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Stating the obvious but stating it anyway. Loyola has a lot of good freshmen... :) Good freshmen yes, but can they be consistent and help the veterans win games to earn a bid this year? IMO, tonights game against towson is a barometer for that after coming off the loss against Rutgers. Thought the ...

Loyola was 8-8 last yr. They took the Md game personal after last yrs game. But numbers were glaring. Staudt 73%, Mccananey 29% . Loyola winning 4thqtr 4-1 4g’s on 5 shots Md w 1 save. Md w 22 turnovers. Hopkins played without top 2 scorers vs Loyola. 6 goals Vs Rutgers. I think they are coming dow...

This is the biggest game of the Hounds season. A loss is likely a blemish on an at large resume but it's a team that can beat you. It's a rival that you don't always play your best against on a shorter turnaround. It's spot where you have to respond to a poor showing. This sets the course for the re...

Well back down to earth. Offense is challenged….nothing out of the attack. Freshmen scored 4 of 6 goals. Need guys like Higgins and Poitras to do more. Lindsay was bad. Way too many turnovers. Hounds lack a middie like Knobloch. Someone who beats a guy on the dodge and gets his hands free for a sho...

Disappointing loss. The flat start to the second half cost them. Scoring 6 is going to look bad but the Rutgers goalie has been absurd. He's stolen at least 4 or 5. They're still getting the looks they'd want to get.

... I'm a Loyola guy but I'm even hesitant to say they're definitely better than ND and all the Ivies right now. It's still just a couple of games. I also don't know if they're "better" but, as of 2/20/2023, their resume is. And isn't that enough? It's not the same as but I think it's com...

It's still kind of preseason. I mean do we really know anything yet? We know Loyola beat MD and JHU, both by 5. It's very early in 2023 and it's only 2 games but that's pretty darn good. As the season progresses, we may learn that MD and JHU are awful so these Ws will, in hindsight, be seen as subs...

Someone explain the ND love? I recognize that I am the outlier here - but they have 2 meh wins over unimpressive teams. And multiple pollsters here plus Inside Lacrosse have them at #2? And then a few more at #3. What am I missing? Not the best opponents but they beat them handily. I wasn't someone...

... I do think they have a lot of talent though and should be ranked highly for now. HooDat, I'd call this thinking preseason thinking. Iguana, I'm not being intentionally critical towards your view. I'm just pointing at a perspective. It's still kind of preseason. I mean do we really know anything...

Someone explain the ND love? I recognize that I am the outlier here - but they have 2 meh wins over unimpressive teams. And multiple pollsters here plus Inside Lacrosse have them at #2? And then a few more at #3. What am I missing? Not the best opponents but they beat them handily. I wasn't someone...

It’s nice to see the change up this year with the coaching staff clearing the bench and giving kids a shot after an abysmal 3 years of ignoring most of their roster and playing the same 12 kids and getting the same sub par results. Bateman still running out there and taking runs from some of these ...

1. Virginia 2. Cornell 3. Notre Dame 4. Yale 5. Princeton 6. Penn 7. Maryland 8. Loyola 9. Ohio State 10. St. Joseph 11. Jacksonville 12. Delaware 13. Duke 14. Syracuse 15. Georgetown 16. North Carolina 17. John's Hopkins 18. Rutgers 19. Army 20. UMass 21. Harvard 22. Vermont 23. Quinnipiac 24. Mic...

Navy's schedule is probably not going to realistically result in an at large so this game is ultimately just practice. Hopefully they'll get better from it and make a run at the PL.

What a great day Tailgating alumni back and a thumping of Hopkins a couple of takes 1, 50/50 at the face off x Good things will happen 2. How good is our defense The communication the slides and recovery were smooth Staudt stood tall again 3 It looks like Toomey has leaned that you can ginve underc...

This team could be special.... I've been a Hounds fan for a very, very long time, and I try to temper my expectations given how many things have to go just right to have a successful season... but I just can't help noticing after 2 games that there is something special about this team. Unranked wit...

Give us the crab

Blue Jays are coming to town … uh, ya know what I mean. Predictions? DocBarrister 8-) I really think Loyola should win. It's one game but that game looked exactly how I was hoping it would look. The pieces fit together better on offense and the defense can play more soundly when they have confidenc...

Any news on Callahan, who only took 1 FO? Only 21 played (not including Callahan), fewest in 3 games. Only obvious healthy scratch was Todaro, who played briefly vs GU. Dunn matched up better stylistically against UNC's guy. They're more athletic scrappers whereas Callahan is a straightforward clam...

I imagine quite a few Hounds fans make the short walk to Homewood today to get a live look at Saturday's opponent. 5pm isn't exactly a fan friendly time. I'd go otherwise. It's annoying to me that they do that. If you want people to take the sport seriously you have to act like you're a serious spo...

I was reading the IL poll and thinking how pointless it is when 6 Ivy teams are ranked and they're all 0-0. Also Hopkins winning 2 games is an automatic top 10. I'm surprised Syracuse isn't there too tbh. Are you suggesting they all drop out because they haven't played yet? Notre Dame, too? Hopkins...