Centennial Conference 2024

[Frank Rizzo]

Happy Easter to all my Catholic friends out there. For us Pagans lets just enjoy the games and some candy.

Weekend picks

F&M vs Swat- This would be the game F&M somehow comes alive and wins. The Dips have the offensive talent to keep it close, but my question is are they already checked out staring down 0-2 possibly 0-3 in the conference. On the flip side this is a big one for Swat after a scare vs the Mules. Swat is still figuring out some things on both side of the ball and I do expect them to continue to get better. Its great to see Pat Gress have success after years of living in the cellar of the conference. Swat 14-8

Gettysburg vs Haverford- Well well well, I didnt expect this game to be a battle of 2-0 conference teams at the beginning of the year. Gettysburg flexed its muscle in the first half vs McDaniel and cruised to an 14-5 win. Haverford did the same vs a jadded Washington College team. Haverford's turbo charged transition game can either be really good or really bad depending on the day. I just think Gettysburg is bigger faster and stronger and will themselves take advantage of Haverford with an counter attack of their own. Bullets win 14-11

Dickinson vs St Marys- Dickinson tends to play this game close but i feel like the Seahawks are down this year. Devils enjoy a week off of conference play and win 15-10 in a "close but not really close one"

Ursinus vs Western Maryland- Both these teams need this. Ursinus struggled out of the gate this year before getting into a what looked like a groove but a midweek faulter vs Kean has me still trying to figure out how good they are. The Terror started red hot but this young team seems to have lost confidence in conference play. My heart says McDaniel but my head says Ursinus. Bears 15-9

Muhlenberg vs Washington College- I still think the Shoremen are better then their Wednesday night showing vs Haverford but they need to get back into the win column to keep pace in what seems to be an mess at the middle part of the conference. The offense must shoot the ball better and we need solid goalie play from the freshman goalie. On the flip side the Mules record does not represent have good this team is. They are battle tested and one of the most well coached teams in the conference. Unfortunately the Mules ruin my long weekend 16-10

13-12 OT St Mary’s lead most of the game. Dickinson had a good 3 qtr to go up. St Mary’s played Dickinson till the end. Wasn’t impressed by the #7 team in the country. Last years team was better. They were bigger and faster. This team is small and St Mary’s is a small team and made look big

[Laxdds]

The most complete game I have seen the Bullets play in a long time. If they can maintain this level of play the sky's the limit. Haverford is a quality team and will rack up more CC wins

[WashedUp06]

My Conference Rankings after 2 weeks of play:

1 - Gettysburg
2 - Dickinson (strong argument for 1, but think I would take G'burg if they played today)
3- Swat
4 - Mules
5 - Haverford
6 - F&M
7 - Ursinus
8 - WAC
9 - McDaniel

Looks like Haverford, Mules, F&M are going to battle it out for those final 2 playoff spots. IMO its going to be Mules + Haverford playing in the play in game, but the middle of the conference is going to be fun to watch in April. Ursinus still has a chance to play spoiler, but think they will be in the outside looking in when its all said & done.

[ChopMan23]

My Conference Rankings after 2 weeks of play:

1 - Gettysburg
2 - Dickinson (strong argument for 1, but think I would take G'burg if they played today)
3- Swat
4 - Mules
5 - Haverford
6 - F&M
7 - Ursinus
8 - WAC
9 - McDaniel

Looks like Haverford, Mules, F&M are going to battle it out for those final 2 playoff spots. IMO its going to be Mules + Haverford playing in the play in game, but the middle of the conference is going to be fun to watch in April. Ursinus still has a chance to play spoiler, but think they will be in the outside looking in when its all said & done.

Hot take, I predict wac finishing in front of UC

[CentennialPundit]

My Conference Rankings after 2 weeks of play:

1 - Gettysburg
2 - Dickinson (strong argument for 1, but think I would take G'burg if they played today)
3- Swat
4 - Mules
5 - Haverford
6 - F&M
7 - Ursinus
8 - WAC
9 - McDaniel

Looks like Haverford, Mules, F&M are going to battle it out for those final 2 playoff spots. IMO its going to be Mules + Haverford playing in the play in game, but the middle of the conference is going to be fun to watch in April. Ursinus still has a chance to play spoiler, but think they will be in the outside looking in when its all said & done.

Hard to rank the teams but this is how I see it now:

Tier 1 (Fvorites to win cc):
Swarthmore, Dickinson Gettysburg (tentative to include Gettysburg because of their poor specialist performances and the rest of the CC having strong specialists)

Tier 2 (Can win game in CC playoffs):
Muhlenberg, F&M

Tier 3 (Happy to make CC playoffs):
Ursinus, WAC, Haverford

Tier 4 ( ):
Mcdaniel


If I had to pick the best team right now it would be Dickinson. If I had to pick a team to win the CC I would pick Swarthmore. I think Swarthmore can get to another level this season considering all the talent they returned. We shall see if they reach that ceiling.

[Laxattackjack]

My Conference Rankings after 2 weeks of play:

1 - Gettysburg
2 - Dickinson (strong argument for 1, but think I would take G'burg if they played today)
3- Swat
4 - Mules
5 - Haverford
6 - F&M
7 - Ursinus
8 - WAC
9 - McDaniel

Looks like Haverford, Mules, F&M are going to battle it out for those final 2 playoff spots. IMO its going to be Mules + Haverford playing in the play in game, but the middle of the conference is going to be fun to watch in April. Ursinus still has a chance to play spoiler, but think they will be in the outside looking in when its all said & done.

Hard to rank the teams but this is how I see it now:

Tier 1 (Fvorites to win cc):
Swarthmore, Dickinson Gettysburg (tentative to include Gettysburg because of their poor specialist performances and the rest of the CC having strong specialists)

Tier 2 (Can win game in CC playoffs):
Muhlenberg, F&M

Tier 3 (Happy to make CC playoffs):
Ursinus, WAC, Haverford

Tier 4 ( ):
Mcdaniel


If I had to pick the best team right now it would be Dickinson. If I had to pick a team to win the CC I would pick Swarthmore. I think Swarthmore can get to another level this season considering all the talent they returned. We shall see if they reach that ceiling.

hard to tell with swarthmore. they have played one ranked team all year and lost. they could be a top 20 team, or could be a 30-40 ranked team. won’t know until they play Dickinson and Gettysburg. they only other two ranked games they have scheduled.

[Laxattackjack]

My Conference Rankings after 2 weeks of play:

1 - Gettysburg
2 - Dickinson (strong argument for 1, but think I would take G'burg if they played today)
3- Swat
4 - Mules
5 - Haverford
6 - F&M
7 - Ursinus
8 - WAC
9 - McDaniel

Looks like Haverford, Mules, F&M are going to battle it out for those final 2 playoff spots. IMO its going to be Mules + Haverford playing in the play in game, but the middle of the conference is going to be fun to watch in April. Ursinus still has a chance to play spoiler, but think they will be in the outside looking in when its all said & done.

Hard to rank the teams but this is how I see it now:

Tier 1 (Fvorites to win cc):
Swarthmore, Dickinson Gettysburg (tentative to include Gettysburg because of their poor specialist performances and the rest of the CC having strong specialists)

Tier 2 (Can win game in CC playoffs):
Muhlenberg, F&M

Tier 3 (Happy to make CC playoffs):
Ursinus, WAC, Haverford

Tier 4 ( ):
Mcdaniel


If I had to pick the best team right now it would be Dickinson. If I had to pick a team to win the CC I would pick Swarthmore. I think Swarthmore can get to another level this season considering all the talent they returned. We shall see if they reach that ceiling.

hard to tell with swarthmore. they have played one ranked team all year and lost. they could be a top 20 team, or could be a 30-40 ranked team. won’t know until they play Dickinson and Gettysburg. they only other two ranked games they have scheduled.

[CentennialPundit]

My Conference Rankings after 2 weeks of play:

1 - Gettysburg
2 - Dickinson (strong argument for 1, but think I would take G'burg if they played today)
3- Swat
4 - Mules
5 - Haverford
6 - F&M
7 - Ursinus
8 - WAC
9 - McDaniel

Looks like Haverford, Mules, F&M are going to battle it out for those final 2 playoff spots. IMO its going to be Mules + Haverford playing in the play in game, but the middle of the conference is going to be fun to watch in April. Ursinus still has a chance to play spoiler, but think they will be in the outside looking in when its all said & done.

Hard to rank the teams but this is how I see it now:

Tier 1 (Fvorites to win cc):
Swarthmore, Dickinson Gettysburg (tentative to include Gettysburg because of their poor specialist performances and the rest of the CC having strong specialists)

Tier 2 (Can win game in CC playoffs):
Muhlenberg, F&M

Tier 3 (Happy to make CC playoffs):
Ursinus, WAC, Haverford

Tier 4 ( ):
Mcdaniel


If I had to pick the best team right now it would be Dickinson. If I had to pick a team to win the CC I would pick Swarthmore. I think Swarthmore can get to another level this season considering all the talent they returned. We shall see if they reach that ceiling.

hard to tell with swarthmore. they have played one ranked team all year and lost. they could be a top 20 team, or could be a 30-40 ranked team. won’t know until they play Dickinson and Gettysburg. they only other two ranked games they have scheduled.

Yea it’s a shame they have such a bad schedule. They are doing themselves 0 favors and have no margin for error.

[SixBySix]

Unusually bad years for Elizabethtown, Widener, Stockton, and Eastern definitely do them no favors. Usually at least two or three of those four are at the fringes of the Top 25.

[CentennialPundit]

Unusually bad years for Elizabethtown, Widener, Stockton, and Eastern definitely do them no favors. Usually at least two or three of those four are at the fringes of the Top 25.

Sure- but even in a good year that schedule wouldn’t be good enough for what Swarthmore wants to be. They need to be playing schedules akin to Gburg and Dickinson- many hard top 20 OOC games.

They have the talent and recruiting power to compete, so they need to force themselves into the conversation.

Luckily the CC is strong enough that they have all the opportunity they need ahead of them- just without much margin of error.

[SlackBaller]

Re: Swat..their schedule represents the position they are in on a one season run and working out a way to gain better teams to play. Not by choice is my guess as many of these games are contracted over multiple years between programs. If they make another run this year it will raise their recruiting as well as attract better opponents. As said though, time I’ll tell and they have to play to their potential which we have not seen yet. Even in their dominating games they are making making consistent mistakes time and again. Hoping for them to switch it on Saturday

[ChopMan23]

Should be two competitive OOC games for the dips & bullets.

I think both teams go into OT with the bullets winning 12-11 and the dips falling in a low scoring 9-8 defensive battle.

Right now, I predict Gettysburg hoisting that CC trophy in May. They have not been challenged in conference yet, but their OOC i believe will have them most prepared.

[CentennialPundit]

Should be two competitive OOC games for the dips & bullets.

I think both teams go into OT with the bullets winning 12-11 and the dips falling in a low scoring 9-8 defensive battle.

Right now, I predict Gettysburg hoisting that CC trophy in May. They have not been challenged in conference yet, but their OOC i believe will have them most prepared.

Could see both of these games going either way. Rooting for Gettysburg but I am not quite sold on them yet. I will begrudgingly take York 11-8.

I think F&M will win if their team from the Swarthmore game shows up, but if the team from the Haverford game show up... but I'll optimistically take the dips 13-12.

[ChopMan23]

Should be two competitive OOC games for the dips & bullets.

I think both teams go into OT with the bullets winning 12-11 and the dips falling in a low scoring 9-8 defensive battle.

Right now, I predict Gettysburg hoisting that CC trophy in May. They have not been challenged in conference yet, but their OOC i believe will have them most prepared.

Could see both of these games going either way. Rooting for Gettysburg but I am not quite sold on them yet. I will begrudgingly take York 11-8.

I think F&M will win if their team from the Swarthmore game shows up, but if the team from the Haverford game show up... but I'll optimistically take the dips 13-12.

Good points. Would anyone else agree that this is a down year for the CC? I have watched every team besides Ursinus play, don’t think I need to watch them after seeing they lost to Kean. I am not sold on any of these teams being a contender come tourney time.

[CentennialPundit]

Should be two competitive OOC games for the dips & bullets.

I think both teams go into OT with the bullets winning 12-11 and the dips falling in a low scoring 9-8 defensive battle.

Right now, I predict Gettysburg hoisting that CC trophy in May. They have not been challenged in conference yet, but their OOC i believe will have them most prepared.

Could see both of these games going either way. Rooting for Gettysburg but I am not quite sold on them yet. I will begrudgingly take York 11-8.

I think F&M will win if their team from the Swarthmore game shows up, but if the team from the Haverford game show up... but I'll optimistically take the dips 13-12.

Good points. Would anyone else agree that this is a down year for the CC? I have watched everytime besides Ursinus play, don’t think I need to watch them after seeing they lost to Kean. I am not sold on any of these teams being a contender come tourney time.!

Definitely a down year looking at the conference as a whole. I think the top 2-3 teams are still around where they were last year and can win tournament games, but the rest of the teams are much worse than years prior. Ursinus, FnM, and Muhlenberg all lost games this year that are uncharacteristic. Will make it hard to get at large bids in come selection time...

[ChopMan23]

Should be two competitive OOC games for the dips & bullets.

I think both teams go into OT with the bullets winning 12-11 and the dips falling in a low scoring 9-8 defensive battle.

Right now, I predict Gettysburg hoisting that CC trophy in May. They have not been challenged in conference yet, but their OOC i believe will have them most prepared.

Could see both of these games going either way. Rooting for Gettysburg but I am not quite sold on them yet. I will begrudgingly take York 11-8.

I think F&M will win if their team from the Swarthmore game shows up, but if the team from the Haverford game show up... but I'll optimistically take the dips 13-12.

Good points. Would anyone else agree that this is a down year for the CC? I have watched everytime besides Ursinus play, don’t think I need to watch them after seeing they lost to Kean. I am not sold on any of these teams being a contender come tourney time.!

Definitely a down year looking at the conference as a whole. I think the top 2-3 teams are still around where they were last year and can win tournament games, but the rest of the teams are much worse than years prior. Ursinus, FnM, and Muhlenberg all lost games this year that are uncharacteristic. Will make it hard to get at large bids in come selection time...

I do not think Dickinson is where they were last year, personally. They have been playing down to teams that they should be handling. Gettysburg will be back, their young guys are very talented but experience is needed to make those runs. Not sure what has gone on in Lancaster, 3-4 years ago they were lethal, one of the best transition teams in the country with guys like Keating and Molihan. Great school too, confused with their drop off the last two years.

[Devil4Life]

Should be two competitive OOC games for the dips & bullets.

I think both teams go into OT with the bullets winning 12-11 and the dips falling in a low scoring 9-8 defensive battle.

Right now, I predict Gettysburg hoisting that CC trophy in May. They have not been challenged in conference yet, but their OOC i believe will have them most prepared.

Should be a good one at Biddle two weeks from today. That’s why they play the games.

[the_fish_whist1er]

Anyone see what is happening in Owings Mills right now?!, absolute domination by the 'stangs. Makes you think a lot about whats going on internally over in Lancaster. Is this growing pains with the new OC, they really can't seem to get much going on O as of late.

[CentennialPundit]

Anyone see what is happening in Owings Mills right now?!, absolute domination by the 'stangs. Makes you think a lot about whats going on internally over in Lancaster. Is this growing pains with the new OC, they really can't seem to get much going on O as of late.

Yikes. Looks like just about everything went wrong.

[SpartanLaxFanatic]

This has less to do with the new OC and more to do with a lack of effort on the recruiting trail over the last few years. The talent is just not there right now in Lancaster. Doesn't help when your two best freshmen leave after their first year - but that might be a sign of larger issues.