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Calling for a stick check on a FOGO is always polarizing no matter who does it. "Classless" if it's called for by a team (or coach) you're rooting against, "totally fair, don't break the rules" if your team calls for it. I have a hard time getting too mad about it either way - it...

are we still on this every team in the NESCAC is elite conversation??? 1. Neither Babson nor Endicott play in the NESCAC 2. Neither Middlebury nor Bowdoin are elite teams 3. Middlebury and Bowdoin are playing in the NCAA Quarterfinals this weekend 4. Middlebury and Bowdoin finished the season ranke...

Same can be said for schools like Babson and Endicott. Eh. Think they were both where they should have been. Endicott was 16-1 and only peaked at #17 in the polls, their record wasn't really given much weight at all. Feels fair given that they beat everyone they'd be expected to and split games aga...

Also doesn’t seem like Bowdoin has ever been to a final 4 in school history, so even more on line for them. 2022 was just their third NCAA bid ever and first time making it past the Second Round; their only NCAA wins before then were two First Round wins over Mt. Ida. Now they've making their secon...

Looking forward to getting into this as the weekend gets closer! My general thought is that we are more likely to have exciting/competitive games in upstate New York than we are down in Maryland.

Please stop treating this person as if they matter. Their entire goal is to be as toxic as possible and derail the forum; responding accomplishes that goal. Just look at the last few pages - it's the week of the quarters and semis, people (ergit, jumpman23, TaborAlum97, shorelax12, NNELax, etc.) sta...

Great season for Swarthmore, but…yeah. No shot tonight.

ah23 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:37 am

The Liberty League is the top conference in DIII lacrosse now, and for the foreseeable future.

The first part is obviously true; the second part isn’t worth engaging with.

Hey, when you’re wrong, you’re wrong.

In actual lacrosse news, ownership of the Big Game Bob nickname might have to transfer from Robert Horry to Robert Hobbs. Unreal game between the pipes for Bowdoin.

Being openly homophobic to celebrate your kid’s team winning a lacrosse game is certainly a choice.

Feel like no team in the country is as comfortable in these situations as RPI is, they're not out of it until the final whistle.

Don’t think players should dress if they aren’t active/eligible to play. Should definitely be on the sidelines if they are on site though.

I don’t think it makes sense to require the NCAA to pay for teams with 50-60 guys on the roster, plus 10-15 staff, plus whoever else. Just not reasonable (and honestly there is zero reason to have a roster that large). I do think that the players who aren’t active should be allowed on the sideline i...

It's remarkable to think that after tomorrow night, only eight teams will remain. Personally, I'm not a fan of this NCAA format. A small part of me likes the summer tournament feel it brings, but overall…yeah, it leaves a lot to be desired. No time to enjoy a win, no time to prepare for an opponent...

Didn’t watch any of the game, but St. John Fisher is not very good this year - that is a huge upset. So much for what would have been a very interesting St. Lawrence-Wesleyan matchup with two completely different styles. Will have to wait until the QFs against Tufts. Related…does this impact hosting...

FWIW Massey ratings' prediction has it as a 50/50 tossup.

What looked like the first good matchup of the weekend is as competitive as hoped/expected, Babson-Denison has been a really good game through three quarters.

if babson losses to denison, that will be an embarrassment. i don’t see it happening. denison doesn’t have a good win all year (Looking past the fact that neither of those teams plays in the NESCAC) Why? Denison is a very good program (and has been for a long time), and Babson is in year two as a t...

Been a minute ah23. Shaping up for a good weekend of lacrosse. Any games you're looking forward to or have an eye on for upsets? Probably most interested in Babson-Denison and Swarthmore-Endicott for R2. Three upstarts and a traditionally successful program in matchups we would never get to see oth...

St Lawrence is over-rated. Wes is going to hand them a can of whoop arse and if they don't, then Tufts will. Winning 1 goal game in OT Is not dominate and besides RPI and RIT, Union the Liberty league is ghetto. Union is good but like someone said early - Tufts made them look like a bunch of high s...