Re: St. Joe’s 2022
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2022 6:33 am
Not many would have seen this team at 5-1. Between them and Drexel, Philly lax is doing well.
LOL. Everyone knew Penn would be good. Three good teams is great for Philly Lax.Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Sun Mar 13, 2022 6:36 am I know west Philly can be shaky but you threw UPenn out of the city? That’s some hardcore Philly fans!
Because St. Joe's beat who? The 2-7 Penn State team or the 3-6 Towson team?
Hobart has fallen apart the past couple weeks.Henpecked wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 10:12 amBecause St. Joe's beat who? The 2-7 Penn State team or the 3-6 Towson team?
I am not saying that the Hawks aren't better than a couple of these top 20 teams. But they don't have a single win against a top 20 RPI team. Not even close. And they lost to Delaware and Drexel who are clearly not top 20 RPI squads. That is how it works.
I would worry less about rankings. The Hawks should win their conference and get a bid into the NCAAs. An at-large bid for them with their remaining schedule is more than a pipe dream. Not happening. I feel good about their chances to win the NEC and get into the NCAAs. They have a nice team this year.
very fair assessment. Still think their best lacrosse is ahead of them. 2 big challenges at X the next 2 weeks. Zach Cole has been great but has not faced the likes of Shea or the Bryant duo to date.Henpecked wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 10:12 amBecause St. Joe's beat who? The 2-7 Penn State team or the 3-6 Towson team?
I am not saying that the Hawks aren't better than a couple of these top 20 teams. But they don't have a single win against a top 20 RPI team. Not even close. And they lost to Delaware and Drexel who are clearly not top 20 RPI squads. That is how it works.
I would worry less about rankings. The Hawks should win their conference and get a bid into the NCAAs. An at-large bid for them with their remaining schedule is more than a pipe dream. Not happening. I feel good about their chances to win the NEC and get into the NCAAs. They have a nice team this year.
I’ve mentioned this several times, he’s supposedly notoldbartman wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 8:57 pm Is Zach Cole using his 5th year at SJU? Asking for a friend.....
Honestly they didn't look great against Wagner who is not a very good team. So thy didn't do themselves any favors this past week. I am a big fan of St. Joes, but I think its a fair assessment of who have they really beaten, and they have lost to two so so teams. Unfortunately they also play in a conference that really does not look very good this year. Going to be hard to get ranked in the top 20. Best thing would be to beat the rest of the NEC teams convincingly, win their conference tournament, and show well in the post season game against a good team.Laxbuck wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 8:45 pmvery fair assessment. Still think their best lacrosse is ahead of them. 2 big challenges at X the next 2 weeks. Zach Cole has been great but has not faced the likes of Shea or the Bryant duo to date.Henpecked wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 10:12 amBecause St. Joe's beat who? The 2-7 Penn State team or the 3-6 Towson team?
I am not saying that the Hawks aren't better than a couple of these top 20 teams. But they don't have a single win against a top 20 RPI team. Not even close. And they lost to Delaware and Drexel who are clearly not top 20 RPI squads. That is how it works.
I would worry less about rankings. The Hawks should win their conference and get a bid into the NCAAs. An at-large bid for them with their remaining schedule is more than a pipe dream. Not happening. I feel good about their chances to win the NEC and get into the NCAAs. They have a nice team this year.
That's what I was afraid of. Not sure how this affects recruiting. It's always good to go against excellent competition.10stone5 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 9:52 pmI’ve mentioned this several times, he’s supposedly notoldbartman wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 8:57 pm Is Zach Cole using his 5th year at SJU? Asking for a friend.....
in the portal,
sure sounds like he’s staying.
bam1972 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 10:22 pmHonestly they didn't look great against Wagner who is not a very good team. So thy didn't do themselves any favors this past week. I am a big fan of St. Joes, but I think its a fair assessment of who have they really beaten, and they have lost to two so so teams. Unfortunately they also play in a conference that really does not look very good this year. Going to be hard to get ranked in the top 20. Best thing would be to beat the rest of the NEC teams convincingly, win their conference tournament, and show well in the post season game against a good team.Laxbuck wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 8:45 pmvery fair assessment. Still think their best lacrosse is ahead of them. 2 big challenges at X the next 2 weeks. Zach Cole has been great but has not faced the likes of Shea or the Bryant duo to date.Henpecked wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 10:12 amBecause St. Joe's beat who? The 2-7 Penn State team or the 3-6 Towson team?
I am not saying that the Hawks aren't better than a couple of these top 20 teams. But they don't have a single win against a top 20 RPI team. Not even close. And they lost to Delaware and Drexel who are clearly not top 20 RPI squads. That is how it works.
I would worry less about rankings. The Hawks should win their conference and get a bid into the NCAAs. An at-large bid for them with their remaining schedule is more than a pipe dream. Not happening. I feel good about their chances to win the NEC and get into the NCAAs. They have a nice team this year.
He has announced publicly that he is returningoldbartman wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 8:57 pm Is Zach Cole using his 5th year at SJU? Asking for a friend.....
This has been particularly true in 3rd and 4th quarters when they have held big leads. They took long possessions on purpose to bleed the clock in the Providence/Monmouth/Penn St/Towson/Mount St Mary/Wagner games.laxfan345 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 29, 2022 10:09 ambam1972 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 10:22 pmHonestly they didn't look great against Wagner who is not a very good team. So thy didn't do themselves any favors this past week. I am a big fan of St. Joes, but I think its a fair assessment of who have they really beaten, and they have lost to two so so teams. Unfortunately they also play in a conference that really does not look very good this year. Going to be hard to get ranked in the top 20. Best thing would be to beat the rest of the NEC teams convincingly, win their conference tournament, and show well in the post season game against a good team.Laxbuck wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 8:45 pmvery fair assessment. Still think their best lacrosse is ahead of them. 2 big challenges at X the next 2 weeks. Zach Cole has been great but has not faced the likes of Shea or the Bryant duo to date.Henpecked wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 10:12 amBecause St. Joe's beat who? The 2-7 Penn State team or the 3-6 Towson team?
I am not saying that the Hawks aren't better than a couple of these top 20 teams. But they don't have a single win against a top 20 RPI team. Not even close. And they lost to Delaware and Drexel who are clearly not top 20 RPI squads. That is how it works.
I would worry less about rankings. The Hawks should win their conference and get a bid into the NCAAs. An at-large bid for them with their remaining schedule is more than a pipe dream. Not happening. I feel good about their chances to win the NEC and get into the NCAAs. They have a nice team this year.
I watched the Wagner game...Wagner likes to really slow the ball down, be very deliberate on Offense. I think that kept the Hawks from really getting going
10stone5 wrote: ↑Sat May 07, 2022 3:02 pm Congratulations Saint Joseph’s on your first NCAA
St. Joe’s was Zero wins, Twelve losses just ten short years
ago under that poor bad luck but great guy Pat Cullinan (RIP).
Hopefully this makes up for Sean Evans, all those beatings he and
his teammates withstood
Thank you!oldbartman wrote: ↑Sun May 08, 2022 1:27 pm Congratulation Hawks! Well played game. Now go show the rest of the lacrosse world what you and NEC teams are made of.