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Nichtern has been the engine for Army lacrosse for the past few years. Thought this was their year. Will be interesting to see what happens without him.

Yeah, wide open next year. BU still probably favored. Army loses a little. Loyola lost a lot. Navy?? Lehigh?? Colgate loses Minicus. Bucknell on upward trend? Eventually Lafayette has to make a move... Can't get fired up until the Fall

kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:37 pm Nichtern has been the engine for Army lacrosse for the past few years. Thought this was their year. Will be interesting to see what happens without him.

Nichtern will easily be the biggest loss for any team in the league. Kid was a force multiplier for Army, made everyone around him better and was a beast. He is a talent that is not immediately replaceable. Not that he needed to prove anything but look no further than his PLL start to see he’s elite. That’s very tough to replace

Army always will be tough so they’ll be a tough out, but Nichtern leaves a huge hole IMO

NovaHound wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:46 pm Yeah, wide open next year. BU still probably favored. Army loses a little. Loyola lost a lot. Navy?? Lehigh?? Colgate loses Minicus. Bucknell on upward trend? Eventually Lafayette has to make a move... Can't get fired up until the Fall

Army takes a bigger hit than Loyola IMO (Nichtern). While I’m in wait n see mode on the Hounds, they return a really good core on offense and with a few new young faces (don’t need many, 1 or 2) they will be fine. Gotta solve for two major areas/question marks...Goaltending and face off dot...time will tell. Hounds return enough on the backend to compete...

Agree on BU...gotta be the early favorite

Navy, Lehigh, Bucknell, Colgate...all can compete

Who knows though...like you said it’s the summer. I need to enjoy summer stuff and football season before I get too caught up in lacrosse

lorin wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 12:14 pm

old salt wrote: ↑Sun Jun 26, 2022 9:13 pm

NovaHound wrote: ↑Sat Jun 25, 2022 6:43 pm All I can say about the Patriot League is how Army's Nichtern is tearing up the PLL. Probably rookie of the year. You just couldn't guard that guy - nightmare for opposing defenses. Glad he graduated

Interesting. PLL defenses can't contain Nichtern but Navy's D did.

They did one game

He was not a dominant factor vs Navy. Only won one star, as a plebe.
2019 -- 2g, 3a, Army W 9-8
2020 -- cx'd
2021 -- 0 g, 0 a, Navy W 9-4
2022 -- 3g, 1a, Navy W 12-11

old salt wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 12:11 am

lorin wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 12:14 pm

old salt wrote: ↑Sun Jun 26, 2022 9:13 pm

NovaHound wrote: ↑Sat Jun 25, 2022 6:43 pm All I can say about the Patriot League is how Army's Nichtern is tearing up the PLL. Probably rookie of the year. You just couldn't guard that guy - nightmare for opposing defenses. Glad he graduated

Interesting. PLL defenses can't contain Nichtern but Navy's D did.

They did one game

He was not a dominant factor vs Navy. Only won one star, as a plebe.
2019 -- 2g, 3a, Army W 9-8
2020 -- cx'd
2021 -- 0 g, 0 a, Navy W 9-4
2022 -- 3g, 1a, Navy W 12-11

He had Army in top 15 all four years.

I guess he had them in the top 15 at one point in the season. But they actually finished just outside.

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/league/di/polls

https://www.laxnumbers.com/ratings.php?y=2022&v=401

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/lacrosse- ... crosse-rpi

Nichtern's era was interesting because I think we got to see Army's potential and probably ceiling. He made the players around him much better.

kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 9:53 am I guess he had them in the top 15 at one point in the season. But they actually finished just outside.

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/league/di/polls

https://www.laxnumbers.com/ratings.php?y=2022&v=401

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/lacrosse- ... crosse-rpi

Nichtern's era was interesting because I think we got to see Army's potential and probably ceiling. He made the players around him much better.

Yeah my fault finish in top 20, I gave up looking was Navy on those list, lol

I hear BU has all their starters coming back, including those listed as seniors last year. They should be the favorites given they have everyone back and that the other top teams do actually lose major players.

Beckhamlax wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 8:05 pm I hear BU has all their starters coming back, including those listed as seniors last year. They should be the favorites given they have everyone back and that the other top teams do actually lose major players.

That would be logical. Similar to this past year in that Loyola had all of their starters back except one or two and flopped. Sometimes that fifth year isn’t as good as the prior ones.

Laxmaninamillion wrote: ↑Thu Jun 30, 2022 2:01 pm

Beckhamlax wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 8:05 pm I hear BU has all their starters coming back, including those listed as seniors last year. They should be the favorites given they have everyone back and that the other top teams do actually lose major players.

That would be logical. Similar to this past year in that Loyola had all of their starters back except one or two and flopped. Sometimes that fifth year isn’t as good as the prior ones.

It’s BU’s title until it’s not. Gotta like what they did this past year. Hope they can get over the hump and go a little further in the NCAAs this year.

Loyola loses a lot. But I can’t wait to see what the Hounds look like and who gets chances to step up. Love these types of years.

kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Sun Jul 03, 2022 8:23 am

Laxmaninamillion wrote: ↑Thu Jun 30, 2022 2:01 pm

Beckhamlax wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 8:05 pm I hear BU has all their starters coming back, including those listed as seniors last year. They should be the favorites given they have everyone back and that the other top teams do actually lose major players.

That would be logical. Similar to this past year in that Loyola had all of their starters back except one or two and flopped. Sometimes that fifth year isn’t as good as the prior ones.

It’s BU’s title until it’s not. Gotta like what they did this past year. Hope they can get over the hump and go a little further in the NCAAs this year.

Loyola loses a lot. But I can’t wait to see what the Hounds look like and who gets chances to step up. Love these types of years.

Yes,
losing Gray,
losing other top recruits,

but still got talent to BU.

Looking at BU's roster it's confirmed that every major contributor from last years team is back. This includes Cates who tore his ACL last year and at the time was BU's alpha in the midfield. Hopefully they can avoid Loyola's 2022 season where results didn't match up with the expectations of the returning roster.

CBS tv schedule

CBS Sports Network to Air Nine Men's, Two Women's Patriot League Games in 2023

First up,
Bucknell - Mercer

its a balmy 17 degrees in Lewisburg,
maybe they should have switched this game to Georgia.

Watching Bangladesh Premier League Cricket while
waiting on the game

We’re playing, baby,

Bucknell starting a lot of newbies,
Bucknell gets first goal of the season

We’re playing, baby

Arline starting,
and Mac Haley

I actually think Lafayette is going to be improved. They played a Penn State squad who is going to surprise a lot of people.

Any word on the Colgate v Binghamton scrimmage?

oldbartman wrote: ↑Mon Feb 06, 2023 4:30 pm Any word on the Colgate v Binghamton scrimmage?

Heard is was pretty much even though 5 quarters