C2C & NJAC = Coastal Lacrosse Conference 2023

[laxdad1434]

CLC Semifinals

Salisbury 23-7 over Montclair
CNU 21-14 over Kean in a very competitive game.

[SpartanLaxFanatic]

CLC Semifinals

Salisbury 23-7 over Montclair
CNU 21-14 over Kean in a very competitive game.

Don't call a 7 goal game, a "very competitive game" ever again.

[laxdad1434]

CLC Semifinals

Salisbury 23-7 over Montclair
CNU 21-14 over Kean in a very competitive game.

Don't call a 7 goal game, a "very competitive game" ever again.

[Oaklax]

CLC Semifinals

Salisbury 23-7 over Montclair
CNU 21-14 over Kean in a very competitive game.

Competitive in the 2nd Quarter when Kean went on a run to make it 7-6, down by 1. . But CNU kept control of the game. Kean was running on momentum from their win over Stockton for sure.

Would love to see CNU win a championship for once. As Salisbury has won it every year since joining the conference with CNU. CNU needs to play like they did vs RIT early in the season to have a chance.

[YCOLaxFanSU]

It is true that Salisbury has won it every year but the way the current conference is made up it is only 3 years old. When the CAC ended they usually played York for the championship at the end. If tradition holds for Salisbury, CNU probably WILL win the game tomorrow(Hope Not!). Looking back the last 15 years or so, Salisbury either loses to the other top team in the conference (St. Mary's, Stevenson, York, CNU) in the regular season game and the beats them in the conference championship or vice versa (2016-beats York in the Regular Season by like 15 goals then loses to them by 1 in the CAC Championship.)

[laxdad1434]

CLC Semifinals

Salisbury 23-7 over Montclair
CNU 21-14 over Kean in a very competitive game.

Competitive in the 2nd Quarter when Kean went on a run to make it 7-6, down by 1. . But CNU kept control of the game. Kean was running on momentum from their win over Stockton for sure.

Would love to see CNU win a championship for once. As Salisbury has won it every year since joining the conference with CNU. CNU needs to play like they did vs RIT early in the season to have a chance.

When Kean cut it to 7-6 with 3 straight goals they were feeling it. They got hit with a horrible cross check penalty that stopped any momentum they had. Credit to the ref for coming over to the Kean sideline to admit he mixed up the teams and it should have gone the other way, damage was already done. No doubt CNU is a better, deeper team, congrats on the win.

As far as tomorrow’s game, Salisbury by 5. Jude Brown will be the difference.

[Oaklax]

UMW plays a good Catholic team to a couple of goals. Does this make a top-heavy conference more balanced? With the way their schedule is set up they will certainly be prepared for conference play.

I think the answer to that will become a lot more clear on March 4th when Catholic plays CNU. Depending on that result it should start to paint a pretty clear picture of where UMW compares to CNU.

Watched a bit of the game and thought UMW showed a lot of fight. The score got to 10-4 and would have been easy for UMW to drag a bit but fought back to make it 11 and made an exciting end of the game. Definitely looked like mid February but good to see the fight out of the Eagles.

You’re right, forgot about CAC with York. I believe they won it 1 time or 2 times vs Salisbury. The reverse could play out this year as last year CNU won in regular season and lost in championship. I hope to see a good game, down to the wire. Typically we have been seeing blow outs in these games one winning by a lot.

[Jknows]

It is true that Salisbury has won it every year but the way the current conference is made up it is only 3 years old. When the CAC ended they usually played York for the championship at the end. If tradition holds for Salisbury, CNU probably WILL win the game tomorrow(Hope Not!). Looking back the last 15 years or so, Salisbury either loses to the other top team in the conference (St. Mary's, Stevenson, York, CNU) in the regular season game and the beats them in the conference championship or vice versa (2016-beats York in the Regular Season by like 15 goals then loses to them by 1 in the CAC Championship.)

Believe Salisbury only lost to St. Mary’s one time (2009). That was the same season where Stevenson snapped Salisbury’s conference win streak dating back to 1995.

Otherwise Salisbury has won every CAC/C2C/CLC conference championship with the exceptions of 2010 (Stevenson), 2013 (Stevenson) and 2016 (YCP).

2009 began the era where Stevenson and Salisbury traded wins (sometimes three games in a season) then York took that once Stevenson left for the MAC, and CNU has held that role since York departed.

[YCOLaxFanSU]

Otherwise Salisbury has won every CAC/C2C/CLC conference championship with the exceptions of 2010 (Stevenson), 2013 (Stevenson) and 2016 (YCP).

They lost those games (2013 to St. Mary's) after beating those teams in the regular season. They won the Conference Championships in 2009, 2011, 2018, 2019, 2022 after losing to those teams in the regular season.

So what I'm saying is, they have a habit of splitting the 2 games.

[aroundtheoutside]

Specialists will be the deciding factor in this one. Both teams have high-powered offenses. CNU's defense has shown that they just can't hold up against a good offense when they're losing or even just splitting possession time. If Cabaniss can win 60%+ then CNU has a real shot, but he's been streaky the second half of the season. Also CNU seems to have a monkey on their back playing at SU, so I think they'll need a big game from Hanway in goal. He played great again Kean and if he can steal a few early saves and hold off the initial Sea Gull onslaught in the first quarter, we may have a good game on our hands. It is interesting how often these two teams, despite both being consistently top 5 in the country, tend to blow eachother out. An OT bout between these two would be a big treat!

[YCOLaxFanSU]

If Cabaniss can win 60%+ then CNU has a real shot, but he's been streaky the second half of the season. Also CNU seems to have a monkey on their back playing at SU, so I think they'll need a big game from Hanway in goal. He played great again Kean and if he can steal a few early saves and hold off the initial Sea Gull onslaught in the first quarter, we may have a good game on our hands.

Hanway has 10 saves and CNU is 4-5 at Faceoff. Going well for CNU.

[Oaklax]

Hanway is having the best half of his career. Amazing saves keeping CNU in this game. CNU Offense is not clicking and turning the ball over a ton. SU shots are just being eaten up by Hanway. CNU SSDM are also not controlling the ball as well. Amazing game so far.

Refs are missing a ton of calls.

[aroundtheoutside]

Haven't seen the CNU defense so dialed in all year. Gotta wonder how long til Ferrara and the others crack the code. CNU has also looked stagnant in settled offense, with far fewer opportunities. Normally transition offense is a big strength of theirs but SU is doing a great job getting back and limiting opportunities. This is the war we've been looking for!

[laxdad1434]

Knock Knock...who's there? Jude Brown...turd!

[Hacker]

How do some of these kids get 6 years? I understand COVID year and not blaming the kids but not sure where the 6th year comes from when the kids have played the entire time, seems like NCAA is too lenient. Good for the kids I suppose but definately hurts some of the smaller more restrictive programs

[aroundtheoutside]

SU has the formula to stop CNU in their tracks, and now it's on tape twice for any NCAA opponent to learn from. Shut off Cook, limit transition opportunities, and the Captains have no way to create. SU vs. Tufts will be an epic Natty game!

[YCOLaxFanSU]

If tradition holds for Salisbury, CNU probably WILL win the game tomorrow.

Glad to be wrong!

[laxdad1434]

CLC Semifinals

Salisbury 23-7 over Montclair
CNU 21-14 over Kean in a very competitive game.

Competitive in the 2nd Quarter when Kean went on a run to make it 7-6, down by 1. . But CNU kept control of the game. Kean was running on momentum from their win over Stockton for sure.

Would love to see CNU win a championship for once. As Salisbury has won it every year since joining the conference with CNU. CNU needs to play like they did vs RIT early in the season to have a chance.

When Kean cut it to 7-6 with 3 straight goals they were feeling it. They got hit with a horrible cross check penalty that stopped any momentum they had. Credit to the ref for coming over to the Kean sideline to admit he mixed up the teams and it should have gone the other way, damage was already done. No doubt CNU is a better, deeper team, congrats on the win.

As far as tomorrow’s game, Salisbury by 5. Jude Brown will be the difference.

Just sayin...

[Oaklax]

Tough to beat a great SU team on their home field. Record number of turnovers for the captains today. Offense never got going. Amazing first half, but fell apart at the end. SU 40 game winning streak at home. Maybe see each other again in the tourney.

[Laxguy703]

SU has the formula to stop CNU in their tracks, and now it's on tape twice for any NCAA opponent to learn from. Shut off Cook, limit transition opportunities, and the Captains have no way to create. SU vs. Tufts will be an epic Natty game!

Shutting off cook isn’t the only key to the formula. Many teams have tried and they still score a bunch of goals. The reason Salisbury dominates the Captains O is because they have the guys to stop the other 4 60+ point scorers. Most teams don’t have that.