Looking at Michigan's results of losing 14-9 vs Harvard and 12-7 vs ND, leads to a bit of a feeling that Michigan's weak early schedule didn't prepare them well for playing tough defenses.13-12 Cornell over Yale final
12-7 Notre Dame over Michigan final
11-10 Lehigh over Army final
16-6 Georgetown over Utah final
10-7 Binghamton over Albany in the third (!!!)
great to have the Ivies back. But for Dartmouth, they seem the best league. Tigers v Penn was a fun game to watch. Glad my alma mater on the map again.Switching over to the Cuse game but this Penn-Princeton game might be first to 30. 17–16 with 14 mins left.
Well, I guess Maryland gets to rule the roost now, with their 23-12 shellacking of UVa.
Actually, I think it was a little closer than the final score. UVa was beginning to get back in the game with 4 straight goals going into the early 4th quarter, cutting Maryland's lead to 15-11. Maryland gets 2 goals from their defense, first Puglise and then an over half field heave from Rahill at an empty net. This seemed to take the wind from UVa's sails in trying to comeback - and Maryland finished the game on a run. Wierman's winning the face-off battle seemed like a big plus for the Terps.
Cornell is also still undefeated, although their wins haven't been quite as impressive as Maryland's.
Maryland moves into the Big Ten part of their schedule with PSU on the road next weekend and then Michigan on the road the following weekend.
Cornell isnt gonna win some of the elite games losing all the draws in multiple quarters, if they just won 40% of the draws they beat yale by 5+ the way the game was played. 25% FO is not gonna fly most of the time. Wonder if the debacle in PSU has gotten into the their FO headsWell, I guess Maryland gets to rule the roost now, with their 23-12 shellacking of UVa.
Actually, I think it was a little closer than the final score. UVa was beginning to get back in the game with 4 straight goals going into the early 4th quarter, cutting Maryland's lead to 15-11. Maryland gets 2 goals from their defense, first Puglise and then an over half field heave from Rahill at an empty net. This seemed to take the wind from UVa's sails in trying to comeback - and Maryland finished the game on a run. Wierman's winning the face-off battle seemed like a big plus for the Terps.
Cornell is also still undefeated, although their wins haven't been quite as impressive as Maryland's.
Maryland moves into the Big Ten part of their schedule with PSU on the road next weekend and then Michigan on the road the following weekend.
OyDelaware 12, Hop 10
Delaware 12, Hop 10
I know we talk endlessly about how needlessly difficult the SU schedule is, but Hopkins seems to have taken the cake. I really don’t get scheduling Delaware after playing Navy two days ago when the Blue Hens haven’t played in a week. I understand wanting to get tournament ready with a quick turnaround, but do it when your opponent is doing the same thing. They also did this earlier in the season except they scheduled Georgetown for their Sunday game when the Hoyas had a week off. Why??
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I tended to favor Hopkins as the #2 Big Ten team going into the season due to their finish last year, but I felt that the 5 teams behind UMd were relatively close and that some of them would rise up to the spot It appears at the moment that it is Rutgers and Ohio State have risen up.
When one looks at the current RPI chart Rutgers best wins are #22 Loyola, #28 Stony Brook,, and #31 Army - so Rutgers still has some work to do to make the NCAA tmt. Despite losing to Denver yesterday, OSU has a nice group of top RPI wins: #6 UNC, #8 Harvard, and #14 Notre Dame.
I don't think that Hopkins is out of the running for an at-large berth yet. They just have to turn things around big time in the Big Ten part of their season. Hopkins has wins over #22 Loyola,, #24 [name withheld]. Loyola seems to be upwardly mobile recently and will probably be in the top 20. Even if Hopkins can't beat Maryland, if they can take Rutgers and Ohio State, it could give them a nice group of top 20 RPI wins. Hopkins' RPI is still good at #16.
If Hopkins can take care of Michigan this weekend, and go up to Piscataway and upset Rutgers the following weekend. They would be 6-5, with possibly 2 top 20 RPI wins (if Loyola continues to win), a top 15 RPI themselves, and an outstanding SOS.
The Hopkins board at FanLax is a National Treasure when it comes to the online lacrosse community, particularly if you're not a Hopkins fan. The spectrum of delusion to optimism is really something else. For those of you that venture over there with any regularity are certainly familiar with what I'm talking about.