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Even with a wind chill of about 6 degrees, UMass started their season on Saturday with a convincing 11-7 home win over Hofstra. Should move up to #8 in the polls with Georgetown getting doubled up against Maryland. Almost all the other top teams held serve, with Johns Hopkins getting tested by Albany (10-8 final) - not too surprising considering what Hopkins lost to graduation and had injured and some of Albany's players (Merrick Thompson is probably the most underrated attackman in D1.)
I think UMass has its best team since 2003. Morris at attack, Reid on D and the scoring depth from the midfield in particular are strengths. Unfortunately UMass won't play anyone higher than 15th or so (Albany/Loyola/Penn St) until late March/April, but this weekend is setting up some nice matchups. Hopkins-Princeton, Duke-Maryland and Syracuse-Virginia. Anyone on the forum gonna be following those games? Last edited by BishopMVP : 03-20-2007 at 04:45 PM. |
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02-28-2006, 07:42 PM | #2 |
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I may not get out to see a game live until the final four, but I'll be folllowing.
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02-28-2006, 07:53 PM | #3 |
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I'll be following the alma mater's season, per usual. But probably won't go to any games until it gets warmer...
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02-28-2006, 10:04 PM | #4 |
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Go 'Cuse and Go Canisius!
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02-28-2006, 10:15 PM | #5 |
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Go SU. Any chance JHopkins or UVA will eliminate their minor sports?
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02-28-2006, 10:21 PM | #6 |
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It's fun to watch this on TV. Mainly because it makes me wanna go play toccer. But still. It's a good game.
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02-28-2006, 10:31 PM | #7 |
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I'm considering going to a lacrosse game for the first time this year. Unfortunately, it would be to see the school at which my wife teaches. They've only had a lacrosse program for two or three years now. I guess it'd be better than seeing their football team. Last season was their first ever, and they only won once (but I was there to see it!).
Anyway, uh, yeah, I might go see some lacrosse since there's no Arena Football around here.
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03-01-2006, 12:08 AM | #8 |
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Maybe Indoor Lacrosse?
lol...at least it'll be better than a bad college team.
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03-17-2006, 12:45 PM | #9 |
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Brown/UMass this saturday. Brown seems to be playing a softer schedule this year compared to seasons past and haven't acquitted themselves well when playing anybody of note. Who knows though, a surprising result does happen from time to time with this series (though there is less drama now that this game is no longer the regular season-ender for either team)...
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05-20-2006, 01:59 PM | #10 |
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Woot!
UMass takes the rematch with Hofstra 11-10 in Overtime to advance to the first Final Four in school history! Down 10-5 with 8 minutes to go, scores 5 straight to take it to OT and after a save by our freshman goalie gets the win. Jake Deane, the "Terminator" at the X, wins 20 of 25 faceoffs with the help of the wings and another freshman, Jimmy Connolly, scores 5 goals to lead the team. Play the winner of Maryland-Princeton (tomorrow @12) next Saturday in Philly. Other semifinal will match the winners of Johns Hopkins-Syracuse (starting now, on ESPNU, probably some local FSN/Comcast channels) and Georgetown-#1 and undefeated Virginia. |
05-20-2006, 04:44 PM | #11 |
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Told you John Hopkins and UVA should have elimintated their minor sports.
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05-20-2006, 04:51 PM | #12 |
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Somewhat unrelated, but lacrosse just became a varsity HS sport in Minnesota this past week. Thought it was pretty cool.
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05-20-2006, 07:21 PM | #14 |
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If the high seeds hold, and UVa and Maryland make it in... this will be the first final four I can remember where there weren't teams I will be rooting *aggressivley* against. I don't care one way or the other about UMass, but I root for Syracuse, Virginia, and Maryland in that order, more or less.
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05-20-2006, 07:51 PM | #16 |
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A rough tournament for the Ivy League. 4 bids to the men's tournament (though the Harvard selection was a near travesty), only Princeton remains.
The Cornell upset over Duke doesn't look nearly as impressive as it did a couple of months ago. But then again, in hindsight, Duke hadn't really proved it could beat a winning team before their season ended... |
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I'm really rooting for Maryland tomorrow, partly because they've always been my favorite team other than UMass, but also because I hate Princeton's style/tempo and think it would cause more problems for UMass than a matchup with Maryland. The UVa/G'Town game I'm fairly agnostic about, but I think I'll root for G'Town just for the underdog factor. Maryland/Princeton @ 12 with UVa/G'Town to follow at Towson's campus. If you don't get ESPNU, hxxp://www.laxpower.com/graphics/espn_qf.gif has a list of other TV outlets covering the games. |
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05-21-2006, 04:54 PM | #19 |
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Maryland builds a lead and stalls out the game to beat Princeton 11-6 and Virginia turns it on in the 3rd quarter and beats Georgetown 20-8.
Official order hasn't been announced, but the smart money is on UMass-Maryland at 11:30 AM next Saturday followed by Syracuse-Virginia at about 2. |
05-21-2006, 05:54 PM | #20 |
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I'll be there.
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05-21-2006, 05:55 PM | #21 |
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YAY!
I was just talking to somebody about this, that MD was doing well in the NCAA lax tourney, glad to see they didn't disappoint. /tk
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05-27-2006, 06:51 PM | #22 |
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Just got back from today... UVa looked really, really good in just dismantling Syracuse. 17-10 and it wasn't really that close. Ouch.
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Noticed that Brown beat UMass this past weekend. I'm not sure if Brown is for real this year, but were people expecting UMass to drop off this much from last year?
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With Brown I don't know yet. They've got the wins over UMass and Hofstra, but only beat Bellarmine by a goal. They play a number of decent teams in the coming weeks, but the only 2 top 10 teams are Princeton and Cornell who they get the last two weekends. |
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03-21-2007, 08:57 AM | #26 |
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Yeah, it does look like UMass' losses have been close.
Brown's defense has been pretty stingy as well, but as you say, they'll definitely be tested as they start playing the Ivy schedule. But so far, this is more than I expected--Brown's definitely in rebuilding mode with a new HC after falling on hard times the past few years. In other news, Brown is recruiting Reade Seligmann (I've read that he's also being recruited by Harvard for football). I kind of have mixed feelings about it--there's definitely baggage, but ultimately I think he could be a potentially good get for Brown (usually someone with Seligmann's academic/athletic potential ends up at Princeton or south of the Mason-Dixon line). It really depends if Seligmann thinks he can fit in with (or at least stomach) the culture at Brown. Also Seligmann doesn't have any priors--I would have greater issue if they were recruiting some of the other guys that have convictions for things more serious than alcohol... |
05-24-2008, 01:43 PM | #27 |
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Very entertaining first Semifinal between Syracuse and Virginia. Nice comeback by Syracuse. I was very impressed with the Virginia goaltender though. |
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Nice comeback there, and a great OT period once the timeouts were out of the way early.
Now on to see Duke's semi-pro team roll Hopkins. (For those that don't follow lacrosse closely, all the Duke players got an extra year of eligibility after that scandal, and they have like 6 starters playing their 5th year, including returning Tewaaraton winner Danowski.) The Duke attack trio of Danowski, Zach Greer (all-time NCAA goal scoring leader, and he has another year left) and Max Quinzani (Massachusetts kid I played with back when he was like 12 and I was in HS) might be the best ever. Hopkins does have the 2 1-goal victories in the last 3 Final Four's. Last edited by BishopMVP : 05-24-2008 at 02:10 PM. |
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Another great game going on. Quinzani just hit the post on a shot that would have tied the game at 9, Hopkins comes right down and takes the 10-8 lead. 4 minutes to go.
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Duke shot saved in the last 2 seconds again, Hopkins wins by 1. Pietramala shows why he's the best defensive coach in the game (I put him above Tierney) and Hopkins goalie had 17 saves and the game of his life.
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Watched that Virginia-Syracuse game when we were out at lunch. What a finish.
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The Hopkins keeper is our pediatrician's son - seems like a good kid. Nice to see him have a huge game at a good time.
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Gvozden really did have a great game. People might focus on the late saves he had, but IMO it was really the 3-4 he made in the opening minutes. None were spectacular, but any one of those early goals go in and JHU is on its heels from the start, fresh off the 17-6 memory. |
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How many times has it been SU and Hopkins?
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Yeah, this is why I was cheering Hopkins on since I don't like Duke, I want to see a classic SU/Hopkins title match and Hopkins was the underdog.
It should be another great game of contrasting styles tho I think SU is more used to slowdown than Duke was. I'll be happily watching it in HD tomorrow |
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I've always liked lacrosse. I remember watching the Detroit Turbo games back in the early 90's. Of course, that was indoor lacrosse, but it was still really fun to watch.
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If SU can stop shooting into the goalie's chest they could start pulling away...
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05-26-2008, 03:35 PM | #41 |
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Excellent win for Syracuse, and quite a story after the last few years and 2007 in particular. I've never seen this from SU before... patient, disciplined, hustling, winning faceoffs, strong on defense... it's refreshing, really. Great win today, they honestly looked much the better team out there.
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Woohoo@@!!!!@@
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Gvozden and Syracuse's poor shooting combined to keep Hopkins in the game 1st half, but other then Rabil they had no one on offense and Syracuse started finishing.
Kind of annoying it was 4 of the same elite again, but those were 3 well-played, exciting games. Always good for the sport. See you guys in the thread next Memorial Day weekend. |
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F THE CUSE
Go anyone else! |
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Ya'll have to excuse VIPPY when he's loaded up on that vile crap he calls beer.
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Staropramen = the bomb, kind sir
The Cuse still = the suck |
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I watched the last half of a pro league lacrosse game on ESPN of all places on the weekend. It was the first time I'd ever seen the sport played, and I found it pretty enjoyable (was Boston vs somebody). Sorta like a mix between ice hockey and soccer - sockey, as I'd like to call it.
Would certainly rather watch lacrosse than baseball, anyhow. What's with the name though, French?
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The 1st half is certainly correct. SU outplayed Hopkins the whole game and Hopkins could neevr get any sort of offense out of anyone not named Rabil. It's going to take a long time before the final four isn't some mix of the "same elite", it's just the way it is with lacrosse still being regional. The same high schools produce the talent in the same area of certain states and they all want to go to the same schools. Nice to hear my HS alma mater get some love during the game |
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