Lax Quarterfinals vs. Princeton

[Jim Hyla]

[quote Tom Pasniewski 98]With LeMoyne and CW Post in the DII title game and SUNY-Cortland in the DIII title game, New York state can go for the three division sweep[/quote]Actually, Central NY sweep. Don't forget OCC ( Onondaga Community College ) has already won the JCAA (Junior College Athletic Association) title, both men's and women's.

[semsox]

[quote ben03]first, i'm a bit put off by Starsia's need to hang 19 on Hop (or anyone for that matter)! i mean i hate Hopkins as much as the next fan of lacrosse but this was more than a bit classless. [/quote]

I was thinking about this during the game, but I disagree.  During the regular season, I would obviously agree with you, but when you're one of the final 8 teams in the country, playing for a national chamionship, why should you pull your starters and such when the other team fails to show up.  It's not as if Hopkins can't play with Virginia (they did earlier in the season).  Just because the game is over doesn't mean you should stop playing hard (that goes for BOTH teams today, although you can make the argument Hop never actually started playing...)

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote Germ]
Uhhh...not to state the obvious but we play Virginny in the semis and if we win we could play Cuse in the finals.  Could be "deja vu all over again".  Except this time it would be nice to take out Cuse.

Hopkins got blown out today (as expected) showing just how overrated they trully are.  The announcer said it was Hops' worst loss in the tourney since 1977.  That was the year we "took them out behind the woodshed" and drubbed them 16-8.[/quote]
The looks on the faces of Virginia fans after that 1978 game was priceless.

Unfortunately, today's loss to Virginia will go in the record books as Hopkins's worst tournament loss thanks to the five goals scored late against Cornell's bench in the 1977 game.  16-3 it was when Richie called off the dogs.  Thanks, Eamon.

[Germ]

[quote Al DeFlorio][quote Germ]
Unfortunately, today's loss to Virginia will go in the record books as Hopkins's worst tournament loss thanks to the five goals scored late against Cornell's bench in the 1977 game.  16-3 it was when Richie called off the dogs.  Thanks, Eamon.[/quote]

Wasn't French on that team too?  My guess is that he scored a good portion of those 16 goals on feeds from Eamon.

We have Panell for 3 more years.  We now need to find a guy he can feed to.  Hurley will be gone after next year.

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote Germ]
Wasn't French on that team too?[/quote]
No, French graduated in 1976.  He scored seven in that year's championship win over Maryland.

[billhoward]

[quote ben03]first, i'm a bit put off by Starsia's need to hang 19 on Hop (or anyone for that matter)! i mean i hate Hopkins as much as the next fan of lacrosse but this was more than a bit classless. second, mr. myers better bring his harvard-style A+++ game next weekend or we won't have a shot past the first 10 minutes.[/quote]
Give Starsia credit for the being about the only person, during the 2006 Duke flap, to speak his mind and be right on the main issue: Notwithstanding the later-discredited sexual assault charges, this was a team apparently out of control off the field.

But, yeah, you probably don't need to roll it up even on Hopkins. In a year or two it could be Hopkins' turn.

[Josh '99]

[quote billhoward][quote ben03]first, i'm a bit put off by Starsia's need to hang 19 on Hop (or anyone for that matter)! i mean i hate Hopkins as much as the next fan of lacrosse but this was more than a bit classless. second, mr. myers better bring his harvard-style A+++ game next weekend or we won't have a shot past the first 10 minutes.[/quote]
Give Starsia credit for the being about the only person, during the 2006 Duke flap, to speak his mind and be right on the main issue: Notwithstanding the later-discredited sexual assault charges, this was a team apparently out of control off the field.

But, yeah, you probably don't need to roll it up even on Hopkins. In a year or two it could be Hopkins' turn.[/quote]I don't know enough about the history between the two schools to say for sure, but perhaps a few years ago it WAS Hopkins' turn and yesterday was payback?

[billhoward]

[quote Josh '99][quote billhoward][quote ben03]first, i'm a bit put off by Starsia's need to hang 19 on Hop (or anyone for that matter)! i mean i hate Hopkins as much as the next fan of lacrosse but this was more than a bit classless. second, mr. myers better bring his harvard-style A+++ game next weekend or we won't have a shot past the first 10 minutes.[/quote]
Give Starsia credit for the being about the only person, during the 2006 Duke flap, to speak his mind and be right on the main issue: Notwithstanding the later-discredited sexual assault charges, this was a team apparently out of control off the field.

But, yeah, you probably don't need to roll it up even on Hopkins. In a year or two it could be Hopkins' turn.[/quote]I don't know enough about the history between the two schools to say for sure, but perhaps a few years ago it WAS Hopkins' turn and yesterday was payback?[/quote]
When it comes to the sports version of ethnic cleansing, the other guy always started it. To our credit, Tambroni's troops did not put in that seventh goal in the last five, ten seconds with an open net and Seibald needing a point to keep his record intact. Bill Tierney seems the sort who'd remember a grudge. Wonder what his blood pressure reached Q4 Saturday?

[ben03]

[quote billhoward][quote Josh '99][quote billhoward][quote ben03]first, i'm a bit put off by Starsia's need to hang 19 on Hop (or anyone for that matter)! i mean i hate Hopkins as much as the next fan of lacrosse but this was more than a bit classless. second, mr. myers better bring his harvard-style A+++ game next weekend or we won't have a shot past the first 10 minutes.[/quote]
Give Starsia credit for the being about the only person, during the 2006 Duke flap, to speak his mind and be right on the main issue: Notwithstanding the later-discredited sexual assault charges, this was a team apparently out of control off the field.

But, yeah, you probably don't need to roll it up even on Hopkins. In a year or two it could be Hopkins' turn.[/quote]I don't know enough about the history between the two schools to say for sure, but perhaps a few years ago it WAS Hopkins' turn and yesterday was payback?[/quote]
When it comes to the sports version of ethnic cleansing, the other guy always started it. To our credit, Tambroni's troops did not put in that seventh goal in the last five, ten seconds with an open net and Seibald needing a point to keep his record intact. Bill Tierney seems the sort who'd remember a grudge. Wonder what his blood pressure reached Q4 Saturday?[/quote]

i cannot disagree with most of what's been said re:running it up. on the whole body of work Starsia is a standup guy ... in fact he's better than most.  but what bugged me most was seeing the Bratton twins on the field and shooting with under 3 minutes to play up by 13 or 14 goals! really ... you need to be shooting up by that many?!?! c'mon ... regular season or playoffs that's just low class. Starsia may not have been telling them to shoot as payback but he sure didn't tell them not to. if i can give bill the loudmouth tierney any credit it's that he will not run up the score.

just my $.02 :-)