St. Joe’s 2022

[Laxmaninamillion]

Not many would have seen this team at 5-1. Between them and Drexel, Philly lax is doing well.

[Farfromgeneva]

I know west Philly can be shaky but you threw UPenn out of the city? That’s some hardcore Philly fans!

[Laxmaninamillion]

I know west Philly can be shaky but you threw UPenn out of the city? That’s some hardcore Philly fans!

LOL. Everyone knew Penn would be good. Three good teams is great for Philly Lax.

[Farfromgeneva]

Fair enough. Think everyone knew St Joes would be in the mix in the NEC. The PSU and Towson wins are nice but I’m sure Wray has circled the Bryant and Hobart games. No idea what has happened to Bryant this year as they look unhinged but can’t the Pressler for granted.

Funny Philly (and miserable Red Sox fans too) story: was at I think the last home game at the Vet (or one of very last it was a rain make up from earlier in the summer) vs the Red Sox. Final score was like 15-13, neither trans relievers could keep from getting shelled. I’m in center field and between angry Philly and Sox fans yelling at each other as Jose Mesa and Byung Hung Kim are giving up homers left and right “yo I’ll trade my sh**ty reliever for your sh**ty reliver” to a response more or less of “f**i that lets get rid of both of these a**holes!”

[laxfan345]

What the heck do the Hawks have to do get ranked? There are teams that are ranked that the Hawks are clearly better than.

[Henpecked]

What the heck do the Hawks have to do get ranked? There are teams that are ranked that the Hawks are clearly better than.

Because St. Joe's beat who? The 2-7 Penn State team or the 3-6 Towson team?

I am not saying that the Hawks aren't better than a couple of these top 20 teams. But they don't have a single win against a top 20 RPI team. Not even close. And they lost to Delaware and Drexel who are clearly not top 20 RPI squads. That is how it works.

I would worry less about rankings. The Hawks should win their conference and get a bid into the NCAAs. An at-large bid for them with their remaining schedule is more than a pipe dream. Not happening. I feel good about their chances to win the NEC and get into the NCAAs. They have a nice team this year.

[10stone5]

What the heck do the Hawks have to do get ranked? There are teams that are ranked that the Hawks are clearly better than.

Because St. Joe's beat who? The 2-7 Penn State team or the 3-6 Towson team?

I am not saying that the Hawks aren't better than a couple of these top 20 teams. But they don't have a single win against a top 20 RPI team. Not even close. And they lost to Delaware and Drexel who are clearly not top 20 RPI squads. That is how it works.

I would worry less about rankings. The Hawks should win their conference and get a bid into the NCAAs. An at-large bid for them with their remaining schedule is more than a pipe dream. Not happening. I feel good about their chances to win the NEC and get into the NCAAs. They have a nice team this year.

Hobart has fallen apart the past couple weeks.
On the other hand, I watched quite a bit of that game,
and the Bryant team I saw looked vastly improved.

So, get past Bryant again ?

[Laxbuck]

What the heck do the Hawks have to do get ranked? There are teams that are ranked that the Hawks are clearly better than.

Because St. Joe's beat who? The 2-7 Penn State team or the 3-6 Towson team?

I am not saying that the Hawks aren't better than a couple of these top 20 teams. But they don't have a single win against a top 20 RPI team. Not even close. And they lost to Delaware and Drexel who are clearly not top 20 RPI squads. That is how it works.

I would worry less about rankings. The Hawks should win their conference and get a bid into the NCAAs. An at-large bid for them with their remaining schedule is more than a pipe dream. Not happening. I feel good about their chances to win the NEC and get into the NCAAs. They have a nice team this year.

very fair assessment. Still think their best lacrosse is ahead of them. 2 big challenges at X the next 2 weeks. Zach Cole has been great but has not faced the likes of Shea or the Bryant duo to date.

[oldbartman]

Is Zach Cole using his 5th year at SJU? Asking for a friend.....

[10stone5]

Is Zach Cole using his 5th year at SJU? Asking for a friend.....

I’ve mentioned this several times, he’s supposedly not
in the portal,

sure sounds like he’s staying.

[bam1972]

What the heck do the Hawks have to do get ranked? There are teams that are ranked that the Hawks are clearly better than.

Because St. Joe's beat who? The 2-7 Penn State team or the 3-6 Towson team?

I am not saying that the Hawks aren't better than a couple of these top 20 teams. But they don't have a single win against a top 20 RPI team. Not even close. And they lost to Delaware and Drexel who are clearly not top 20 RPI squads. That is how it works.

I would worry less about rankings. The Hawks should win their conference and get a bid into the NCAAs. An at-large bid for them with their remaining schedule is more than a pipe dream. Not happening. I feel good about their chances to win the NEC and get into the NCAAs. They have a nice team this year.

very fair assessment. Still think their best lacrosse is ahead of them. 2 big challenges at X the next 2 weeks. Zach Cole has been great but has not faced the likes of Shea or the Bryant duo to date.

Honestly they didn't look great against Wagner who is not a very good team. So thy didn't do themselves any favors this past week. I am a big fan of St. Joes, but I think its a fair assessment of who have they really beaten, and they have lost to two so so teams. Unfortunately they also play in a conference that really does not look very good this year. Going to be hard to get ranked in the top 20. Best thing would be to beat the rest of the NEC teams convincingly, win their conference tournament, and show well in the post season game against a good team.

[oldbartman]

Is Zach Cole using his 5th year at SJU? Asking for a friend.....

I’ve mentioned this several times, he’s supposedly not
in the portal,

sure sounds like he’s staying.

That's what I was afraid of. Not sure how this affects recruiting. It's always good to go against excellent competition.

[laxfan345]

What the heck do the Hawks have to do get ranked? There are teams that are ranked that the Hawks are clearly better than.

Because St. Joe's beat who? The 2-7 Penn State team or the 3-6 Towson team?

I am not saying that the Hawks aren't better than a couple of these top 20 teams. But they don't have a single win against a top 20 RPI team. Not even close. And they lost to Delaware and Drexel who are clearly not top 20 RPI squads. That is how it works.

I would worry less about rankings. The Hawks should win their conference and get a bid into the NCAAs. An at-large bid for them with their remaining schedule is more than a pipe dream. Not happening. I feel good about their chances to win the NEC and get into the NCAAs. They have a nice team this year.

very fair assessment. Still think their best lacrosse is ahead of them. 2 big challenges at X the next 2 weeks. Zach Cole has been great but has not faced the likes of Shea or the Bryant duo to date.

Honestly they didn't look great against Wagner who is not a very good team. So thy didn't do themselves any favors this past week. I am a big fan of St. Joes, but I think its a fair assessment of who have they really beaten, and they have lost to two so so teams. Unfortunately they also play in a conference that really does not look very good this year. Going to be hard to get ranked in the top 20. Best thing would be to beat the rest of the NEC teams convincingly, win their conference tournament, and show well in the post season game against a good team.

I watched the Wagner game...Wagner likes to really slow the ball down, be very deliberate on Offense. I think that kept the Hawks from really getting going

[Laxbuck]

Is Zach Cole using his 5th year at SJU? Asking for a friend.....

He has announced publicly that he is returning

[Laxbuck]

What the heck do the Hawks have to do get ranked? There are teams that are ranked that the Hawks are clearly better than.

Because St. Joe's beat who? The 2-7 Penn State team or the 3-6 Towson team?

I am not saying that the Hawks aren't better than a couple of these top 20 teams. But they don't have a single win against a top 20 RPI team. Not even close. And they lost to Delaware and Drexel who are clearly not top 20 RPI squads. That is how it works.

I would worry less about rankings. The Hawks should win their conference and get a bid into the NCAAs. An at-large bid for them with their remaining schedule is more than a pipe dream. Not happening. I feel good about their chances to win the NEC and get into the NCAAs. They have a nice team this year.

very fair assessment. Still think their best lacrosse is ahead of them. 2 big challenges at X the next 2 weeks. Zach Cole has been great but has not faced the likes of Shea or the Bryant duo to date.

Honestly they didn't look great against Wagner who is not a very good team. So thy didn't do themselves any favors this past week. I am a big fan of St. Joes, but I think its a fair assessment of who have they really beaten, and they have lost to two so so teams. Unfortunately they also play in a conference that really does not look very good this year. Going to be hard to get ranked in the top 20. Best thing would be to beat the rest of the NEC teams convincingly, win their conference tournament, and show well in the post season game against a good team.

I watched the Wagner game...Wagner likes to really slow the ball down, be very deliberate on Offense. I think that kept the Hawks from really getting going

This has been particularly true in 3rd and 4th quarters when they have held big leads. They took long possessions on purpose to bleed the clock in the Providence/Monmouth/Penn St/Towson/Mount St Mary/Wagner games.

Shots and offensive efficiency much lower in the 2nd half of games.

Upcoming games will need 4 quarters of efficient offense

[10stone5]

Congratulations Saint Joseph’s on your first NCAA

St. Joe’s was Zero wins, Twelve losses just ten short years
ago under that poor bad luck but great guy Pat Cullinan (RIP).

Hopefully this makes up for Sean Evans, all those beatings he and
his teammates withstood

[10stone5]

And also,

within three years St. Joe’s won 11 games and was in the
NEC finals, it took eight more years to actually win the
conference finals,

so congratulations to all those guys who worked to get the
Hawks to this point, this NCAA is for them,

Mike Rastivo, Charlie Guinta, Sean Evans, Kevin Forster,
Will McNamara, Mike Adler, Sean Cullinan.

[Laxbuck]

A ton of contributors but this doesn’t happen without the leadership of Taylor Wray.

Nearly everyone back in 2023

[oldbartman]

Congratulation Hawks! Well played game. Now go show the rest of the lacrosse world what you and NEC teams are made of.

[Laxbuck]

Congratulation Hawks! Well played game. Now go show the rest of the lacrosse world what you and NEC teams are made of.

Thank you!
Betting rematch with Penn