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Message: [QUOTE="DoctahLexus, post: 5017256, member: 6798"] Naso lost the faceoff battle to the guy from Richmond, who has struggled at times this year. A couple I watched Naso won the initial clamp but got bodied off the ball. Naso is not the biggest guy and we have two big strong options to go against him. They have a freshman who takes some faceoffs and has been up and down. He certainly does not look as valuable as Mullen is backing up Kohn. Hoping we can get an advantage there, even if it means using our strength to counter Naso after he wins the clamp. Duke has a strong 1-2 punch out of the midfield in Balsamo and Mcadory. Both are problems off the dodge. Question once again is if their insane middie depth will translate to serious production against top opponents. Think overall I am more scared of the starting middie line at ND. One line of elite and tough to guard guys (Faison Dobson and McLane) is scarier than a team like Duke who has about 10 very good middies. Still it feels like they have a lot of guys with the potential to go off. Think we have a lot of ssdms we are not entirely satisfied with. Would like to see us at least use the depth there so none of the weaker options are too gassed by the end. Despite our ssdm issues, I am more scared of how we do against the Zawada Oneill combo than anything with their midfield. Would feel more comfortable with Dwan on Oneill if he was just a physical dodger, but he also happens to be lightening fast, and Dwan is not. Think we may see Olexo on him since he has the size and the speed, along with some more experience. Figueras will most likely get Zawada, who is probably the most impactful/annoying transfer this season. Figueras has to prove he has the foot speed for these kind of match ups. Caccamo is a very solid 1v1 cover guy who could backup either matchup if they go south. We will see folks. As others have said, Duke has not faced an overly elite opponent this year. Freshman goalie looks solid but is still green. We had a lot of success against their defense last year. If the O does their job with enough help at the X we can win this thing. EVERYONE GO TO THE GAME I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU LIVE [/QUOTE]

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