Lewisfrederick wrote: ↑Fri Sep 16, 2022 3:51 pmWhere does it say UMD has the #1 class in 2022?Essexfenwick wrote: ↑Thu Sep 15, 2022 7:06 am Umd has the #1 2022 and 2023 IL recruiting classes plus this years best transfer. Nobody will ever catch up with their championship pedigree in 100 years.
Also the #1 men’s team.
Lacrosse royalty with the best coaches.
UMD is the BigTen (most sports money) institution where being a lacrosse player is a bigger celebrity on campus and in the state than the other sports. Maryland, Old Bay, Lacrosse .. like the red white and blue.
When looking at inside lacrosse’s recruiting rankings:
UMD Class 2022:
#1 Recruit
#5 Recruit
#6 Recruit
#17 Recruit
4 Unranked Recruits
UNC Class 2022:
#2 Recruit
#3 Recruit
#9 Recruit
#13 Recruit
#19 Recruit
3 Unranked Recruits
Based off of this, it would look to me like UNC has the better recruiting class.
Also when looking at inside lacrosse class of 2023 rankings, it seems like they have assigned 20 players to be 5 Star recruits… but not ranking them from 1-20 (They are listed alphabetically). Out of those 20, 4 are UNC commits and 2 are UMD commits.
and for 2024 so far, UNC has 4 5 star committs, Maryland has 1, the TG girl who by all acounts wanted UNC but was told to wait from what i've gathered from the tea leaves. ofcourse no one knows for sure but i do know she was heavily considering UNC. After UNC landed the number 1 girl, she then committed to Maryland. The trend is undeniable. When left to deciding between the two programs UNC has the edge right now over MD. Not to say MD won't get their share of star players. They always will. But man they are scratching tooth and nail to land these girls.