NCAC 2020

[OldWU]

Nice story about four La Jolla, California lacrosse players who have known each other since Kindergarten who are heading to OWU in the fall....Go Bishops!

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/ ... CqQAJhjiUo

[SureShot]

NCAC has outlined broad athletic plans for Fall 2020. Conf only, limited season, testing protocols, stating the landscape may change etc.
https://www.northcoast.org/News/2020-21 ... llUpdate20

Oberlin has decided to cancel Fall sports given the potential health risks to student athletes, the community and competitor schools.
https://goyeo.com/news/2020/7/8/fall-sp ... ement.aspx

[DeepPocket]

Pittroff from Denison to Providence Friars for grad year.

[OldWU]

Kenyon joins Oberlin in punting on all Fall sports...... https://www.kenyon.edu/return/athletics/

[WhiteCarrera]

... and for the first time since 1950, neither Kenyon nor Oberlin will have a losing season in football! (too soon?)

[OldWU]

Kenyon does have a nationally ranked Men's Soccer program that would have been challenging OWU's great program for the NCAC title and a run in the D3 championship....lots of athletes have been training for their moment. Very sad.

[WhiteCarrera]

Agreed completely. With a son whose undefeated and nationally ranked lacrosse team got shut down mid-season, I completely understand.

[Dr. Pretorious]

Agreed completely. With a son whose undefeated and nationally ranked lacrosse team got shut down mid-season, I completely understand.

Denison?

[Switzerland]

https://www.northcoast.org/News/2020-21 ... llSemester

[Matnum PI]

Oberlin coach... https://goyeo.com/news/2020/12/18/mens- ... -post.aspx

[FannOLax]

Oberlin coach... https://goyeo.com/news/2020/12/18/mens- ... -post.aspx

Hmmm, Oberlin lacrosse has been around longer than Denison and OWU lacrosse, while academically Oberlin is an excellent school. Yet, whatever scant success Oberlin lax has had came long ago. Back on the old LaxPower NCAC board, it was said that Oberlin admissions gave no help to the lacrosse coach, and that the school's "crunchy granola" (my paraphrase) environment wasn't conducive to lacrosse. It will be interesting to see who is hired as Head Coach. The NCAC needs more schools challenging for the title; but the wait for those teams to emerge seems eternal.

[Matnum PI]

...and that the school's "crunchy granola" (my paraphrase) environment wasn't conducive to lacrosse...

That I do not buy. Granola and lacrosse can live together in peace. Some would argue that lacrosse is a granola sport.

[FannOLax]

I don't disagree with you; and I really don't know how "granola" Oberlin might be. It would be nice to see Oberlin hire as its Head Coach someone with experience at a NESCAC school that has both top academics and high quality lacrosse, say Amherst or Williams.

[WhiteCarrera]

Has anyone in the NCAC posted schedules or announced plans for the Spring?

[OldWU]

Oberlin hasn't been competitive in lacrosse in fifty years....don't expect them to hire an experienced coach or spend any money to upgrade their program. Not being snarky, just realistic.

[FannOLax]

You might well be right, OldWU. However, I do find it interesting that Oberlin's 2020 schedule included a game against York College at the US Lacrosse Center in Maryland (never played due to Covid); almost like the school was starting to give the team the travel budget it needed to become competitive. Plus, early results in 2020 looked promising, at least by the modest expectations typical for Oberlin men's lacrosse. https://goyeo.com/sports/mens-lacrosse/schedule/2020
In any case, it should be interesting to see what kind of hire is made for the Head Coach.