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Watching the game yesterday, it appears that recruiting effectiveness is unrelated to the number of stars Ty Xanders assigns your squad. While many teams park their recruits on the red shirt bench, these Freshmen will be relied upon. Spoke with a few parents and the recruiting journeys are unique, s...

Per twitter, good outing for underclassmen. Dwinnel, Marroco, Hammond, Erickson, Sillstrop all contributed. French, Stroman and Matte traded time in goal. No mention of defense. 15-15.

Frankly, Dylan Johnson's injury and very tough situation and I understand Ellis Geis injured as well. Geis tore his ACL in practice last week; put up 17g/8a shooting 42% (73% on goal), and 19gb through 10 games; Didn't make UA All American and wasn't IL top 100 freshman so not "highly touted&q...

DU ranks first in D1 goals allowed per game at 7.7 right now.

6 assists from underclassmen vs Cleveland State was a good sign. Hannah/Simmons inside and Walker/Geis reciprocating outside from the wings could be start of a good trend. Defense is carrying the team while the boys figure out the offensive rhythm.

So frustrating..... :cry: Another 4th Quarter collapse again Duke two years in a row. We could not win a face off in the 4th and defense got out of sync and left too many people open. This is a very bad stat: ALEX READY 10 GA 2 SAVES .167 Most were not Alex's fault. But, we can't win with a .167 sa...

Also, the new Warrior Burn lids were special; great that DU got to intro them.

Assist on 8 of 11 goals is a positive; 22% shooting percentage will need to improve. Defense was lights out, very fun to watch that unit. What will the media write about Denver now that the Trevor Baptiste spell is broken?

Henpecked - your game write ups are better than 90% of the Lax print media I read. Thanks for the detail and insights; early start due to the fact that Pios had a plane to catch I believe. They’ll be back to 57• weather shortly. Walker and French are nursing minor injuries I hear. They should be bac...

Thanks posters for the update on weekend scrimmages, we weren't able to make it out and this message board is the only place we saw any reports on the day's action. Now, who's heading to Delaware?

2019 recruit ranking is out https://www.insidelacrosse.com/recruiti ... ision+I/1#
Mostly 4-star recruits; class is 12th ranked behind the usual suspects, but only 6 of the 11 DU players have an IL ranking, so team rankings are meaningless

Re: schedule sucks... icon_puke 3 of the last 5 games are at home, allowing for rest and recuperation before the BE tournament, also at home, which allows rest for the NCAA tournament. I think its very strategically setup up for the best end of season performance, which has been an issue in the last...

Also backfilling 7 non-returners with extra freshmen DU-FAN 19 freshmen is odd, but if you look at the resumes, it makes some sense. Probably 4-8 of the kids were very good HS laxers, but not DU caliber recruited athletes. Some of the kids should be considered similar to preferred walk-ons. ( out of...

The geographic breakdown by DU-fan is great, I was curious about that. 2/3 of the incoming class is non-eastern.

DU-fan wrote:@laxadaisical

Nice analysis. Very interesting. Although, I would count Sean Mayle as an LSM last year. Was he listed as defense?

You're correct, I had Mayle in the wrong bucket.

Attack - lost 7, gained 4 recruits, returning 7 (11 total, 3 down from 2018) Midfield - lost 7, gained 7 recruits, returning 13 (20 total, same as 2018) Faceoff - lost 1, gained 2 recruits, returning 2 (4 total, plus 1 from 2018) Goalie - lost 2, gained 2 recruits, returning 4 (6 total, same as 2018...

Boys looked sharp at Alumni All Star game; Neufelt is in; 19 new players total.