Stanford

[Matnum PI]

Bellissimo continues the Darien-to-Stanford lacrosse connection

[OuttaNowhereWregget]

From a previous scuffle with Colorado

[OuttaNowhereWregget]

12! incoming--impressive. Big frosh class with high hopes.

[OuttaNowhereWregget]

A non-sequitur occurs to me--why did Stanford decide on Cardinal for a team nickname? How many millions of times a year across all teams playing under the Stanford umbrella are they miscalled the Cardinals rather than the Cardinal?

"Yah--let's call ourselves the Cardinal."
"You mean like the bird?"
"No, the color. Syracuse is named Orange."
"Yah but no one ever mistakenly calls them the Oranges."

Oh brother.

Anyway--one of the most shortsighted and impractical nicknames in all of sports.

[Lax101]

Of the 12 girls shown I think 9 are true freshman. Other girls elected to redshirt last year due to Covid and are sophomores.

[Kleizaster]

Stanford has been really disappointing considering all the talent they bring in. They've had a number 1 class 2 or 3 times in the past 10 years or so with nothing to show for it. They'll be a perennial top 20 team every year but they need to make major strides to be up there with the true elites.

[OuttaNowhereWregget]

Stanford has been really disappointing considering all the talent they bring in. They've had a number 1 class 2 or 3 times in the past 10 years or so with nothing to show for it. They'll be a perennial top 20 team every year but they need to make major strides to be up there with the true elites.

Agreed

[Itsallgood]

Stanford has been really disappointing considering all the talent they bring in. They've had a number 1 class 2 or 3 times in the past 10 years or so with nothing to show for it. They'll be a perennial top 20 team every year but they need to make major strides to be up there with the true elites.

Ok I’m going to go down a different route. The present coaching staff was able to do great things at Dartmouth with lower ranked recruits ( I don’t rank em ). Moving forward and with a little bit of time I’m thinking Stanford will be top 10 in 2 years. Basically when this incoming freshman/ redshirt freshman class are juniors. Time will tell and staying healthy as always plays a very big part. In Danielle Spencer’s last year at Dartmouth they were super tenacious and a really tough out. Expect that style of play to be coming your way.

[westcoastlax]

Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Grad student

With increased Covid eligibility and the transfer portal, it is tough to keep track of who is what year.

[watcherinthewoods]

Stanford has been really disappointing considering all the talent they bring in. They've had a number 1 class 2 or 3 times in the past 10 years or so with nothing to show for it. They'll be a perennial top 20 team every year but they need to make major strides to be up there with the true elites.

Ok I’m going to go down a different route. The present coaching staff was able to do great things at Dartmouth with lower ranked recruits ( I don’t rank em ). Moving forward and with a little bit of time I’m thinking Stanford will be top 10 in 2 years. Basically when this incoming freshman/ redshirt freshman class are juniors. Time will tell and staying healthy as always plays a very big part. In Danielle Spencer’s last year at Dartmouth they were super tenacious and a really tough out. Expect that style of play to be coming your way.
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Time will surely tell. That’s why they play ‘em on the field. I seem to recall PSU had the #1 recruiting class in 2020.

[Itsallgood]

Stanford has been really disappointing considering all the talent they bring in. They've had a number 1 class 2 or 3 times in the past 10 years or so with nothing to show for it. They'll be a perennial top 20 team every year but they need to make major strides to be up there with the true elites.

Ok I’m going to go down a different route. The present coaching staff was able to do great things at Dartmouth with lower ranked recruits ( I don’t rank em ). Moving forward and with a little bit of time I’m thinking Stanford will be top 10 in 2 years. Basically when this incoming freshman/ redshirt freshman class are juniors. Time will tell and staying healthy as always plays a very big part. In Danielle Spencer’s last year at Dartmouth they were super tenacious and a really tough out. Expect that style of play to be coming your way.
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Time will surely tell. That’s why they play ‘em on the field. I seem to recall PSU had the #1 recruiting class in 2020.

I’m not sure it’s fair to evaluate anything following the 2019 season, too many unknowns as far as how seasons might have played out. Teams have had different rules and criteria for practice, socialization and other team building and bonding experiences. Who knows if some of the transfers we have witnessed would have stayed at their original choices sans Covid regulations. Let’s hope for a healthy and happy 2022 season for all of the student athletes !

[Lax101]

Stanford off to a great start as they look to establish themselves as an elite team. School just announced that first 2 weeks of spring classes will be remote. Will it go beyond that? Yikes - but I'm sure they are following the science even though zero students have probably been hospitalized from Covid.

[OuttaNowhereWregget]

Stanford off to a great start as they look to establish themselves as an elite team. School just announced that first 2 weeks of spring classes will be remote. Will it go beyond that? Yikes - but I'm sure they are following the science even though zero students have probably been hospitalized from Covid.

The more things I hear like this, the more I'm thinking there's a chance the coming season is going to be anything but back to normal.

[OuttaNowhereWregget]

Playing Syracuse right out of the gate! Should be a good game.



https://gostanford.com/news/2021/12/17/ ... eiled.aspx

[hmmm]

Playing Syracuse right out of the gate! Should be a good game.



https://gostanford.com/news/2021/12/17/ ... eiled.aspx

The PAC-12 playing each team twice really hurts their SOS and makes it harder to get at large teams in. But the travel would be insane otherwise.

[OuttaNowhereWregget]

Playing Syracuse right out of the gate! Should be a good game.



https://gostanford.com/news/2021/12/17/ ... eiled.aspx

The PAC-12 playing each team twice really hurts their SOS and makes it harder to get at large teams in. But the travel would be insane otherwise.

Agreed on all.

[OuttaNowhereWregget]

Stanford frosh's #6 Ashley Humphrey and #33 Annabel Frist are making a lot of noise early on.

AH - 5a vs Syr; 4g 7a vs UA = 4g 12a in 2 games
AF - 3g vs Syr; 6g 1a vs AU = 9g 1a in 2 games

The dynamic duo has produced a combined 13 goals and 13 assists in 2 games.

[8meterPA]

Not a good showing for Stanford against Denver, losing 8-6.

[OuttaNowhereWregget]

Not a good showing for Stanford against Denver, losing 8-6.

Tough to swallow considering the Cardinal had a 5-2 lead late in the second. Then Denver scored 6 straight goals. Stanford didn’t score for 30 minutes of game time. By then it was too late. I think I read Denver’s defense allowed only 3 shots the whole 2nd half. Good young talent on the Cardinal though. Humphery and Frist got more ink down on the scoresheet. Maybe they’ll get a shot at the Pios again in the NCAA’s if they both make it back.

[watcherinthewoods]

Denver defense has 3 seniors and a grad student. Stanford has a young attack who needs to make the jump to D1. Liza Kelly is experienced and has a track record of developing players. Dani Spencer is, well, Dani Spencer. No game plan, no in game adjustments, no identified track record of developing players. GAME OVER. You can recruit all the #1 classes in the world, but it takes a COACH to win games. Reference: Kimel, Myers, Halfpenny. Spencer may yet live up to the hype, but she has a long way to go.