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wlaxnut wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 5:31 pm Looks like a weak schedule, apart from some of the teams in their own conference. Outside the conference, their toughest opponent Northwestern is early in February. That's it for tough opponents. The other teams scheduled are Ohio State, Marquette, Central Michigan, Vanderbilt, Duquesne, Hofstra, Butler and Liberty. They won't get much help from RPI with that list.

https://und.com/irish-womens-lacrosse-u ... -schedule/

wlaxnut wrote: ↑Sat Nov 23, 2019 8:55 pm

Lax247 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 23, 2019 2:20 pm https://www.ftfnext.com/videos/tracy-we ... ng-in-2020

Top 5 Middies as per Tracey Weiner

1 - SB Ally Kennedy 21 gp 84 g 16 a 47 gb 15 ct 124 dc
2 - USC Kerrigan Miller 20 gp 22 g 7 a 56 gb 41 ct 52 dc
3 - BC Cara Urbank 22 gp 50 g 19 a 14 gb 10 ct 2 dc
4 - ND Andie Aldave 19 gp 47 g 20 a 21 gb 19 ct 152 dc
5 - Penn Erin Barry 18 gp 37 g 6 a 35 gb 17 ct 36 dc

I guess Kennedy #1 but she does play in the weak sisters of the poor America East conference where she played 9 of her 21 games. Against Maryland in The Tournament she managed no goals, 1 assist. She’s talented—no doubt, and she plays like a house on fire. I’d love to see her play in the Big 10 or ACC to get an indication of how she would hold up with a tougher schedule.

Kerrigan Miller #2? She does a lot of things well, but only 22 goals? I’d put Michigan's intrepid Maggie Kane or her equally as fearless partner Molly Garrett in there just as easily. They play just as hard in a tougher conference.

I don’t think Urbank makes the grade. She had some outstanding teammates feeding her, most notably Kenzie Kent. Her overall stats aren’t as thorough as some of the others.

Aldave is a great choice. She’s a fiery force for the Irish. She might have a breakout year, which is saying a lot because her numbers are very strong now considering the conference she plays in.

Not a whole lot of standout/flashy midfielders left after so many graduated last season. Grace Griffin for Maryland has numbers just as good if not better than some of the players here. Syracuse has some good middies. We’ll see who else emerges next year…

LaxGuy17 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 18, 2019 9:07 am

wlaxnut wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 5:31 pm Looks like a weak schedule, apart from some of the teams in their own conference. Outside the conference, their toughest opponent Northwestern is early in February. That's it for tough opponents. The other teams scheduled are Ohio State, Marquette, Central Michigan, Vanderbilt, Duquesne, Hofstra, Butler and Liberty. They won't get much help from RPI with that list.

https://und.com/irish-womens-lacrosse-u ... -schedule/

Notre Dame will be a very good team this year with the existing group returning and a strong recruiting class. But this schedule will not prepare them for the NCAA's. Seems like they are still reeling from missing the Tournament two years ago and are guaranteeing a winning record. Northwestern is only non-conference team that will remotely give them a fight. If they lose a couple in the ACC they are in trouble.

wlaxnut wrote: ↑Wed Dec 18, 2019 12:06 pm Well, at least there’s one televised game, huh Doc?

https://www.uslaxmagazine.com/college/m ... es-in-2020

wlaxnut wrote: ↑Wed Dec 18, 2019 12:06 pm Well, at least there’s one televised game, huh Doc?

https://www.uslaxmagazine.com/college/m ... es-in-2020

Dr. Tact wrote: ↑Wed Dec 18, 2019 1:30 pm

wlaxnut wrote: ↑Wed Dec 18, 2019 12:06 pm Well, at least there’s one televised game, huh Doc?

https://www.uslaxmagazine.com/college/m ... es-in-2020

Well that is CBS, not unexpected except the M/W split ...I think that Loyola streams all their home games (free), cant speak for the other schools.

Lax247 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 7:07 pm Also think they have Michigan pretty high and BC high considering they lost most of their team to graduation.

wlaxnut wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2019 4:47 pm https://gopsusports.com/news/2019/12/19 ... edule.aspx

2/8 - at Towson
2/15 - Lehigh
2/19 - Duquesne
2/23 - Cornell
2/29 - Loyola

3/4 - at JMU
3/8 - at Vanderbilt
3/13 - Northwestern
3/21 - at Virginia
3/26 - at Rutgers
3/29 - Princeton

4/2 - Michigan
4/11 - at Ohio State
4/16 - at Maryland
4/21 - at Albany
4/25 - Johns Hopkins

Matnum PI wrote: ↑Wed Dec 18, 2019 1:24 pm US Lacrosse Magazine pre-season ranking. FanLax hates Preseason Rankings. The FanLax 2020 Preseason Rankings are the 2019 Post-Season Rankings.

1 Maryland
2 Boston College
3 North Carolina
4 Northwestern
5 Syracuse
6 Virginia
7 Notre Dame
8 Denver
9 Michigan
10 Princeton...

http://fanlax.com/fanlax/2019/12/18/d1- ... -rankings/

Matnum PI wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 4:00 pm Preseason rankings just for fun aren't an issue. Like this. It's the preseason rankings that are used as a starting point for the rankings for the rest of the season that are a problem. The starting point for rankings should be fair and earned. And, for FanLax, starting in 2020 where the teams left off in 2019 isn't perfect but it's fair.

wlaxnut wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 3:43 pm 2/7 - Duquesne
2/9 - Robert Morris
2/12 - Kent State
2/15 - at Stony Brook
2/19 - Cincinnati
2/23 - at Notre Dame

3/1 - at UMass
3/7 - at Marquette
3/10 - at Towson
3/14 - Johns Hopkins
3/21 - Maryland
3/27 - at Michigan
3/31 - Louisville

4/11 - Penn State
4/19 - at Northwestern
4/25 - Rutgers


Does this schedule strike anyone else as odd? Seems like new coach Amy Bokker has scheduled a lot of games in a tight window with not much time to rest. 6 games in 17 days to start February. Then 7 games in March, to then only 3 games in April. They go without playing anyone for 10 days in early April with another 8 days off after their game with Penn State on the 11th.