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[QUOTE="ivorytower, post: 4177278, member: 6888"]
Defenders are going to get scored upon by talented offensive players even when their d is good. Donville backhanded shot was close to indefensible for a shorter player. Grass is always greener on the other side here at Syracusefan.   Dordevic posted five and it wasn't agaisnt anyone crappy .I look at quality of overall defensive play rather than any boxscore n consider context of opponent, responsibility of coaches to avoid mismatches in size, speed or talent. What bugs most is the fock ups where one simply loses  their assignment land wanders to another covered leaving another wide open  Thought we defended ,slid ,hedged  n recovered fairly well agaisnt a offense that can slice you up on dodges and kick outs to cutters . Biggest issue on Sunday was number of times d was unsettled which allowed skip passes and created opportunity for their outside shooters  . Maryland  moved ball upfield too often and easily with single twenty yards passes to space. Some came off turnovers up top, some happened  when on/off switches were being made with us trailing. Maryland is a very good team as is UVA . Their hybrid attack is another huge challenge.  Not going to beat them scoring just ten goals . Competitiveness was encouraging but  improvement remains to be made on both sides
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