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It’s unfortunate the quality of the video and commentary at the various host sites is so inconsistent. There was zero play-by-play color for the St. John Fisher hosted games, no shot clock shown and they must have a camera without a zoom function because the players were the size of amoebas on my screen. I tuned into the Steven’s/Catholic game later in the afternoon and they had it all, including instant replay. One would think the NCAA capable of selecting host sites with a little more to offer, but it all seems par for the course for DIII lax in the time of Covid.

JumboFan4 wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 9:39 am It’s unfortunate the quality of the video and commentary at the various host sites is so inconsistent. There was zero play-by-play color for the St. John Fisher hosted games, no shot clock shown and they must have a camera without a zoom function because the players were the size of amoebas on my screen. I tuned into the Steven’s/Catholic game later in the afternoon and they had it all, including instant replay. One would think the NCAA capable of selecting host sites with a little more to offer, but it all seems par for the course for DIII lax in the time of Covid.

It ain't the site, it's the production, and lack of investment.

SJF doesn't have a huge seating area so the camera's aren't that far from the field. Never had any problems with the local or NYS lax tournaments when broadcasted by Spectrum cable.

Goldenboy wrote: ↑Sat May 15, 2021 2:01 pm The Stevenson commentators may be the worst I’ve ever seen

You mean you don’t like broadcasters who sound like parents rooting for their kids? They are a very confusing crew. IMO there was a worse pairing a few years ago (that has since either changed or improved), but I’ll get yelled at if I point it out

Nigel wrote: ↑Sat May 15, 2021 8:47 pm Tufts-SJF should be a dandy. Babson FO guy more than held his own, I'd Fisher FO to excel.

Joe Post is REALLY good. Dominated all year, and thoroughly handled the best player he faced (AA Nick Montemorano was 18/47 - 38% - across two games vs. SJF). Meanwhile Tufts is below 50% on the season. That’s slightly skewed by Kyle Helfrich missing the Bates and Dartmouth games, but still. I think Tufts will need to get stops/turnovers to generate possession, because they’re going to have all kinds of problems winning faceoffs. SJF does turn the ball over a lot so at least there’s that.

JumboFan4 wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 9:39 am It’s unfortunate the quality of the video and commentary at the various host sites is so inconsistent. There was zero play-by-play color for the St. John Fisher hosted games, no shot clock shown and they must have a camera without a zoom function because the players were the size of amoebas on my screen.

One last to the NESCAC presidents for the way they handled this season, culminating in NESCAC sites being prevented from hosting.

Today's games

(Predictions)

Christopher Newport 14
Stevenson 10

Tufts 18
St. John Fisher 12

Colorado College 16
Centre 9

Lynchburg 18
Stevens 13

York 15
Franklin and Marshall 12

Salisbury 18
Cabrini 10

Cortland 13
RIT 12

ah23 wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 10:50 am
One last to the NESCAC presidents for the way they handled this season, culminating in NESCAC sites being prevented from hosting.

They weren't alone but that's a fine salute!

Coming in hot with the upset specials!

I also think SJF is ready to pull the upset. 12-11 Fisher takes it in Q4.

SouthernLaxGenius wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 11:06 am Today's games

(Predictions)

Christopher Newport 14
Stevenson 10

Tufts 18
St. John Fisher 12

Colorado College 16
Centre 9

Lynchburg 18
Stevens 13

York 15
Franklin and Marshall 12

Salisbury 18
Cabrini 10

Cortland 13
RIT 12

Because I want to get in on the action:

Christopher Newport 11
Stevenson 7

Tufts 16
St. John Fisher 12

Colorado College 9
Centre 10

Lynchburg 18
Stevens 13 (I liked your prediction)

York 10
Franklin and Marshall 8

Salisbury 21
Cabrini 12

Cortland 8
RIT 14

Christopher Newport 15
Stevenson 9

Tufts 22
St. John Fisher 10

Colorado College 8
Centre 13

Lynchburg 18
Stevens 6

York 16
Franklin and Marshall 12

Salisbury 11
Cabrini 12

Cortland 12
RIT 13

A bit late, but…

Christopher Newport 11
Stevenson 8

Tufts 20
St. John Fisher 13

Colorado College 15
Centre 11

Lynchburg 18
Stevens 12

York 12
Franklin and Marshall 8

Salisbury 15
Cabrini 7

RIT 16
Cortland 9

3-2 stevenson with 1:00 to go in 2nd q

To no one’s surprise, a track meet has broken out in Rochester, NY.

Good game in Lancaster, teams fairly evenly matched so far- we’ll see if that trend continues. York goalie playing very well, must have 9 or 10 saves, 3 of which were point blank.

I would like to have seen Endicott and CNU have at it. It was a missed opportunity for the Gulls from what I’m seeing today.

CNU played a great defensive game today against Stevenson at Stevenson. 10-5 win, moves to the Quarter Finals. Hannway 9 saves in the 2nd half. Possible 3rd game against Lynchburg.

Great game in Lancaster, unfortunately a weather delay has stopped things for a while. Really disappointing because this is as good of a game as I’ve seen this season. Hopefully the back and forth action continues on restart.

Honestly Mother Nature is doing us a solid right now, breaking up the games even though the NCAA didn't.

CTlaxer12 wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 3:28 pm Great game in Lancaster, unfortunately a weather delay has stopped things for a while. Really disappointing because this is as good of a game as I’ve seen this season. Hopefully the back and forth action continues on restart.

Thanks for the update, went on the Twitter accounts from both schools since it seemed like the live stats had been stuck at 3:29 for forever and saw nothing so wondering what the deal was.

5/22/2021- Illinois Wesleyan v Salisbury
5/22/2021- Colorado College v RIT
5/22/2021- Christopher Newport v Lynchburg
5/22/2021- Tufts v York

Tufts over SJF 19-15. Great fight by SJF; down 18-12 with 4:21 to go and scored three unanswered in about a minute and a half. Joe Theuer’s back-to-back EMO saves at 1:45 were as clutch as almost any you’ll see, crazy sequence.