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My sense is the latter - framed out a handful of games early and then had to conform to the CC decisions.

I believe it is simply a response to the Centennial Conference rules and regulations - War on the Shore was scheduled but when CC decided to allow for the conference as a whole to play then out-of-conference games were prohibited. Game cancelled in turn.

There is a lot of youth and they have been hit hard by injuries and illness. No team is immune to those things so I'm not saying WAC is alone in dealing with health challenges, and you can take any number of positions on the youth movement. But the effort is there within the team.

Certainly don't take issue with all of your points, but smaller liberal arts colleges are almost universally having to turn to their alumni bases for support. That's fundraising in higher education, particularly private schools. That said, want to see WAC compete within that environment.

WAC has a very young team but I think there is some talent to build on. Don't know that the wins will be there immediately, but I think there will be improvement over the course of the season. Another strong, deep class next year and you'll see a jump forward I as a program. Though both teams are wi...

A much more narrow perspective - there are a lot of youth on the field thus far this year. That could be indicative of many things and could mean any number of things going forward.

Well said.

The scrimmage v VMI does represent the only preseason work for the team - WAC hosts this Saturday rather than travels.

Shoremen scrimmage VMI in the coming weeks, perhaps another school another school as well. Don't recall the details but one or some opportunities to get a feel for things before the season opener on 2/15 - CNU.

The roster shows 17 current freshmen. From a numbers perspective, that represents a sizable cohort of kids. 'Thin class' might be a reference to next year's freshmen class or talent, but the numbers are good as far as freshmen on campus now goes.

This year's game schedule: https://www.washingtoncollegesports.com ... 0/schedule

WAC is releasing profiles of the incoming freshman class. Thus far: Nate Shaffer, Def, Kettle Run HS VA - 1st team all-region, 2nd team all-state Brady McFalls, Att, Boyertown HS PA - PAC 10 POY, PAC 10 1st team, Mercury All Area Logan Clefisch, Att, Owen J Roberts HS PA - PAC 10 1st team TC White, ...

Is this known to be an issue or presumed to be an issue? Not being able to get kids interested is one thing, having kids interested and losing that interest over financial aid packages that aren't competitive is another. I recall reading that recruiting seemed to be ticking up for Wac and I hope tha...

This thread has read like the John’s Hopkins one on the D1 forum for most of the year but the Jays got hot in the last week. Few key wins changes everything.

My understanding is that a WAC win over Gettysburg and a Dickinson loss to Ursinus is the combination that gets the boys into the conference playoffs. Tall task but hopefully not an impossible one.

Gettysburg/McDaniel, FM/Dickinson, Ursinus/Muhlenburg, WAC/Swarthmore on the slate tonight.

FM and Dickinson the obvious match-up of the heavier hitters, but I'm sure that Muhlenburg has designs on making some noise.

Nicely shot footage from Saturday's WOTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOA5-F9YkiA

There’s your surprise of the weekend - Haverford over Dickenson 12-9.

Doesn't look as though any of the conference heavyweights are going at it this weekend - will be interesting to see if anyone can snatch an unexpected win. Gettysburg got a scare from Muhlenberg last weekend - maybe Swat can do what they didn't this weekend...

What would better support from the school look like? That's not a shot at the poster who suggested it wasn't adequate - I just don't know what that means on a day to day basis. The facilities are certainly what you'd expect from a program that seeks to be competitive, continuity in coaching staff wh...

Any number of ways to spin this, but success within any given program is based on the following: - ability to attract 'talent' - gritty, athletic kids who love the game and want to work at it - facilitation of a year long program that develops players individually and as a cohort - game day planning...