropped our SAC and uh we mispronounced the name again, Kev.
• 58:29
  SPEAKER_01: And it's my fault.
• 58:31
  SPEAKER_01: Uh I kept saying Mason McGovern, the defenseman from Wingate.
• 58:35
  SPEAKER_01: It's not McGovern, it's McGivern.
• 58:39
  SPEAKER_01: And I should have known that since he's my son's roommate.
• 58:42
  SPEAKER_01: So I'm a I'm a total knucklehead, and I apologize to Mason and the McGivern family, but it seems like uh Coach Boyle was calling Mason McGovern all day at practice.
• 58:56
  SPEAKER_02: Why are you calling me McGovern?
• 58:59
  SPEAKER_02: Listen to the podcast on the two knuckleheads.
• 59:01
  SPEAKER_02: Look, it we have told people, we we that just is proof in the pudding again that we cannot pronounce names on this podcast.
• 59:11
  SPEAKER_01: And the coaches are listening, so that's so sorry, Mason.
• 59:16
  SPEAKER_01: Sorry, Mr.
• 59:16
  SPEAKER_01: and Mrs.
• 59:17
  SPEAKER_01: McGivern.
• 59:17
  SPEAKER_01: It's McGivern, not McGovern.
• 59:19
  SPEAKER_01: And me being an Irishman, I should go back all the way.
• 59:23
  SPEAKER_01: It just came out, just come out.
• 59:25
  SPEAKER_02: You were you were passionate.
• 59:26
  SPEAKER_02: You were you were full of passion as we were talking about the SAC.
• 59:29
  SPEAKER_02: That's right.
• 59:30
  SPEAKER_02: Those things happen.
• 59:31
  SPEAKER_02: You couldn't be more correct.
• 59:33
  SPEAKER_02: Okay, my last shout out.
• 59:34
  SPEAKER_02: It seems like we do this almost every episode.
• 59:37
  SPEAKER_02: I've got to do it again, and that's to our listeners and our fans and our growing reach.
• 59:43
  SPEAKER_02: I put this out on Instagram.
• 59:45
  SPEAKER_02: It just came through.
• 59:46
  SPEAKER_02: Every year, Buzz Sprout does this.
• 59:48
  SPEAKER_02: What did your podcast look out in the past year?
• 59:52
  SPEAKER_02: You know, a retrospect.
• 59:54
  SPEAKER_02: For 2025, Danny, we reached 100 countries and 4,834 different cities.
• 1:00:06
  SPEAKER_01: That's amazing to me.
• 1:00:09
  SPEAKER_01: Amazing to me.
• 1:00:13
  SPEAKER_01: I'm telling you, I'm so freaking humbled by that.
• 1:00:16
  SPEAKER_01: I just can't wrap my head around that.
• 1:00:19
  SPEAKER_01: I just can't.
• 1:00:20
  SPEAKER_01: I just can't wrap my head around that.
• 1:00:23
  SPEAKER_02: I can't either.
• 1:00:24
  SPEAKER_02: It's when we started this thing, we've said this before, we were surprised that we had 30 listeners that first week.
• 1:00:32
  SPEAKER_02: And look where it's gone to.
• 1:00:34
  SPEAKER_02: I hope it continues to grow.
• 1:00:36
  SPEAKER_02: I hope our listeners continue to share the word.
• 1:00:40
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• 1:00:50
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• 1:00:51
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• 1:00:52
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• 1:00:53
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• 1:00:57
  SPEAKER_02: Listen, subscribe, share, leave us comments.
• 1:01:00
  SPEAKER_02: We got a comment on our through our website this past week from a listener whose grandson is playing at Lenore Ryan.
• 1:01:08
  SPEAKER_02: Thought our SAC conference preview was really good.
• 1:01:11
  SPEAKER_02: He says he's going to be listening to it all the time.
• 1:01:13
  SPEAKER_02: That's what we love hearing.
• 1:01:14
  SPEAKER_02: That's what we love to see growing.
• 1:01:15
  SPEAKER_02: And look what it's done.
• 1:01:16
  SPEAKER_02: I can't believe it.
• 1:01:18
  SPEAKER_01: That's awesome, Kev.
• 1:01:20
  SPEAKER_01: I'm so grateful for the listeners.
• 1:01:22
  SPEAKER_01: You know what?
• 1:01:22
  SPEAKER_01: People DM me all the time.
• 1:01:24
  SPEAKER_01: And you know what?
• 1:01:26
  SPEAKER_01: I got to shout out Jill Keesey, too.
• 1:01:28
  SPEAKER_01: The former limestone mom.
• 1:01:30
  SPEAKER_01: She DMs me all the time.
• 1:01:32
  SPEAKER_01: So shout out to you, Jill.
• 1:01:33
  SPEAKER_01: She listens on her quote long ass commute to work every day.
• 1:01:40
  SPEAKER_01: And if you're from New York, you know what those long ass commutes can be like.
• 1:01:45
  SPEAKER_01: So shout out to Jill for listening.
• 1:01:47
  SPEAKER_01: Love you, girl.
• 1:01:49
  SPEAKER_02: I love it.
• 1:01:50
  SPEAKER_02: And with that, Danny, that's our top 20.
• 1:01:52
  SPEAKER_02: That's our players to watch.
• 1:01:54
  SPEAKER_02: Those are our shout-outs.
• 1:02:00
  SPEAKER_01: That's our top 20, go.
• 1:02:10
  SPEAKER_01: Love it.
• 1:02:23
  SPEAKER_02: It's a rat.
• 1:02:25
  SPEAKER_02: That's a rat.