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Message: [QUOTE="ivorytower, post: 2939812, member: 6888"] I wouldn't change much as I thought our m2m D by all was good and required few slides beyond a down defender sliding quicker to Krauss when he ran past his defender from upfield to score unimpeded before 1q buzzer. On that play, someone faster has to be playing Krauss if he starts from up top. D was again aggressive and physical coverage was just fine but a few mental mistakes cost . Krausss goal on dive outside crease couldn't have been defended better. Gave up a few goals right in front of circle due to mental mistake of ball watching ( another goddamn buzzer beater which deflates good mo, gotta keep awake! ) , a few goals were the result of being man down nine freeking times ( includes down two men a few times) our man down unit fought off seven but bs reffing had our defense onfield too long especially in fourth when we were penalized several times. . There were several UVA goals around crease, the dives by Krauss and Aiken were defended well by poles and didn't require help. UVA talked about inversions that resulted in some other goals outside crease but even those were covered fairly well by short sticks. Maybe crease defender has to come but UVA spaces well and slides there would likely have left Laviano or someone else wide open. Saw it earlier when top sunk in low to help and Conrad was wide open. A few highly questionable push calls didn't help. Our goalie play has been very good but believe some crease shots could have been approached at better angles and believe they will be given the learning experience. As far as piks, you had the one mentioned by Desko but another was cd on Krauss being screened down by Conners , the lsm running on field correctly picked up Krauss coming upfield off pass but cd didn't stay with screener. Another mental mistake that will be addressed in film. . Getting piked was a problem last year but we have improved. Not sure why we dont incorporate some of those basic principles into our offense but we have seen it with Refhus to Voigt. JHU is facing a better D, last year we had major issues with ssdm getting beat constantly resulting in many slides ,both early and late , that left others open. The ssdm play is much improved as they have gained experience and familiarity and has not required the same help. Have reversed from a weakness to perhaps a strength. Eliminate some mental mistakes and poor reffing Encouraged by play even in loss. JHU is a good team but so is Cuse , expect another tight game [/QUOTE]

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