On today's episode of the Lax Lounge we sit down and talk with local legend and recent Maryland lacrosse graduate Kyle Long! Kyle talks about his experience growing up in Springfield, PA and his career development that led him to Maryland. From there we recap his college career, hearing about all of the amazing players he was able to compete with and the outstanding teams he got to be apart of. We end with a draft of the coolest college football quarterbacks which set us up perfectly for week 1 of NFL action. We did experience audio issues throughout the recording but regardless this was an amazing conversation that we hope you enjoy! Make sure to checkout our website at https://www.laxloungeinc.com/ and thank you to our wonderful sponsor Edvative Learning!
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The guys head down to the Fitler Club in Philadelphia to meet up with Springfield lacrosse legend and recent Maryland lacrosse graduate Kyle Long. We start off with our fast five questions where we learn a little about some of Kyle’s interests and his experience playing with a couple Tewaraton award winning attack men 2:14-9:25
Kyle talks about his early lacrosse career growing up in Springfield, PA and how he was able to get into the sport, Fridge and Nick recap their first career lacrosse goals when we were younger, Kyle’s early memories of Springfield High School and why he knew he always wanted to go there 9:25-15:33
We talk about Kyle’s high school career at Springfield where he was able to immediately find a role on the field, playing with the Spence brothers, the Springfield grit and pride that flows through the program, playing under head coach Tom Lemieux, his recruiting story and how he ended up choosing Maryland 15:33-26:32
Kyle’s experience as a freshman at Maryland and the adjustment period he had, the infamous Quarterfinal game against Virginia and the Matt Moore goal/no goal moment, What it’s like to play under John Tillman and a typical practice at Maryland, some of the scout team legends 26:32-40:52
We dive into Maryland’s 2022 National Championship year starting at the conclusion of the 2021 championship losing to Virginia, the addition of Jonathon Donville from Cornell to the team, a breakdown of 2022 championship weekend during the gap from the semifinal win to the face-off of the championship game, 40:52-48:55
We transition to talking about life outside of lacrosse at Maryland for Kyle, how he was able to manage being a Division I athlete and receive Big Ten All-Academic team status, the decision to go back for his fifth year and attend grad school, 48:55-55:28
Kyle shares his PLL draft story and how he found out he was going to compete at the professional level, his experience at training camp in Albany and the differences between college and pro, 55:28-59:08
We share our moments of the week, Nick talks about our Cabrini lifting tests and the energy that we all brought to the room, Fridge shares a quote from Hunter Waldron that he brought up at our captain’s practice, Kyle shares a big win for Springfield on Friday night as a football coach 59:08-1:04.28
Draft of the coolest college quarterbacks 1:04.28-1:19.13
