The positive take today is that the Defense was significantly improved. Foley did a great job in for Tominovich who is sadly out for a while. Moore is clearly the real deal and will only going to get better week over week. Away from a win, if i was asked what we wanted to see - it would be better defensive result. And we got that. So that is a big positive going forward. The offense has enough fire power to win games if the D is solid and improving. Nice to see Haley beat a shortie and score but this team still needs an X attackman that can draw a long pole, beat him and free up vardaro, Bundy and or Wray vs a short stick. Never want to be happy about a loss but i do think Hoya faithful should leave this game feeling a lot better about the trajectory of the seaaon than after the Loyola game. On to Penn.rolldodge wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2024 2:48 pm Much better game from the Hoyas on the defensive end. Like to see Banks and Moore settling in and nice effort from Foley filling in for an injured Tominovich. Short stick D-mids continue to be a bright spot.
On the FOs looks like Ball is still a bit banged up as well as running into an official that did not mesh with his style. His violations were not obviously violations.
Offensively, we look like a bunch of midfielders out there ... because they are. They have exactly one guy, Wray, who is skilled inside. I'd love to see them get some run for Caggiano on the 6v6 (he's running EMO). He's a skilled shooter and slick on the inside.
Turnovers in the 4th Quarter negated any chance for a comeback.
Biggest issue I have is not doing more to get Bundy into good positions and matchups. They should be setting him up for step down shots and secondary dodges once the initial dodge and ball movement have gotten the D spinning and created space. If you get Bundy rolling it will open up the offense for the rest of the team.
Another two tough games on the road with Penn and Notre Dame. Hoping to see some continual improvement. Go Hoyas!
Let’s go Hoyas!