Earth Shattering D1 Rundown

This week may not have been full of the earth shattering results of the past few weeks, but that doesn’t mean there was a lack of some excellent action going on! There was! And I covered it all! Now I’m exhausted and will be useless all week. Great.

There were definitely a few upsets, some head scratching blowouts, and enough odd results to make people, like Connor, who vote in the poll, really challenge their opinions of different teams.

NCAA D1 Scoreboard

Tuesday

10 Hartford vs. Holy Cross 8
8 Penn vs. Maryland 13
8 Villanova vs. Brown 19
15 Vermont vs. Dartmouth 9
6 Lehigh vs. Stony Brook 16
19 Virginia vs. VMI 4

Wednesday

10 Albany vs. Harvard 9
7 UMBC vs. Johns Hopkins 19

Friday

16 Duke vs. North Carolina 17 OT

Saturday

6 Canisius vs. Monmouth 11
4 Georgetown vs. Denver 17
7 Bellarmine vs. Air Force 8 OT
13 Furman vs. Jacksonville 7
12 Navy vs. Holy Cross 3
11 Towson vs. Drexel 7
11 Yale vs. Penn 10 OT
7 Boston U. vs. Lehigh 8
19 Brown vs. Princeton 8
4 Dartmouth vs. Cornell 19
17 Hartford vs. Binghamton 9
8 Lafayette vs. UMBC 13
7 Marist vs. Quinnipiac 8 OT
7 Michigan vs. Maryland 8
11 Marquette vs. Villanova 3
15 Providence vs. St. John’s 10
0 Richmond vs. Virginia 9
12 Robert Morris vs. Bryant 13
9 Delaware vs. Massachusetts 7
6 Detroit vs. Siena 7
6 Wagner vs. Saint Joseph’s 15
9 UMass Lowell vs. Albany 16
25 VMI vs. Hampton 4
7 Army vs. Bucknell 8
5 NJIT vs. Manhattan 14
7 Syracuse vs. Notre Dame 17
8 Hofstra vs. Fairfield 9
16 Rutgers vs. Johns Hopkins 9
16 Sacred Heart vs. Mount St. Mary’s 19

Sunday

4 Colgate vs. Loyola 12
15 High Point vs. Mercer 10
5 Ohio State vs. Penn State 6
13 Stony Brook vs. Vermont 10

The Stat Freaks

Freak of the week: Myles Jones.

There was really no other choice. It was a Tobacco Road rivalry game between Duke and UNC, going into overtime, and Jones had a monstrous 11 points (as a middie!), but couldn’t quite seal the win. He had a short stick in the alley in overtime and his twelfth point would have won the game, but instead, they lost.

That’s OK, though, because this part of the article only cares about stats, not who wins or loses. The only losers here are those poor people who have to keep entering numbers into a computer instead of enjoying an awesome game. But thanks stat keepers!

Offense: The Cutoff here is a combined 7 goals and/or assists

Brown’s Dylan Molloy 6G, 5A vs. Princeton
Vermont’s Cam Stafford 7G vs. Dartmouth
Stony Brook’s Challen Rogers 2G, 5A vs. Lehigh
Duke’s Myles Jones 5G, 6A vs. UNC
Notre Dame’s Matt Kavanagh 3G, 6A vs. Syracuse
Denver’s Connor Cannizzaro 2G, 5A vs. Georgetown
VMI’s Jay Hill 4G, 3A vs. Hampton
Providence’s Will Mazzone 6G, 2A vs. St. John’s
Fairfield’s Colin Burke 3G, 4A vs. Hofstra
Sacred Heart’s Max Tuttle 7G, 1A vs. Mount St. Mary’s

Defense:  For here, you need 8 GBs, CTs, and/or points

Maryland’s Greg Danseglio 6GB, 2CT vs. Penn
Penn’s Connor Keating 6GB, 2CT, 1G vs. Yale
Yale’s Christopher Keating 4GB, 6CT vs. Penn (no, they’re not brothers)
Navy’s DJ Plumer 1G, 6GB, 3CT vs. Holy Cross
Brown’s Alec Tulett 7GB, 2G vs. Princeton
Brown’s Larken Kemp 6GB, 2CT, 1A vs. Princeton
Vermont’s James Leary 4GB, 5CT vs. Dartmouth
Stony Brook’s Ben Randall 6GB, 2CT vs. Vermont
Vermont’s Graham Bocklet 5GB, 4CT vs. Stony Brook
VMI’s Pat Hine 7GB, 1CT vs. Virginia
Richmond’s Brendan Hynes 6GB, 5CT vs. Virginia
Virginia’s Scott Hooper 3GB, 5CT vs. Richmond
UMBC’s Billy O’Hara 6GB, 2CT, 1G vs. Hopkins
Hopkins’ Nick Fields 8GB, 1G vs. UMBC
Bucknell’s Alex Spring 7GB, 1CT vs. Army
Marist’s Adam Bellamy 11GB vs. Quinnipiac

Faceoffs: Greater than 70%, at least 10 attempts

Maryland’s Austin Henningsen 15/20 vs. Penn
Penn’s Chris Santangelo 16/22 vs. Yale
Navy’s Brady Dove 13/16 vs. Holy Cross
Hartford’s Dylan Protesto 17/19 vs. Holy Cross
Albany’s Zach Ornstein 15/21 vs. Harvard
Cornell’s Domenic Massimilian 17/20 with 15 GB and 1A vs. Dartmouth
Vermont’s Luc LeBlanc 16/23, 1A vs. Dartmouth
Stony Brook’s Jay Lindsay 17/24 vs. Lehigh
Hopkin’s Hunter Moreland 9/12 vs. Rutgers
BU’s Sam Talkow 14/18 vs. Lehigh
Towson’s Alec Burckley 16/21 vs. Drexel
Quinnipiac’s Will Vitelli 19/19 vs. Marist
St. Joseph’s Mike Lanham 16/18 vs. Wagner

Goalies:  Greater than 70%

Navy’s John Connors 9/12 vs. Holy Cross
UVA’s Matt Barrett 12/12 vs. Richmond
Denver’s Alex Ready 9/12 vs. Georgetown
Penn State’s Will Schreiner 15/20 vs Ohio State
Monmouth’s Nick Hreshko 14/20 vs Canisius
Marquette’s Cole Blazer 13/16 vs Villanova

Earth Shattering Upsets and Surprises

• I might as well start with Notre Dame’s 17-7 demolishing of Syracuse which really spoiled the celebratory mood of the Carrier Dome. The Orange held a ceremony at halftime bringing as many alumni as they could out onto the field. With that much star power in the house, everyone was hoping for a big second half comeback that never came. After the game, both head coaches were at a loss for answers to explain what had happened. Syracuse’s John Desko had no excuse for his team’s across the board poor performance while Notre Dame’s Kevin Corrigan could not explain the Irish’s sudden excellence.  Corrigan was in a much better mood with his confusion, though.

• Friday’s night’s game between Duke and North Carolina did not disappoint. A true back and forth affair, the Tar Heels seized their opportunity to win on a slightly broken play after Myles Jones’ attempt at a game winner was saved on the other end. While Jones missed that shot, he made almost all others and had a monster night. It was the type of game everyone wants to see from him regularly.
• Since the other ACC teams were beating up on each other, Virginia kept themselves occupied by facing in-state foe Richmond.  This is the same Richmond team that went to Duke and took down the Blue Devils. This is the same Virginia that was sitting at 5-5 on the season. I say was because they topped Richmond 9-0. Yes, they shut out the Spiders. If you don’t know what to make of that, you’re not alone. This is yet another confusing data point in a confusing season.
• In non-ACC Action, Brown absolutely dismantled a Villanova team that had the makings of a championship weekend content. Well, they still do, but some more doubt was cast on them for sure. Brown on the other had is looking as strong as ever.
• In B1G action, Michigan gave Maryland quite a scare with the Terps only winning by a single goal. Bryan Cole scored the game winner with just 43 seconds left. Michigan is at the bottom of the league, but they have been in all but two of their games this year. Maryland’s slate gets no easier with Penn State next up followed by a surging Rutgers.
• Speaking of Rutgers, their 16-9 win over Hopkins puts the Scarlet Knights on the right foot as the start their conference play. They only have two losses, but both are a little puzzling. A three point loss to a struggling Princeton team and a nine point loss to Stony Brook would not suggest a they are a team that would top Hopkins by seven. But then again, it is the 2016 NCAA lacrosse season.
• Also, last but certainly not least, Hampton lost to VMI by a bad score of 25-4. I bring this up simply because that game marks the end of Hampton’s first season of D1 lacrosse. They now get to hop on the recruiting trail early and continue to build on what they start in 2016. Get ready for the Pirates and they look to keep making history!

NCAA D1 Conference Comparison

The biggest drop here was the Patriot who took a couple of out of conference losses during the week while everyone else picked up a few wins. The ACC is still the conference to beat as a whole, despite their vulnerability.  With more and more teams focusing on conference play, one or two losses by teams outside of their league can really move this table quite a bit as there won’t be as many opportunities to balance things out.