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Kev1999 · Junior Joined: 05 May 2003 Posts: 397 Location: New Jersey

Lax mafia really enjoying this. I've tried to avoid the mafia's comments as it just gets me all fired up, but saw this one.....Quint had a column on Inside Lacrosse where he commented on each team/game from this past weekend. For all other games he provides at least a paragraph for each team with key moments from the game, his thoughts, etc.....for UMass, not so much:

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econalum · Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 12:30 am Post subject:

"Put up, or Shut up" - we need to Shut Up. For second straight year, a disappointing home loss. CAA final to Delaware last year, Colgate first round to Colgate.

While I am all for physical Lax, many dumb penalties led to too many man downs, which they often converted.

Next year - a rebuilding year for UMASS.

CAA - a conference to stay in? Arguable. However, ECAC has expensive road trips (Denver and Air Force). Big East? If you think that the BE 'powers' will allow UMASS even a toehold into that conference, without inviting Football/and or Basketball to the conference, I would like to smoke what you have. No way.

In my view, CAA is fine, with 3 quality OOC opponents added , perhaps including ECAC teams like Loyola and Denver - home and home. And addding another quality Ivy, such as Princeton or Cornell (which missed Rob Pannell greatly)
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Marty Peretz · Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 12:33 am Post subject:

Why is everyone so quick to call next year a rebuilding one? We return one of the best players in America, 3 of our top 4 goal scorers, and a handful of solid middies and long poles. Kell and McCormack will be tough to replace, but this team has a ton of talent coming back and Cannella always gets a lot out of guys who might not have been studs the previous season. Finding a good goalie is obviously huge, but I think this team could be really, really good.
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Kev1999 · Junior Joined: 05 May 2003 Posts: 397 Location: New Jersey

Kosty · Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 8:06 pm Post subject:

npt3 · Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 9:33 am Post subject:

Emilimo701 · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 2:12 pm Post subject:

Was at this game because happily it was the day after commencement. Unhappily, they lost despite the feeling that they were in control most of the game. Colgate went on a nice run at the end. But getting a shafted seed, they probably would suffered the same fate traveling to Duke... who got handled by Maryland (that was nice to watch Smile

... who got handled by Loyola...

Kosty · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:11 pm Post subject:

Dickie Dunn · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:32 pm Post subject:

Zach Oliveri is a redshirt freshman and has the potential to step right into that role. He was on Team USA in the U-19 world championships last year. And there still is Goodhue, who has looked good in his limited chances and might be ready for a bigger role.

As for the rest of the team, the sky is not falling in my world. Midfield seems to be the place UMass takes the biggest hit:

ATTACK: Manny and K. Smith return; Kell gone, Whiteway ready to step in?

MIDFIELD: Fleming, Mooney and Tyler return; Biscardi, D'Amario, Rushing, Fetterly gone; ... will need to find some depth here ... Lynott, Cleary, maybe Izzo can be used more on offense

DEFENSE: J. Smith returns; Celentani and Anderson gone; long-stick midfielders Hollenbaugh and Tobin also are back, could see more out of Fahey next season

In short, UMass returns three of its top four scorers and five of the nine who cracked double digits in points. Shore up the defensive end and things should be fine. You know the rest of the lax world will be overlooking the Gorillas again.
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Dickie Dunn · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:38 pm Post subject:

Forgot to add that faceoffs are a big concern for me, losing Toresco and Rushing. Calvello is back, but he was sub .500 as the third guy in the rotation.

(Then again, I never thought I'd see a team win a national title after going 4-for-29 on faceoffs on the weekend.)

Don't know much about any of the incoming recruits other than Hunziker, but I haven't seen any of them rated too highly. No surprise, since the under-the-radar, lunchpail types are our specialty.
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