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Transfer portal

Posted: Sat May 06, 2023 8:53 am
by Fischer
Seasons wrapping up Any chatter on transfer portal?

Re: Transfer portal

Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 3:54 pm
by Kleizaster
I'd Keep an eye on Stanford and Maryland. I'm expecting movement there including Ashley Humphrey. No solid intel on Humphrey, it's more so just a gut feeling.

Any other star player on an underperforming team is fair game.

Re: Transfer portal

Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 5:33 pm
by Madlax59
Kleizaster wrote: Mon May 08, 2023 3:54 pm I'd Keep an eye on Stanford and Maryland. I'm expecting movement there including Ashley Humphrey. No solid intel on Humphrey, it's more so just a gut feeling.

Any other star player on an underperforming team is fair game.
Cant think why she would leave such a great school. im thinking biding her time, get her degree then shes off.

Re: Transfer portal

Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 5:47 pm
by washedup
Madlax59 wrote: Mon May 08, 2023 5:33 pm
Kleizaster wrote: Mon May 08, 2023 3:54 pm I'd Keep an eye on Stanford and Maryland. I'm expecting movement there including Ashley Humphrey. No solid intel on Humphrey, it's more so just a gut feeling.

Any other star player on an underperforming team is fair game.
Cant think why she would leave such a great school. im thinking biding her time, get her degree then shes off.
Agreed. Maybe if she was an underclassman, but beyond losing out on a Stanford degree, Stanford is on the quarter system which would make transferring undergrad credits extra tough. I’ve never met her in my life, but my hunch would be stick it out one more year and get the degree, then use her redshirt year somewhere else as a grad student.

Re: Transfer portal

Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 6:22 pm
by jff97
Worth noting that 2024 will be the last year of the COVID year eligibility. Not sure what this means for the portal going forward, but I'm sure we'll see what happens every year. Players from better programs who ride the bench looking for somewhere they can play, great players on middling teams looking for an upgrade, and a few surprises.

Re: Transfer portal

Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 6:23 pm
by laxfan22
It’ll be the same it always was, just less in number.

Re: Transfer portal

Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 6:58 pm
by njbill
washedup wrote: Mon May 08, 2023 5:47 pm
Madlax59 wrote: Mon May 08, 2023 5:33 pm
Kleizaster wrote: Mon May 08, 2023 3:54 pm I'd Keep an eye on Stanford and Maryland. I'm expecting movement there including Ashley Humphrey. No solid intel on Humphrey, it's more so just a gut feeling.

Any other star player on an underperforming team is fair game.
Cant think why she would leave such a great school. im thinking biding her time, get her degree then shes off.
Agreed. Maybe if she was an underclassman, but beyond losing out on a Stanford degree, Stanford is on the quarter system which would make transferring undergrad credits extra tough. I’ve never met her in my life, but my hunch would be stick it out one more year and get the degree, then use her redshirt year somewhere else as a grad student.
Have no inside info, but from a lacrosse standpoint, the appeal would be to play with her sisters. This assumes older sis is sticking around for a 5th year (which I also have no info on). Unless CT allows 8th graders to play varsity, I'd guess that would give the three sisters their one and only chance for all three to play together. Will be interesting to see what happens.

Re: Transfer portal

Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 7:00 pm
by njbill
jff97 wrote: Mon May 08, 2023 6:22 pm Worth noting that 2024 will be the last year of the COVID year eligibility. Not sure what this means for the portal going forward, but I'm sure we'll see what happens every year. Players from better programs who ride the bench looking for somewhere they can play, great players on middling teams looking for an upgrade, and a few surprises.
The last regular year. I am aware of some HS 2019s who have eligibility in 2025.

Re: Transfer portal

Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 7:26 pm
by jff97
njbill wrote: Mon May 08, 2023 7:00 pm
jff97 wrote: Mon May 08, 2023 6:22 pm Worth noting that 2024 will be the last year of the COVID year eligibility. Not sure what this means for the portal going forward, but I'm sure we'll see what happens every year. Players from better programs who ride the bench looking for somewhere they can play, great players on middling teams looking for an upgrade, and a few surprises.
The last regular year. I am aware of some HS 2019s who have eligibility in 2025.
Well yeah, there will be exceptions for kids who got injured or those from Ivy League programs. But this will be the last year a whole group of players gets an extra year.

Re: Transfer portal

Posted: Mon May 08, 2023 8:10 pm
by njbill
Agreed.

Re: Transfer portal

Posted: Wed May 10, 2023 1:28 pm
by hmmm
njbill wrote: Mon May 08, 2023 6:58 pm
washedup wrote: Mon May 08, 2023 5:47 pm
Madlax59 wrote: Mon May 08, 2023 5:33 pm
Kleizaster wrote: Mon May 08, 2023 3:54 pm I'd Keep an eye on Stanford and Maryland. I'm expecting movement there including Ashley Humphrey. No solid intel on Humphrey, it's more so just a gut feeling.

Any other star player on an underperforming team is fair game.
Cant think why she would leave such a great school. im thinking biding her time, get her degree then shes off.
Agreed. Maybe if she was an underclassman, but beyond losing out on a Stanford degree, Stanford is on the quarter system which would make transferring undergrad credits extra tough. I’ve never met her in my life, but my hunch would be stick it out one more year and get the degree, then use her redshirt year somewhere else as a grad student.
Have no inside info, but from a lacrosse standpoint, the appeal would be to play with her sisters. This assumes older sis is sticking around for a 5th year (which I also have no info on). Unless CT allows 8th graders to play varsity, I'd guess that would give the three sisters their one and only chance for all three to play together. Will be interesting to see what happens.
I've heard that the older sister may be heading out west for her 5th year but not to Stanford.

Re: Transfer portal

Posted: Thu May 25, 2023 12:02 pm
by jff97
Here's a list of players IL knows that have entered the portal so far...
https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/ ... more/61592
Biggest names on the list are Ball and LoPinto. Nicole Humphrey also in the portal, so it looks like one poster's dream of having all Humphrey sisters play on the same team probably isn't happening.

Re: Transfer portal

Posted: Thu May 25, 2023 12:27 pm
by Seacoaster(1)
ANyone else surprised to see Lopinto in the portal?

Re: Transfer portal

Posted: Thu May 25, 2023 1:12 pm
by wlaxphan20
Seacoaster(1) wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 12:27 pm ANyone else surprised to see Lopinto in the portal?
I am, and Chepenik

Re: Transfer portal

Posted: Thu May 25, 2023 2:03 pm
by user1020
wlaxphan20 wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 1:12 pm
Seacoaster(1) wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 12:27 pm ANyone else surprised to see Lopinto in the portal?
I am, and Chepenik
LoPinto chasing a ring is my guess. I don’t mean that negatively but I’m sure she’s transferring to a top 5 ACC school (no knowledge behind this)

Re: Transfer portal

Posted: Thu May 25, 2023 2:06 pm
by user1020
How hard do the Terps hit the portal. They could use another attacker like they got with Cordingley. They also could use an experienced defender with Bosco leaving. That is if anyone wants to play for the Terps

Re: Transfer portal

Posted: Thu May 25, 2023 2:18 pm
by hmmm
jff97 wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 12:02 pm Here's a list of players IL knows that have entered the portal so far...
https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/ ... more/61592
Biggest names on the list are Ball and LoPinto. Nicole Humphrey also in the portal, so it looks like one poster's dream of having all Humphrey sisters play on the same team probably isn't happening.
As I posted earlier, Nicole is going to another west coast team.

Re: Transfer portal

Posted: Thu May 25, 2023 2:25 pm
by LaxDadMax
Seacoaster(1) wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 12:27 pm ANyone else surprised to see Lopinto in the portal?
No.

Only surprise is that she is the only UF player in it.

Re: Transfer portal

Posted: Thu May 25, 2023 2:39 pm
by watcherinthewoods
Ring chasing is certainly one of the possible reasons behind a transfer, but only one. Each kid and every situation is different, so speculation is just that.

Re: Transfer portal

Posted: Thu May 25, 2023 3:03 pm
by njbill
Grad school decisions for fifth years is another.