Essexfenwick wrote: ↑Thu Apr 14, 2022 9:14 am
The fear of another Lacrosse Royalty championship is palpable.
The flag trimmed whites are hungry for a 16th which will distance them from the pack for at least 75 years
Initially, this augury of Essexfenwick's regarding Maryland adding a 16th national championship this year to their already crowded trophy case after their dominating performance over Princeton didn’t seem farfetched. But then I looked at how many top tier teams the Terps have played so far this year and found they have yet to be tested against the upper crust, having played only JMU, to whom they lost convincingly; and Florida, who they dragged all over Weird Field. Still not found on their list of opponents played are #1 Carolina; #2 BC; #3 Northwestern; #4 Syracuse; #5 Stony Brook; #6 Loyola; #7 Duke or #9 Denver. All these teams have been top ten pretty much all season, and Maryland hasn’t played any of them yet. So—I wouldn’t put the Chelonian champagne on ice just yet there, Fenny. They still haven’t defeated anyone of real stature. #7 Florida earlier in the year? Meh. Florida is Florida—as inconsistent a team as there is in the NCAA. One minute looking talented and formidable, the next undisciplined and ordinary. The perennial Not-Ready-For-Prime-Time team.
Maryland gets another test in a smidgeda over a week vs archrival Northwestern (who I think Maryland beats this time around). Yet even a win over them won’t convince me just yet. Northwestern isn’t nearly as scary without the warrior Isabelle Rae Scane.
Anything is possible with Reese as coach of an admittedly talented ’22 edition of Terrapins, but there are still many giants to slay if number 16 is to be raised in College Park. Not this year is my prediction.
Date Time At Opponent Location Tournament Result
Feb 12 (Sat) 3:30 PM Away Saint Joseph's Philadelphia, PA W 20-6
Feb 18 (Fri) 5:00 PM Away Virginia Charlottesville, VA W 17-13
Feb 26 (Sat) 12:00 PM Home Florida College Park, MD (Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex) W 18-8
Mar 1 (Tue) 5:00 PM Home Delaware College Park, MD (Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex) W 15-2
Mar 5 (Sat) 1:00 PM Away William & Mary Williamsburg, VA W 19-7
Mar 13 (Sun) 1:00 PM Home Villanova College Park, MD (Jones-Hill House) W 19-7
Mar 20 (Sun) 12:00 PM Home Rutgers College Park, MD (Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex) W 16-6
Mar 23 (Wed) 7:00 PM Home Penn College Park, MD (Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex) W 15-11
Mar 26 (Sat) 12:00 PM Home James Madison College Park, MD (Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex) L 8-13
Mar 30 (Wed) 7:00 PM Away Georgetown Washington, DC W 15-3
Apr 2 (Sat) 12:00 PM Away Johns Hopkins Baltimore, MD W 17-6
Apr 7 (Thu) 6:30 PM Home Penn State College Park, MD (Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex) W 13-6
Apr 13 (Wed) 7:00 PM Away Princeton Princeton, NJ W 19-9
Apr 17 (Sun) 12:00 PM Away Ohio State Columbus, OH
Apr 23 (Sat) 11:30 AM Home Northwestern College Park, MD (Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex)
Apr 30 (Sat) 12:00 PM Away Michigan Ann Arbor, MI