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I put together a list of the former ISL players who made all conference and/or AA in D1 or high D3. Take this group and add in the four guys who started or were major contributors in the ACC - Fulton/def for UVA, Maguire/dmid (2nd team AA), Frisoli/lsm, and Pappendick/mid for Duke - and O'Neil who's...

As for rosters, a decent backdoor approach for a school like Wick where almost everyone is playing in college is looking at IL recruits list. For Wick, it lists 14 seniors, with commitments for 9 of them (Virginia x2, Brown x2, Syracuse, Georgetown, Colgate, BU, Holy Cross). TP has 15 seniors with ...

My following of the NESCAC has been up and down this season, and I just gave a first real look at the Tufts roster. That's a young team in terms of starters/contributors, huh?

I hear you, and agree it was bad. But the flags were basically flying from the opening whistle, and Seb's didn't adjust to the refs calling it like a soccer game. I feel bad for what was a great group of Seb's seniors, but it's good offseason fuel for the returners and a reminder to the rest of the ...

Congratulations to Belmont Hill. They looked championship caliber from the start with their win at Deerfield, and left no doubt yesterday with a rout of Middlesex. BH playing at a high level was the one constant of a season filled with bizarre outcomes - both single game and season long. Who do peop...

Stream for the final at 3:00 - https://bbiglive.com/events/1422-isl-bo ... 2024-05-19

The final is here. Everyone expected this for Belmont Hill. Few outside of the locker room expected it for Middlesex. I still believe it'd be Herculean for MX to pull off the back to back wins, but with yesterday's cloudy, cool weather and so many Seb's penalties keeping the game from becoming a tra...

Middlesex with the huge win 10-9! Down for most of the game they had no quit and feasted on a penalty-filled afternoon for the Arrows. Great season for Seb's and a chance for the Zebras to send Coach Worthen out as a champion tomorrow!

I think it’ll be inevitable to have the 1&2 seeds meet for the first time in the championship but RL’s defense and their transition game will make them a very tough out against BH. I agree that Belmont Hill-St. Seb's feels inevitable even though both semis are rematches of one-goal games from j...

I caught most of Nobles-Seb's. A bunch of Seb's seniors had "I don't want this to be my last game" performances. Merageas was something like 5g, 2a, Quinn had a hat trick, and Walsh had two and at least one helper. Faceoffs were more even than on Saturday. Seb's ran their #2 faceoff guy (A...

To Laxxal's point, maybe have 10 teams with 2 play-in games? Adding Rivers and Tabor, who had so many close games against the top 8 would have been fun! I always love an additive solution! Monday play-in games of 7 v. 10 and 8 v. 9 would be a lot of fun and I like that this option allows teams who ...

Predictions for tomorrow? Bel hill in a really close one over Thayer 11-10 Nobles upsets sebs 13-11 if Grosso can win the face off battle Milton over RL 9-7. Middlesex over govs 12-9. Anyone else have thoughts ?? Good stuff. BH by either +5 or it's way too close for comfort. Grosso won 70-75% on Sa...

You know that I fully respect your contributions to the ISL, but I just can't get on board with your three-tiered playoff system. As you point out, the two most interesting match-ups tomorrow feature the #2/#7 and the #1/#8 seeds. If we reduce the top bracket to six teams to reward regular season s...

My thoughts on tomorrow. Would love to hear what others think as well. Three fresh rematches, two of them incredibly so. Chalk results wouldn't surprise me too much, but neither would four upsets, which points to a very evenly matched first round. #8 Thayer @ #1 Belmont Hill: A tough draw for the to...

RL website says they are at Milton on Wednesday. Nobles website says they are at Seb’s. So I think that means: Thayer @ BH Nobles @ Seb’s Middlesex @ Gov’s RL @ Milton Those match ups confirmed: https://www.laxjournal.com/isl-boys-lacrosse-full-tourney-schedules-and-results/ I wouldn't be surprised...

RL website says they are at Milton on Wednesday. Nobles website says they are at Seb’s. So I think that means: Thayer @ BH Nobles @ Seb’s Middlesex @ Gov’s RL @ Milton Good to detective work CO. ISL schools rarely put info up on their sites quickly, so for that to happen feels definitive to me. Kin...

If Govs beat MSex, there are three 6-5 teams Thayer (who did not play Brooks, BBN, RL and BH) Rivers (who did not play Govs, BH, Sebs and BBN) MSex (who did not play Milton Tabor, STG, Lawrence) Thayer beat MSex and Rivers so they should get 7? MSex beat Rivers so they should get 8? Is this the way...

likely finish at 7-4 Middlesex Nobles Milton Thayer RL Rivers A look at the final week for these teams. Middlesex (6-3) @ Belmont Hill 5/8, vs. Govs 5/11. The Zebras just need one win, but that won’t be easy. If MX is among some teams from the list above to stumble to a 6-5 finish, they have good t...

I'll believe it when I see it up and running, but apparently Deerfield at Nobles @ 6:00 today will be streamed. https://twitter.com/Deerfield_Lax/statu ... 1370787887

Thanks porkchop. I’ve said it many times over the years but BH’s record in 1-2 goal games is phenomenal. Obviously they always have great talent, but they also just don’t blink.. The most striking thing to me is the complete 180 they have pulled from the patient deliberate game to up tempo/push tra...