Towson 2023

[sc lax]

Huge tilt tomorrow against an old CAA foe. No secret to this one, but faceoffs are going to play a huge role. Cole has been a beast for SJU and this is a huge matchup for Constantindes. Don't think we can expect anything close to a 20 goal performance again, but last week was an encouraging start for the offense and hopefully they can build off of it. Defensively, the D-middies will have to play a great game and limit any opportunities from SJU's middies. The close D is obviously a strength for Towson, with it being the most experienced. Looking forward to a great game, looks to be one of the more underrated matchups of the weekend.

[Laxbuck]

Huge tilt tomorrow against an old CAA foe. No secret to this one, but faceoffs are going to play a huge role. Cole has been a beast for SJU and this is a huge matchup for Constantindes. Don't think we can expect anything close to a 20 goal performance again, but last week was an encouraging start for the offense and hopefully they can build off of it. Defensively, the D-middies will have to play a great game and limit any opportunities from SJU's middies. The close D is obviously a strength for Towson, with it being the most experienced. Looking forward to a great game, looks to be one of the more underrated matchups of the weekend.

Big test for both teams

[10stone5]

Cole will be difficult,

but I’m not sure St Joe’s is really aware how much offensive
talent they’ll be up against, its top 10-15 teams level talent - I’m not sure St Joe’s defense its up for that,

so you may be looking at a wash — a lot of Cole face off wins, a lot of possessions, but also not being able to clamp down on Towson’s offense,

maybe a re-do of last year’s Towson - Richmond game.

[Math1234]

Face-offs were an expected problem, but goaltending? Defense? First-team midfield? Turnovers? Some of the same old issues over the last few years are creeping up again in a 16-13 game with 4:00 left.

[Laxbuck]

Cole will be difficult,

but I’m not sure St Joe’s is really aware how much offensive
talent they’ll be up against, its top 10-15 teams level talent - I’m not sure St Joe’s defense its up for that,

so you may be looking at a wash — a lot of Cole face off wins, a lot of possessions, but also not being able to clamp down on Towson’s offense,

maybe a re-do of last year’s Towson - Richmond game.

Towson much more skilled on offense in 2023. SJU switched goalies and locked down in 2nd half when FOs were close to even

[Mr3Putt]

St Joe .will have a v good year. 10 grad & 15 seniors. Along w Z Cole, that’s a lot of lacrosse played. Towson has experience but not the quantity that SJ has in 23’. They face LaSalla at Va in a couple weeks, but they won’t face a fogo as dominant as Cole the rest of the year. Constantinedes did well considering. Towson goalie Long didn’t stop them high, hopefully he can clean that up

[sc lax]

Face-offs were an expected problem, but goaltending? Defense? First-team midfield? Turnovers? Some of the same old issues over the last few years are creeping up again in a 16-13 game with 4:00 left.

Looks like they are still figuring out who their D-middies will be this year - SJU attacked them and took advantage of their opportunities. It was an up and down game, but two many turnovers and rushing when they were getting 10-manned was a killer. Two unlucky goals (Stewart stick snapping and McNemar almost saving the long shot on 10 man) were a huge difference as well. Looked like from the steam that #1 was dressed for Towson though, so that's a good sign. Offensively this team looks better, they just need to clean up the turnovers and also back up missed shots. Zone defense had some success as well. Another big game next Friday against Richmond, I'm sure they will be out for revenge after losing the last 2 years to them.

[10stone5]

#1, huh.
That is good news, and also hopefully he’ll be close to
100% when he steps on the field.
They’re going to shoot on Evan Long high all year now,
unfortunately, that’ll be the book on him.

[sc lax]

#1, huh.
That is good news, and also hopefully he’ll be close to
100% when he steps on the field.
They’re going to shoot on Evan Long high all year now,
unfortunately, that’ll be the book on him.

Agree 100%, that is going to be the scout. Having a bigger goalie (given he can save the ball) is a huge advantage in the shot clock era. It would've been awesome to see Tyler White play with these rules.

Will be interested to see how they split up the middie lines. Would think that you want Berkeley and Weisshaar on the same line, but splitting them up could also provide 2 strong lines. Gonna need the attack to be more decisive and start drawing slides, as it is going to be tough to the rely on the midfield so much. Although, DeMaio looks great this year and his shooting has been on point so far.

[Farfromgeneva]

#1, huh.
That is good news, and also hopefully he’ll be close to
100% when he steps on the field.
They’re going to shoot on Evan Long high all year now,
unfortunately, that’ll be the book on him.

Agree 100%, that is going to be the scout. Having a bigger goalie (given he can save the ball) is a huge advantage in the shot clock era. It would've been awesome to see Tyler White play with these rules.

Will be interested to see how they split up the middie lines. Would think that you want Berkeley and Weisshaar on the same line, but splitting them up could also provide 2 strong lines. Gonna need the attack to be more decisive and start drawing slides, as it is going to be tough to the rely on the midfield so much. Although, DeMaio looks great this year and his shooting has been on point so far.

We’ve had a few good lacrosse players from Lowville (NY) and this kid was a goalie whom I always wish tried out for lacrosse. Wouldn’t be a lot of daylight between him and the goal.

https://hwsathletics.com/sports/footbal ... aker/16887

[AbeFroeman]

Weisshaar is out 2-3 weeks I believe.

Which one are you talking about? Younger or older? I thought younger had knee surgery?

[sc lax]

Weisshaar is out 2-3 weeks I believe.

Which one are you talking about? Younger or older? I thought younger had knee surgery?

Younger, looked like he was dressed on the sideline on the stream. Not sure if anyone here that attended the game can confirm 100%

[10stone5]

They didn’t redshirt #1 - so that says a lot.

[Math1234]

Yes, Mikey Weisshaar dressed in the last game. His brother Sam is a bench guy to be nice. Mikey is one of the most decorated freshmen we've ever had and would to see him team with Villagomez on an invert, assuming he's playing midfield. I think they'll bring him along slowly, but I hope he plays as soon as he's 100%. I know he didn't come here to redshirt. It's not like we are loaded with stars aside from Berkeley at midfield. And he's being hounded every time he touches the ball.

[10stone5]

I like Nick DeMaio also,

hopefully he gets in 20 shots again against Richmond !


Then with Weisshaar back, you’d have Weisshaar, Berkeley,
DeMaio, Villagomez all on the field -
that’s a pretty good line up. This week, its that quick turnaround
Richmond then Loyola.

[Math1234]

I like Nick DeMaio also,

hopefully he gets in 20 shots again against Richmond !


Then with Weisshaar back, you’d have Weisshaar, Berkeley,
DeMaio, Villagomez all on the field -
that’s a pretty good line up. This week, its that quick turnaround
Richmond then Loyola.

I assume that's sarcasm about DeMaio. Some of his shots are so poor they are like turnovers and Towson needs production, not bad shots. He doesn't need to set the shot record again if there is more talent surrounding him. Wish we still had Avanzato. Wonder what happened with Andrew Milani, who scored 22 goals as a freshman. They moved him to midfield and he disappeared last season with 8 goals. The roster has him as an attackman, but I get it that Villagomez is too good to sit.

[10stone5]

Yes, DeMaio never saw a shot he didn’t like

still that game tying goal against Richmond last year was
something else.

I’d definitely like to see Milani get much more involved.

[sc lax]

This team does not value the ball, way too many turnovers

[10stone5]

Too bad,

they just shut down after that 1st quarter.
Face-guarding Nick DeMaio just seemed to throw off the
offense.
Just not a good game, and they’re going up against
Loyola in a week, sheesh !

[Henpecked]

I don't remember seeing him play, but Mikey Weisshaar showed up in the boxscore with 1 shot and 1 turnover. They could really use some athletes out there against Loyola. Aside from Austin Stewart and Swain, the Tigers looked slow and lumbering on offense today.