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Returning players that saw some significant time this year: Attack Aidan Carroll (possibly) Jack Shubert Cade Caggiano (EMO) Jake Waldman (ran 2nd mid but listed at attack) Midfield Jordan Wray Patrick Crogan Kade Goldberg Joe Cesare Larry Horning SSDM Joe Vranizan Michael Haus LSM Charlie McGurrin...

Surprised to see Balsamo in the portal. He hit the sophomore slump, but I thought he was primed for a lot more meaningful minutes next year. A program will be lucky to grab him, he's a competitor. Yes, very interesting and surprising. Wonder what the story is? I texted a buddy and he said "rum...

If you're jonesing for some lax today, the women's championship game between the defending champs Northwestern "Lake Show", with last year's Tewy winner and all-time NCAA career goal scorer Izzy Scane, and 7th-consecutive championship game appearance (with one win) Boston College was a gr...

Two problems for UVA: Wierman, and they play only 1 natural middie (and he is 2 way guy not a pure scorer).

GU’s top rated recruit for next year is a middie from McDonough, so this should help. It is also important to realize that most teams lose a lot, given the end of the COVID year. Denver and Nova lose a lot, especially Denver, and top teams like Hopkins, Duke and ND also lose a lot. So GU’s losses, w...

The defense will take a big hit at all levels including loss of top 3 SSDMs. The SSDMs will be hard to replace and a transfer might be needed. It will be interesting to see if Tominovich will take another year due to the injury this year as he is very capable at both close D and on faceoffs. GU has ...

Hoyas had a great season. 6th straight conference title, tying the D1 record. Only team to beat the consensus #1 during regular season. Seeded playoff team. Beat a 2x consecutive FF team in first round. The issue continues to be how does this program get back to Memorial Day Weekend? Is this a team...

I know he does and Rolldodge gave a sound response to a respectful question....I don't think that he needs a translator. My response was more in regard to the backup fogos comment. Agree he doesn’t need a translator as this entire thread is in the same language. This thread is a dead end to discuss...

Hess fought for the GB, won it, and was harassed by ND into a TO. End of story.

When ND is winning 80% of its face offs it’s ballgame over for any opponent. This is like the 2021 GU game vs. UVA, losing their faceoff guy at Hofstra. UVA would have won anyway but this game would have been a contest with anywhere near equal possessions.

I think ND wins this comfortably. Ball is hurt, that could slant the field. ND has the revenge factor going for it. Ball is not hurt. He had a bad cramp in the 2nd half. He missed the 4Q for cramp? Ball grabbed his right calf during scrum after face off. It could be cramping as he took every faceof...

Incredible game by the Hoyas today in front of a packed Cooper field crowd. Very impressed by the way they bounced back following a sluggish start. Credit to coach Warne for making phenomenal adjustments and calling good timeouts to stop the bleeding when PSU went on runs. Anderson Moore was outsta...

The perfect storm for Ivys were:

Injuries to Yale and Cornell to a lesser extent
Weaker than usual Harvard and Brown caused a bottom 3 with poor RPIs
COVID transfer talent drain

Karma for 2022?

That was one of the more stressful games in recent memory. Georgetown did everything in their power to lose that game and still came out with the victory. Suppose you could say great teams win on their worst days - this would be that. That said, love seeing AC step up and be the guy when it mattere...

imo, georgetown needs one more ooc squad they know is gonna finish top 20. for now loyola's inside that, and penn, nd, jhu you can count on. as well as they've fared at times, richmond, high point, can't be considered what you might need if they all don't hit numbers in a given year. you already ha...

In my opinion they got themselves out of offensive sync when they tried to wind down the shot clock with each 2nd half possession. Now, I understand this strategy essentially worked for them in their win over ND, but I feel it walks a razor's edge. You're essentially banking on the ability to pull ...

Agree that this was a tough loss. ND, Hopkins and Denver are top 5 RPI teams and a 1-2 record with 2 2-goal losses is not bad. The Loyola loss hurts but they have trended towards a top 20 PRI now so it is not a horrible loss. I agree that the strategy should be win and in, and think that playing Den...

Weird game. Another tight one with Marquette is nothing new. To win 11-8 and lose virtually every face off says a lot about this team. Defense played a lot of minutes and still holding a team to 8 goals is impressive. Moore good bounce back game. Offense was balanced and patient vs a largely zone d...

I agree that the stretch from High Point through Marquette gives the team a chance to develop beyond the slower, invert style that worked well vs. ND.This stretch allows for introducing a faster pace including more fast breaks, and to revisit the up top/wing attack approach. The stretch after Marque...

Big East play begins with Hoyas starting to really gel as a team. Still, away from winning the BET, they would need to largely take care of business to get an at large bid. At Providence Home Marquette At Denver Home SJU At Nova Assuming hold serve vs Providence, Marquette and SJU, the games at Den...