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I agree a good steamroll would always help to get the mojo back. But at this point, just a win would do. Are you serious or just looking to complain about the team with the rest? I don't think you are remembering or evaluating so well. How we lost the games- Last year we were outclassed in a lot of...

I think some of the Loyola faithful will have their eyes opened after the season, there is talk of players entering the portal and transfering. But that discussion is for another time Great post about the locker room. My kid talks to boys on the team And that is exactly what he says they are saying...

Let’s go hounds!!!! If any players are reading this, go to sleep. Need 110% energy tomorrow. Shut off Nichtern. Interested to see who covers Nichtern. Wyers hasn't been good against dodgers so far so for me Hughes makes more sense. Army is a pretty average 49% on faceoffs but their starting goalie ...

I agree that both sides are correct with there praise and their criticism. I do think Loyola has a solid coaching staff, but a student of the game would see game day changes that should be made and are not. For example against Bucknell, they took away the crease. So a coach would see we cannot forc...

I agree that both sides are correct with there praise and their criticism. I do think Loyola has a solid coaching staff, but a student of the game would see game day changes that should be made and are not. For example against Bucknell, they took away the crease. So a coach would see we cannot forc...

Not much talk about Army this Saturday We will have to play a near perfect game. Cannot have the turn overs that we had last week. For every point Olmstead had he had two turnovers. Army will take advantage Defense will have to be more aggressive. Cannot give up the middle and we will have to slide...

I thought Saturday was way closer to being a complete runaway than a nail biter. The Hounds got A+ looks throughout and hat off to O'Halloran from Bucknell for making a ton of great saves. Hopefully Shafer uses that second half to find some consistency as teams aren't really getting good looks (asid...

Goalkeeping in lacrosse is extremely hard and often a thankless task, I acknowledge that, but Loyola is going to be severely handicapped if they can't find a way to get to 50% at least sometimes. Lafayette had 12 goals on 27 shots yesterday. You figure Duke is getting closer to 40 at least next week...

Anyone want to reorder the PL based on early results? Lot of interesting games. I’ll take a stab: Army Boston U Loyola Lehigh Bucknell Gate Laf HC Really like the BU win over Bryant. Bucknell looking good early but may not be the strongest comp to start. People denigrating Lehigh but Sisselbergee, ...

Yeah - all good points. Saw some really nice plays watching the recap. Dixon is an awesome announcer. Consistency. We had our chances several times with over 5 minutes left. Defense held and got the ball back to the offense. Credit Hopkins swarming defense making stops and pushing transition. 4 Sav...

A lot better Saturday although also a pretty steep decline in the quality of the opponent. I think Rutgers is better than Hopkins so they'll need to take another step up this week. A few observations: Goalie play just has to improve. I know that is obvious but the defensive effort Saturday was reall...

I have a couple of main thoughts on the game: The first is simply they'll be going nowhere if they're that bad at the specialist positions all season. Face offs were bad, but that will happen from time to time, what concerned me more was how often it generated offense for Maryland. Goalie play needs...

Whoa ... Loyola up 8-4 on Denver at Denver. :shock: :o Both teams have been sloppy at times, but Loyola is playing their usual aggressive style. DocBarrister :shock: quite the flip in 24 hours on a patriot league team that would get whupped by anyone out of the b1g. one off games are amazing for ta...

faircornell wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 8:09 pm Loyola should be the favorite. However, the idea of a Maryland team going up to the frigid mountains of Pennsylvania for an early season game makes this a possible toss-up.

Do you think it is warm in Maryland in the winter?

Same story as what I remember of last season. Offense struggles to get openings and misses a lot of reasonable shots but the defense is genuinely great and keeps them in games. They'll need the goals at some point though.

I was hoping we had left being a terrible shooting team in 2020. Defense looks great but the offense has to be better or it'll be tough.

The games will be on ESPN+ I'm almost certain. It just doesn't make any sense for the PL to sign a deal with a service that is going to stream less than what they were already producing. Plus all the other conferences on ESPN+ already stream lacrosse through it.

Friday should have been the Patriot League Tournament. I'd have been out of work early and headed down to Ridley (or home to my TV God forbid) for a great night out. It's a real bummer losing the season like this and also having so many careers end this abruptly. I can't wait for 2021.

To the alums that helped orchestrate this: I hope you are confident in your search firm. There are exactly three (THREE!) current coaches with Petro’s resume (Danowski, Desko, and Tierney). Multiple national championships, multiple final fours, etc. In 2009, there was a hall of fame coach with a si...

To the alums that helped orchestrate this: I hope you are confident in your search firm. There are exactly three (THREE!) current coaches with Petro’s resume (Danowski, Desko, and Tierney). Multiple national championships, multiple final fours, etc. In 2009, there was a hall of fame coach with a si...