~Loyola University Lacrosse 2019~

[wahoomurf]

Yikes. For a BASKETBALL star, # 7 is a damn fine lacrosse player. Wonder if his agents, Anish and Carc, might consider encouraging Mr.Spencer to try professional lacrosse should his basketball career stall?

[NovaHound]

Although sample size is small, here's a thought. Hounds play better on weekends. Week day games - not so much.

[laxbro11]

Clearing % was awful. So were the GB stats. Too many turnovers. The O looked stagnant. The D was not good either

Will Loyola make changes to midfield? Only producer is Scanlon. Mcgovern back is a positive, but not so much the others

[houndace1]

After digesting the atrocity on thursday night, Duke had a great great game while Loyola was the complete opposite.

Pros- Faceoffs were great as Savio is gaining momentum, Stover had decent amount of saves and thats about it

Cons- Dear lord, we cannot make a simple pass to clear the ball. Turnovers are waaay too much.
I get it defense is young, but cmon that was a really bad showing for Man to man imo. also hustle more for GB's

MIDFIELD- awful, absolutely awful. How is a FRESHMAN, albeit a very good freshman, leading the entire midfield in goals and assists. Duffy, McGovern, Devereaux, Cox, Swindell, Brown. YOU GUYS CAN SHOOT AND RUN. do something about this otherwise i dont see this team getting past the quarters in NCAA.

Loyola simply cannot rely on the attack to score. Spencer is great but if he gets shut down like thursday night, others need to step up. too much standing still by our guys when the ball is in his stick.

[thatsmell]

Tough game this week.
Loyola/Navy with lots of potential future PL implications.
Is Navy catching the Hounds at the right time?
Hounds still finding themselves defensively and Navy getting things rolling and looking pretty sharp lately.
Watch the faceoff dot too.
I think this one will be telling for Loyola.

[houndace1]

Tough game this week.
Loyola/Navy with lots of potential future PL implications.
Is Navy catching the Hounds at the right time?
Hounds still finding themselves defensively and Navy getting things rolling and looking pretty sharp lately.
Watch the faceoff dot too.
I think this one will be telling for Loyola.

Loyola needs to shore up its defense as Navy is clicking right now. Their middies are attacking shorties all over the field and we simply need to be better on the defensive side of the ball. Midfield absolutely needs to produce. We saw it in the Duke game, if the attack can't get going, midfield needs to start scoring to help alleviate the burden on spencer, lindley and scanlan

[BigTimeYouthLaxCoach]

Who is the 8th string D middie?

[thatsmell]

Congrats to Spencer on Breaking Gary Hanley’s all-time scoring record at Loyola. Given the players that have gone through that program, it’s quite the accomplishment.

[cantrelax]

Navy will be a test....I'd say that's a passing grade! Well done Hounds!

[youthathletics]

Congratulations to Pat Spencer. He is surely a fun player to watch. IQ is on another level and has an inate ability to evaluate, solve, and implement a successful end result.

Congrats Pat!

[NovaHound]

Houndace1 called it correctly and the Middie Line stepped up. Duffy had 3, Swindell 1, Brown 1, etc... They also played a lot better defense. Great to see Railey coming back from missing two seasons with injuries and creating some havoc out there on D with 3 CTOs. Stover - just another day at the office for him. Spencer - some more highlights for us to enjoy. Lindley, Scanlon, Olmstead making plays. Better effort off the wings. Also good to see many players get in the game. Seems like Bucknell has had the Hounds number recently. We'll see what Saturday brings. Hounds are 1-2 on the road.

[houndace1]

Most people might not know this but Railey was the 3rd prized defenseman to come into Loyola in Mcnulty's class along with Johnson. Mcnulty was a UA AA, while Railey and Johnson were highly touted and just missed the cut for the distinction. Defense should be in good hands with these 3, also add in Hughes from Mercer and Loyola's D will be empowering on both defense and offense in quick strike transition.

Back to the weekend game. Bucknell has had Loyola's number the past two meetings. Their 10 man ride seemed to fluster Loyola's clears and it showcased in the quarters last year against Yale with their uber aggressive 10 man ride as well. Expect this to be a close game, but if Loyola plays anything similar to how they fared against Navy, then maybe it will be a blowout like the 14-3 victory in 2016

[houndace1]

Houndace1 called it correctly and the Middie Line stepped up. Duffy had 3, Swindell 1, Brown 1, etc... They also played a lot better defense. Great to see Railey coming back from missing two seasons with injuries and creating some havoc out there on D with 3 CTOs. Stover - just another day at the office for him. Spencer - some more highlights for us to enjoy. Lindley, Scanlon, Olmstead making plays. Better effort off the wings. Also good to see many players get in the game. Seems like Bucknell has had the Hounds number recently. We'll see what Saturday brings. Hounds are 1-2 on the road.

Arent we 2-2 on the road? W's against Hop and Rutgers. L's to Towson and Duke. which by any means are not bad losses at all considering how well those two are doing as the season goes on

[NovaHound]

Yeah - my bad. Thanks for the correction. Rutgers seems so long ago. 2-2 on the road even though JHU could be considered something else (almost on the road or almost at home) I'm not sure, but always good to win at Homewood. Gotta like the play of Frosh Wyers and Middleton too. And speaking of frosh, Raba had a nice assist late in the game - good vision. Hounds have to stay healthy and hungry.

[cantrelax]

Workman's day vs. the Bison. Never really in doubt Just a pleasure watching Pat Spencer. So relaxed, great vision- really an all-time star!

[kramerica.inc]

Liked the organic offense for the Hounds. They seem to be getting away from the "watch Pat Spencer create" mode. They are a lot more dangerous this way.
The midfield and defense are really coming around.
Nice to see the in-season improvement.

[houndace1]

What a win for Loyola against Bucknell. never really in question throughout the whole game.

Defense is improving, slides are better so are the recovery actions. Stover makes the defense look better than it is, he really is having an AA season.

Offensively, Midfield is finally stepping up in production but would like to see more from Devearaux, Cox, McGovern. You guys are the second line, start producing goals and assists more to take the burden off attack and 1st midfield.

Specialists- LSM's and Rope unit's are great in sparking transition to quickly clear and set up a play. GB play has improved from the towson and duke fiasco. Faceoffs are better but needs to be more consistent if we want this team to go deep in may. Wing play has improved!

Keep it up and keep improving boys. these last 6 games will be very important. colgate will be desperate for a win. Lehigh will look to take the crown. Georgetown has something to prove that last season wasnt a fluke. BU will want revenge for last years 22-5 thumping. Army wants our number. Lafayette doesnt want to be someones doormat anymore.

[houndace1]

and if you think about it. If Loyola beats Georgetown, Lehigh, and Army - thats three Top 15 / Top 20 wins added to the resume that could possibly lock a spot in the NCAA should anything derail

[Peter Brown]

When Spencer gets goals, that seems to open up the rest of the team, not simply the offense, but everyone. I think that is the mark of a leader; these kids look to Spencer to do more than simply assist.

If anyone saw the part of the game where Toomey had Spencer take the clear about 5 yards into Bucknell's side, this kid has speed...he outran his defender to the goal and had a lefty overhead shot which barely caught the goalie's glove (should have been Spencer's 6th goal of the game). The more I see of him, the more impressed I get. The only advice I'd give Toomey is to make sure Spencer gets his shots...his 20 yarder ground bouncer stickside was insane, but because it's not a BTB, it doesn't get media coverage, but that's a damn difficult shot to execute.

Also props to Stover who is IMO and for now only, the best goalie in D1. That kid is dialed in every game; we will see if he can maintain that, but for now, he is whom I would want on any team.

[houndace1]

When Spencer gets goals, that seems to open up the rest of the team, not simply the offense, but everyone. I think that is the mark of a leader; these kids look to Spencer to do more than simply assist.

If anyone saw the part of the game where Toomey had Spencer take the clear about 5 yards into Bucknell's side, this kid has speed...he outran his defender to the goal and had a lefty overhead shot which barely caught the goalie's glove (should have been Spencer's 6th goal of the game). The more I see of him, the more impressed I get. The only advice I'd give Toomey is to make sure Spencer gets his shots...his 20 yarder ground bouncer stickside was insane, but because it's not a BTB, it doesn't get media coverage, but that's a damn difficult shot to execute.

Also props to Stover who is IMO and for now only, the best goalie in D1. That kid is dialed in every game; we will see if he can maintain that, but for now, he is whom I would want on any team.

Do you think Spencer is doing enough to take over games? Sure the PL is large and some are fairly expected wins, but in the games against Towson and Duke he produced only a tiny bit compared to his usual production. Everyone knows that if you want to make a deep run you need your star to take over when absolutely crucial. Two critical games i can think of is last Year vs Yale in a winnable game, and against Ohio State in 2017