Ivy League 2023

[Gobigred]

Predictions for this weekend (don't bet on these I'm not good at this):

• Yale (H) over Penn State by 3

• Maryland over Princeton (H) by 2

• Penn (H) over Duke by 1

• Vermont over Brown (A) by 1

• Cornell (A) over Lehigh by 3

• Dartmouth (A) over Holy Cross by 2

• Harvard (H) over Bucknell by 4

Thanks, Orfling! I’ll go with:
Yale by 4 - Still waiting for PSU program to wake up
Princeton by 1 - “Team” prevails over rental players
Penn by 2 - Murphy knows how to beat ha alma mater
Vermont by 2 - FOs trump goalie play here
Cornell in OT - Lehigh is very well coached
Dartmouth by 4 - Myers wins 65% of FOs
Harvard by 4 - UVA game was anomaly

“‘Team’ prevails over rental players” lol. Maryland had, what, two transfers playing meaningful minutes today? One DM and one attackman that went for 1g, 1a. Keep clinging to the narrative though. You guys are insufferable.

As is the above posting.

[Typical Lax Dad]

Predictions for this weekend (don't bet on these I'm not good at this):

• Yale (H) over Penn State by 3

• Maryland over Princeton (H) by 2

• Penn (H) over Duke by 1

• Vermont over Brown (A) by 1

• Cornell (A) over Lehigh by 3

• Dartmouth (A) over Holy Cross by 2

• Harvard (H) over Bucknell by 4

Thanks, Orfling! I’ll go with:
Yale by 4 - Still waiting for PSU program to wake up
Princeton by 1 - “Team” prevails over rental players
Penn by 2 - Murphy knows how to beat ha alma mater
Vermont by 2 - FOs trump goalie play here
Cornell in OT - Lehigh is very well coached
Dartmouth by 4 - Myers wins 65% of FOs
Harvard by 4 - UVA game was anomaly

“‘Team’ prevails over rental players” lol. Maryland had, what, two transfers playing meaningful minutes today? One DM and one attackman that went for 1g, 1a. Keep clinging to the narrative though. You guys are insufferable.

Maryland does not need any rental players as the core you had returning from last year are great, especially on defense and let's face it, the MD coach right now is probably the best d1 coach, and his in game adjustments are always winning ones. You also probably have a Fogo and Goalie that are top 5 in the country or higher.
MD as usual is scary good and an obvious NC contender again. Great win today. Congrats.
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Joewillie78

Yep. Maryland responded. Good win.

[FannOLax]

Congratulations to Dartmouth, and to the Cornell Big Red. It looks like the Big Red are rounding nicely into shape.

Reality-check losses for Penn, Princeton and Yale. I've seen Yale come out of the gates slowly before, but not as badly as today, when the 1st quarter hole was just too deep for the Bulldogs to dig themselves out. With Maryland, Rutgers and Penn State posting big wins today, Hop looking improved and The Ohio State strong, the Big 10 is certainly looking like a top lacrosse conference.

[Typical Lax Dad]

Congratulations to Dartmouth, and to the Cornell Big Red. It looks like the Big Red are rounding nicely into shape.

Reality-check losses for Penn, Princeton and Yale. I've seen Yale come out of the gates slowly before, but not as badly as today, when the 1st quarter hole was just too deep for the Bulldogs to dig themselves out. With Maryland, Rutgers and Penn State posting big wins today, Hop looking improved and The Ohio State strong, the Big 10 is certainly looking like a top lacrosse conference.

Didn’t Yale and Princeton lose this very same weekend last season?

[Mr3Putt]

Market Correction

[FannOLax]

Congratulations to Dartmouth, and to the Cornell Big Red. It looks like the Big Red are rounding nicely into shape.

Reality-check losses for Penn, Princeton and Yale. I've seen Yale come out of the gates slowly before, but not as badly as today, when the 1st quarter hole was just too deep for the Bulldogs to dig themselves out. With Maryland, Rutgers and Penn State posting big wins today, Hop looking improved and The Ohio State strong, the Big 10 is certainly looking like a top lacrosse conference.

Didn’t Yale and Princeton lose this very same weekend last season?

Yes.

[Typical Lax Dad]

Congratulations to Dartmouth, and to the Cornell Big Red. It looks like the Big Red are rounding nicely into shape.

Reality-check losses for Penn, Princeton and Yale. I've seen Yale come out of the gates slowly before, but not as badly as today, when the 1st quarter hole was just too deep for the Bulldogs to dig themselves out. With Maryland, Rutgers and Penn State posting big wins today, Hop looking improved and The Ohio State strong, the Big 10 is certainly looking like a top lacrosse conference.

Didn’t Yale and Princeton lose this very same weekend last season?

Yes.

Penn beat Duke last year I believe. All the other W/Ls were the same as last year, possibly.

[molo]

Lower echelon Ivy teams took care of business. With the exception of Cornell, who beat a team they were expected to beat, the top four had problems. Yale almost came back against PSU but just dug themselves into too big a hole too early. Their star showed up a bit late. Penn gave Duke a game at home. The final score of the Princeton-Maryland game reflected the feel of the game. In the first half, Maryland was dominating but the offense took a while to click.

[faircornell]

Individual Ivy Performances of note today:

Offense:

Devon McLane 10 points (9,1) for Brown vs UVM
Trevor Glavin 6 points (4,2) for Brown vs UVM
Colin McGill: 6 points (3,3) for Dartmouth vs Holy Cross
Quinn Moore: 5 points (5,0) for Dartmouth vs Holy Cross
CJ Kirst: 4 points (3,1) for Cornell vs Lehigh
Billy Coyle: 4 points (3,1) for Cornell vs Lehigh
Owen Gaffney: 4 points (3,1) for Harvard vs Bucknell

Defense:

Christian Barnard: 17 saves/68% for Harvard vs Bucknell
(And, Barnard had 1 point (1,0)).
Gavin Adler: 4GB, 3CT for Cornell vs Lehigh

Other strong performances:

Cam Rubin: 5 points (3,2) for Penn vs Duke
Chris Lyons: 4 points (4,0) for Yale vs Penn State
Coulter Mackesy: 3 points (3,0) for Princeton vs Maryland
Griffin Rakower: 11 saves/79% for Princeton vs Maryland

[Gobigred]

Lower echelon Ivy teams took care of business. With the exception of Cornell, who beat a team they were expected to beat, the top four had problems. Yale almost came back against PSU but just dug themselves into too big a hole too early. Their star showed up a bit late. Penn gave Duke a game at home. The final score of the Princeton-Maryland game reflected the feel of the game. In the first half, Maryland was dominating but the offense took a while to click.

Who are these "top four" that "had problems?" Cornell is not one of them?

[CU77]

Read it again GBR:

With the exception of Cornell, ... the top four had problems.

[molo]

Thanks. Some of us ACC grads aren’t as stupid as you think we are.

[CU77]

That isn't it, we're just still mad about 1970.

"The past is never dead. It isn't even past." --William Faulkner

[molo]

I’m not exactly thrilled about 1971, when we beat the eventual NC in a weekday game. BTW, it’s not Cornell that I have big Ivy hang ups about.

[CU77]

I’m not exactly thrilled about 1971, when we beat the eventual NC in a weekday game.

And lost to Navy, 9-6, in the NCAA quarterfinals.

[molo]

No need to remind me. That’s also the year I graduated. Never fully adjusted to life beyond college. Got old but never matured.

[CU77]

Never fully adjusted to life beyond college. Got old but never matured.

Same!

Re losing to Navy: I feel your pain! Cornell was upset by Navy in the 1975 NCAA semifinals ...

[CU88]

No need to remind me. That’s also the year I graduated. Never fully adjusted to life beyond college. Got old but never matured.

+1

[tech37]

Never fully adjusted to life beyond college. Got old but never matured.

Same!

Re losing to Navy: I feel your pain! Cornell was upset by Navy in the 1975 NCAA semifinals ...

Yeah but don't forget, Cortland took care of Navy in '72

[b1w7o9y7h]

The vicissitudes of opprobrium.

Good god, man. Be more careful with your words! I went to ChatGPT for an elaboration, and received the following message:

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