The lax team has played a couple of critical games against top-tier opponents recently, splitting the pair against teams from the worst state in the union. The Hoos lost a heartbreaker in OT (including an inexcusably-poor missed call from the referees in the final minute) to No. 2 Johns Hopkins last Saturday, but bounced back by trouncing No. 9 Maryland a week later. Here are my notes on how the team is doing:
-Steele Stanwick: Lacrosse :: Mike Scott: Basketball
-Actually, Steele is Mike Scott with less hyperbole and more most-dominate-player-in-the-sport-by-far
-Seriously, just watch this:
-Rob Forunato had a GREAT game against Maryland and has really been playing well all year. I thought we had a pretty big question mark in goal coming into the year and Rob has proved me wrong.
-Another question marked turned strength? Faceoffs. 13-24 vs Hop. 13-23 vs the Terps. Can't argue with that.
-The Hoos can score in bunches from all over the field. Briggs, Bocklett, White, Emery, and Stanwick...if someone has an off game, you've still got 4 ELITE scorers to look to.
-Ryan Tucker (freshman) is going to be a star. I love his confidence in his shot. This isn't a guy who hesitates on open looks. Oh and he shoots it about 100 mph (no joke).
-LOVED seeing Matt White playing attack in the second half against Maryland. Critical adjustment by Dom.
-Lost in all the goal scoring fun is how entertaining Chris LaPierre is to watch.
-The only weakness I see in the team are the occasional sluggish plays on defense and sloppy passes every once in a while. Minimal occurrences, both, but definitely things to work on.
-Really though, this team should be looking at nothing short of another National Championship.
-Stanwick needs just 13 points to tie Doug Knight for the program record. It'll probably happen in the ACC tournament, but I truly believe he could do it against UNC if he really wanted to. The guy's unstoppable.
Next Game: @UNC April 7th.
LAST HOME GAME: DUKE. 6PM. FRIDAY APRIL 13th.
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