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Hmmm, okay, yes the Jumbos had a strong year in 2018. Thinking I'll have to be in Middletown this April for Tufts @ Wesleyan. Thanks lilax; I'd be interested in your analysis of Wesleyan, Tufts and Amherst, either here or in the NESCAC thread.

The mention of Middlebury, Williams, Bates and Bowdoin makes me wonder about other NESCAC schools: Colby, Conn College and Trinity; such a good conference! If you mention Illinois Wesleyan, then Aurora probably deserves mention. For the past couple of seasons, Messiah has seemed close to a break-thr...

Long time, no D3 comment. Any word from Granville, Gambier, Springfield or Delaware, Ohio? From Greencastle, Indiana? A year or so ago, over on LaxPower, there were comments about Wittenberg catching up to OWU; then the Bishops had a surprisingly strong season and Wittenberg disappointed. How long w...

I am a huge fan of what Yale accomplished last year, but I think a brake tap is in order here. Please remember that basically the same team that won in ‘18 went 10-6 the prior year. That included losses to Harvard, Bryant, Albany and UMass. It took that team two OTs to beat Fairfield at home and fo...

Typical Lax Dad wrote:... Who was the last repeat champion?

Duke, 2013 and '14; before that Cuse 2008 and '09...

Tevlin is another good Yale midfielder. Not sure if he put up great numbers last year as a freshman, but scored some big goals (i.e., against Duke) and is silky smooth; Forst is another good middie. I think Yale has midfield depth... BUT, it is very difficult to repeat as D1 national champions. With...

... Will you really be "surprised" to see Yale make the playoffs? Or are you just being funny. Granted they have lost their top gun, but they have the best FOGO, best attack and arguably the best defensive unit in D1 led by Chris Fake. They also have an awesome midfield unit. What else do...

...and the NCAA loves to have the defending champs in the tourney, witness the 2017 North Carolina team that got invited to the dance with an 8-7 record.

So, US Lax mag came out with its version: 1 Yale 2 Duke 3 Maryland 4 Cornell 5 Virginia 6 Loyola 7 Johns Hopkins 8 Notre Dame 9 Denver 10 Syracuse 11 Penn State 12 North Carolina 13 Lehigh 14 Rutgers 15 Ohio State 16 UMass 17 Albany 18 Georgetown 19 Princeton 20 Marquette https://www.uslaxmagazine.c...

Major football/soccer fan here. Lived a decade in South America, played there. ¡Colo Colo es Chile! (También la U, la U Católica y Unión Española.) Long-suffering Tottenham Hotspur fan (yes, with some glory, glory moments thrown into the mix to keep me hooked); was in London this past November and v...

One question that I think this year's Bulldog team will have to answer to approach last year's success is is there someone with the capability to step up and be the guy on offense who serves as the "disrupter", the replacement for Ben Reeves who every opponent will have to adjust their de...

Well, we've been able to bask in the warm glow of a national championship for over half a year, but it appears that Shay hasn't been resting on his laurels. Judging by the news trickling in on commitments, it appears the program could be enjoying a not-unexpected uptick in recruiting thanks to being...

As we enter the New Year's period, does anyone have any final four predictions :?: Let's see. :idea: I'll go with Maryland Notre Dame Duke Penn State Penn State is my underdog pick. Being an odd year, I almost feel like going with OSU, but I don't really feel OSU's talent level is high enough. That...

I apologize: a usually-reliable source was wrong about Tehoka; Nanticoke is an amazing talent and I hope he and Albany do well... fun team to watch, Marr doing a wonderful job.

Happy Holidays! The IL list includes no freshmen; fair enough, as it's not easy to predict how well players will make the transition to college ball... but last season's All Americans included second-team defenseman Chris Fake and HM attacker Tehoka Nanticoke. Will any current freshman be good enoug...

Hello MrLax, holidays greetings to one and all from Lexington, VA. Although there won't be any games going, I do plan on taking a walk to the W&L lacrosse/football arena. OWU has been playing Salisbury for many, many years. The RIT series resumed in 2017, with OWU losing a home game by one goal....

Okay, maybe not a surprise, but the Ivy League leads the nation in NCAA graduation success rate. Yale, Dartmouth, and that school without men's lacrosse, ummm I mean "and Columbia," have top graduation rates for athletes. https://ivyleague.com/news/2018/11/14/general-the-ivy-league-leads-i...

I predict the 2019 D 3 Season will see eleven legit NC contenders in the South Region and four in the North creating a real scramble for the Group C pool and seeding problems like sending YCP North for the playoffs. North: 3 from NESCAC plus RIT. South: CAC 3; ODAC 2; NCAC 2; Centennial 2; Mustangs...

I once again think that OWU has the the much tougher out-of conference schedule vs. Denison.... Yes, I agree that OWU's schedule is tougher. The Big Red has been playing W&L and Noke for many years (and OWU has seemingly been playing Salisbury forever). Not sure how match-ups are assigned at th...

...Against Brown in the Ivy 1st round - it was very funny watching Teat standing next to the sideline talking to Milliman. The defender was so close, he could just as well have been part of the conversation. Yet Teat was well located to grab an errant Goss clearing pass then cruise in and score. I ...