32,000 for the semis, which is a good crowd.
6 SE PA players win a national title for the Cavs.
Cabrini wins the 1st Division III national title for a Pennsylvania school
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No asterisk. Not even close. We could pick out tons of questionable calls along the way and extrapolate from there, which in itself, would be inaccurate. The game is a game of ebbs and flows, and UVa has absolutely nothing to apologize for. The final 8 teams were the 8 best teams in the country. They fought it out. Hard. We saw some excellent quarters and semis. Every one of those 8 had their chance, and could have legitimately claimed the trophy. UVa showed they were the best team today.HowieT3 wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2019 4:19 pmI guess we'll be required to tape a big paper asterisk onto our trophy.Brooklyn wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2019 3:32 pmsmoova wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2019 3:30 pmFrom the Duke/UVa thread, but I'll just leave it here ...reLAX wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2019 1:14 pmShouldn’t have been there anyway. Not final four caliberDMac wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2019 1:11 pm Hope Lars brought some smelling salts for his boys, sure needs something to wake them up and get 'em moving a little bit. Better bring a whole lot more energy to the field than they did in the first half or it's going to be a long afternoon for them. Far from the most exciting semi finals lacrosse I've ever seen, the girl's games offered a whole lot more.....faster and much more intensity. Gotta up your game, fellas.
Missed it earlier - thanks for sharing that gem.![]()
Me too, because that doesn't sound right to me....and if they are accurate, how long did Yale have "possession" before the swarming Cavs took the ball away from them? Face off "wins" are often times very deceiving numbers.Matnum PI wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2019 4:36 pmI'm curious to see the boxscore and the exact numbers.random observer wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2019 4:18 pm ... TD still won like 75% of the faceoffs against one of the better FOGOs in the nation, and he was over 90% in the second half...
Right; TD still 'dominated' possessions, but not to the point of creating lots of fast breaks. And he didn't dominate early enabling a big lead to develop. Instead UVA won a few and excellent goaltending early kept it close, while UVA kept breaking down the 1:1 match-ups.random observer wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2019 4:18 pm TD still won like 75% of the faceoffs against one of the better FOGOs in the nation, and he was over 90% in the second half. Maybe they weren't all clean, but it was business as usual for TD. The difference was the offense wasn't capitalizing today.
+1QuakerSouth wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2019 4:53 pmNo asterisk. Not even close. We could pick out tons of questionable calls along the way and extrapolate from there, which in itself, would be inaccurate. The game is a game of ebbs and flows, and UVa has absolutely nothing to apologize for. The final 8 teams were the 8 best teams in the country. They fought it out. Hard. We saw some excellent quarters and semis. Every one of those 8 had their chance, and could have legitimately claimed the trophy. UVa showed they were the best team today.HowieT3 wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2019 4:19 pmI guess we'll be required to tape a big paper asterisk onto our trophy.Brooklyn wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2019 3:32 pmsmoova wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2019 3:30 pmFrom the Duke/UVa thread, but I'll just leave it here ...reLAX wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2019 1:14 pmShouldn’t have been there anyway. Not final four caliberDMac wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2019 1:11 pm Hope Lars brought some smelling salts for his boys, sure needs something to wake them up and get 'em moving a little bit. Better bring a whole lot more energy to the field than they did in the first half or it's going to be a long afternoon for them. Far from the most exciting semi finals lacrosse I've ever seen, the girl's games offered a whole lot more.....faster and much more intensity. Gotta up your game, fellas.
Missed it earlier - thanks for sharing that gem.![]()
Congrats to all UVa players, coaches, and fans.
I don't know what the final box score looked like, and unlike when TD whens it clean he won quite a few today taking it away from the UVA FOGO after they won the clamp or won a contested situation. I recall only a few where he won it clean and would have allowed early offense which is what drove Albany and to a large extent Yale this season. This showed when Yale had to play 6 v 6 offense and couldn't create.random observer wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2019 4:18 pm TD still won like 75% of the faceoffs against one of the better FOGOs in the nation, and he was over 90% in the second half. Maybe they weren't all clean, but it was business as usual for TD. The difference was the offense wasn't capitalizing today.
Arceri did it 3 times just two days ago. Gallagher did it a few times this year.DaneFan wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2019 5:19 pmI don't know what the final box score looked like, and unlike when TD whens it clean he won quite a few today taking it away from the UVA FOGO after they won the clamp or won a contested situation. I recall only a few where he won it clean and would have allowed early offense which is what drove Albany and to a large extent Yale this season. This showed when Yale had to play 6 v 6 offense and couldn't create.random observer wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2019 4:18 pm TD still won like 75% of the faceoffs against one of the better FOGOs in the nation, and he was over 90% in the second half. Maybe they weren't all clean, but it was business as usual for TD. The difference was the offense wasn't capitalizing today.
And when have you seen an opposing FOGO when to clean and come down and score?
Statistically TD still had a good day, but he didn't win them in a way that allowed man up opportunities and unsettled opportunities.
Well said. There have been some outrageously disrespectful posts about Virginia by some mostly Ivy fans here and elsewhere over the course of the tournament. I would never have predicted the drubbing we gave them but most Virginia fans quietly thought we had an excellent chance. There were no truly dominant teams this year.
Not a good reason; A bad one. JOE STARSIA LASAGNAby Matnum PI » Mon May 27, 2019 2:22 pm
Brook, agreed. Pre-Lars, UVA's D was awful. Consistently one of the worst in D1 Men Lacrosse. And for no good reason. They had talented D-men.
You're kidding right?
Since 2010 when Duke won it all and played in the second semi, the winner of the first semi has won every year except 2017 when that stacked Maryland senior class finally broke through.DMac wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2019 6:10 pm One of you stats guys probably know what the record stands at for teams that played first, and the ones that played second on Saturaday, and which team has won the most titles. Pretty sure there's a big difference there. Tambroni's game plan was to beat TD up (not in a malicious sense) and it looked today as itf it worked. Just took a day or so to take full effect. That Sat evening game and right back at 'em at miday Mon is pretty tough (considering the competition), that's not much time for dings and bangs to heal. It sure aint easy to win that title, and to repeat...well, that's really tough too.