ODAC 2023

[Dehuntshigwa’es]

HSC can win if Perry stands on his head with 20 plus saves or his W&L counterpart is well below 50%. W&L should control the tempo of this contest and come away with the win. Hope I don’t regret this

[W&LLover]

HSC 3 - W&L 0 after Q1. Genieeeeeesssss uh ohhhhhhhh

[Notgoodatlax]

I'd forgetting how much I love the layout of the HSC facilities. Excited for the 2nd half

[Notgoodatlax]

W&L vs. HSC is down to the wire.

[Dehuntshigwa’es]

Goal play once again failed clear due to a bad pass . Repeating last game’s performance… OT. Cannot believe my eyes.
Geez HSC D is gassed with a reset of shot clock and W&L calls a time out. That’s a break for HSC bad read of the game. Bye bye Gennies lose 11-10

[Laxguy703]

W&L Goalie is killing it during this OT! Holy crap.

[Notgoodatlax]

OT4 - these guys are gonna sleep hard tonight

[smoova]

W&L Goalie is killing it during this OT! Holy crap.

Both goalies are really playing well. This game is nuts. 4OT!

[Notgoodatlax]

great shot - what a game for HSC. Tough L for W&L.

[Oaklax]

HSC played a full game and some… what a game to shake up the ODAC.

[W&LLover]

Well, well, well...my gennies, my gennies. My heart is broken. How could they let this happen? Maybe McCabe knew it was greek week in Farmville and had 1 too many beers causing him to not know how to coach a lacrosse team. A game is 4 quarters? No. 4 quarters + 4OTs. Obviously, Rostan knows how to coach his team to play a full length game.

Kudos to HSC Tigers. They should be up in the rankings to at least #3.

[Faxlax]

Tough loss, but way too much standing around on offense during the overtimes. Not sure I saw a single cutter the entire time nor a pass inside. Looked too much like the one on one offense of the last few years.

The goalie deserved much better.

[ODAD]

Well... HSC is damn good.

Their defense played incredible and their goalie is one of the better ones I’ve seen in a while. The genies didn’t shoot well in the 1st Q, but that young man between the pipes really made multiple impressive and clutch stops. I hope #7 is okay - he seemed like one of the better O guys.

I would not say W&L lost that game but more so HSC won that game for 7/8 quarters. It didn’t come down to goalie play... that’s just one position on the field. The genies stopped the bleeding and crawled back to stay in the game but don’t have the O guy to get it done when they need one. Tough loss.

It’s safe to say this ODAC tournament will be very interesting.

[SixBySix]

Have to imagine that is a blow to the ODAC Pool C resumes.

[droliver]

Have to believe only Lynchburg could get an at large tournament bid after this W&L loss.

[InsiderRoll]

Have to believe only Lynchburg could get an at large tournament bid after this W&L loss.

I’d say their resumes are pretty equal at this stage. Considering Lynchburg’s only win of value is W&L. I think their resumes are extremely similar.

Both are 6-4.

Lynchburg has head to head but only 1 win over a ranked opponent. That opponent is W&L.

W&L is 6-4 with two ranked wins (Denison and York) SOS will be negligible. There is a lot of lacrosse nationally to be played, W&Ls strength of schedule is a big asset to them that programs like Roanoke and HSC don’t have. They were a 5 loss team last year with a less impressive resume and got in. They weren’t the last team in either.

When you start to dive into at larges…

11 I think?

Liberty (3) - Union, SLU, ?
NESCAC (3) - Bowdoin, Amherst, Middlebury
Centennial (2-3) likely 2 Dickinson + ?Muhlenberg?
C2C (1) - CNU/Salisbury
ODAC (1) - W&L
+ 1 more

Then who’s in over them unless there are major conference upsets. MIT? Babson? A fifth NESCAC? A fourth centennial (unlikely), Kenyon? Stevenson?

[Laxisback]

Have to believe only Lynchburg could get an at large tournament bid after this W&L loss.

I’d say their resumes are pretty equal at this stage. Considering Lynchburg’s only win of value is W&L. I think their resumes are extremely similar.

Both are 6-4.

Lynchburg has head to head but only 1 win over a ranked opponent. That opponent is W&L.

W&L is 6-4 with two ranked wins (Denison and York) SOS will be negligible. There is a lot of lacrosse nationally to be played, W&Ls strength of schedule is a big asset to them that programs like Roanoke and HSC don’t have. They were a 5 loss team last year with a less impressive resume and got in. They weren’t the last team in either.

When you start to dive into at larges…

11 I think?

Liberty (3) - Union, SLU, ?
NESCAC (3) - Bowdoin, Amherst, Middlebury
Centennial (2-3) likely 2 Dickinson + ?Muhlenberg?
C2C (1) - CNU/Salisbury
ODAC (1) - W&L
+ 1 more

Then who’s in over them unless there are major conference upsets. MIT? Babson? A fifth NESCAC? A fourth centennial (unlikely), Kenyon? Stevenson?

C2C will get 2 at large, they don’t have an AQ.

[InsiderRoll]

Have to believe only Lynchburg could get an at large tournament bid after this W&L loss.

I’d say their resumes are pretty equal at this stage. Considering Lynchburg’s only win of value is W&L. I think their resumes are extremely similar.

Both are 6-4.

Lynchburg has head to head but only 1 win over a ranked opponent. That opponent is W&L.

W&L is 6-4 with two ranked wins (Denison and York) SOS will be negligible. There is a lot of lacrosse nationally to be played, W&Ls strength of schedule is a big asset to them that programs like Roanoke and HSC don’t have. They were a 5 loss team last year with a less impressive resume and got in. They weren’t the last team in either.

When you start to dive into at larges…

11 I think?

Liberty (3) - Union, SLU, ?
NESCAC (3) - Bowdoin, Amherst, Middlebury
Centennial (2-3) likely 2 Dickinson + ?Muhlenberg?
C2C (1) - CNU/Salisbury
ODAC (1) - W&L
+ 1 more

Then who’s in over them unless there are major conference upsets. MIT? Babson? A fifth NESCAC? A fourth centennial (unlikely), Kenyon? Stevenson?

C2C will get 2 at large, they don’t have an AQ.

Yes but one is pool B. So it’s still 11 spots.

[elitelax4596]

Well... HSC is damn good.

Their defense played incredible and their goalie is one of the better ones I’ve seen in a while. The genies didn’t shoot well in the 1st Q, but that young man between the pipes really made multiple impressive and clutch stops. I hope #7 is okay - he seemed like one of the better O guys.

I would not say W&L lost that game but more so HSC won that game for 7/8 quarters. It didn’t come down to goalie play... that’s just one position on the field. The genies stopped the bleeding and crawled back to stay in the game but don’t have the O guy to get it done when they need one. Tough loss.

It’s safe to say this ODAC tournament will be very interesting.

Agreed. Tough to see #7 go down. Hope it’s nothing serious. Hats off to the HSC D and W&L fighting to the end. ODAC instant classic.

Can Roanoke get a win vs the “top 3” in the ODAC this year? If so things could get reaaalllll interesting.

ODAC tourney somewhere else but that pompous school in Lexington

[SixBySix]

Then who’s in over them unless there are major conference upsets. MIT? Babson? A fifth NESCAC? A fourth centennial (unlikely), Kenyon? Stevenson?

Wooster and the other merry band of undefeated-in-region Midwestern teams. But I think your generally right--pretty hard to squeeze out the runner up between W&L and Lynchburg. I don't know if they both make Pool C if, for example, HS snags the AQ.