DII Top 25 Scores, Discussion, Hype - Week 7: Mar 12th–18th

smclax33

A lot of conferences do this and I thought it would be good to see what the Top 25 games in one place:

Tuesday, March 13th
#10 Concordia vs. Portland– 7PM PT
#17 Cal State Fullerton vs. Colorado Mines- 4PM PT

Thursday, March 15th
#14 Northern Colorado @ #16 Missouri Baptist- 2PM CT* (*Live on Laxx.tv*)
#20 Hope @ Calvin – 3PM ET

Friday, March 16th
#1 Davenport @ #2 St. Thomas- 5PM CT* (*Live on Laxx.tv*)
#4 Grand Valley State vs. Grove City- 7PM ET
#11 North Dakota State vs. #14 Northern Colorado- 5PM CT*
#19 U.S. Coast Guard vs. Bridgewater- 7PMET
#22 Missouri State vs. #23 Kennesaw State- 2PM CT* (*Live on Laxx.tv*)

Saturday, March 17th
#1 Davenport vs. #11 North Dakota State- 2PM CT* (*Live on Laxx.tv*)
#2 St. Thomas @ #16 Missouri Baptist- 11AM CT* (*Live on Laxx.tv*)
#3 Dayton vs. #8 Briarcliffe- 2PM ET
#5 Westminster vs. Utah Valley- 1PM MT
#7 Grand Canyon vs. Cal State San Marcos- 7PM MT
#9 SCAD @ Southern Virginia- 2PM CT
#14 Northern Colorado @ #23 Kennesaw State- 1PM CT*
#17 Cal State Fullerton @ Long Beach State- 1PM PT

Sunday, March 18th
#2 St. Thomas @ #22 Missouri State- 1PM CT*
#4 Grand Valley State @ Sienna Heights- 2PM ET
#9 SCAD @ Liberty- 7PM ET
#11 North Dakota State vs. #23 Kennesaw State- 12PM CT*
#18 Indiana Tech @ Aquinas- 2PM ET
#24 Coastal Carolina vs. UNC Charlotte- 2PM ET

Monday, March 19th
#1 Davenport @ #16 Missouri Baptist- 12PM CT*

* St. Louis Invitational

ClubLaxer82

My eyes are set for the Davenport, St. Thomas matchup and Briarcliffe and Dayton matchup. Both games are going to be one for the ages, a rematch from last year national championship early in the season all I have to say is WOW and kudos to who made this game possible. Briarcliffe on the other hand has a real test this weekend. Last time they played a top team, it turned ugly real quick. My predictions:

Davenport 16 St. Thomas 10 ( Davenport still looks like the well oiled machine of last year even without Shawn Beer)

Briarcliffe 15 Dayton 9 ( Im pulling for Briarcliffe because they have a whole team of lacrosse players, instead of Dayton having a 50 man roster and only 11 true lacrosse players)

Is Briarcliffe also playing Indiana Tech on 3.16.2012 or that game got washed??

propax

they play Indiana Tech friday- game on

ClubLaxer82

@Propax do you know the time of the game?

propax

Yes, Friday 7pm, these two games could change the landscape if Briarcliffe wins them both. I like what you said about them having a full squad of lax players. Can you tell I am a BC homie, Briarcliffe looked great against Maine, rock solid D, balanced scoring from gus who can put it in the net. All American second team, Matt Karp and Timothy Dillon, MCLA Honorable Mention All American - Midfield Face-off Specialist - 2011 and JON BONACORE MCLA Honorable Mention All American - Attack - 2011, John Trama PCLL rookie of the year -Attack

SharkAttack08

Just biased here but I am ALSO looking forward to the NDSU v Davenport game. NDSU pulled off the upset last year and it will be interesting to see how they stack up this year. My guess is Davenport wins but not too handily.

TheDood

I don't see Briarcliffe beating Dayton by 6 goals. I actually think Dayton could win. Here's why: Briarcliffe (with a shorter roster) plays Friday, Dayton doesn't. Briarcliffe had to travel, Dayton doesn't. I haven't drank the juice they're brewing out on Long Island yet, but at least they're actually playing competition this year so we can tell if they're legit or not. Only time will tell, Dayton 12-11.

smclax33

Why isnt the Indiana Tech-BC game on the mcla site?

propax

HI Dood, I hope we can win you over with 2 wins this weekend . we want you too drink the kool-aid

TheDood

propax said:
HI Dood, I hope we can win you over with 2 wins this weekend . we want you too drink the kool-aid

Hahaha, well I'll be watchin from afar & best of luck to guys this weekend!

ClubLaxer82

I can feel something brewing with this Briarcliffe Dayton matchup, going with my gut on this one. Upfront with middi play Dayton has that advantage, but other aspects of the game, defense, and attack Briarcliffe takes the cake on that. It's going to come down to possessions and that's going to start with the face-off which will be my Iron-Man Battle of the game. Timmy Dillion of Briarcliffe Vs. JP Hewitt and Gerry Jehling. I 100% agree with Sharkattack08 with the NDSU and Davenport game. Like I've said before this weekend is going to separate the contenders from the prentenders. Good Luck to all teams that are playing this weekend and ill be watching the St. Louis tourney on Laxx.tv. and everyone enjoy their weekend. Vacation time. Before I go my predictions

Thursday, March 15th
#14 Northern Colorado-17@ #16 Missouri Baptist- 6
#20 Hope-10 @ Calvin – 3

Friday, March 16th
#1 Davenport-16 @ #2 St. Thomas- 10
#4 Grand Valley State- 25 vs. Grove City-4
#11 North Dakota State- 18 vs. #14 Northern Colorado- 12
#19 U.S. Coast Guard-22 vs. Bridgewater- 2
#22 Missouri State- 8 vs. #23 Kennesaw State-12

Saturday, March 17th
#1 Davenport- 18 vs. #11 North Dakota State- 6
#2 St. Thomas-20 @ #16 Missouri Baptist-13
#3 Dayton-9 vs. #8 Briarcliffe- 15
#5 Westminster 17 vs. Utah Valley- 5
#7 Grand Canyon-25 vs. Cal State San Marcos-2
#9 SCAD- 19 @ Southern Virginia- 4
#14 Northern Colorado-14 @ #23 Kennesaw State- 5
#17 Cal State Fullerton-17 @ Long Beach State- 6

Sunday, March 18th
#2 St. Thomas- 15 @ #22 Missouri State- 5
#4 Grand Valley State- 22 @ Sienna Heights- 8
#9 SCAD-8 @ Liberty- 12 ***Upset of the weekend***
#11 North Dakota State-13 vs. #23 Kennesaw State- 5
#18 Indiana Tech-12 @ Aquinas- 10
#24 Coastal Carolina-14 vs. UNC Charlotte- 4

Monday, March 18th
#2 St. Thomas- 16 @ #22 Missouri State- 5
Enjoy the weekend and Happy St. Patrick's Day to all!!

CoachJolyMBU

smclax33 said:
A lot of conferences do this and I thought it would be good to see what the Top 25 games in one place:

Tuesday, March 13th
#10 Concordia vs. Portland– 7PM PT
#17 Cal State Fullerton vs. Colorado Mines- 4PM PT

Thursday, March 15th
#14 Northern Colorado @ #16 Missouri Baptist- 2PM CT* (*Live on Laxx.tv*)
#20 Hope @ Calvin – 3PM ET

Friday, March 16th
#1 Davenport @ #2 St. Thomas- 5PM CT* (*Live on Laxx.tv*)
#4 Grand Valley State vs. Grove City- 7PM ET
#11 North Dakota State vs. #14 Northern Colorado- 5PM CT*
#19 U.S. Coast Guard vs. Bridgewater- 7PMET
#22 Missouri State vs. #23 Kennesaw State- 2PM CT* (*Live on Laxx.tv*)

Saturday, March 17th
#1 Davenport vs. #11 North Dakota State- 2PM CT* (*Live on Laxx.tv*)
#2 St. Thomas @ #16 Missouri Baptist- 11AM CT* (*Live on Laxx.tv*)
#3 Dayton vs. #8 Briarcliffe- 2PM ET
#5 Westminster vs. Utah Valley- 1PM MT
#7 Grand Canyon vs. Cal State San Marcos- 7PM MT
#9 SCAD @ Southern Virginia- 2PM CT
#14 Northern Colorado @ #23 Kennesaw State- 1PM CT*
#17 Cal State Fullerton @ Long Beach State- 1PM PT

Sunday, March 18th
#2 St. Thomas @ #22 Missouri State- 1PM CT*
#4 Grand Valley State @ Sienna Heights- 2PM ET
#9 SCAD @ Liberty- 7PM ET
#11 North Dakota State vs. #23 Kennesaw State- 12PM CT*
#18 Indiana Tech @ Aquinas- 2PM ET
#24 Coastal Carolina vs. UNC Charlotte- 2PM ET

Monday, March 18th
#2 St. Thomas @ #22 Missouri State- 1PM CT*

minor correction: MBU plays Davenport Monday!

thanks to all for talking up the weekend I could not be more excited

smclax33

^Edited Sorry Coach my mistake, don't know what happened there. Good Luck this weekend.

tjohnson

The Briarecliff team is interesting. They did not bring in nearly as many freshman as there publicist thought. Wonder what is going on there??? Also, they have roughly the same guns as last year. At times they looked good, and times they folded like a cheap card table. May be one of those teams that you never know who will show up. Did not see the game at Nationals but 11-0 after a quarter does not sound like a team that will be much to contend with unless something changes on the team. Davenport is a good team but no one should take a beating like that at Nationals. After the Main game only 1 freshman had offensive stats. The game vs Dayton will tell us if they have the ability to play well. The season will tell us if they have the heart, hustle, and discipline to make a big splash at Nationals.

LIlaxer2012

They only folded once, and that was the Davenport game in the nationals. A 1 loss team from a year ago.

propax

no matter what sport you play, blow outs happen. Yesterday, the Knicks beat Portland by 25. Briarcliffe is a young team and this happens. it might hapen again, But this is a solid team that can play with anybody. They had beaten Davenport earlier in the season. This team has character and ability, they will rise to the occasion. There is nothing cheap about this team , that had one loss. They come to play

CBludorn

propax said:
no matter what sport you play, blow outs happen. Yesterday, the Knicks beat Portland by 25. Briarcliffe is a young team and this happens. it might hapen again, But this is a solid team that can play with anybody. They beat Davenport earlier in the season. This team has character and ability, they will rise to the occasion. There is nothing cheap about this team , that had one loss. They come to play

Actually the Knicks only beat Portland by 42

propax

my mistake, thanks for the update

CBludorn

And i see your point but the blazer analogy doesn't make sense unless Briarcliffe is also haunted by Sam Bowie

SharkAttack08

Holy Crap can we please stop with the basketball analogies?!!!! NBA sucks right now.

ChrisCurtis

Getting back to some games, looks like MoBap is up 3-1 after one quarter of play against Northern Colorado. As a point of discussion does anyone think the pollsters noticed that UNC failed to return 17 of 25 players off last years roster including 5 of their top 6 scorers, 5 of their 7 poles and (IMO, their best player) their starting goalie?

laxer4lyfe

Chris,

Are you at the tourney? Where are you getting these scores? If you are there can you tweet them on WOU twitter feed?

texlax10

Just saw the MBU/UNC game on LAXX.TV! UNC was clearly out manned and MBU was really less than impressive. Both teams ran very deliberate offenses and if not for the MBU Mid that scored four, these offenses were bland. The MBU goalie looked impressive when he got tested and his clearing was good. I believe he transfered from St Leo in FL. All in all neither really looked liked top 20 teams. Final was 7=1

ChrisCurtis

laxer4lyfe said:
Chris,
Are you at the tourney? Where are you getting these scores? If you are there can you tweet them on WOU twitter feed?

I'm actually getting them from MBU's twitter. I recommend following them all weekend. @MBULacrosse.

I just posted this in another forum but it looks like the MBU/UNC game is on a rain delay near the end of the 3rd quarter. MBU up 7-2.

jimmychange

texlax10 said:
Just saw the MBU/UNC game on LAXX.TV! UNC was clearly out manned and MBU was really less than impressive. Both teams ran very deliberate offenses and if not for the MBU Mid that scored four, these offenses were bland. The MBU goalie looked impressive when he got tested and his clearing was good. I believe he transfered from St Leo in FL. All in all neither really looked liked top 20 teams. Final was 7=1

Just wondering, is there anything wrong with a deliberate offense? And if these two teams aren't top 20, then who is? Sounds like its more of a defensive battle than offensive shootout. Granted, offenses might not be where they want to be, but if its a defensive slugfest, that's fine too IMO

Tlingit_Cannon

ChrisCurtis said:

laxer4lyfe said:
Chris,
Are you at the tourney? Where are you getting these scores? If you are there can you tweet them on WOU twitter feed?

I'm actually getting them from MBU's twitter. I recommend following them all weekend. @MBULacrosse.

I just posted this in another forum but it looks like the MBU/UNC game is on a rain delay near the end of the 3rd quarter. MBU up 7-2.

I didn't know they did "rain" delays, man there would never be games north of Eugene if that were the case.... I can understand lightning, but rain? hahaha

SoCoLax2

Tlingit_Cannon said:

I didn't know they did "rain" delays, man there would never be games north of Eugene if that were the case.... I can understand lightning, but rain? hahaha

If they have a natural surface (grass) and there is a great deal of rain, I can see why they would delay for rain. Last year we played Grand Valley despite 4" of standing water in front of each crease, so I would imagine it'd have to be pretty bad to call a game for rain though.

TSchmidt83

It was for lightning

ClubLaxer82

Sneaked away from the family, lol. I'm dying to hear some scores here any updates??

texlax10

jimmychange said:

texlax10 said:
Just saw the MBU/UNC game on LAXX.TV! UNC was clearly out manned and MBU was really less than impressive. Both teams ran very deliberate offenses and if not for the MBU Mid that scored four, these offenses were bland. The MBU goalie looked impressive when he got tested and his clearing was good. I believe he transfered from St Leo in FL. All in all neither really looked liked top 20 teams. Final was 7=1

Just wondering, is there anything wrong with a deliberate offense? And if these two teams aren't top 20, then who is? Sounds like its more of a defensive battle than offensive shootout. Granted, offenses might not be where they want to be, but if its a defensive slugfest, that's fine too IMO

propax

If there are any scores to Indiana tech Briarcliffe game, please post thanks propax

propax

briarcliffe up over indiana 16 to 8 going into the fourth

TSchmidt83

Updates from St. Louis

St. Thomas 9 - Davenport 8 OT
Kennesaw 12 - Missouri State 9
North Dakota State 15 -N. Colorado 11

Davenport tied the game with 4 second left, but St. Thomas with the OT winner

southtexaslacrosse

TSchmidt83 said:
Updates from St. Louis

St. Thomas 9 - Davenport 8 OT
Kennesaw 12 - Missouri State 9
North Dakota State 15 -N. Colorado 11

Davenport tied the game with 4 second left, but St. Thomas with the OT winner

Sounds like a great rematch of last years national championship.. Does anyone know if there will be a replay on laxx.tv or anywhere? I didn't get to catch the game.

propax

Briarcliffe18 - Indiana Tech 12. A few of Indianas late goals came when Briarcliffe put in the backups .Good job . Tomorrow Dayton, go BullDogs

propax

Dayton vs Briarcliffe 2pm tip off. Half way home

propax

Briarcliffe lost 17-13 ruff game, lets learn, fix it and go on. Congradulations to Dayton

southtexaslacrosse

Can't say I'm shocked by that score.. St. Thomas Davenport Dayton and Grand Valley are that top dogs and it will take a really really good game from any other team to knock them off.

SoCoLax2

I think a 4 goal game against the #3 team is pretty damn fine if you ask me... its not like BC got blown out of the water by a lesser team.

tjohnson

Propax post (slightly edited for the situation:-)

Dayton 17 - Briarcliffe13. A few of Briarcliffe's late goals came when Dayton put in the backups. Good job.

SoCoLax2

tjohnson said:
Propax post (slightly edited for the situation:-)

Dayton 17 - Briarcliffe13. A few of Briarcliffe's late goals came when Dayton put in the backups. Good job.

I admit, that was good.

BCGeneral30

12-12 going into the fourth. Don't believe any starters were pulled by either team. Dayton is a very good team. Good luck to them and Coach Mark on the rest of the season. Hopefully we get to see them again at Nationals!

tjohnson

It was a joke Coach. Your guy propax isnt doing you any favors on these boards.

Propax wrote:
"Briarcliffe18 - Indiana Tech 12. A few of Indianas late goals came when Briarcliffe put in the backups .Good job . Tomorrow Dayton, go BullDogs"

BCGeneral30

I know.... Once again, no offense taken just setting the record straight. Sometimes things like that will be taken as gospel because someone mistook the sarcasm. To be honest I actually laughed when I read it!

SharkAttack08

There is

southtexaslacrosse said:
Can't say I'm shocked by that score.. St. Thomas Davenport Dayton and Grand Valley are that top dogs and it will take a really really good game from any other team to knock them off.

NDSU just beat Davenport 8-7. Davenport trailed by three with a little less than 2 minutes to go and just like in the UST game they put the pressure on late but came up short not being able to gain control of the ball in the last few seconds. From what I heard, well faught game bewtween both teams but NDSU controlled the ground balls for the most part. For some reason the Bison match up well against the Panthers.

If NDSU finishes the job vs. Kennesaw this afternoon, I would say they are back in the top 10. Not sure where though.

southtexaslacrosse

I agree with top 10 and agree that it will be tough to find a slot for them.. Do they jump Briarcliffe? I'd think they'd have to.

SharkAttack08

I think they do jump Briarcliffe... somewhere around 6 or 7. Where does Davenport go? I am thinking 3?

SharkAttack08

Hold the horses on rankings.... NDSU struggling with Kennesaw in a sloppy game right now. Still 0-0 well into the second quarter. I am sure the Bison are tired from the morning game but they can't rest on that excuse.

SharkAttack08

NDSU loses to Kennesaw 4-6. They were clearly tired from the DU game but you can't use that as an excuse. They chose to play that morning game. I say it still payed off but I don't see them moving much higher in the polls

propax

tjohnson- No matter how I took your tweet, I never attacked you, I only pointed out young teams sometimes have lapses and Briarcliffe always comes to play. Why would you take that as a personal attack. You edited my tweets , when I said nothing at all about the Dayton game, except that is was a tuff hard played game., congradulations to Dayton. You took my Indiana Tech tweets, edited them substituted Dayton. My Indiana Tech tweets said they took advantage of Briarcliffe late in the game when substitutes were put in. Starters usually do play better , tech played hard and closed the gap of the game, Never once said Dayton or Briarcliffe substituted players. insinuating, I somehow do Briarcliffe no favors with my tweets. you do no favors by editing and distorting , what was said or ment.

SoCoLax2

propax said:
tjohnson- No matter how I took your tweet, I never attacked you, I only pointed out young teams sometimes have lapses and Briarcliffe always comes to play. Why would you take that as a personal attack. You edited my tweets , when I said nothing at all about the Dayton game, except that is was a tuff hard played game., congradulations to Dayton. You took my Indiana Tech tweets, edited them substituted Dayton. My Indiana Tech tweets said they took advantage of Briarcliffe late in the game when substitutes were put in. Starters usually do play better , tech played hard and closed the gap of the game, Never once said Dayton or Briarcliffe substituted players. insinuating, I somehow do Briarcliffe no favors with my tweets. you do no favors by editing and distorting , what was said or ment.

Relax, we know what he did. It was a joke, and a pretty funny one. No hard feelings.

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