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[QUOTE="DoctahLexus, post: 5763994, member: 6798"]
My guess would be Dwan on Yago since he is kind of a tank. And Figgy on Miller since he is super speedy. I am pretty confident we can minimize the damage from their attack. Main worry is definitely their speedy midfielders. Chuck K may be slightly insane (see the GTown hit) but he is having an excellent year shutting down faster midfielders 1v1. I worry more about our LSMs after him as well as Beck, if they get a faster matchup. There are a lot of intimidating quick dodgers on the ND middie lines, but despite that the offense has struggled to put up big numbers, even against some not that great defenses like Michigan and UVA. I think the middies are strong but the relatively weak attack this year holds them back a bit.

I had ND pretty far down the top 10 in the preseason. I am surprised how well their ssdms have held up against some of these teams. UNC goes as Duffy and Petro go, so holding them to 5 goals is not that surprising considering how well they did in those matchups, but I am still shocked all those fast middies were not able to create more opportunities. They seemingly recovered in a big way from losing Ramsey and a couple other guys. Still feel like we should be able to challenge those matchups and create looks similar to last season. Guys like Hottle and McIntee need to draw slides or finish their shots off the dodge if they get a short stick. Should be a good one!
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