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2026 Lax Pick em’ Week 3

Friday
RMU -2.5 vs Canisius +2.5 3PM
JHU +2.5 vs UNC -2.5 5PM
Towson -1.5 vs St Joe's +1.5 5PM
Loyola -4 vs UMBC +4 6PM

Saturday
Hobart +1.5 vs Bucknell -1.5 11AM
UVA -7.5 vs Stony Brook +7.5 12PM
Wagner +2.5 vs Umas Lowell -2.5 12PM
Quinnipiac +6 vs Bryant -6 12PM
Marist +1.5 vs Binghamton -1.5 12PM
Lehigh +6.5 vs Richmond -6.5 12PM
HPU +6.5 vs OSU -6.5 12PM
Fairfield -7 vs Manhattan +7 12PM
Albany -2 vs Drexel +2 12PM
Army -3 vs Michigan +3 12PM
Jacksonville +6.5 vs Duke -6.5 12PM
Utah -9.5 vs Merrimack +9.5 12PM
Bellarmine -3 vs Detroit Mercy +3 12PM
BU -1.5 vs Yale +1.5 12PM
PSU -4.5 vs Navy +4.5 12PM
Princeton +2.5 vs Maryland -2.5 12PM
Brown -1.5 vs Providence +1.5 12PM
Delaware +5.5 vs Penn -5.5 12PM
Dartmouth -1.5 vs Vermont +1.5 1PM
LIU -4 vs Iona +4 1PM
LeMoyne +4.5 vs Holy Cross -4.5 1PM
Syracuse -3 vs Harvard +3 1PM
Marquette -7.5 vs Cleveland St +7.5 1PM
Villanova +2 vs Rutgers -2 1PM
Umass -7.5 vs NJIT +7.5 1:30PM
Cornell -3 vs Denver +3 2PM
St John's +1.5 vs Hofstra -1.5 2PM
Mt St Mary's +7.5 vs Lafayette -7.5 4PM
VMI -11.5 vs Hampton +11.5 5PM

Sunday
Mercyhurst vs Queens 11AM
Georgetown +1.5 vs ND -1.5 12:30PM
Towson -1.5
Umass Lowell -2.5
BU -1.5
Penn -5.5
Notre Dame -1.5
 
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Hopkins at UNC (-2.5) - UNC
Princeton at Maryland (-2.5) - Maryland
High Point at Ohio State (-6.5) - Ohio State
Syracuse (-3) at Harvard - Syracuse
Georgetown (+1.5) at Notre Dame - Georgetown

Notes:
- Hopkins is 3-0 but all their games have been at Homewood and now they have to go on a fairly long road trip to play a top 5 team. UNC did struggle with Jacksonville in their season opener but did rebound nicely against High Point
- I thought Maryland would be favored by 4 or 5, after Princeton's 13-7 loss to PSU, so this is an easy pick for me.
- OSU usually plays pretty well at home.
- One does wonder if there might be some sort of hangover from beating Maryland, and also Syracuse goes on the road for the first time. Still, I'll go with Syracuse.
- Arlotta is a tough place to play, and I am not as high on Georgetown as others, but I also question ND's strength more than others. So I'll take my +1.5 with Georgetown.
 
UNC -2.5 over Hopkins - given the health questions surrounding the Hopkins FOGO, I'll go with UNC. Would probably switch if I knew Hobot were healthy.

Denver +3 vs Cornell - Denver's goalie has been lights out this season. Perhaps the Big Red get their legs under them in the second game, but I'll still take the Pios to keep it close.

BU -1.5 over Yale - Terriers seem legit, the Elis, not so much.

Georgetown +1.5 vs Notre Dame - would think this would be the other way around. Notre Dame getting a bump because they blew out Bellermine?

Maryland -2.5 over Princeton - fascinated by this game. Have to think Princeton isn't as bad as they played last week, but Maryland is still really good.
 
UNC -2.5 over Hopkins - given the health questions surrounding the Hopkins FOGO, I'll go with UNC. Would probably switch if I knew Hobot were healthy.

Denver +3 vs Cornell - Denver's goalie has been lights out this season. Perhaps the Big Red get their legs under them in the second game, but I'll still take the Pios to keep it close.

BU -1.5 over Yale - Terriers seem legit, the Elis, not so much.

Georgetown +1.5 vs Notre Dame - would think this would be the other way around. Notre Dame getting a bump because they blew out Bellermine?

Maryland -2.5 over Princeton - fascinated by this game. Have to think Princeton isn't as bad as they played last week, but Maryland is still really good.

In agreement with a lot of your picks (might be a bad sign considering my results so far). That Maryland game is fascinating to me, really want to take the Terps but I could also seem them winning by 2 or 1. The UNC game is also huge, no Hobot is a major problem for Hopkins and I worry their SSDM's can't hold up against UNC's mids and on switches.
 
Friday
RMU -2.5 vs Canisius +2.5 3PM
JHU +2.5 vs UNC -2.5 5PM
Towson -1.5 vs St Joe's +1.5 5PM
Loyola -4 vs UMBC +4 6PM

Saturday
Hobart +1.5 vs Bucknell -1.5 11AM
UVA -7.5 vs Stony Brook +7.5 12PM
Wagner +2.5 vs Umas Lowell -2.5 12PM
Quinnipiac +6 vs Bryant -6 12PM
Marist +1.5 vs Binghamton -1.5 12PM
Lehigh +6.5 vs Richmond -6.5 12PM
HPU +6.5 vs OSU -6.5 12PM
Fairfield -7 vs Manhattan +7 12PM
Albany -2 vs Drexel +2 12PM
Army -3 vs Michigan +3 12PM
Jacksonville +6.5 vs Duke -6.5 12PM
Utah -9.5 vs Merrimack +9.5 12PM
Bellarmine -3 vs Detroit Mercy +3 12PM
BU -1.5 vs Yale +1.5 12PM
PSU -4.5 vs Navy +4.5 12PM
Princeton +2.5 vs Maryland -2.5 12PM
Brown -1.5 vs Providence +1.5 12PM
Delaware +5.5 vs Penn -5.5 12PM
Dartmouth -1.5 vs Vermont +1.5 1PM
LIU -4 vs Iona +4 1PM
LeMoyne +4.5 vs Holy Cross -4.5 1PM
Syracuse -3 vs Harvard +3 1PM
Marquette -7.5 vs Cleveland St +7.5 1PM
Villanova +2 vs Rutgers -2 1PM
Umass -7.5 vs NJIT +7.5 1:30PM
Cornell -3 vs Denver +3 2PM
St John's +1.5 vs Hofstra -1.5 2PM
Mt St Mary's +7.5 vs Lafayette -7.5 4PM
VMI -11.5 vs Hampton +11.5 5PM

Sunday
Mercyhurst vs Queens 11AM
Georgetown +1.5 vs ND -1.5 12:30PM

Took Mercer +15.5 for a W - Remaining 4 are below:

LIU -4 - This line makes zero sense to me, I thought it would be doubled at minimum. LIU should win by high single digits at minimum.

UNC -2.5 - I agree with Powell here, with Hobot out UNC should dominate possessions. Hop is not a bad team so this could absolutely go sideways but it's at UNC and Kilrain can't guard Petro and Duffy. Not overly confident on this one.

G-town +1.5 - Veteran team whose winner over Penn looks better after Penn handled Albany. ND is playing a lot of new faces and has faced 2 cupcakes. Getting the hook here makes it an easy pick though 2.5 would have been my mortal lock.

On the fence between Denver and BU here. Will hold off on my 5th pick.
 
bucknell -1.5
RMU +2.5
marist +1.5
nova +2
brown -1.5

may change 1-2 of these before game time but going with these for now

FYI ROMO is -2.5. They should still cover but just in case you wanna change it.
 
Will try and go against the grain and add Hop +2.5 vs. UNC.


Duffy has looked a little slow to start the year. If his health is still an issue this could be a good opportunity for hop, despite the fogo issue. UNC is way worse with Duffy not cooking his matchup.
 
Friday
RMU -2.5 vs Canisius +2.5 3PM
JHU +2.5 vs UNC -2.5 5PM
Towson -1.5 vs St Joe's +1.5 5PM
Loyola -4 vs UMBC +4 6PM

Saturday
Hobart +1.5 vs Bucknell -1.5 11AM
UVA -7.5 vs Stony Brook +7.5 12PM
Wagner +2.5 vs Umas Lowell -2.5 12PM
Quinnipiac +6 vs Bryant -6 12PM
Marist +1.5 vs Binghamton -1.5 12PM
Lehigh +6.5 vs Richmond -6.5 12PM
HPU +6.5 vs OSU -6.5 12PM
Fairfield -7 vs Manhattan +7 12PM
Albany -2 vs Drexel +2 12PM
Army -3 vs Michigan +3 12PM
Jacksonville +6.5 vs Duke -6.5 12PM
Utah -9.5 vs Merrimack +9.5 12PM
Bellarmine -3 vs Detroit Mercy +3 12PM
BU -1.5 vs Yale +1.5 12PM
PSU -4.5 vs Navy +4.5 12PM
Princeton +2.5 vs Maryland -2.5 12PM
Brown -1.5 vs Providence +1.5 12PM
Delaware +5.5 vs Penn -5.5 12PM
Dartmouth -1.5 vs Vermont +1.5 1PM
LIU -4 vs Iona +4 1PM
LeMoyne +4.5 vs Holy Cross -4.5 1PM
Syracuse -3 vs Harvard +3 1PM
Marquette -7.5 vs Cleveland St +7.5 1PM
Villanova +2 vs Rutgers -2 1PM
Umass -7.5 vs NJIT +7.5 1:30PM
Cornell -3 vs Denver +3 2PM
St John's +1.5 vs Hofstra -1.5 2PM
Mt St Mary's +7.5 vs Lafayette -7.5 4PM
VMI -11.5 vs Hampton +11.5 5PM

Sunday
Mercyhurst vs Queens 11AM
Georgetown +1.5 vs ND -1.5 12:30PM
Ped st -4.5
Hop +1.5
MD -2.5
Denver +3
holy cross -4.5
 

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