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My top 20, I have watched each and every game played this year and will give an unbiased opinion: 1. Duke 2. Virginia 3. Notre Dame 4. Syracuse 5. Denver 6. Army 7. Cornell 8. Penn State 9. Boston U 10. Yale 11. Maryland 12. Michigan 13. Richmond 14. Rutgers 15. Delaware 16. Ohio State 17. Marquett...

For the backup goalies it seems like Jack Webb is the 2 and the OSU transfer is 3rd. As for the FOs I think they have two solid options and they will deploy either Dunn or Callahan based on matchups or how hot they are game to game.

As far a IL and Carson Brown I would think he’s more a hybrid. He’s played both LSM and close D. He’s definitely taken another step in the right direction. Silky smooth on ball and in transition. The thing to think about here is the fact there’s that there’s so much depth on D. You have a solid one ...

It's only a scrimmage - it's only a scrimmage - its only a scrimmage. Just to remind some - maybe one of the most infamous and filled with lunacy comments regarding Hopkins was after a scrimmage for the 2022 season when it was said "best ball movement seen in the last two decades." And wh...

The line with English and Collison plus the two Freshmen was simply fun to watch. You can’t hedge against the speed of Brooks because now you have to slide off of either Hunter or Collison or Degnon. If a team lets Brooks get a running start on his dodge it will be really hard to stop him. His visio...

Yeah no real injuries on the guys that didn’t dress. The SSDM rotation was very similar to last year Jaronski and Martin on the first line then Raposo and Artega line two but I think that’s were Ince and BA fit in. I agree McDermott has a motor and size to be a nice wing piece as well as his midfiel...

Starters Q1 Goalie 22 Defense 44,18, 28 Mids FO 5 LSM 46 wing33 Ssdm 12.77. 20,48 Omids 9,51,33. 4 or 34,25,16. 49,7,33 Attack 31, 23, 40 0-1 FO UMBC lefty rip off feed from left attack. Just a solid shot. 1-2 FO Man up 25,3,34,40,31,23 Melendez to Garrett lefty rip great man up really quick ball mo...

Here is my breakdown of tonight’s scrimmage. I will say this JHU was far superior athletically. They seem to have even more athleticism all over the field this year. The team flies around as soon as the whistle blows. The offense really seems to flow well and has intentions on every pass. The midfie...

Final 16-9 Hop. I’ll post a full breakdown later tonight. Boys look ready!

13-8 end of 3rd. Mostly backups now. Again the ride has caused 2-3 more turnovers and creates 2 quick transition goals! Webb went in at 10min mark in the 3rd.

Halftime 9-5 JHU only goal for UMBC was a man up goal. Solid start! I will have the full update later. Lots of positive things and the midfield is really dominating this game. Offense clearly more comfortable in year two. Lots of multiple shot possessions and no shot clock violations!

Ok after Q1 it’s 5-4 Hop. Offense is crisp and initiating early and often. If the UMBC goalie wasn’t standing on his head it would be 10-4. Garbage goal late from UMBC. Faceoffs are 8-10 JHU with #5 going 8-9. The ride is relentless!

I’m here and taking notes at the game. Offense looks great super crisp and generating a ton of solid looks. I’ll post a full recap quarter by quarter after the game is that’s cool.

Just a heads up the scrimmage against UMBC is now HOME at 5:00pm tomorrow on the new Homewood turf.

I’ll be there and can post updates from the scrimmage.

Chosen1 interested to hear why you left JHU out of the top 25?

Quint was correct about one thing - they do need to paint the goal mouth better - can't tell where it is. Jays finally got a goal mouth call. If you had told me Hopkins would only get 31 shots, turn the ball over 21 times, go to the penalty box 6 times - at least twice full time, fall apart in clea...

So it seems Duke - long-time STX lid school - also rocking the Cascade helmets now. Huh. Interesting. Seems like a story, if we had an actual lacrosse media. Also noticed the same thing with Tufts. STX had their helmets all over instagram before the season then 2 weeks ago Tufts started showing Cas...

I’m regards to how we match up to the strong UVA attack I think we have a punchers chance. I think you move Mazzone down to close and have him on Dickson, put Smith on Shellenberger and Szulak on Cormier. Both Mazzone and Smith have been solid on ball defenders as well as really strong denying when ...

Angelus quietly having a great start to the year averaging 4.4 points per game! Have to love that. Loved the teams pace today especially with 12-15 goals assisted. Also have to love the addition of Carson Brown I know Collison is the headliner but he has been spectacular in between the lines for the...