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Re: SB Lacrosse 2018 Season
DIR By: Hammertime
Date: April 7, 2018, 6:43 am
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> Told you...even Drago bleeds. UMBC takes down Albany. Any
given Sunday
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Unreal.. If SB had a real face off guy they could have beat UA
also..
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Re: SB Lacrosse 2018 Season
DIR By: guest152
Date: April 7, 2018, 3:01 pm
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Tough day down at Princeton.
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Re: SB Lacrosse 2018 Season
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: April 9, 2018, 11:43 am
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Re: SB Lacrosse 2018 Season
DIR By: laxfan42
Date: April 9, 2018, 5:05 pm
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Princeton highlight video looked rough. They have some talented
players. Great OOC game because it means nothing. Huge game
Saturday, Vermont is #16 in the nation. Great day for a home
game and conference victory. A win on Saturday will show how
good this team is, need a great effort and some ground balls.
Let's go seawolves
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Re: SB Lacrosse 2018 Season
DIR By: ry1nik
Date: April 9, 2018, 7:04 pm
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--- Quote from: laxfan42 link ---
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> Princeton highlight video looked rough. They have some
talented players. Great OOC game because it means nothing. Huge
game Saturday, Vermont is #16 in the nation. Great day for a
home game and conference victory. A win on Saturday will show
how good this team is, need a great effort and some ground
balls. Let's go seawolves
>
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Vermont has one win over a team with a winning record. Their
ranking means little.
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Re: SB Lacrosse 2018 Season
DIR By: laxfan42
Date: April 9, 2018, 8:13 pm
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> [quote author=laxfan42 link=topic=620.msg22231#msg22231
date=1523311539]
> Princeton highlight video looked rough. They have some
talented players. Great OOC game because it means nothing. Huge
game Saturday, Vermont is #16 in the nation. Great day for a
home game and conference victory. A win on Saturday will show
how good this team is, need a great effort and some ground
balls. Let's go seawolves
>
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Vermont has one win over a team with a winning record. Their
ranking means little.
[/quote]
ok then....I am not the one who votes but they are in the top
20. Either way, SB needs the confrence win and they only lost 1
game
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Re: SB Lacrosse 2018 Season
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: April 10, 2018, 9:02 am
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a few thoughts from a non-coach...
topside. i know we are missing a starter but our poles need to
close the gate on the GLE. basic 101. the inside roll is a
much lower angle shot and harder to feed.
princeton inverted often. we zoned but we left mids open
creating inside shots, backside feeds. they're very shifty and
picked off and created mismatches (o'leary on sowers). we got
inside rolled and sometimes slides came, sometimes not.
when we jumbo, we absolutely have to press the gloves (while our
mid recovers to the crease). if you dont, you've given them a
free pass to an open backside mid.
a few draws we won, we couldnt pick up the GB. that's a FOGO's
entire existence, so we need to fix this. even one of the
parents shouted "faceoffs win games" during a lull.
there was even a moment (two in fact) where our mid didnt even
chase an open GB, or get off the field quickly when time was of
the essence. so i question the desire.
trail checks. have plagued this program for 15 years. even
happened to the 2010 team. saturday wasnt even that bad! (maybe
one or two)
our slap checks are getting dangerously close to slashing. the
refs let both teams play and called very little (3 total flags).
this was a physical game and we responded in kind, so intensity
was good.
we had too many unforced errors (throwing the ball away) for
this stage in the season. princeton was much more efficient (i
think only 5 TOs).
this team has 9-10 able bodies on offense. and usually white
doesnt get a touch until the second quarter. to me it seems
white is a threat on the wing dodge, and he scores it nearly
half the time he gets a clean shot.
on that note, if we are going to shoot into the goalie's stick,
then let's at least bounce it, shoot off screen, get him off the
pipe, etc.
which brings me to long poles on offense. saturday there was
one set where we had two out there. and i dont think i've seen
one take an outside shot (and score). maybe i missed it.
i understand we like the outside shot, however, maybe we should
pull our poles off and get on some of those mids, get them into
a rhythm by the first quarter, not the third. id rather see
CVG, pickel, or white shoot than a pole.
anyone notice we seem to down 3-0 in nearly every game? when
you cant win draws, it's a recipe for disaster; there's no
catching up. and yet this team has pulled through and won 4
games.
weak hands. if our shorts cannot use the off hand, we wheel the
ball around for 90 seconds until we throw it away. teams know
this by now, with all the film out there.
getting hung on the crease. it happens, but it happens a lot to
us. it's not really bad but it costs time. lot's of it (in
games where we fall behind). i havent seen a slide off the
crease or a goalie double.
urgency. down 7 goals in the fourth, we didnt seem to have any
urgency to dodge, isolate, pick, go to the cage, etc. i've seen
this a few times. i suppose the UVa game we rallied.
man up defense. down a few goals, we let them hold the ball for
over a minute and didnt pursue the riskless double team. in
fact, princeton did the opposite- pressed us out to the
perimeter, and that was even strength, not man up.
i dont know if the staff lost the players, or the players lost
the staff, or both. but we came out of the locker room at half
lifeless and it showed. no pep.
otherwise, EMO was good, clearing, SOG%, etc. GO SB
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Re: SB Lacrosse 2018 Season
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: April 10, 2018, 4:26 pm
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HTML http://www.sbstatesman.com/2018/04/08/mens-lacrosse-suffers-16-8-loss-to-princeton/
HTML http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2018/04/mens-lax-dominates-stony-brook-now-seeks-first-road-win-against-siena
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> Entering the game, the Tigers were 66th of 69 teams in
Division I in clearing, but went 14 for 14 on Saturday. In
addition, having struggled from the face-off X all season,
senior midfielder Sam Bonafede turned it around and went 18 of
27 and had 13 ground balls, a game high for Princeton this
season.
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HTML https://www.newsday.com/sports/college/stony-brook/stony-brook-men-s-lax-can-t-hang-in-there-with-princeton-1.17913359
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> Princeton outshot Stony Brook 41-28 and controlled possession
throughout the game, winning 18 of 27 faceoffs and picking up 32
ground balls to Stony Brook’s 23.
> Michael Sowers had four goals and five assists and Chris Brown
and Austin Sims each had four goals for the Tigers, who opened a
6-2 lead after the first quarter and extended that to 10-3 at
halftime.
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Re: SB Lacrosse 2018 Season
DIR By: ry1nik
Date: April 10, 2018, 6:11 pm
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>
HTML http://www.sbstatesman.com/2018/04/08/mens-lacrosse-suffers-16-8-loss-to-princeton/
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>
>
HTML http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2018/04/mens-lax-dominates-stony-brook-now-seeks-first-road-win-against-siena
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> [quote]Entering the game, the Tigers were 66th of 69 teams in
Division I in clearing, but went 14 for 14 on Saturday. In
addition, having struggled from the face-off X all season,
senior midfielder Sam Bonafede turned it around and went 18 of
27 and had 13 ground balls, a game high for Princeton this
season.
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HTML https://www.newsday.com/sports/college/stony-brook/stony-brook-men-s-lax-can-t-hang-in-there-with-princeton-1.17913359
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> Princeton outshot Stony Brook 41-28 and controlled possession
throughout the game, winning 18 of 27 faceoffs and picking up 32
ground balls to Stony Brook’s 23.
> Michael Sowers had four goals and five assists and Chris Brown
and Austin Sims each had four goals for the Tigers, who opened a
6-2 lead after the first quarter and extended that to 10-3 at
halftime.
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[/quote]
In other words, the team is mediocre despite excellent
facilities, good school rep, and being situated in a lacrosse
hotbed. Things will change when the coaches change.
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Re: SB Lacrosse 2018 Season
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: April 11, 2018, 5:03 pm
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well since we clearly have faceoff woes (80/183 for .304%), we
are #71 of 71 (dead last and it's not close), i thought to look
to next year to stay positive.
we have five players coming in who have taken faceoffs before
(deskewicz, walsh, harrell, mcmahon, miele), with two (deskewicz
and harrell) being what one normally considers a specialist,
maybe miele (dont know enough).
deskewicz video:
HTML http://www.ncsasports.org/mens-lacrosse-recruiting/new-york/ballston-spa/ballston-spa-high-school/austin-deskewicz
harrell video:
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=129&v=OV0Ees3xzxQ
so there's some promise there.
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