NESCAC

[MVPiccoli]

Any thoughts on why no NESCAC 2024 commits are showing up on IL. Last year at this time, almost every school already had anywhere from 5-7 commits

A kid I had been keeping an eye on from VT recently committed to Conn College: Peyton Grey (burr & Burton)

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiti ... commitment

Suspect he will be an impact player for them

future d-mid

Interesting prediction as first one out of the gate as it would be a whole new positional learning experience for him.

Dude's a troll - crapping on a 17 year-old who's ecstatic to commit to a fast-rising NESCAC program.

Stephen Brundage thought he had solid D1 potential I can say with certainty. That’s pretty good praise.

We need a reboot of the All Name Team, Fanlax variety. Peyton Grey seems like a 3rd Teamer shoe in. What's the kids middle name?

Don't know but I'm very much looking forward to Loyola having SSDMs named Mustang Sally and Ricky Savage (too bad he didn't legally change it from Poffo "oooooohhh yeahhh!").

OMG man. Even if they are recognized nicknames, to the point of being listed on a teams roster, that's enough for me. All Century!!!!

[shorelax12]

Any thoughts on why no NESCAC 2024 commits are showing up on IL. Last year at this time, almost every school already had anywhere from 5-7 commits

A kid I had been keeping an eye on from VT recently committed to Conn College: Peyton Grey (burr & Burton)

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiti ... commitment

Suspect he will be an impact player for them

future d-mid

Interesting prediction as first one out of the gate as it would be a whole new positional learning experience for him.

Dude's a troll - crapping on a 17 year-old who's ecstatic to commit to a fast-rising NESCAC program.

Stephen Brundage thought he had solid D1 potential I can say with certainty. That’s pretty good praise.

As with most of the early NESCAC commits, I'm sure that he will have the opportunity to compete for playing time...seems like Conn is focusing on the attack this cycle, as opposed to the 2023 class which was pretty heavy at midfield. Quite a few big bodies in both classes.

[Farfromgeneva]

Any thoughts on why no NESCAC 2024 commits are showing up on IL. Last year at this time, almost every school already had anywhere from 5-7 commits

A kid I had been keeping an eye on from VT recently committed to Conn College: Peyton Grey (burr & Burton)

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiti ... commitment

Suspect he will be an impact player for them

future d-mid

Interesting prediction as first one out of the gate as it would be a whole new positional learning experience for him.

Dude's a troll - crapping on a 17 year-old who's ecstatic to commit to a fast-rising NESCAC program.

Stephen Brundage thought he had solid D1 potential I can say with certainty. That’s pretty good praise.

As with most of the early NESCAC commits, I'm sure that he will have the opportunity to compete for playing time...seems like Conn is focusing on the attack this cycle, as opposed to the 2023 class which was pretty heavy at midfield. Quite a few big bodies in both classes.

VT is tiny but some good athletes come out of that Burr and Burton school. We had two brothers who have performed well on the gridiron (the younger played baseball as well) at Hobart who are physical and hit the ground running in college.

https://hwsathletics.com/sports/footbal ... ccoy/16889

https://hwsathletics.com/sports/footbal ... ccoy/20200

[Laxxal22]

Any thoughts on why no NESCAC 2024 commits are showing up on IL. Last year at this time, almost every school already had anywhere from 5-7 commits

Their July 1st Pre-Read date was pushed back till August 1st because of the Supreme Court Affirmative Action case.

You’ll start seeing commits next Tuesday.

Certainly a new level of the waiting game and stress for the 2024 commits. Interesting that other schools have not had similar concerns and are making offers, although I suspect that those other schools are equally as anxious to see which players become available if they are not recruited by one of the NESCACs

It's been a boon for schools like W&L and Swarthmore.

That makes sense considering the comparable academic standards, but I suspect that there are a lot of very good players waiting in the wings until 8/1

Definitely some very strong/high academic players from the ISL who imo are right on the line between Ivy and NESCAC that haven't committed yet. I expect a few of them will be scooped up pretty quickly after 8/1.

Only two weeks in to this recruiting cycle so I could see a few more commits coming but here is the initial bunch of ISL players going to the NESCAC.

Patrick Albers - Mid, Nobles - Bowdoin
Cormac Walsh - Mid, St. Seb’s - Bowdoin
Louie Varadi - Att, BB&N - Conn College
Sean Horkan - Att/Mid, Belmont Hill - Conn College
Jimmy Carlin - Def, St. George’s - Conn College
Max Proia - Mid, St. Seb's - Colby
Andrew Higgins - Mid/Faceoff, Nobles - Hamilton
Amos Lawrence - Def, Groton - Middlebury
Nik Barnes - Att, St. George's - Trinity
Will Lavalee - Faceoff, Milton - Trinity
Henry Tweedy - Mid, Nobles - Tufts
Silas Hamblett - Goal, Milton Academy - Wesleyan

PGs in 2024
Tommy Schwartz - Def, Nobles/Deerfield - Middlebury
Ralph Vogel - Mid, Milton Academy/Deerfield - Williams

I think Tufts got the best of the bunch in Tweedy. He’s a football and lacrosse captain, and made All-ISL as a junior (anecdotally, guys who make All-ISL as juniors tend to have very successful NESCAC careers). He's a big and physical player and was apparently looking at a lot of D1 schools. I could see him getting on the field early, perhaps as a dmid, and developing into a big time player for the Jumbos. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFZcuf9b8r0

[Unknown Participant]

Any thoughts on why no NESCAC 2024 commits are showing up on IL. Last year at this time, almost every school already had anywhere from 5-7 commits

Their July 1st Pre-Read date was pushed back till August 1st because of the Supreme Court Affirmative Action case.

You’ll start seeing commits next Tuesday.

Certainly a new level of the waiting game and stress for the 2024 commits. Interesting that other schools have not had similar concerns and are making offers, although I suspect that those other schools are equally as anxious to see which players become available if they are not recruited by one of the NESCACs

It's been a boon for schools like W&L and Swarthmore.

That makes sense considering the comparable academic standards, but I suspect that there are a lot of very good players waiting in the wings until 8/1

Definitely some very strong/high academic players from the ISL who imo are right on the line between Ivy and NESCAC that haven't committed yet. I expect a few of them will be scooped up pretty quickly after 8/1.

Only two weeks in to this recruiting cycle so I could see a few more commits coming but here is the initial bunch of ISL players going to the NESCAC.

Patrick Albers - Mid, Nobles - Bowdoin
Louie Varadi - Att, BB&N - Conn College
Sean Horkan - Att/Mid, Belmont Hill - Conn College
Jimmy Carlin - Def, St. George’s - Conn College
Max Proia - Mid, St. Seb's - Colby
Andrew Higgins - Mid/Faceoff, Nobles - Hamilton
Amos Lawrence - Def, Groton - Middlebury
Nik Barnes - Att, St. George's - Trinity
Will Lavalee - Faceoff, Milton - Trinity
Henry Tweedy - Mid, Nobles - Tufts
Silas Hamblett - Goal, Milton Academy - Wesleyan

PGs in 2024
Tommy Schwartz - Def, Nobles/Deerfield - Middlebury
Ralph Vogel - Mid, Milton Academy/Deerfield - Williams

I think Tufts got the best of the bunch in Tweedy. He’s a football and lacrosse captain, and made All-ISL as a junior (anecdotally, guys who make All-ISL as juniors tend to have very successful NESCAC careers). He's a big and physical player and was apparently looking at a lot of D1 schools. I could see him getting on the field early, perhaps as a dmid, and developing into a big time player for the Jumbos. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFZcuf9b8r0

Thanks Laxxall. Keep it coming.

[Can Opener]

It looks like GVA is parting ways with Colby. This is tricky timing as the team tries to complete its recruiting of the '24 HS class.

[jetdirect47]

It looks like GVA is parting ways with Colby. This is tricky timing as the team tries to complete its recruiting of the '24 HS class.

Where to? What else was open? Perhaps on to the independent world?

[boredatwork]

It looks like GVA is parting ways with Colby. This is tricky timing as the team tries to complete its recruiting of the '24 HS class.

Where to? What else was open? Perhaps on to the independent world?

This seems like a play to try and get the assistant coach bumped to interim. Coaches retiring at inopportune times so the school doesn't necessarily have a chance for a search so they move the assistant up. I feel like this has become a thing lately in college sports.

[smoova]

It looks like GVA is parting ways with Colby. This is tricky timing as the team tries to complete its recruiting of the '24 HS class.

Where to? What else was open? Perhaps on to the independent world?

This seems like a play to try and get the assistant coach bumped to interim. Coaches retiring at inopportune times so the school doesn't necessarily have a chance for a search so they move the assistant up. I feel like this has become a thing lately in college sports.

Agreed. Dowd is pretty young to be a NESCAC HC, but Lasagna was on staff as a VA and very active during games last season.

[lilax]

It looks like GVA is parting ways with Colby. This is tricky timing as the team tries to complete its recruiting of the '24 HS class.

He is stepping down due to lingering health concerns. I was told he's been dealing with a serious issue for the last 5 years.

[boredatwork]

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It looks like GVA is parting ways with Colby. This is tricky timing as the team tries to complete its recruiting of the '24 HS class.

He is stepping down due to lingering health concerns. I was told he's been dealing with a serious issue for the last 5 years.
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Awful news, never want to hear a situation like that.

[NNELax]

This next hire is BIG for the direction of the program....

[creasecone66]

This next hire is BIG for the direction of the program....

What a take, can you post the link to your nescac/d3 lacrosse podcast? With insights like these, you probably don’t have a podcast, definitely keep these well thought out opinions behind a paywall. Must be a NELJ contributor.

On another note, Biddy Martin isn’t the president at Colby so good news for athletics and men’s lacrosse, bad news for student journalists who publish veritably fake stories (does Thompson go back to Waterville??). It could be a BIG for the direction of social media impressions as well, which really should count for something. How many views and re-X’s equal hoisting the trophy on MDW Sunday? Facilities and willingness to compete athletically should have some excellent coaches pursued/expressing interest.

If it is a health-related retirement, obviously we (maybe not NNE) wish nothing but for a quick and full recovery for Coach Van. The game will miss an absolute legend on the sideline, but would imagine he’ll continue to enhance whatever community he finds himself in for the better.

On another note about when to retire and whether it is to put a trusted assistant in a good position to audition as interim, when is a good time for a coach, and specifically nescac coach, to retire? Since so much is dependent on recruiting, would imagine it is either end of summer or day after season ends…unless you can pull a Coach T farewell tour and give time for administration to get ducks in a row to interview and not interrupt the recruiting window by handing the baton off directly.

[NNELax]

This next hire is BIG for the direction of the program....

What a take, can you post the link to your nescac/d3 lacrosse podcast? With insights like these, you probably don’t have a podcast, definitely keep these well thought out opinions behind a paywall. Must be a NELJ contributor.

On another note, Biddy Martin isn’t the president at Colby so good news for athletics and men’s lacrosse, bad news for student journalists who publish veritably fake stories (does Thompson go back to Waterville??). It could be a BIG for the direction of social media impressions as well, which really should count for something. How many views and re-X’s equal hoisting the trophy on MDW Sunday? Facilities and willingness to compete athletically should have some excellent coaches pursued/expressing interest.

If it is a health-related retirement, obviously we (maybe not NNE) wish nothing but for a quick and full recovery for Coach Van. The game will miss an absolute legend on the sideline, but would imagine he’ll continue to enhance whatever community he finds himself in for the better.

On another note about when to retire and whether it is to put a trusted assistant in a good position to audition as interim, when is a good time for a coach, and specifically nescac coach, to retire? Since so much is dependent on recruiting, would imagine it is either end of summer or day after season ends…unless you can pull a Coach T farewell tour and give time for administration to get ducks in a row to interview and not interrupt the recruiting window by handing the baton off directly.

You sound unhinged....

[creasecone66]

This next hire is BIG for the direction of the program....

What a take, can you post the link to your nescac/d3 lacrosse podcast? With insights like these, you probably don’t have a podcast, definitely keep these well thought out opinions behind a paywall. Must be a NELJ contributor.

On another note, Biddy Martin isn’t the president at Colby so good news for athletics and men’s lacrosse, bad news for student journalists who publish veritably fake stories (does Thompson go back to Waterville??). It could be a BIG for the direction of social media impressions as well, which really should count for something. How many views and re-X’s equal hoisting the trophy on MDW Sunday? Facilities and willingness to compete athletically should have some excellent coaches pursued/expressing interest.

If it is a health-related retirement, obviously we (maybe not NNE) wish nothing but for a quick and full recovery for Coach Van. The game will miss an absolute legend on the sideline, but would imagine he’ll continue to enhance whatever community he finds himself in for the better.

On another note about when to retire and whether it is to put a trusted assistant in a good position to audition as interim, when is a good time for a coach, and specifically nescac coach, to retire? Since so much is dependent on recruiting, would imagine it is either end of summer or day after season ends…unless you can pull a Coach T farewell tour and give time for administration to get ducks in a row to interview and not interrupt the recruiting window by handing the baton off directly.

You sound unhinged....

I probably am unhinged, but that doesn’t change the fact that you came on here to say “This next hire is BIG for the direction of the program....” as if that’s not the most glaringly obvious statement of fact about any collegiate sports team on its face (whether to keep it in a positive direction or redirect from a negative one.

I think the fact that a head coach has a lot to do with what direction an athletic team is on and my state of mind may be all we agree on NNE, stay blessed.

[NNELax]

Self awareness is a gift...

[sguy9]

https://ncaamarket.ncaa.org/jobs/190342 ... ach#expand

Short list on this one?

Ivy Assistant
Patriot Assistant
Nescac Assistant
Any current Head Coaches

?

[Can Opener]

https://ncaamarket.ncaa.org/jobs/190342 ... ach#expand

Short list on this one?

Ivy Assistant
Patriot Assistant
Nescac Assistant
Any current Head Coaches

?

I hope it goes to Casey Dowd!

[River Donkey]

https://ncaamarket.ncaa.org/jobs/190342 ... ach#expand

Short list on this one?

Ivy Assistant
Patriot Assistant
Nescac Assistant
Any current Head Coaches

?

I hope it goes to Casey Dowd!

https://colbyathletics.com/news/2023/8/ ... eason.aspx

[smoova]

https://ncaamarket.ncaa.org/jobs/190342 ... ach#expand

Short list on this one?

Ivy Assistant
Patriot Assistant
Nescac Assistant
Any current Head Coaches

?

I hope it goes to Casey Dowd!

https://colbyathletics.com/news/2023/8/ ... eason.aspx

"Waterville, Maine - To kickoff the 2023-24 season, four of Colby's Assistant Coaches have been promoted to Assistant Head Coaches in each of their perspective programs. Those promoted are Casey Dowd, Troy Irvine, Dorothy O'Donnell, and Tyler Walsh who are all well deserving of this new title after being apart of Colby Athletics for multiple seasons."

So now Dowd is "Assistant Head Coach"? I guess that helps keep the commitments rolling (IL reported another Colby commit today), but it doesn't sound like he's the new HC.