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Re: NCAA First Round- SB @ Johns Hopkins
« Reply #30 on: May 12, 2012, 10:26:55 pm »
Amazing upsets today. Colgate over Massachusetts and Denver over North Carolina.

Stony Brook over Hopkins will be the third upset tomorrow!!! Go Brook!
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Re: NCAA First Round- SB @ Johns Hopkins
« Reply #31 on: May 13, 2012, 12:16:24 am »
I wouldn't really call those upsets...the Brook over the Hop will be an upset.

Let's go SeaWolves!!!

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Re: NCAA First Round- SB @ Johns Hopkins
« Reply #32 on: May 13, 2012, 04:39:07 pm »
SBU is having a rough time out there. 6-15 late in the 3rd
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Re: NCAA First Round- SB @ Johns Hopkins
« Reply #33 on: May 13, 2012, 06:30:26 pm »
All things considered it was a good season for the SeaWolves....

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Re: NCAA First Round- SB @ Johns Hopkins
« Reply #34 on: May 13, 2012, 07:31:59 pm »
At faceoff it was like a man against a boy, all game long. Ugh. As bad as the game was for the Seawolves, this game was an exclamation point on just how weak the AE conference has become. When the conference's top team can do no better than it did today, that is a WEAK conference. It can only go up from here.

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Re: NCAA First Round- SB @ Johns Hopkins
« Reply #35 on: May 13, 2012, 07:56:26 pm »
The team played well considering we lacked a faceoff guy. To put up 9 goals losing just about every faceoff is huge. They'll be a much improved team next year. An NCAA trrip is what I wanted to save this season and the team earned it. This means next year the team can have aspirations of 2nd round or better

Our dominance in the AE I think will continue, at least next year. The AE was weak this year, no doubt. But we have never beat a team like Hopkins even in our better years, so I don't think the strength of the conference would've made a difference...
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Re: NCAA First Round- SB @ Johns Hopkins
« Reply #36 on: May 13, 2012, 09:09:55 pm »
At best we will bring back  seasoned players who as sophs or freshman who already played in an NCAA Tournament Game.  I hope there are few F/O  specialists   coming in next season that was ugly to watch this afternoon. Still in a rebuilding year  we made it to the NCAA's and as the announcers pointed  out , the Colgate team that beat UMass was built by Nagle. Things will improve.

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Re: NCAA First Round- SB @ Johns Hopkins
« Reply #37 on: May 14, 2012, 08:38:31 am »
Next fall, Frank Lucatuorto from Ward Melville is coming in as a faceoff specialist, though he's shown he can score too.  Plus, i think about 10 more middies are coming in, chance maybe one can take faceoffs as well.

The year after that, Kyle Rowe from northern Virginia is a faceoff specialist as well. 

Gonna be a tall order replacing Moeller, that's the next most immediate need.  I do think we get Greene back for next year though.
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Re: NCAA First Round- SB @ Johns Hopkins
« Reply #38 on: May 14, 2012, 09:58:48 am »
 I wouldn't count on Lucatuorto...he is the #2 faceoff guy on WM and runs with the 2nd mid line.  they claim he is a co #1 but doesn't get as much run as the real #1

They might have to go the transfer route with that one. 

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« Reply #39 on: May 14, 2012, 10:45:55 am »
I know the SBU-JHU game was televised, but we were in the stands behind the SBU bench to cheer our team on, which we did.  The game was a learning experience for all, and the coaches will build on what they witnessed and learned.
Hopkins players were better athletes than SBU. They were always running full speed. They were all over our boys on offense or defense. I have to wonder how Navy or others beat Hopkins considering how well Hopkins played yesterday.
There is no argument that the face offs  played a major role in our loss but I saw too many other problems with our entire game to just focus on face offs.
So, let us look forward to a new year and rebuilding a new team.  It may be painful but lots must be done to have a NCAA competitive team.

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Re: NCAA First Round- SB @ Johns Hopkins
« Reply #40 on: May 14, 2012, 10:59:57 am »
I dont doubt you on that, but then how is it that he played in the senior showcase, IL rising soph watchlist, LI Showcase, ESPN top 25 faceoff mids, etc.  And this:

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Major lacrosse honors: Suffolk county all-star team (3 years), Jake Reed Blue Chip 225. ESPN high school 24th faceoff man out of 25 in the nation. Write up in Inside Lacrosse magazine as a rising junior at Blue Chip 225 and also as a rising senior at Jake Reed. Suffolk County all-division in my junior year for lacrosse, Suffolk County all-county for football junior year.
http://lilacrossenews.com/2011/09/25/mens-commitment-ward-melville-senior-middie-lucatuorto-heading-to-stony-brook/
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Re: NCAA First Round- SB @ Johns Hopkins
« Reply #41 on: May 14, 2012, 11:02:26 am »
N, agree on the comment about JHU being the better athletes and playing at a higher pace. But I think if faceoffs were closer to 50/50 there would have been at least a three goal swing in both directions, meaning a final score of something like 16-12...or something more respectable. It seems to me more and more that the FO guy can be the single most important player on the field...like a pitcher in baseball. That one player can dictate how the game goes for the team. I know there are other opinions, but that's what I'm seeing. I don't get how Nagle came to SB without filling that position.

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Re: NCAA First Round- SB @ Johns Hopkins
« Reply #42 on: May 14, 2012, 12:39:29 pm »
Totally agree f/o can make or break a team. Denver beat NC cause their f/o guy won 22 of 26. They need to address this and I am w/ joewillie on this one they have to get a guy w/exp (juco or transfer).  I could be wrong but I watched Lucatuoro 3 times  against top competition (Garden City, West Islip, Smithtown West) and he was dominated.  Sometimes these guys play well at camps and get recruited based on that. With that said after watching Colgate I am confident about Nagel's recruiting ability.  Based on their High School bios and what I have seen in person the L.I. class of freshman coming in are extremly athletic and successful in all the sports that they played w/some being award winners. Example of that the kid Pelligrino from Hopkins was the Hansen winner for Connetquot 2 seasons ago, and some of the kids we are getting are on that level. Anyway good season all in all it was good chatting w/you all and now lets get ready for football.

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Re: NCAA First Round- SB @ Johns Hopkins
« Reply #43 on: May 14, 2012, 12:49:41 pm »
Helpful comments, Chrissy. But before jumping to football (which is eagerly anticipated by all), let's not forget baseball. It's POSSIBLE that this team, assuming they win the AE conference tournament, could actually make it to the second round of the playoffs this year (the super regionals). Not a likely scenario, but def. more likely than the basketball or lacrosse teams had.

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Re: NCAA First Round- SB @ Johns Hopkins
« Reply #44 on: May 14, 2012, 03:30:09 pm »
It will help to get Greene back next year on defense- any word on whether he's definitely coming back??? 

I also heard that Diggle redshirted this year.  Which brings me to his West Islip teammate, Nicky Galasso.  This is pure conjecture, however, i read over at LP that he's leaving UNC, doesnt want to go to Cuse.  Anyone heard anything???  http://network.laxpower.com/laxforum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=40417&p=993983#p993983
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