2025 MLAX Schedule

[spiderstudent17]

Regardless of the first round opponent, what a great season for our spiders! Undefeated in conference play and tournament champions. That’s what Richmond lacrosse is supposed to be. Would’ve love to have beaten SJU for the A10 tournament as well and not just to win the outright title, but there’s always next year 😉. Also had some big wins against UVA and Georgetown and the 1-goal losses to Cornell and Duke. Glad to see that we belong with the big boys. Let’s make some noise in the tournament!

 

[AnnapSpider]

Regardless of the first round opponent, what a great season for our spiders! Undefeated in conference play and tournament champions. That’s what Richmond lacrosse is supposed to be. Would’ve love to have beaten SJU for the A10 tournament as well and not just to win the outright title, but there’s always next year 😉. Also had some big wins against UVA and Georgetown and the 1-goal losses to Cornell and Duke. Glad to see that we belong with the big boys. Let’s make some noise in the tournament!

My reflection on the season. If we could remove the first half, of the first game with Maryland,
we are one of the “big boys”. In the last broadcast on Spider TV , Dom Starsia (retired UVA coach, with
several National Championships) said that he strongly felt that this Spider team could be a national
champion.

 

[spiderstudent17]

My reflection on the season. If we could remove the first half, of the first game with Maryland,
we are one of the “big boys”. In the last broadcast on Spider TV , Dom Starsia (retired UVA coach, with
several National Championships) said that he strongly felt that this Spider team could be a national
champion.

I think we are a dark horse candidate this year for the final four. Question will be if Richmond can close it out against the big boys. We have seen way too many leads against them only to lose in the final minute or OT. If Richmond ever gets a top level FOGO on a consistent basis, then the sky is the limit for this program.

 

[spider fan]

https://richmond.com/sports/college...6134855cc.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

 

[SFspidur]

If Richmond ever gets a top level FOGO on a consistent basis, then the sky is the limit for this program.

If you take Inside Lacrosse's recruiting rankings at face value, we have the #5 face-off man in the country in next year's recruiting class.

 

[spiderstudent17]

If you take Inside Lacrosse's recruiting rankings at face value, we have the #5 face-off man in the country in next year's recruiting class.

That’s a great start. Rankings don’t always translate on the field. If we can win at least 45% of the face-offs against the Maryland’s of this world consistently, I’ll be very excited.

 

[spiderstudent17]

Spiders rooting interest for a chance, albeit very small one, for a seed. Georgetown, Cornell, Duke, and Maryland all to win their conference tournaments. Would put Spiders at #6 in RPI.

 

[spiderstudent17]

'Relief' for Richmond After Earning AQ with 16-10 Defeat of High Point

The Spiders will play in their third NCAA tournament in the last four years and their sixth since debuting as a program in 2014.

www.usalacrosse.com

 

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[Philaspidur]

'Relief' for Richmond After Earning AQ with 16-10 Defeat of High Point

The Spiders will play in their third NCAA tournament in the last four years and their sixth since debuting as a program in 2014.

www.usalacrosse.com

I thought that was a very smart, well written article in the game. He captured both sides of the game and the A10 and our tourney implications.

 

[SFspidur]

Georgetown indeed wins the Big East tournament, but Maryland needs a big comeback to beat Ohio State...down 14–10 with 6:30 to play.

 

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Richmond Clamps Down to Win A-10, Earn NCAA Berth With Belief on Their Side​

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/richmond-clamps-down-to-win-a-10-earn-ncaa-berth-with-belief-on-their-side/65216

Richmond vs High Point | Atlantic 10 Lacrosse Championship Final | Highl...

 

[Eight Legger]

Selection show at 9:30 tonight on ESPNU. I guess the question is, would we rather get an 8 seed and home game but have to face the top seed if we win, or take our chances with a road game that probably gives us a better path to Boston? I feel like we can beat anyone in the tournament.

 

[spiderstudent17]

Selection show at 9:30 tonight on ESPNU. I guess the question is, would we rather get an 8 seed and home game but have to face the top seed if we win, or take our chances with a road game that probably gives us a better path to Boston? I feel like we can beat anyone in the tournament.

Personally, I would love the 8 seed even though realistically that isn’t going to happen. Like the women’s basketball team, I think getting over the hump and winning that first NCAA game is huge before thinking about best path to championship weekend. Hosting a home game would be a big help towards that. Still, I think this team could beat any team in the country at any given moment so who we play may not make a huge difference in the end of the day. We were beating a Cornell team who may be the #1 seed in 4th quarter before they came back. The question is whether we can get over the psychological hurdle of closing out a close game against a top team.

 

[whampas]

Selection show at 9:30 tonight on ESPNU. I guess the question is, would we rather get an 8 seed and home game but have to face the top seed if we win, or take our chances with a road game that probably gives us a better path to Boston? I feel like we can beat anyone in the tournament.

We'll be seeded 8 or 9 so it's going to be number 1 if we get by round 1 anyway. Richmond or Chapel Hill is my guess.

 

[spiderstudent17]

2 different bracketology projections today have the Spiders playing at 8 seed Notre Dame. Inside lacrosse bracketology yesterday has the Spiders playing 8 seed UNC. So I think we can say with confidence we will be playing the 7 or 8 seed who will likely be an ACC team.

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/il-s-fifth-2025-bracketology-presented-by-get-reps-is-notre-dame-in-is-army-out-/65208

 

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[Eight Legger]

I thought the bracket was done sort of like the FCS playoff bracket, with some teams seeded but then matchups determined more on geography than the actual ratings of the non-seeded teams. Too lazy to look that up though. But if that's not the way they do it, they might as well just seed all 18 teams. Wouldn't be too hard to do 10 more.

 

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Cuse beating Duke in ACC final hurt us by preventing us potentially being an 8 seed and hosting a 1st round game.Cuse likely jumped UR and Duke.

 

[SFspidur]

Spiders at 8-seed UNC, Saturday at noon.

 

[spiderstudent17]

Full bracket. I like the first round match up against UNC. I think we’ll come out firing on all cylinders.

 

[whampas]

We've put ourselves in a position to wrech the establishment and bracket and significantly up our brand. All the pressure is on UNC.

 

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UNC(10-4,3-1)

2/8/2025		Michigan	Chapel Hill, N.C.	W 15-6
2/14/2025		Stony Brook	Chapel Hill, N.C.	W 9-4
2/22/2025		at Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, MD	W 13-12
2/28/2025		Penn	Chapel Hill, N.C.	W 16-8
3/2/2025		Princeton	Chapel Hill, N.C.	L 12-14
3/8/2025		Hofstra	Chapel Hill, N.C.	W 18-7
3/16/2025		Jacksonville	Chapel Hill, N.C.	W 20-7
3/21/2025		at High Point	High Point, NC	W 14-2
3/29/2025		at Army	West Point, N.Y.	L 12-13
4/5/2025	*	Virginia	Chapel Hill, N.C.	W 18-9
4/12/2025	*	at Duke	Durham, N.C.	W 8-7
4/19/2025	*	Notre Dame	Chapel Hill, N.C.	L 6-12
4/26/2025	*	at Syracuse	Syracuse, N.Y.	W 14-12
5/2/2025		vs. Duke	Charlotte, NC	L 7-14

 

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[SFspidur]