The bottom line is that lacrosse is becoming a year-round sport, just like soccer has been for some time. Typically, the Fall Season has been tough with soccer (school play) and the Spring Season has been the measuring stick. In lacrosse, it is more the late Spring and Summer seasons where teams come together at full strength after the school season. The Fall lacrosse season is still finding its legs overall.
Have to agree here - teams took the field and played the games.
They were not called "YJ 201x A-Team" or "Liberty 201x A-Team" - they were called Blue/Gold or Black. The teams fielded carry with them the reputation of those team names. "Yellow Jackets Blue" means something - and when a Blue team loses, the winner deserves the accolades.
Both the M&D Black (2013) and Liberty Black (2014) earned the stripes this weekend. Next weekend might be different, next month might be different ... but this weekend, the stripes were earned.