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[QUOTE="Powellfan, post: 4673309, member: 4819"]
Nice article, certainly good to get coverage of the Orange in the offseason.  The author lists Connor Beals of Mount St. Mary's, Mathew Gunty of Brown and Mathew DeSouza as the top three guys in the portal right now. I think Gunty is certainly in a class by himself given the league he's in and his consistency. I'd be really shocked if he doesn't end up at UVA though.

Beals has an impressive winning percentage this year at 65%, but he has not faced very stiff competition. The only two playoff teams they faced were Marist and Delaware (though he finished with a winning percentage against both teams). Last year he was only at 47% and he's already on his third school (community college, Canisius, then MSM).  Not saying Syracuse should avoid him, I'd just be a bit worried in the step up in competition.

We've talked about DeSouza, he does seem like one to watch, 62% this year and above 50% the previous two years as well.  He got the better of Sisseleberger as well this year, going 9-16.  Only finsiehdd under 50%, twice, against Lafayette and UMBC (in fairness he went 10-23).  The only thing is that it looks like he split his draws with a teammate most of the season - can he handle a full time job? He took 222 face-offs compared to the 325 that Gunty took.

Also curious if Dartmouth's Mitchel Myers enters the portal - he finished at 56% this year. He's a senior but has only played in 2022 and 2023.

Anyways, hopeful they get the guy who has been rumored as he's a very good player. Still good to keep track of what else is out there.
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