It can take a little while for any college lacrosse season at any level to really take off, but when NJCAA Lacrosse hits its full stride, it keeps on striding, because the season is short, and them championships are less than a month and a half away!
Throw out all your preconceived notions, look at the results so far, and tell me this isn’t the best season of JuCo men’s lacrosse we have seen in a while. Go ahead, pick another season… I’ll wait. See? It’s too hard. 2017 rules supreme! Sure, we have a favorite or two, but we also have newcomers, and NOTHING is set in stone. It’s a beautiful thing, revel in its glory.
NJCAA Top Ten (Twelve) Poll
Top Ten Ranking, Current Record, Vote Points, Last Week’s Rank
1) Onondaga, 7-0, 60, 1st
2) Howard, 7-1, 54, 2nd
2) Harford, 9-1, 48, 2nd
4) Nassau, 5-3, 41, 4th
5) Genesee, 5-2, 37, 5th
6) Anne Arundel, 4-4, 29, 6th
7) CCBC Essex, 5-4, 21, 7th
8) Ocean County, 5-2, 18, 8th
9) Monroe, 2-2, 10, 9th
10T) Frederick, 5-2, 3, Unranked
10T) Suffolk, 2-5, 3, Unranked
10T) Tomkins Cortland, 3-3, 3, Unranked
Others Receiving Votes: Union County, Hudson Valley
Howard Vs Anne Arundel – VIDEO
I love NJCAA Lacrosse highlights. I love them a lot. Thanks to Howard for putting these together, and congrats on the big win. Now you know Howard won, but watch the video anyway!!!!
GREAT NJCAA Photos!
Ocean County vs Northampton – Nick Caruso sent these in, taken by Chris Farrar. An amazing action shot, and what a crowd!
Anne Arundel vs. CCBC Essex – Scott Harrison shot these photos and sent them in to us, and Anne Arundel walked away with a hard fought win.
Onondaga vs. Tompkins Cortland – Amy Corcoran got some great shots of the OCC win over TC3 and sent them in to us. Thanks Amy and I love the first one with the scoreboard in the background of the action!
Submitting Photos/Video
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A Predictable Week?
It’s been a series of ups and down for a lot of teams, but as you can see in the Top Ten (Twelve) Poll at the beginning of the post, there was not a lot of movement whatsoever. The poll from last week bore out in this week’s results for the most part, and a number of results backed up the current placements.
However, I’m not sold on the idea that the rest of the season will remain as predictable, OR that this week was actually all that predictable! There are a lot of good games still to come, and plenty of chances for upsets, statement games, and good ol’ fashioned hard-nosed wins. And THEN we get to the playoffs! NJCAA lacrosse has its stride, but that doesn’t mean it’s not going to get even better. Prepare thy selves! In the meantime, here were a couple eyebrow raising results:
TC3 may have lost to OCC by 25 this past weekend, but their win over Hudson Valley on Wednesday can’t go unnoticed. The Poll paid attention and put Tomkins Cortland in the mix. 14-10 is a good result, and for TC3 to put up 14 goals against Hudson Valley’s keeper is impressive. Genesee would put up 23 goals against HV, so 14 is a good marker.
Harford and Anne Arundel had QUITE a game, with Harford pulling out an 11-10 win. It may be the result (win vs loss) many predicted, but the tight game means nothing is set in stone at this point. The traditional powers of AACC and Essex are still very much alive. Speaking of Essex…
Nassau beat Essex 6-5, and while it again shows that this is going to continue to be a tight year of competition, it also shows that Nassau is fully prepared for one goals, or tight, games. Two of their three losses are by 1 goal, and the other was a 3 goal loss to OCC on the road. Nassau also has 3 one goal wins, one of which went to OT, and of their 7 true NJCAA games, all 7 teams are in the Top 10 right now.
Recent 2017 Game Results
Tuesday, March 28th
Harford 29 – Northern Virginia 3
Wednesday, March 29th
Anne Arundel 8 – Howard 23
Herkimer 7 – Broome 8
Hudson Valley 10 – Tompkins Cortland 14
Jefferson 2 – Onondaga 30
Mercyhurst North East 4 – Genesee 27
Ocean County 16 – Brookdale 3
Potomac State 22 – Catonsville 6
Southern Maryland 8 – Frederick 16
Suffolk 12 – Morris 2
Friday, March 31st
Delaware Tech vs. Catonsville – No results posted
Hudson Valley 9 – Genesee 23
Saturday, April 1st
Brookdale vs. Potomac State – Postponed
Harford 11 – Anne Arundel 10
Howard 34 – Southern Maryland 0
Nassau 6 – Essex 5
Ocean County 18 – Broome 6
Tompkins Cortland 10 – Onondaga 35
Sunday, April 2nd
Broome 12 – Finger Lakes 13
Delaware Tech vs. Morris – No results posted
Herkimer 9 – Jefferson 5
Hudson Valley 19 – Mercyhurst North East 10
Suffolk 12 – Union County 6
Big Upcoming 2017 NJCAA Lacrosse Games
Wednesday, April 5th – Harford Vs Essex – Earlier I said that the traditional Maryland powers aren’t dead, and this is a huge game to prove it. I like Harford to win, but it’s far from in the bag. This should be the midweek game of the week. And now it is, because I just said so. Expect excellence!
Friday, April 7th – Finger Lakes Vs Tomkins Cortland – FLCC has a small roster, and yet they still have the potential to be a Top 10 team. If they want to do so, they NEED to beat TC3. There is just no question about it. Now, if Tomkins Cortland wants to stay in the Top 10, they also NEED to win this game. When you have two teams who seem to match up well on paper, and both NEED wins, it can lead to a super exciting contest. That’s my call here.
Saturday, April 8th – Howard Vs Genesee – Do I really need to say anything? Top 5 match up, dude!
So what do we get this week? Another great week of NJCAA lacrosse! Hallelujah.
