Every observation you make is spot on, calourie. Not much new to add, but expanding on the unsportsmanlike penalty: As much as I generally like Yale's sense of feisty swagger, when your man down defense is close to the bottom of DI to date you've got to be smarter. #44 was MVP of the NCAA Championship weekend last year and his "songbird" tendencies are well known at this point -- hopefully he will keep that joyful confidence he shows but be a bit more circumspect. Yale was absolutely rolling at the point of that penalty, and that quick EMO goal that Brown got really put them back in the game and contributed to a more tense fourth quarter. Brown is a dangerous team.calourie wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2019 3:26 pm Hard fought 17-12 win over a very game Brown team. ILT clincher. Hoyt Crance, Gaudet, Morrill, Sessa and Td share the game ball. Starr was leaky which made the D look worse than it was, before he was replaced by Crance with the score 9-8. Too many high to high shots in the second half. Goss is a very good, very tall goalie, Yale student-lacrosse players should be able to do the math. O looked a bit lost when Brandau and then Gaudet (benched for much of the second half for this 2nd unsportsmanlike chirping penalty) were out. Brown with their typical feisty effort against Yale. I like where the team is right now though today had some sketchy elements. Knuckle down and win the last three regular season games, starting with an Albany team who has some very talented players and will be playing at home with an enormous chip on their shoulders.
On Senior Day, it was terrific in particular to see senior Thomas Duran get his first career goal in the waning moments of his game and witness his teammates celebrating with him. And what a huge game for Hoyt Crance on Senior Day. It's always a tough thing to pull a goalie, but the flip side of a tough day for #23 was that Crance got a chance to come up big for the team.
And lastly, in addition to those you identified for "game balls," a shout-out to the Captain, Daniggelis, for some outstanding play in transition (two plays that came to mind are when he stole back a teammate's turnover and fed Sessa for a doorstop goal, and a great freight train hero clear in the 4th Q).