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Here to provide way more insight than is necessary on the state of Kent lacrosse! Kent athletics really began to take a hit in the mid-2010s. The school continues to place an emphasis on hockey and rowing. Unfortunately, historically strong sports teams at the school have really fallen off. This is ...

The game of the weekend has to be Kent vs. Albany Academy. It has now been 1,435 days since Kent last won a lacrosse game (5/11/19: 9-8 over Westy). I'm not even talking about a Founder's League game, but ANY actual regular-season lacrosse game. They had three potentially winnable games on their sc...

Was there in the early 2010's. We were by no means contenders and would get blown out a few times a year by the traditional powerhouses. However, we'd play some of those big teams close, score a few upsets each year, and were at least overall competitive. Sad to see the team turn into what essential...

The game of the weekend has to be Kent vs. Albany Academy. It has now been 1,435 days since Kent last won a lacrosse game (5/11/19: 9-8 over Westy). I'm not even talking about a Founder's League game, but ANY actual regular-season lacrosse game. They had three potentially winnable games on their sch...

Darien comes crashing back down to earth with an 11-2 loss at Manhasset on Saturday. This game was 6-0 at the half, and Darien didn't score until 1:55 left in 3rd quarter during a man-up opportunity. Very tough turnaround for the Blue Wave, having played such a tough/emotional game Thursday night. H...

Lost a bit of respect for a team I typically hold in such high regard. Hell of a game though, congrats to the Terps.

Correct that it should've been a goal. Hoffman had a great chance to score right before that as well. I am positive that Brunswick's goalie will want that last shot from Pokorny back as well, didn't look like it was moving too fast. Still, an unbelievable effort by the Blue Wave, and they'll get the...

Hagen had one of the better goalie performances I've seen in recent memory, particularly in the 1st half of that game. Prep was getting quality looks and was not necessarily struggling to win 1v1 matchups. Hagen just shut the door on a number of good-to-great shot opportunities. Agree with Random Ob...

Duke just locking off with their D-mids and making Denver beat their poles 1v1, which they haven't been doing consistently so far. Stathakis is winning draws so far though and giving them a possession edge at the X. Would love to see DU put the locked D-mids into the 2-man game more in 2Q

That goalie performance and my lack of due diligence on how good Stony Brook is expected to be would explain the result then. Appreciate the info!

@Chosen1, I like the majority of your picks, or can at least understand why you'd lean a certain way. I personally am staying away from the Merrimack/ Dartmouth game. Merrimack has been solid so far, but I'm interested to see what Dartmouth looks like after a very good season last year (for their re...

Goalie play on both sides has been elite today. Haven't watched too much of Brown this year but do they traditionally run zone? They're giving up some decent shots but goalie has been covering up most mistakes and has clearly slowed down the Cornell O. Need to be a bit more patient in the clear

New Canaan has been interesting to watch this season. Was very surprised with the Mamaroneck result. Watched the game and was impressed with the entire team. Offense looked like they had a number of weapons. Sophomore #23 Crowell was a standout in that game with multiple great inside finishes and a ...

Darien up 10-4 at the half right now. Major difference at the moment is faceoffs, Cummiskey has lost maybe 1 and is around 14/15 from the X for the half. Darien's O looking very impressive as well. Ridgefield's zone D is getting carved up but that may be a bit due to fatigue as they've spent a good ...

Apologies for the mistake with Prohaszka, may have jumped to conclusions based on the limited Ridgefield games I watched! In retrospect, those were games where he was either out or Ridgefield was playing teams with solid FOGOs. Didn't get to watch the championship game last year but if that's the ca...

A few big games coming up this Saturday to kick off the start of the lacrosse season for the FCIAC teams. Fairfield Prep v. Ridgefield Definitely the game of the weekend and a rematch of the state championship game from last year that Ridgefield won 8-5. As I mentioned in my last post, Ridgefield re...

Kent with a 15-7 loss to Penn Charter earlier in the week. Penn Charter is a good team so a loss to them isn't a bad loss. However, since 2018 Kent is cumulatively 4-33 in lacrosse. Now I know Kent has never been a powerhouse in the sport and allocates resources elsewhere but in the past, they've at...

Figured I'd start up this thread for the 2022 season. Despite the headaches Covid periodically caused for teams, 2021 ended up being a pretty exciting lacrosse season. Darien was dominant throughout the regular season and the FCIAC tournament but was shocked by a young Fairfield Prep team. Ridgefiel...

I had one question mark coming into the season for the Whipsnakes: How would the loss of Ty Warner affect them? They didn't lose any other significant pieces from the championship bubble team, so that was really the only question you could ask. In my opinion Warner was the best pure Dmid in the PLL ...

Stuck around NC to watch the game Saturday after the girl's FCIAC finals, a fantastic win for the Ludlowe program. I do believe it is the program’s first win ever over New Canaan, they’ve had wins over Staples and Wilton before but don’t remember them ever previously beating NC, Darien, or Greenwich...