Towson 2019

[Math1234]

Call for rain on Sunday doesn't help. Maryland might outdraw us but who knows? Terps fans aren't used to travelling for the first round.

[10stone5]

Number Six is good.
About as well as the Tigers could have expected, and the Terps, no real surprise there.

[10stone5]

Teams are going to have real problems with the Towson attack/midfielders from up top, that’s been a key to this latest stretch run.
Maloof was slinging it from up top in lighting up Delaware, and really was the key in disrupting a real good Delaware defense as well as frustrating DeLuca in goal.
Monahan has had an excellent stretch of games, I thought he was the best player on the field in the CAA finals, and with Monahan’s hybrid attack midfield abilities, I don’t see any of the tournament teams containing him !

[Mr3Putt]

Towson has the people to matchup w MD. K Smith- Bernhardt, Bodden- Wisnauskas, Goodrich- Fairman. Bernhardt & Wisnauskas 141 points, 199 shots... clearly they are the key. Wisnauskas 2 goals total vs Hopkins in 2 games. So, they did a good job on him. Cole Williams ( HOP) went 6 & 3 vs MD in 2 games. Sunday has similar build w better feet, should be strong in this game. Do they have someone who can play him? Drexel’s offense is better then Maryland’s . No one wants to hear that but it’s reality. Lately the TU offense is warming up. They need to take shots on this goalie. Maloof, Fromert have added something to this offense. Fromert 49% shooting % 3rd in Div-1 ... not bad.! Maryland will not out-athlete Towson. The Tigers need to keep the turnovers down & move the ball. The face-off situation either way I think they will be fine. They may have the best 1-2 tandem in College Lacrosse. McNallen is only 4-0 w a Conference title. Woodall plays Maryland’s attack may order Eddies for lunch.

[10stone5]

Koby Smith on Wisnauskas, from my POV.

[Wheels]

Towson has the people to matchup w MD. K Smith- Bernhardt, Bodden- Wisnauskas, Goodrich- Fairman. Bernhardt & Wisnauskas 141 points, 199 shots... clearly they are the key. Wisnauskas 2 goals total vs Hopkins in 2 games. So, they did a good job on him. Cole Williams ( HOP) went 6 & 3 vs MD in 2 games. Sunday has similar build w better feet, should be strong in this game. Do they have someone who can play him? Drexel’s offense is better then Maryland’s . No one wants to hear that but it’s reality. Lately the TU offense is warming up. They need to take shots on this goalie. Maloof, Fromert have added something to this offense. Fromert 49% shooting % 3rd in Div-1 ... not bad.! Maryland will not out-athlete Towson. The Tigers need to keep the turnovers down & move the ball. The face-off situation either way I think they will be fine. They may have the best 1-2 tandem in College Lacrosse. McNallen is only 4-0 w a Conference title. Woodall plays Maryland’s attack may order Eddies for lunch.

Maryland's offense is much better than Drexel's simply because Drexel doesn't have Bernhardt or Fairman. But let's keep that aside for now.

Ball movement drives Maryland's offense more than dodging. A lot of what appears to be dodging from the Terps is simply to draw a slide to get the ball moving to the other side of the field for an open shot. More than 60% of Terp goals come off of assists. Hopkins slid quickly in their 2 games against Maryland and packed in behind the slides, so the Terps got very little close in to the goal. When players like Louis Dubick and Anthony DeMaio are scoring goals, it's a sign that the offense is working well. Check what Hopkins did on that account. Towson's defense isn't like Hopkins'. Not that they can't slide quickly and pack in behind it to clog up the middle. They can. Towson's defense, though, is built more on winning 1-on-1 match ups. Towson isn't quick to slide. Given how many caused TOs Towson forces, it shows how far out Towson typically presses and stone dodgers. Slides have to come from farther away if at all (again, because Towson is so good at causing TOs).

Smith will take Bernhardt and Bodden will certainly muscle up on Wisnauskas. Because Goodrich is so good and because Dubick isn't a dodging threat, don't be surprised to see Towson double-pole Maryland's first midfield unit. Teams have increasingly done that to the Terps.

The Terps turned the ball over a ton against JHU. Prior to those game, the Terps were among the nation's leaders in fewest turnovers per game. Most of their turnover against JHU were of the forced pass/airmailed pass variety. The Terps are really efficient in shooting, and Hopkins held them well below their season average in shots. In the first game against JHU, the Terps had more turnovers (15) than shots on goal (14) but still scored 11 goals. The general rule for the Terps all season is win face-offs, win games. They have a hard time winning when they can't get near 50% at the X.

[10stone5]

Tiger’s slide package is just fine.
I’ve seen it plenty of times.
Just because you don’t see it as much as other teams, doesn’t mean its not there.

I think its Koby Smith on Wisnauskas.
Smith is the guy you want muscling up the other team’s top player, that’s no secret.

I know the guys on D who are most likely to double down, and they hurt you, just I ain’t saying who

[Wheels]

Tiger’s slide package is just fine.
I’ve seen it plenty of times.
Just because you don’t see it as much as other teams, doesn’t mean its not there.

I think its Koby Smith on Wisnauskas.
Smith is the guy you want muscling up the other team’s top player, that’s no secret.

I know the guys on D who are most likely to double down, and they hurt you, just I ain’t saying who

I do not mean to suggest they don't slide. My point was they often don't have to slide because they're winning their 1-on-1 battles. When they do have to slide, those slides comes from farther out.

[10stone5]

All I can say is, I wish I was still living back east.

I would drive the hour and a half, two hours from where my family lives to see this game live.

Tremendous, greater Baltimore event.

And speaking of great B-more events, hopefully for the upcoming Preakness, they DO NOT decide to go to committee to declare the winner

[Mr3Putt]

I agree on the slides, Towson plays a particular way w slides.

Drexel vs MD Offense? I agree Bernhardt & Fairman are very good. Drexel ranked 13th in scoring offense. Maryland is ranked 18th.

Drexel- Michigan 17-16
MD - Michigan 16-12

Drexel- Nova 15-10
MD - Nova 17-7

So, I would not say much better. !

[Wheels]

Adjusted Off Efficiency:

MD - 8
Drexel - 21

https://lacrossereference.com/stats/adj ... fficiency/

Shooting%:

MD - 3
Drexel - 11

Adjusted Shooting%:

MD - 8
Drexel - 38

https://lacrossereference.com/stats/shooting-pct/

[Mr3Putt]

That’s a little to heavy for me. Stick w simple comparison.

[Cheeseandcrackers]

Is Woodall practicing with the team?

[10stone5]

Its not exactly a secret.
They had several shots of Woodall during the CAA finals broadcast.
He looked OK.
Just look at the LSN archive.
Woodall is one large man.

[Henpecked]

I think the idea of "how" Woodall looks physically is irrelevant. From all reports on TV and on these threads, he broke his jaw three weeks ago against Delaware. The only thing that matters is how he feels and more importantly "can he play without further injuring his jaw?"

And that question has not been answered definitively by anybody. So it is all pure speculation at this point.

I am hoping that Woodall plays. I don't have a lot of faith in McCallen who went 10 for 33 against Drexel. Both Henningsen (60%) and Shockey (54%) are better than Drexel's Koita.

Be great to see them kick some Turtle butt.

[10stone5]

I hear you.

I’m just not interested in giving away a lot of info right now, after the game, sure.

A lot of people are fishing on the status of Woodall.

[Mr3Putt]

Towson Big10 results the last three years:
2017: Hopkins 13-8 W, 3-6 L OSU, 12-8 PSU W,10-14 L OSU

2018: OSU 7-6 W

2019: Hopkins 17-8 W

Last 3 years 4-2.

[10stone5]

12-8 PSU W

Seider was unreal that game.
He took a little off his shot, and just sizzled Kneese.
The coaches should have gotten Seider 20 shots that day, he was totally dialed in.

Woodall and Conor Harryman split face off duties.
Tigers had Woodall and Harryman, Nads should have just done a trade with the Hens for Harryman, Harryman straight up for Austin Haynes

[Sativa Specialist]

I'd love a Towson win !
Go Tigers !!

[tech37]

12-8 PSU W

Seider was unreal that game.
He took a little off his shot, and just sizzled Kneese.
The coaches should have gotten Seider 20 shots that day, he was totally dialed in.

He wasn't too shabby vs Cuse either