Official 2011 Lacrosse Thread

[bandl]

Lacrosse is le gay. Just ask George Carlin.

I value Carlin's opinion on lacrosse just about as much as I value SH's opinion on the Sirens.

[andy7171]

C'mon 89. It's just a silly computer rating, not a poll.

In lacrosse the computers are 100% accurate.

I like how it defaults to alphabetical order for those who have started.

[andy7171]

Lacrosse is le gay. Just ask George Carlin.

I value Carlin's opinion on lacrosse just about as much as I value SH's opinion on the Sirens.

I've heard reports of how the Sirens dominate NFL teams. The Sacred City should not be taken lightly, despite the manure spread by The Bee.

[andy7171]

Hopkins gets home-cooking regardless of where they play. Two goals negated. Towson loses 10-6.



Who's happier in this picture? The player or the ref?

[89Hen]

Hopkins gets home-cooking regardless of where they play. Two goals negated. Towson loses 10-6.



Who's happier in this picture? The player or the ref?

That's one of the best sports pictures I've ever seen.

Hens barely get by Marist... not holding out much hope against Hopkins tomorrow.

[clenz]

The three time defending MCLA National Champions (10 times CCLA champions since 1999, every year but 04 and 06) and number 1 ranked Michigan Wolverines opened their season with a 26-6 thrashing of Florida.


Michigan does not compete in the NCAA league for lacrosse. They compete in the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA). The MCLA is a national organization of non-NCAA, college lacrosse programs. The MCLA currently operates in the US and Canada with 213 teams in two divisions, across ten conferences


The current MCLA top 23 looks like this (they only do 23 teams for some reason)
1. Michigan
2. Arizona State
3. Chapman
4. Colorado
5. Colorado State
6. BYU
7. Michigan StateUP1
8. Simon FraserUP1
9. Minn-DuluthDOWN 1
10. Cal PolyUP 3
11. Boston CollegeUP 1
12. UC Santa BarbaraDOWN 1
13. FloridaUP 1
14. Florida StateUP 1
15. Loyola MarymountUP 1
16. Virginia TechUP 1
17. TexasUP 1
18. IllinoisUP 1
19. CaliforniaNR
20. Texas StateNR
21. Sonoma State-
22. New Hampshire-
23. Lindenwood

The division 2 poll
1. St. Thomas-
2. Dayton-
3. Davenport-
4. Utah Valley-
5. Grand Valley State-
6. Westminster-
7. St. Johns-
8 Grove City-
9. Elon-
10. Western Oregon-
11 Kennesaw State-
12 SCADUP 1
13 Cal State FullertonDOWN 1
14 Briarcliffe-
15 Tennessee Wesleyan-
16 Missouri State-
17 Northern Colorado-
18 Hope-
19 Missouri Baptist-
20Sam Houston State-
21 Indiana Tech-
22 Biola-
23 Saint Marys

[93henfan]

Hens barely get by Marist... not holding out much hope against Hopkins tomorrow.

From reading the game story, it sounds like the Hens dominated Marist from the start and then put it on cruise. Not sure how much a factor the gail-force winds were either.

We'll probably keep it close for three quarters against Hopkins and then their talent will squash us, sort of like in the 07 Final Four.

I thought about going up there tomorrow night but I see the forecast of gametime temps in the 20s and WC in the teens. No thanks, especially with the free video on UD's site.

[CatMom]

That poll sucks just like every other poll. TXST was one of the top 16 last year (won TX league and went to nationals) and beat Texas twice to get there. So far 3-0 and we get ranked below them? What a crock.

[andy7171]

Hens lose to the BlueGays, 18-5.
It was on the radio as I was driving home. 3 stalling callson Delaware. SMFH. Hopkins held the ball for 5 minutes at the beginning of the 4th quarter against Towson. Both assistant refs stood staring at the head ref for 3mintues. No call. NCAAlax is a fucking joke when JHU is on the field.

[93henfan]

Hens lose to the BlueGays, 18-5.
It was on the radio as I was driving home. 3 stalling callson Delaware. SMFH. Hopkins held the ball for 5 minutes at the beginning of the 4th quarter against Towson. Both assistant refs stood staring at the head ref for 3mintues. No call. NCAAlax is a fucking joke when JHU is on the field.

18-5. I don't think the refs made the difference.

[CatMom]

The three time defending MCLA National Champions (10 times CCLA champions since 1999, every year but 04 and 06) and number 1 ranked Michigan Wolverines opened their season with a 26-6 thrashing of Florida.


Michigan does not compete in the NCAA league for lacrosse. They compete in the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA). The MCLA is a national organization of non-NCAA, college lacrosse programs. The MCLA currently operates in the US and Canada with 213 teams in two divisions, across ten conferences

Having won the LSA (Lone Star Alliance) last year we got seeded 16th at Nationals and got taken to the woodshed by Michigan in round 1

We have Florida @ home on March 7. They just dropped from 13 to 18, we are now 17th. Will be a good test, I think. After that we have our California swing vs. #10 Cal Poly, Claremont and # 21 Loyola Marymount

(UT is still ahead of us )

Newest MCLA Poll

• 1 Michigan
  2 Arizona State
  3 Chapman
  4 Colorado
  5 Colorado State
  6 BYU
  7 Michigan State
  8 Simon Fraser
  9 Minn-Duluth
  10 Cal Poly
  11 Boston College
  12 UC Santa Barbara
  13 Florida State
  14 Virginia Tech
  15 Texas
  16 Illinois
  17 Texas State
  18 Florida
  19 Sonoma State
  20 Santa Clara
  21 Loyola Marymount
  22 New Hampshire
  23 Lindenwood

[bluehenbillk]

Hens lose to the BlueGays, 18-5.
It was on the radio as I was driving home. 3 stalling callson Delaware. SMFH. Hopkins held the ball for 5 minutes at the beginning of the 4th quarter against Towson. Both assistant refs stood staring at the head ref for 3mintues. No call. NCAAlax is a **** joke when JHU is on the field.

18-5. I don't think the refs made the difference.

Nope - UD got their butts whooped last night. Team has a ways to go to challenge in the CAA from here.

[Seawolf97]

Big game at StonyBrook tomorrow as #1 Virginia visits # 5 StonyBrook in a rematch of last years NCAA Qusrter Finals . Possible sellout crowd expected and clear but cold skys -temps in the 40'2.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook lost a thriller today in OT to #1 Virginia. Final UVA 11 SBU 10 in the final 44 seconds of OT. Great game !

[Col Hogan]

The #11 UMass men's lacrosse team moved to 3-0 with a solid 11-9 win over #13 Ohio State on Saturday at Garber Field. Four different Minutemen scored two goals including freshman Connor Mooney, who scored the first two goals of his career in the final five minutes to seal the win

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Next up is Brown on March 5th...

[93henfan]

Delaware moves to 4-1 with an overtime win over Bellarmine.

I had to luck up what tf Bellarmine was. Apparently it's a Catholic joint out of Louisville, KY.

[andy7171]

Towson lost to Loyola 3-2, WTF? Score at halftime was 1-1. I've never heard of such a low scoring game.

[89Hen]

an overtime win over Bellarmine

[93henfan]

an overtime win over Bellarmine

I caught a little bit of the game on the intarweb. We stormed out to a big early lead (6-2 IIRC) and then got complacent.

Our defense is going to kill us. Pretty mediocre team this year. Not a CAA challenger, IMHO.

[GannonFan]

I caught a little bit of the game on the intarweb. We stormed out to a big early lead (6-2 IIRC) and then got complacent.

Our defense is going to kill us. Pretty mediocre team this year. Not a CAA challenger, IMHO.

We'll see - still almost 4 weeks until the CAA season starts in earnest. Granted, the Hens have looked lackluster so far, but at least it's a 4-1 lackluster start. Still too early to bail on this team - basically preseason right now.

[93henfan]

I caught a little bit of the game on the intarweb. We stormed out to a big early lead (6-2 IIRC) and then got complacent.

Our defense is going to kill us. Pretty mediocre team this year. Not a CAA challenger, IMHO.

We'll see - still almost 4 weeks until the CAA season starts in earnest. Granted, the Hens have looked lackluster so far, but at least it's a 4-1 lackluster start. Still too early to bail on this team - basically preseason right now.

I guess they could be CAA competitive, but they clearly aren't playoff contenders as evidenced by the JHU shellacking. 4-1 versus JHU and the little sisters of the poor is about right. March will be a good barometer (@danefan u, @ stony b, hofstra, and Andy U). Those teams are all closer to our level than anyone we've played yet.

[andy7171]

We'll see - still almost 4 weeks until the CAA season starts in earnest. Granted, the Hens have looked lackluster so far, but at least it's a 4-1 lackluster start. Still too early to bail on this team - basically preseason right now.

I guess they could be CAA competitive, but they clearly aren't playoff contenders as evidenced by the JHU shellacking. 4-1 versus JHU and the little sisters of the poor is about right. March will be a good barometer (@danefan u, @ stony b, hofstra, and Andy U). Those teams are all closer to our level than anyone we've played yet.

Hofstra just beat Princeton. I think they are the team to win the CAA this year..

[GannonFan]

We'll see - still almost 4 weeks until the CAA season starts in earnest. Granted, the Hens have looked lackluster so far, but at least it's a 4-1 lackluster start. Still too early to bail on this team - basically preseason right now.

I guess they could be CAA competitive, but they clearly aren't playoff contenders as evidenced by the JHU shellacking. 4-1 versus JHU and the little sisters of the poor is about right. March will be a good barometer (@danefan u, @ stony b, hofstra, and Andy U). Those teams are all closer to our level than anyone we've played yet.

So it's just the one bad game against Hopkins, a top 10 team that we've never beaten before, even in our good years, that has you convinced we have no shot at the CAA title? Like you said, there are plenty of games coming up that will probably be much better barometers of what kind of team we have. JHU was just one game - plenty more to come and the CAA season itself is still far off in the distance.

[89Hen]

So it's just the one bad game against Hopkins

I would put needing OT to beat Bellarmine on that list.

[Franks Tanks]

Bellarmine is D-II, but has D-I Lacrosse. It looks like their Lacrosse program started in 2004 so how did they get away with being D-I?

I thought schools like Hopkins and Hobart were allowed to play D-I lax and all other sports at a different level because they were grandfathered years ago.