Princeton Gameday...

[UrbanaOrange]

Sorry. Not a fan of him. Quiet hater.

Not a fan either. The gibberish he spews is nonsensical bs.

 

[SUlax88-09]

OMG! What…a…game! Wow. That was so much fun to watch. What a rollercoaster of a game. Both teams played great. High level lacrosse! An instant classic. We’re back in the Final Four! Congrats to Coach Gait and the whole team.

I think we should play all of our home games on Long Island next year! If playing near their home allows Spallina and Leo to play like that, then let’s do it.

Spallina was fantastic today! Deserving of the #22 today. Congratulations to him. I’ve been very critical of his dodging since his 1st game in his freshman year. I don’t think I was wrong in the past based upon what I saw (because how many unassisted goals has he really had in his career up until today?), but I still always root for the kid, and today he definitely made me shut up! His dodging was great! If he can dodge against the top teams in the country like he did today, then that unlocks his whole game and our entire offense. His elite vision has never been a question, but past great players with elite vision (Mikey Powell, Pat Spencer, Lyle Thomson, and Steele Stanwick) all had the ability to beat their man, draw the slide, and then use their vision to find the open player. Spallina was incredible today. I’m not sure why he hasn’t done this for the past 3 seasons or why he was able to do it today, but I Really hope he can recreate what he did today.

Figueiras was Incredible today. Spallina was the MVP, but Figueiras was arguably just as dominant on the defensive end. Wow. What a defensive performance he put on. He was embodiment of HHH

McCool was Excellent today. Princeton is a fantastic offensive team, so they’re going to score, but he had some Huge saves

Leo was clutch today. Great dodging and shooting

Hiltz was SO good today. He was the best left handed shooting attackman on the field (not Mackesy)

Thomson’s shooting was great. So glad to have him back

That 6 goal run in the 3rd was So much fun to watch, and we needed every one of those goals because that 5 goal lead evaporated in what felt like a second

Mullen fought hard. Props to Princeton for winning the face off battle (I definitely didn’t see that coming; we had so many false starts though), but Mullen’s face off win at the end of the 1st half was Huge, his goal was great (he almost had another one), and he was clutch in that 3rd quarter 6 goal run

Anderson is SO good. We need to get him more touches. If teams play us like today in which they don’t slide to help, like at all!, then we need players like him that win a 1v1 matchup

I loved all of the pick plays we did today on offense!! It seemed like we picked on the majority of our dodges. We’re not a great 1v1 dodging team, so why not help out our dodgers with a pick. Great coaching decision.

Good man-up play again, too. Go Coach Gait and our box players!

Hate to bring any negatives, but:
-Ochoa was really bad today. Rice and Jake Spallina got beat, too, and all SSDMs will get beat, especially because most teams (especially Princeton today) have a game plan of attacking the SSDMs, but Ochoa looked like the ‘weakest link’ today
-Dwan struggled off ball (he was late to slide or lost his man multiple times today) and he dropped 2 easy passes leading to turnovers/failed clears
-our zone defense was awful, so please just stay in man-to-man
-Rhoa struggled again, and arguably hurt us more then he helped us today (but after his great shooting saved us against Harvard, I guess it’s ok)
-Those 5 4th quarter shots off the pole were SO unlucky! That was ridiculous. 5!!

Regardless, Final Four here we come!!

 

[FloridaCuse]

Not a fan either. The gibberish he spews is nonsensical bs.

I'm not sure he really knows the game.

 

[cuselaxss26]

I haven't read this whole thread yet so maybe it's already been said - I've heard that some people believe that if it was offside (which I thought it must have been when Finn put the ball on the ground) that Princeton should have gotten the ball at midfield (with 6.5 seconds left). Does anyone know if that's the rule in that situation? Can you imagine if they had??? Does anyone know who was offside, and why? Needless to say, it could have been a disaster.

Plus cuse had ball in zone for good bit if was offsides as ball was up top for 10seconfs before it went down low. If was offsides how was it so late of call.

 

[cuselaxss26]

Honestly think the refs were purposely changing their cadences cause both sides were called for false starts plus few times for each side i heard whistle then guys moved but yet was false state somehow. So seem refs were way to trying to make it even

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[FloridaCuse]

Plus cuse had ball in zone for good bit if was offsides as ball was up top for 10seconfs before it went down low. If was offsides how was it so late of call.

Maybe the offsides didn't happen until late. McCool's save was at about 29 seconds left. My other question - Who the H*ll was offside?

 

[swish7]

Maybe its a good thing the players read the board. You're welcome.

 

[Powellfan]

 

[llandz]

Can you all confirm we are the 2:30 game on Saturday. I have an email from the athletic department that says that. EDIT. Nvm. Saw OXtremes post

 

[nocohalo]

I wonder what Caliknight over in Rutgers land is thinking today. Remember how there was supposedly locker room drama according to him?

 

[23Zone]

Would be nice to throttle the Hoyas next in F4. Rather not see the Terps

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Can you all confirm we are the 2:30 game on Saturday. I have an email from the athletic department that says that. EDIT. Nvm. Saw OXtremes post

The live NCAA bracket has us at 2:30

2025 Division I Men's Lacrosse Official Bracket | NCAA.com

The official 2025 College Men's Lacrosse Bracket for Division I. Includes a printable bracket and links to buy NCAA championship tickets.

www.ncaa.com

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[wgdsr]

I haven't read this whole thread yet so maybe it's already been said - I've heard that some people believe that if it was offside (which I thought it must have been when Finn put the ball on the ground) that Princeton should have gotten the ball at midfield (with 6.5 seconds left). Does anyone know if that's the rule in that situation? Can you imagine if they had??? Does anyone know who was offside, and why? Needless to say, it could have been a disaster.

all restarts are where the ball's blown dead. if in offensive box, moved parallel to the nearest alley.

they didn't even say it was offsides to the or on camera. coulda been anyone.

 

[wgdsr]

Maybe the offsides didn't happen until late. McCool's save was at about 29 seconds left. My other question - Who the H*ll was offside?

3 guys got outta there while english was still getting doubled. 2 straight upfield, the other toward the box.
english escaped and went over. a pole could've been over already and then probably the sub going on O... without counting.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

all restarts are where the ball's blown dead. if in offensive box, moved parallel to the nearest alley.

they didn't even say it was offsides to the or on camera. coulda been anyone.

Tim & Kyle on the radio said it was offsides.

 

[wgdsr]

Tim & Kyle on the radio said it was offsides.

rhanks, i was just half ass answering his question about hoo it was. it wasn't announced, and i don't even think it ever is on a possession switch situation. and it wasn't on screen to see during the play, either.

now, if anyone was at hofstra...

 

[FloridaCuse]

Can you all confirm we are the 2:30 game on Saturday. I have an email from the athletic department that says that. EDIT. Nvm. Saw OXtremes post

I think historically the #1 seed gets the first game to have the added advantage of more rest if they win.

 

[FloridaCuse]

rhanks, i was just half ass answering his question about hoo it was. it wasn't announced, and i don't even think it ever is on a possession switch situation. and it wasn't on screen to see during the play, either.

now, if anyone was at hofstra...

At the time it happened Finn was looking toward mid-field and placed the ball on the ground so I assumed it probably was offside. Carc missed a few things today. Like early in the game when we took a shot and Princeton had the backup Carc said it was a shot clock violation, which it wasn't. I guess ESPN doesn't provide the college LAX game announcers with a spotter who could help them with what's happening on the field. Maybe we should be thankful they were actually at the game and not annoucing it from a studio or at home like was the case earlier in the season.

 

[cuselaxss26]

Who do we want to face next game? Honestly i’d would absolutely love love to beat tillman n maryland to head to chip. But as we know maryland has had our number n tillman can out coach gait. Also haven’t seen enough of gtowns games to know much bout them. Tho know prince is pretty good fogo.

Also like to say i believe if take out mullens 9false starts(which is just insane n has to be refs for that many just for one guy not even both teams). But if take out those 9 false starts mullen would been 16-24 n that’s 66% lol

 

[Toga]

At the time it happened Finn was looking toward mid-field and placed the ball on the ground so I assumed it probably was offside. Carc missed a few things today. Like early in the game when we took a shot and Princeton had the backup Carc said it was a shot clock violation, which it wasn't. I guess ESPN doesn't provide the college LAX game announcers with a spotter who could help them with what's happening on the field. Maybe we should be thankful they were actually at the game and not annoucing it from a studio or at home like was the case earlier in the season.

On your final point, can anyone tell the story of when Joel Mareines called a game from a phone booth or something?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Who do we want to face next game? Honestly i’d would absolutely love love to beat tillman n maryland to head to chip. But as we know maryland has had our number n tillman can out coach gait. Also haven’t seen enough of gtowns games to know much bout them. Tho know prince is pretty good fogo.

Also like to say i believe if take out mullens 9false starts(which is just insane n has to be refs for that many just for one guy not even both teams). But if take out those 9 false starts mullen would been 16-24 n that’s 66% lol

We have to complete the Revenge Tour.

Maryland, then Cornell.

BTW, if we do the Ivy Sweep, do we get "Ivy League Champions" t-shirts?

War Damn Otto.

 

[FloridaCuse]

On your final point, can anyone tell the story of when Joel Mareines called a game from a phone booth or something?

Oh gee, I vaguely remember that but I don't remember the details.