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August wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 11:07 am SCHEDULE:

Virginia v Notre Dame

Virginia v Duke

Virginia v Maryland

Virginia v Syracuse

Virginia v Hopkins
__________

Plus: UNC, Michigan, Ohio State, Harvard (and Richmond, Towson, and LaFayette)

Plus: add two more assuming there is an ACC Tourney in 24. Guesses: Georgetown and Navy. Or they will have to play Duke and Notre Dame twice again.
__________

Thats a season-long pressure cooker. UVA will likely have to start 3 young guns from the bench (Sunderland, Terenzi, and Schroter). They will need to pick up 1-2 fogos, 1-2 SSDm, an O guy, and a Pole just to compete and keep pace with their "5 rivalry games" #daunting.

PulpExposure wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 11:47 am Dickson and Saustad are done I thought?

Njlaxx11 wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 11:52 am

PulpExposure wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 11:47 am Dickson and Saustad are done I thought?

i'm not 100% but the UVA roster has them as a R/S Senior, which means they still have another year, no?

though dickson is on the pll atlas roster, so i guess he is done.

pcowlax wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 3:06 pm Sunderland didn’t blow me away this year. Clearly a skilled player but his style of play doesn’t look to excel at this level with his body type, will need to change something up.

blue angels wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 4:07 pm

pcowlax wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 3:06 pm Sunderland didn’t blow me away this year. Clearly a skilled player but his style of play doesn’t look to excel at this level with his body type, will need to change something up.

Seahawk wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 5:03 pm Do you think they will redshirt Millon or is he too good to let sit a year?

Finster wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 5:04 pm

blue angels wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 4:07 pm

pcowlax wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 3:06 pm Sunderland didn’t blow me away this year. Clearly a skilled player but his style of play doesn’t look to excel at this level with his body type, will need to change something up.

So I think what PCow is saying is Sunderland is smallish for a D1 player, and he’s correct. Sunderland needs to bulk up some without losing quickness, if he wants to get bigger numbers. He did put up 9 and 8.

What I’d say to PCow is Sunderland is a very heady player. I could see him being a lot of things on UVA, including at X or even as a Dickson.

Something I saw at the Chapel Hill UNC/UVA game really intrigued me: the young local kids watching the game all knew and rooted for Sunderland. These were Carolina high school and below kids. Somehow they knew who this kid was on the visiting team, and they thought his ‘skills were sick’. It was interesting. The kid has either a huge social media presence or something. But he’s obviously good for UVA recruiting.

BUT, the competition for playing time won’t decrease next year. Millon is D1 ready today. I don’t know how Lars doesn’t play him; his dad will have a canary if he doesn’t start, and though I wouldn’t be like his dad, his dad would have a point. The kid is REALLY good, I’d go so far as to say the best MIAA product since Spencer/Wisnauskas.

pcowlax wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 5:16 pm Sunderland had/has a very large social media following with younger kids, he’s got pop. What I meant though is that this year he did not play to his strengths. He has a very good stick and is indeed quick. He could fill a feeder or finisher role, X or Dickson. What he is not is a bull dodger. I certainly didn’t see every UVA game but what I saw when I did watch was him trying a lot of iso with too much bodying up of D who are going to outweigh him by 40 pounds. He needs to put on 10 pounds of muscle and play to his strengths, which are speed and space, not head down dip and rip dodging.

Finster wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 5:05 pm

Seahawk wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 5:03 pm Do you think they will redshirt Millon or is he too good to let sit a year?

I just mentioned him above. I can’t imagine in a million years. His dad is a forceful guy as Baltimore parents surely know, and his body is D1 ready.

August wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 7:32 pm

Finster wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 5:05 pm

Seahawk wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 5:03 pm Do you think they will redshirt Millon or is he too good to let sit a year?

I just mentioned him above. I can’t imagine in a million years. His dad is a forceful guy as Baltimore parents surely know, and his body is D1 ready.

UVA has a few spots to fill on offense and they dont seem like a program that cares much about your last name, your HS stats, or social media following. A program that sits Shellenberger, moves Schutz to middie, limits Miezan to 2 shifts a game, seems to have a plan. Just saying. Been watching this program for a while and they have a system for certain. Before any portal acquisitions, UVA has two spots on the midfield and one at attack. This give plenty of opportunity to McIntosh, Sunderland, Cory, Miezan, Menke, Inderlied... All played this year for them. Add Terenzi off of a RS. 7 players with experience for 3 starting spots. 4 remaining players for 4 back up spots. Freshman at UVA have a lot of work to do to see the field. Seems all of them either RS or come in as 2-line middies. Add in a portal grad student and things get even tougher for the young guys. Other programs may be a little more lenient with underclassmen- at least it appears that way.

August wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 11:07 am SCHEDULE:

Virginia v Notre Dame

Virginia v Duke

Virginia v Maryland

Virginia v Syracuse

Virginia v Hopkins
__________

Plus: UNC, Michigan, Ohio State, Harvard (and Richmond, Towson, and LaFayette)

Plus: add two more assuming there is an ACC Tourney in 24. Guesses: Georgetown and Navy. Or they will have to play Duke and Notre Dame twice again.
__________

Thats a season-long pressure cooker. UVA will likely have to start 3 young guns from the bench (Sunderland, Terenzi, and Schroter). They will need to pick up 1-2 fogos, 1-2 SSDm, an O guy, and a Pole just to compete and keep pace with their "5 rivalry games" #daunting.