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[QUOTE="SnazzyLunch, post: 5766664, member: 9837"]
This got me thinking about the Harvard, UNC, and Notre Dame losses. What is similar offensively between those 3 teams. Athletic midfielders who can run by their guy. What is our biggest weakness on defense? I'd probably say teams that can make out SSDMs uncomfortable. Even the Duke game they put up 15 on us. If their goalie was able to make more than what felt like 2 saves in the first half, we probably lose that one.

I was looking at our efficiencies to see if there is a trend. Defensively speaking, Cuse is consistently okay but not great against top flight offenses but that kind of comes with the territory against good teams.

What really sticks out is OUR offensive efficiency in the second and fourth quarters. The fourth quarter will always be a drop off as the game slows down, players are tired mentally and physically, etc. The second quarter is real red flag.

The two ways I can see it is:
1.) Our conditioning is bad and we run out of steam super early get a second wind in the third then die completely. Or like you said maybe there is just some level of burnout mentally once the adrenaline wears off.
2.) Teams are adjusting on defense and we cannot make counter adjustments quick enough. We come out strong in the first, they make second quarter adjustments. We come out again with some success in the third, they make 4th quarter adjustment and slam the door.
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