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As someone who's never really paid attention to Swarthmore before, is this the best they have ever been? What has been the driving factor to them seemingly breaking the top 10 out of no where? Is it coaching? A good senior class? It doesn't seem like they have one player dominating from what I've s...

Moving back to CLC games for first round. Who moves on? Kean, MSU, Stockton, UMW? I’m going with UMW and Stockton. I think getting the 3 seed was a big deal this year as MSU has struggled while Stockton, Kean and UMW are all pretty even. UMW wins if they can win a few more faceoffs or make a few mo...

I'll play devil's advocate and say that I understand why teams have 4 goalies. it takes one to transfer and one to get hurt before you are sitting looking at one starter and one on the bench and hoping neither of the two get sick or break a thumb to where you can't run full field in practice. I thin...

Saw part of the UMW Stockton game. The game was make it take it, whoever was winning the faceoff was scoring. There was not much defense or great goalie play, just a lot of offense. Face Offs determined this game in my opinion.

Nice mid week for the CLC as Stockton and Mary Washi on have nice wins. Scranton played Salisbury pretty tough and Stockton worked them pretty good and Mary Washington beats up what is expected to be the 3rd best team in the MAC-C. I think you are staring to see the pecking order going forward I ag...

1. Salisbury
2. Tufts
3. RIT
4. CNU
5. Bowdoin
6. RPI
7. Dickinson
8. Middlebury
9. Gettysburg
10. York
11. St. Lawrence
12. Stevens Tech
13. Lynchburg
14. W&L
15. Union
16. Swathmore
17. Amherst
18. Ithaca
19. RMC
20. Denison

Again. The point isn't that I want to see SU or CNU lose more. It's that it'd be nice to see more conference games that are actual tests rather than a bunch of cakewalks. How many ranked teams are there in the NESCAC, the Liberty and the Centennial? If its more than 2, that means those conferences ...

Agree re Babson. Also, Swat did this pretty well last year and I think that continues ... great example of what happens when a highly-selective school finally gives the lacrosse coach a little juice with admissions. If O'Keefe ever gets the same admissions pull that Gress recently received, MIT wil...

This was kind of brought up in another thread, but I'm interested to get some opinions here: Would a CLC team be able to make it to the NCAA tournament if they won every game except games against CNU and SU? So they would be X-3 with losses to the two teams and whichever of those two teams they woul...

When Stevenson lost in the quarterfinal's to Washington College the year after winning the National Championship I thought that was odd. The next year they hosted Salisbury in the 2nd round after Salisbury had spent hours on a bus stuck in traffic on the Bay Bridge. If I remember correctly the Gull...

Matnum PI wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 9:26 am I'm open to it...

I'd like to participate if you are doing this again! I always feel like the forum poll is more accurate than any other poll.

Agreed, RPI vs York is game of the week. I have RPI taking the upset in a barn burner, but who knows week 1!
Excited for UMW vs RMC as well

WAC's home opener vs Eastern should be a good indicator for both teams.

d3laxblog wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 4:10 pm UMW won 22-11, it hink this mary washington team has a great chance of being ranked this coming season. Their energy and play style was high.

As much as I would like to see UMW ranked, they would have to go 6-0, maybe 7-0, before cracking the top 20 with their SoS

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/salisbury-tufts-christopher-newport-lead-il-s-men-s-diii-preseason-rankings/62447?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=salisbury%2C+tufts%2C+christopher+newport+lead+il%27s+men%27s+diii+preseason+rankings I feel like I’m here just to shar...

ODACtionEmpire wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2024 12:06 pm (once again) UMW. Love that as it will give me a good comparison between these 3 ODAC teams.

UMW is also playing Roanoke in that stretch. Definitely nice to have a consistent team to help compare

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Some answers for everyone

UMW hosting HSC on 2/3
SMCM hosting Stevenson 2/3
W&L scrimmaging UNC & Drexel @ UNC 2/3

Lynchburg, CNU, UPENN, and UVA are scrimmaging on Feb 3 @ Episcopal High School in Alexandria. Do we know times yet, or has it not been released?