Okay, finally some real results to talk about. Weekend action from NL March Invitational and Spring Thaw. Rankings are US Club Lacrosse FWIW. Results from Tourney Machine:
DCE 6-3 NL (19) DCE 4-9 Leading Edge (3) DCE 2-4 Red Hots (4) DCE 12-6 Nationals LC (nr)
Observations
--Level of competition was higher at NL March Invitational. Hard to gauge Crabs/ML/Hawks versus some of the teams they played other than Philadelphia Freedom. --Clippers went 0-3 but overachieved, kept it close versus some good teams. --NL needs to fix things quickly, 1-4 at their own tournament, still having trouble scoring. --Expected bigger margin of victory from FCA. --DCE looking like a top 4 Hoco team at the expense of NL and ML. Early Hoco playoff predictions are (1) Hawks, (2) FCA, (3)/(4) DCE/Crabs.
Usual caveats that the weather was terrible and that teams are still experimenting with schemes and personnel.
I think for HOCO, DCE will a team to watch. With a close score of 2-4 against Red Hots National. Still think Hawks will win it, but the game to watch will be FCA vs DCE.