MLax 2017

[UAalum72]

Quarterfinals are in Hofstra and Delaware this year, both easy drives

 

Attendance 3205 tonight

 

Shots were even, Yale won faceoffs 16-13, but JD made one more save

[MRSGDG]

 

Edited April 23, 2017 by MRSGDG

[AlbanyFan2018]

Great to see Coach Marr give props to Troy Reh. He was so clutch, and while the wing play has been MIA at times this season the wing play was key in the win last night. Simms was magnificent holding Reeves to one goal and the goal he scored was on a ridiculous shot. Kluck had his best game of the season and also had several huge gb's and poaches.

 

I was glad to see Laffin get a shot and he came up big. Looks like Patterson may have hit the freshmen wall??

 

Saw a lot more initiation from Drake, and I think the offense will see more and more zone defense and they seemed to handle it better last night.

[DanesRGood]

We had such a great time yesterday on campus. What an exciting game and atmosphere for lax. I was worried too but know how quickly those games can turn and it did!

 

Is #11 the best ranked team we've ever beaten?

[Capital District Lax]

When UAlbany beat Loyola in the 2014 NCAA tournament, Loyola was the #3 seed in the tourney, and had finished the regular season ranked #1.

[Phoenix]

Glad Laffin got the game winner. I thought his earlier goal that was waved off was a bad call..so nice to see some redemption.

[dslyank]

Great to see Coach Marr give props to Troy Reh. He was so clutch, and while the wing play has been MIA at times this season the wing play was key in the win last night. Simms was magnificent holding Reeves to one goal and the goal he scored was on a ridiculous shot. Kluck had his best game of the season and also had several huge gb's and poaches.

 

I was glad to see Laffin get a shot and he came up big. Looks like Patterson may have hit the freshmen wall??

 

Saw a lot more initiation from Drake, and I think the offense will see more and more zone defense and they seemed to handle it better last night.

 

Fan2018 gives an excellent summary and analysis here. I've been wondering the same thing about Patterson? Maybe Drake needs to start, even though I think he has been fabulous all year coming off the bench as an extra attack. Maybe Lafkin should get a starting shot {note he played along side Tehoke [our star recruit for 2018] @ IMG.}

 

I would add that #3 from Yale who only had 5 or 6 goals all season had a hat trick plus 2 assist against us. Perhaps because we were keying so much on Reeves?

Edited April 23, 2017 by dslyank

[DanesRGood]

When UAlbany beat Loyola in the 2014 NCAA tournament, Loyola was the #3 seed in the tourney, and had finished the regular season ranked #1.

 

That's right. Forgot about that one.

[jimbo]

Syracuse only beat Bing by 1! 9-8 at home.

[UAalum72]

RPI now #7. Last game vs. #49 Hartford, AE tournament teams will be 22-32

 

Watching the replay now, just had the waved-off goal for man in the crease, and the box and crease lines really don't show up well on TV (or live for that matter)

[AlbanyFan2018]

Need Rutgers to do us a solid tonight and then Cuse, Yale, and one of the CAA teams Albany beat to win the conference tourney to lift our RPI.

[uofalbany]

Need Rutgers to do us a solid tonight and then Cuse, Yale, and one of the CAA teams Albany beat to win the conference tourney to lift our RPI.

 

Rutgers has been proving they were over-hyped in the rankings early on.

Edited April 24, 2017 by uofalbany

[AlbanyFan2018]

Yep.

 

7th in the latest RPI, but 10th in the latest NCAA rankings which came out before Albany's win and Towson's loss which probably bumps the Dane's up to 9th.

 

Still have to win the AQ, and even with that might be on the road once again. Still want Cuse to be the overall number one seed so they get the play in game winner and want the Danes to get them outside.

[uofalbany]

Yep.

 

7th in the latest RPI, but 10th in the latest NCAA rankings which came out before Albany's win and Towson's loss which probably bumps the Dane's up to 9th.

 

Still have to win the AQ, and even with that might be on the road once again. Still want Cuse to be the overall number one seed so they get the play in game winner and want the Danes to get them outside.

 

What poll?

 

USILA has us at 5

Inside Lacrosse has us at 6

[UAalum72]

 

Yep.

 

7th in the latest RPI, but 10th in the latest NCAA rankings which came out before Albany's win and Towson's loss which probably bumps the Dane's up to 9th.

 

Still have to win the AQ, and even with that might be on the road once again. Still want Cuse to be the overall number one seed so they get the play in game winner and want the Danes to get them outside.

 

What poll?

 

USILA has us at 5

Inside Lacrosse has us at 6

 

Not a poll, the NCAA Selection Committee rankings

 

http://www.ncaa.com/news/lacrosse-men/article/2017-04-22/college-lacrosse-championship-committee-reveals-second-look-top

 

As of 4/16

1 Syracuse

2 Maryland

3 Denver

4 Notre Dame

5 Ohio State

6 Johns Hopkins

7 Penn State

8 Duke

9 Towson

10 Albany (NY)