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My bad. I misstated that they were scored by the defense. They were scored or assisted by defensive middies in transition.

I know there is a feeling that the goalie play was not stellar. I think that was due to 3 issues. The first was that it was his first start in 4 years. But it was also the first game of the year for the defense, which allowed 10 transition goals by York’s defense! They were crank shot goals that wer...

Noticed that W&L is playing Stevenson, rather than CNU as originally reported.

Just noticed that on Stevenson’s schedule, they are set to play Lynchburg and Washington and Lee in their tournament. Since neither Lynchburg or W&L have released their schedules, we don’t know who else they are playing. But I would imagine that neither would be playing CNU if they had planned t...

The Generals turned over the ball 4 times that led to all 4 scores for Salisbury. Salisbury had no turnovers.

It would be a similar result if W&L’s lacrosse team lost every face off. Little chance of winning.

I noticed that Randolph Macon now has the former W&L assistant coach, Ryan Rhode, as their new offensive coordinator. He knows W&L well. I wonder if he was at that game.

Any idea who some of the Gennies’ participants are? Are they mostly just the first years?

Totally agree. And winning not only breeds confidence, but also breeds a “talent pipeline” which is the secret to consistent success.

I think that is an unstated goal, but only if you get players who have a high opportunity to play and contribute. It does no good to have players just riding the bench and the sharing their frustration with potential recruits around the lacrosse world. It seems to me that there are a lot of bloated ...

Gabe Reuter from Delbarton is another good “get.”

Could be promising. The more offense the better.

A new commit, Willy Carpenter, a middle from MICDS. Anyone know much about him? I believe that he was listed as an all-American, but I’m not certain.

An excellent example of how lacrosse can be much more than just a game. I remember vividly a tournament at UVA with W&M, W&L, Loyola, and UVA. W&L may have won that tournament, but to show how quickly things changed, W&L moved to D3 and W&M moved to club status a few years later.

Not sure if this means much, but Middlebury and Amherst have 7 three stars, W&L 5 three stars, Tufts 5 three stars, Salisbury 1 three star, Lynchburg 1 three star, and Roanoke and Hamden Sydney 0 three stars for 2024.

I’d chip in for some Omaha Steaks. But, if we think he is small, take a look at Declan Folliard from Chaminade. 5 foot 5 and 135 pounds. And the there is Gilbert Cooper from St. Christopher’s….5 feet 3 and 110 pounds. Maybe getting lost in game chaos is their secret weapon. I know that in a high sch...

Too bad we couldn’t have both of them at the same time.

Dugan, Mize, Burns, and Witherell are the caliber players W&L needs more of to win it all. Easier said than done. As for defenders, we have had several that fit that caliber, such as Joe La Sala, Harris Hubbard, and John Broderick. As far as goalies, there have been a lot of good ones but it is ...

I was looking back over the last few years and I believe that one other player might have finished in the Dugan/Witherell category if he had not had two devastating, career ending injuries. That player was Garrett Mize. He reminds me a little of Hillis Burns., so I was relieved when he recovered qui...

Thanks for the update VALAXFAN. Could be a compliment for the skills of players already in place.

Avery Richardson has just committed. That makes 9 so far. Don’t know much about him. Does anyone else?