NCAC 2024

[berryjames]

Did anyone get an update on the scrimmages that happened this weekend?

[Nosey Ned]

Did anyone get an update on the scrimmages that happened this weekend?

Not sure of the outcome but here’s a little highlight clip from the Big Red ….

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C271MmkL ... kzNHJqeWQ2

[berryjames]

Based on other Instagram photos Kenyon Scrimmaged Trine, Oberlin scrimmaged Baldwin Wallace, and Wooster scrimmaged Muskingham. I have not seen anything else though.

[laxfan13]

Based on other Instagram photos Kenyon Scrimmaged Trine, Oberlin scrimmaged Baldwin Wallace, and Wooster scrimmaged Muskingham. I have not seen anything else though.

Kenyon and Trine played 5 quarters. Kenyon won 4. One of them by quite a bit. Other 3 were a couple of goal difference. 5th was a tie with running clock and a lot of Kenyon subs. Kenyon's O outmatched Trine's D. Trine's O mostly held its own when it had the ball. I think faceoffs were closer than expected .

[oldtimelax]

OWU scrimmaged Centre on Saturday. Heard the game ended in 11-11 tie and both teams subbed a lot.

[oldtimelax]

NCAC Pre-season Coaches' Poll is out....Denison, Kenyon and OWU are ranked #1-2-3

https://northcoast.org/news/2024/2/1/de ... -poll.aspx

[oldtimelax]

DeeThreeLax.Com has published their NCAC Preview: https://deethreelax.com/north-coast-athletic-con

This preview matches the Coaches Poll for the Top 3, but they rank Wooster higher than Oberlin:

1. Denison
2. Kenyon
3. Ohio Wesleyan
4. Wooster
5. Oberlin
6. Wittenberg
7. Depauw
8. Wabash
9. Hiram

[D3LaxFan2]

Any NCAC scrimmages yesterday?

[berryjames]

Any NCAC scrimmages yesterday?

Wittenberg is scrimmaging Baldwin Wallace
Denison did and intrasquad
Depauw is scrimmaging Thomas Moore
Kenyon scrimmaged ONU
Oberlin scrimmaged Mount Union
Wooster scrimmaged Lake Erie

[oldtimelax]

Kenyon video season preview with Coach Misarti...

https://athletics.kenyon.edu/sports/mens-lacrosse

[oldtimelax]

OWU posts Season Preview and Roster -- squad is 50 strong and includes 21 first-years...

https://battlingbishops.com/news/2024/2 ... pre_1.aspx

https://battlingbishops.com/sports/mens-lacrosse/roster

[oldtimelax]

Six of the NCAC teams open on Saturday, February 17th....RIT-Denison is the Game of the Week, followed by OWU-Grove City and Transy-Kenyon

Oberlin @ Chatham 1:00 P.M.
RIT @ Denison 1:00 P.M.
Transylvania @ Kenyon 1:00 P.M.
DePauw @ Milwaukee School of Engineering 2:00 P.M.
OWU @ Grove City 3:00 P.M.
Muskingum @ Wabash 5:00 P.M.

[Can Opener]

Six of the NCAC teams open on Saturday, February 17th....RIT-Denison is the Game of the Week, followed by OWU-Grove City and Transy-Kenyon

Oberlin @ Chatham 1:00 P.M.
RIT @ Denison 1:00 P.M.
Transylvania @ Kenyon 1:00 P.M.
DePauw @ Milwaukee School of Engineering 2:00 P.M.
OWU @ Grove City 3:00 P.M.
Muskingum @ Wabash 5:00 P.M.

Denison seems to like hosting highly-ranked foes on cold, windy days in Granville. Last year they upset #2 Gettysburg 10-9 in a frosty early season game. This year, Denison may get a little boost from playing the first game ever in their remarkable new lacrosse stadium.

[Nosey Ned]

Six of the NCAC teams open on Saturday, February 17th....RIT-Denison is the Game of the Week, followed by OWU-Grove City and Transy-Kenyon

Oberlin @ Chatham 1:00 P.M.
RIT @ Denison 1:00 P.M.
Transylvania @ Kenyon 1:00 P.M.
DePauw @ Milwaukee School of Engineering 2:00 P.M.
OWU @ Grove City 3:00 P.M.
Muskingum @ Wabash 5:00 P.M.

Denison seems to like hosting highly-ranked foes on cold, windy days in Granville. Last year they upset #2 Gettysburg 10-9 in a frosty early season game. This year, Denison may get a little boost from playing the first game ever in their remarkable new lacrosse stadium.

Nobody expects Denison to win this game, in fact on other threads most opine they expect them to get “rolled”. That’s the perfect headspace! Treat this as a chance to measure yourself against a powerhouse. Go have some fun, play hard for each other and the program and enjoy the moment! The Big Red have surprised plenty of opponents before. So roll the ball out and see what happens!

Win, lose or draw …. GO BIG RED!

Looks like the boys are loving their moment!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3bSR59N ... hhbzlxZA==

[oldtimelax]

Ned....I saw somewhere on this site somebody said Denison +11. I believe it will be much closer than that! Go Denison....let's hope these men represent their schools and the conference with a great skill and effort. Ohio college lacrosse plays tough and will play you hard 60 minutes....

[Nosey Ned]

Hi Old … thanks for the good wishes. We’ll need all the good karma we can get because RIT is a top flight team that brings much more experience then Denison with loads of post graduate 5th years and grad transfers from what I gather. Hey we got nothing to lose and I hope/expect the Big Red keep it respectable. I’m anxious to see if any of the FYs jump off the page .. I’ve heard good things.

Best of luck to the Bishops this year as well. Denison (and the NCAC) is better off when OWU is putting out the high caliber team we’ve come to respect all these years.

[grelch]

Just saw the Denison v RIT score. Yikes. Welcome to the new season. Anyone see it?

[Tigerlax70]

Just saw the Denison v RIT score. Yikes. Welcome to the new season. Anyone see it?

Since this is a NCAC thread, I’ll let the Denison faithful who observed the game offer in-depth analysis. Simply put, it was the first game for both teams on a brutal afternoon weather wise in Ohio. RIT returns nine out of ten of their top scorers from last year and picked up a 1st team LL grad transfer from Ithaca. They just have so many weapons it’s a real tough matchup. Fisher for Denison seemed like their only option offensively. Another addition for the Tigers was a grad transfer from D1 Merrimack (5’9”, 200) who was a State wrestling champion in HS. He’s a stud and got possession on the majority of FO’s before he was pulled in first half. All in all, these teams are miles apart at this juncture and it showed on the scoreboard. Of course, it’s a long season and a lot of things can change. It’s one game. Forget about it and build for May. Good luck to the Big Red.

[berryjames]

Six of the NCAC teams open on Saturday, February 17th....RIT-Denison is the Game of the Week, followed by OWU-Grove City and Transy-Kenyon

Oberlin @ Chatham 1:00 P.M.
RIT @ Denison 1:00 P.M.
Transylvania @ Kenyon 1:00 P.M.
DePauw @ Milwaukee School of Engineering 2:00 P.M.
OWU @ Grove City 3:00 P.M.
Muskingum @ Wabash 5:00 P.M.

Interesting weekend for the NCAC going 2-4

Oberlin (1-0) beat Chatham after only leading by 1 going into the 4th quarter. They end up winning the game by 7.
RIT killed Denison (0-1), not particularly close the entire game. 13-2 at halftime.
Kenyon(1-0) dominated Transylvania. Kenyon's defense only gave up 1 goal per quarter.
Depauw(0-1) lost a defensive slugfest 5-2.
OWU(0-1) lost to a talented Grove City team. OWU had a slow start and almost made the comeback in the 4th quarter.
Wabash(1-1) lost to a not-great OAC Muskingum team by 5.

[oldtimelax]

Looking at the stats from Denison's three goal victory over Albion....they dominated in all the key areas -- face-offs, ground balls, shots....but it looks like they have a goalie problem. Albert didn't look good against RIT either, but you could give him a hall pass on that game. Could be a big problem with the out-of-conference schedule they have coming up. Do they have anyone else waiting in the wings?