Yale 2023

[wgdsr]

Very interesting how many early recruits Yale is looking in ... is this a change from prior years?

Three four-star Yale commits now from the Class of 23:

Peter Moynihan 2023 A The Taft School
Luke Michalik 2023 LSM Brunswick School
George Northup 2023 G The Lawrenceville School

Princeton with a good start with four four-stars and one five-star. For what the ratings are worth ...

one more guy one day less than last year (tues sep 20, 2021).

[FannOLax]

IL briefing on commits:

To start in order of ranking, Yale picked up the highest-rated goalie in program history in No. 19 Ben Friedman, a Scarsdale (N.Y.) native who plays for the Prime Time 2023's. It's a great pickup for the Bulldogs and a no-brainer. I think Friedman is right on the cusp of 5-star status, he just needs to stay on his feet more and work on his rebound control and tighten up his outlets. He'll get there with more varsity starting experience (especially the consistency piece on the clear), having been stuck behind 5-star Notre Dame freshman Thomas Ricciardelli at Taft. The next day, Yale shored up its specialist positions with a face-off commit from Philly's Wehmeyer, a three-sport varsity athlete with a lot of raw potential and athleticism at the stripe. I've always been a huge fan of wrestlers that face off, and Wehmeyer grapples for one of the best private school programs in the country, so I'd buy his stock.

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/ ... ents/60261

[Laxmaninamillion]

Nice article in New England Lacrosse Journal about Leo Johnson. Kid is a stud.

[JAFO]

Oct 16 11AM Marquette Lax at Yale per MU lax twitter.

[The Orfling]

Looks like Yale picked up another 4-star recruit yesterday (Sept. 27), LSM/D Francis Keneally out of Warwick Valley HS in New York. Highlights: https://youtu.be/SM0XJ1QSCFs

Yale also got a commitment from a Culver midfielder from Canada (Waterloo Ontario), Kyler Francis, as of today (9/28) -- not ranked by Inside lacrosse but these highlights from box lacrosse and field indicate a very physical player with some slick stickwork:

Box highlights: https://youtu.be/qsfSDMwrDhk
Field highlights: https://youtu.be/EUm-NLWAtWY

[calourie]

Anyone know if Yale is hosting any scrimmages this fall? Would love to pretend to be lost for a self-guided Tsai building tour (yea just looking for a bathroom…Oh there are porta potties outside? Must have missed them) and to huck down some Wooster st apizza.

Alumni games at Reese on Sept 30 (women's at 5 pm, men's at 7) might give you a chance to wander into Tsai. I'm hearing Oct. 15 or 16 for standard fall ball scrimmage, but don't know where or against whom.

According to the Marquette men's lacrosse website the Golden Eagles will be scrimmaging the Bulldogs in New Haven on October 16. Shay normally would have introduced the incoming new recruits by now as well as put out the roster. Also no mention of fall ball on the Yale Lacrosse twitter site. Not sure why the lack of information, but I assume things are progressing according to some kind of plan.

[calourie]

https://open.spotify.com/episode/33A8L8BVr6FnEAdIGZ4Ohn

Quint Kessnich podcast with coach Shay with an extensive discussion about this year's fall ball, and some good team insights. Worth a listen.

[flyerfan17]

https://open.spotify.com/episode/33A8L8BVr6FnEAdIGZ4Ohn

Quint Kessnich podcast with coach Shay with an extensive discussion about this year's fall ball, and some good team insights. Worth a listen.

Really good listen, not surprisingly thoughtful ideas. Like the looking for coaches that haven't had it easy, I'm sure he loves plenty of players like that too

[The Orfling]

https://open.spotify.com/episode/33A8L8BVr6FnEAdIGZ4Ohn

Quint Kessnich podcast with coach Shay with an extensive discussion about this year's fall ball, and some good team insights. Worth a listen.

Thanks for the tip, calourie, looking forward to giving it a listen when I'm next out walking the pup.

[FannOLax]

Oct 16 11AM Marquette Lax at Yale per MU lax twitter.

I understand it will be Marquette @ Yale at 10:30 followed by UMass Lowell vs Yale around 12:30.

[The Orfling]

Yale picks up another good goalie recruit -- IL 4-star Aidan Olazabal (Phillips Exeter/Team 91 MD). Per Ty Xanders he will take a gap year and come on campus with the HS 2025 class: https://twitter.com/tyxanders/status/15 ... 6ZlBIh24UQ

[Lax3]

Nice to see Yale add some depth at goalie, something that has not always been the case during this resurgence in Yale lacrosse. I would argue goalie has been the weakest part of the program up until the last two years so kudos to Shay for adding some good prospects at the position.

[10stone5]

Tony Resch - official National Lacrosse Hall of Fame induction.

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/ ... tees/60314

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Pennsylvania Lacrosse Hall of Fame --
Anthony Resch - 1998

Tony first played the game under the direction of Joe Perrott at The William Penn Charter School in the years 1978-1981. While at Penn Charter, Tony played on three Inter-Ac championship Lacrosse teams and was named to the All-Inter-Ac and All State teams in 1981. He then went on to play at Yale University where he earned Honorable Mention All-American honors in 1984 and Second Team All-American honors in 1985. He was also a three time First Team All-Ivy League selection in 1983,'84, and '85, and in both 1983 and 1985, he was Yale's most valuable player.

Tony went on to play club lacrosse for many years with the Eagle's Eye and Philadelphia MAB teams. He was a First Team All-Club player in 1987, '88, '89, '90, '91, '92, and 95 and Second Team All-Club in 1996. He won a gold medal as a member of Team USA at the 1990 World Games, becoming the first homegrown Philadelphian to compete on the USA Men's Team. He was also selected to the Vail Tourney All-Star Team in both 1988 and '89.

He played for the Philadelphia Wings of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League from 1988 to 1993, serving as team captain for three years, and was named to the Wings All-Time Team in 1996. Tony has also had a distinguished coaching career as head coach at Penn Charter from 1991 and as the coach of the Philadelphia Wings from 1994.

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Resch is also an inductee into the National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame as well as the Pennsylvania Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

[JBFortunato]

Any color from the scrimmages yesterday? I think Yale was scheduled to play Marquette, and then UMass Lowell, with Sacred Heart also in attendance.

[Lax3]

Too quiet on the Yale front ... what do the Eli followers think is required to improve a very weak defense? I am fine with the midfield, goalie, and FOGO - and more than fine with the attack - but if they cannot fix the defensive midfield and close defense areas they will be limited.

[The Orfling]

Too quiet on the Yale front ... what do the Eli followers think is required to improve a very weak defense? I am fine with the midfield, goalie, and FOGO - and more than fine with the attack - but if they cannot fix the defensive midfield and close defense areas they will be limited.

Agree that that's the big question mark area. Yale plays a fast-paced attack and takes a lot of shots (which is tons of fun) but that means plenty of pressure on the defense. Last year it seemed like teams were able to take advantage of Yale's shorties -- Yale also had youth at the LSM position -- but hoping that the ssdm position will be shored up which might remove some of the pressure on the close defense. But I've never been a great X's and O's person (as a player or youth coach) so other than to note that last year the defensive midfield seemed on their heels, I don't have a good sense of what it would take to tighten things up.

[Typical Lax Dad]

Too quiet on the Yale front ... what do the Eli followers think is required to improve a very weak defense? I am fine with the midfield, goalie, and FOGO - and more than fine with the attack - but if they cannot fix the defensive midfield and close defense areas they will be limited.

Agree that that's the big question mark area. Yale plays a fast-paced attack and takes a lot of shots (which is tons of fun) but that means plenty of pressure on the defense. Last year it seemed like teams were able to take advantage of Yale's shorties -- Yale also had youth at the LSM position -- but hoping that the ssdm position will be shored up which might remove some of the pressure on the close defense. But I've never been a great X's and O's person (as a player or youth coach) so other than to note that last year the defensive midfield seemed on their heels, I don't have a good sense of what it would take to tighten things up.

One of those Yale SSDMs has AA potential. Will see what next year brings

[The Orfling]

Too quiet on the Yale front ... what do the Eli followers think is required to improve a very weak defense? I am fine with the midfield, goalie, and FOGO - and more than fine with the attack - but if they cannot fix the defensive midfield and close defense areas they will be limited.

Agree that that's the big question mark area. Yale plays a fast-paced attack and takes a lot of shots (which is tons of fun) but that means plenty of pressure on the defense. Last year it seemed like teams were able to take advantage of Yale's shorties -- Yale also had youth at the LSM position -- but hoping that the ssdm position will be shored up which might remove some of the pressure on the close defense. But I've never been a great X's and O's person (as a player or youth coach) so other than to note that last year the defensive midfield seemed on their heels, I don't have a good sense of what it would take to tighten things up.

One of those Yale SSDMs has AA potential. Will see what next year brings

I know Hackler was playing 2-way middy last year -- or are you thinking of someone else? I don't mean to sound like I'm teeing off on the Yale defenders -- the shot clock era game is fast paced and challenging and Yale doesn't have the huge possession advantage it had with Ierlan preceded by C. Mackie.

[Typical Lax Dad]

Too quiet on the Yale front ... what do the Eli followers think is required to improve a very weak defense? I am fine with the midfield, goalie, and FOGO - and more than fine with the attack - but if they cannot fix the defensive midfield and close defense areas they will be limited.

Agree that that's the big question mark area. Yale plays a fast-paced attack and takes a lot of shots (which is tons of fun) but that means plenty of pressure on the defense. Last year it seemed like teams were able to take advantage of Yale's shorties -- Yale also had youth at the LSM position -- but hoping that the ssdm position will be shored up which might remove some of the pressure on the close defense. But I've never been a great X's and O's person (as a player or youth coach) so other than to note that last year the defensive midfield seemed on their heels, I don't have a good sense of what it would take to tighten things up.

One of those Yale SSDMs has AA potential. Will see what next year brings

I know Hackler was playing 2-way middy last year -- or are you thinking of someone else? I don't mean to sound like I'm teeing off on the Yale defenders -- the shot clock era game is fast paced and challenging and Yale doesn't have the huge possession advantage it had with Ierlan preceded by C. Mackie.

I was thinking Christian Johnson. His name came to me. He’s good. Really good. He didn’t play that position like a freshman. It’s mentally fatiguing and hard for freshman to play at a high level deep into the season. I liked him.

[calourie]

Agree with TLD on Christian Johnson. Mentioned last year that I really liked his footwork. He still got beaten some one on one last year but those moments were exacerbated by the teams slowness to slide, particularly out front. I thought Hackler improved dramatically on at both ends as a two way middie last year. I expect Yale's defensive performance to improve meaningfully this year if only because the baseline should be easy to surpass.

Yale lacrosse news has been hard to come by. I'm quite curious about the roster and remaining eligibility of many on the team whose status has been affected by the Covid interruption. I know a number players took a semester or more off to preserve their status, and perhaps we will have to wait until the beginning of the next semester to know where everyone stands. Anyway, I expect the Bulldogs to be very good and can't wait for the season to come around.