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Another year and another early set of departures for Centennial Teams in the NCAA tournament...saw a tweet that asked the question: "How many more bad NCAAs will it take for the CC to stop be considered top tier?" The conference has brand names, but when was the last, BIG time, OOC win fo...

Thoughts on Swat-Endicott: Final score was right around where I expected it to be, and the Garnet continued their strong second-half adjustments. Endicott was really impressive on face-offs, particularly wing play and ground ball battles. That took a relatively small advantage on the draws themselv...

Swat can win with a few keys to this happening. Salisbury is a power dodge down the alley type team. They swing a wide pass across the top if the alley is not there for a shot. Aggressive perimeter defense can slow this down. Strauch can shut off Jude. This is a catalyst for much of their offense. S...

Congratulations to these athletes!
Thoughts?
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Lots to learn from in the swat game. Coaches..manage timeouts better. I’d think this would have been the case after GC last year. If you are the coach managing the sideline and shifts, you own offsides. If you play your best LSM who is still injured into the second half of MCD and his knee gets blow...

Predictions for today’s game? I could truly see it going either way. I think Vegas would set the line around Gettysburg -4.5. I would also guess this time around will be much lower scoring. Ill take the bullets to win 12-9. I hope wac pulls it off though, that would be awesome. I think WAC’s fogo u...

Notable win for WAC and Swat this weekend. Swat played as complete a game as we have seen all year. Only a few desperation turnovers anchored on the need to score ticked their overall t TO’s over the Fords. They dominated on gb and faceoffs. The offense played team ball and it showed in the spread o...

As someone who's never really paid attention to Swarthmore before, is this the best they have ever been? What has been the driving factor to them seemingly breaking the top 10 out of no where? Is it coaching? A good senior class? It doesn't seem like they have one player dominating from what I've s...

My takeaways on Garnet vs Bears. First, goalie play was good. Second, they took a win against an underrated team. There were some highlight level reel between Brosgol, Hardiman and Almgren and a few solid defensive stands. That’s about it on the positive. The list of turnover culprits continues to b...

Despite looking like they were attempting to throw the game at times due to turnovers on transition, they pulled away. Dickin son never led and if not for 23 turnovers the game would have been a 5-7 point margin. The Red Devils did not look bad. They simply looked less athletic. Swat d covered the s...

I bet they move up two on all three polls. Not a top 10 unless they take the next two. The team showed up today with almost its full potential outside the turnovers. Encouraging. Hopeful the collapse of the NESCAC this year bodes well for some including Swat.

I can't say that I've ever seen a Top 10 team lose 24/26 face offs. Big win for the Garnet, still likely need another W over Gettysburg or Dickinson (and no slip ups) to be comfortably in the mix for Pool C. Swat deserves some more respect at this point but the proof is Dickinson. Keys to this win ...

Some exciting games coming up this weekend. Swarthmore v Gettysburg: this has become quite the rivalry in the CC, and the most exciting game of the year for me. Swarthmore has beaten Gettysburg 3 straight times, all in exciting fashion. This time last year Swarthmore completed a 6 goal comeback to ...

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...

Dickinson will roll. Gettysburg will make this a highlight reel game. Shoreman will come up with a W. I think Swat has learned a few critical lessons leading into conference play. First, slow starts due to rushed possessions is not going to cut it. Watching them push the offense before even getting...