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No I don't think they do, maybe the bottom 10

Hofstra is talented, but very young. St times today there were 8 sophomores and freshmen on the field for the Pride. I suspect they will gel as the season progresses and win their fair share of games. But I'm really looking forward to next year.

Some good matches today:

Boston College Vs Notre Dame
Stanford Vs Ohio State
JMU Vs UCon

All outcomes will impact the Top 20.

After yesterday my top 10:

1. Maryland
2. Florida
3. Syracuse
4. North Carolina
5. Penn State
6. Boston College
7. Princeton
8. Southern Cal
9. Notre Dame
10. ?????????? Virginia, Stony Brook, Stanford, Louisville, UConn, Ohio State ?????

So u have NU at least 17th. Please.

and you can move ND up and drop BC out of top 10.

Yes , I will. ND with a nice win. NU certainly in the mix with the teams listed. But duke win no longer looks impressive and loss to virginia doesn't look so good so based on games played and performance they are certainly not top 10 right now.

nobody cares about your top 10 that you push your daughters team up in. Coaches and media poll matter

Yeah, the coaches and the media are not biased at all.

Wow very sour, how about refute or make a case for another team. Is that so hard?

Already hearing about verbals meeting with other coaches. And the walls, come tumbling down...

Why would girls trade one 20 something team for another. No one on hofstra is going to a team that will compete for a national championship

Poll # 2 ... and I don't care if you don't care.

1. MD
2. Florida
3. Notre Dame
4. UNC
5. Syracuse
6. Penn State
7. Princeton
8. Stanford
9. Southern Cal
10. Hopkins
11. UVA
12. Northwestern
13. Boston College
14. Duke
15. Stony Brook
16. Penn
17. Louisville
18. UConn
19. Towson
20. Loyola

...says a YJ parent.

Hopkins too high. Stanford too high. James Madison should be in there,

The girls at Sacred Heart are saying SS cousin who was committed to Hofstra is talking to other coaches and has already de-committed.

You might be right about Hopkins. Who would you put above Stanford? JMU just lost to Uconn.

Some big games this week.

upenn and SB should be ahead of Duke and UVA Those two teams(UVA and Duke) get so much leeway in these polls. SB started at 7 you don't fall to 15 having not played a game. Albany also was ranked and is out having not played. It's very clear your agenda Also Hopkins was 17/18 beat a very poor Rutgers team and went up to top 10 it's great if you do a poll but do it right

No agenda. Stony Brook and Albany have not played a game yet. Penn played one game against a team not in any top 20.

Trying to reward teams for winning and playing top competition. I kept Loyola in at 0 - 2 because they lost to Florida and Syracuse (could be 2 - 0 against weak competition). Loyola's next four games are against Hopkins, Towson, Penn State and Virginia. That is a challenging first six games. They also have Georgetown, Boston College and Princeton thats 9 tough out of conference games.

Tough to keep SBU or Albany ahead of teams who have played 2 or 3 game against quality opponents. I'm sure there will be plenty of movement over the next few weeks as teams play more games.

"Do it right" do you mean like the Media Poll on the boys side? The one who just ranked North Carolina ahead of Hofstra after Hofstra beat UNC 10 - 5? At this point in the season there is a limited body of work. Head to head should carry more weight.

Correct me if I'm wrong but don't you go to school for an education and maybe a great environment/experience?
You are not trading a "20 something team", you are trading one University for another to prepare you for the rest of your life.

How would they know she doesn't attend SH anymore. Just asking

She still has friends on the team and has communicated as much. She herself has said that she didn't want to play for her cousin SS anymore in club going back to her freshman year. She wanted to go to YJ and her family wouldn't let her.

Still has friends on the team whom she talks and complain to.

What a shame could turn her off to the game completely.

Wait, Hofstra won the CAA regular season title last year. Lost an AA, and almost AA defender and a very good senior goalie. This year they started off 0 - 2. Based upon the last game, they start only (3) seniors with the majority of the others sophomores & freshman. I would expect them to be perhaps a sub .500 team to be honest.

Based upon these facts everyone is bailing on the program? This is a work in progress and expect a bumpy ride. Instead of bashing how about throw some support their way

BUt this is her fourth year and her first year with all her own recruits. If this is how she recruits, the program is in trouble.

The majority of the people bashing Hofstra are mostly YJ lemmings. I'm not worried about ANYTHING they say. You are correct...HU is VERY young. SS will coach them up well, and along with next years class I think they will be very good next year or the year after. And, overall, the CAA is a little down this year. Its cyclical ( for you YJ lemmings, that means there will be highs and lows). JMU is 1-2. It happens. SS will build. Hofstra will be fine in the long run. YJ pukes.

There is very limited room at YJ for goalies in this age group. A couple of the top goalies in the age group left TG to get a fair shake with YJ's. Although you would think CR would love to swing that trade, it will never happen. Lacrosse is a few years of a girls life, not worth the family rift it would create that would last far longer than a lacrosse career.

HA HA HA, Bet your kid plays for TG.

Do any of you people who continue to bash one collegiate program or another understand how difficult it is play a sport at any level in college ? I highly doubt it. In fact I would bet that none of you are parents of student athletes. If you are I would urge you to pick up the phone call your daughter and ask. listen to your athlete carefully and then decide if you still feel compelled to bash other young women like your daughter whom are very passionate about something they love. Whether at D1,2 or 3, Jr college or club these young women should be celebrated and congratulated.

I think its the coach. not the players that is being bashed

No...my daughter does not play for TG. We don't even live in NY. I just happen to know the YJ agenda: Bash EVERYTHING that is considered a threat. Since HU is coacheD by a TG person, YJ lemmings feel it is necessary to belittle them. Its a rather egotistical, childish approach. I find it very unique. Over my many years as a club parent I would say the YJ parental units were the most obnoxious, loud, belittling, rules-ignorant, egotistical, etc, etc that I have ever encountered. One of the perks of my daughter being finished with her club career is that I do not have to listen to them anymore. Halleluja!
Hofstra will be fine. SS is a good coach.

Agreed. YJ parents have made it their lifetime job to bash SS.

Yeah ... i dunno maybe JMU ahead of Towson/Loyola?

I think Stanford is a top 15 but not top 10 program. I would not drop NU below 10 despite the loss to UVA. I guess I don't put quite so much emphasis on the results to date for some teams, while others I agree show some real value. But admittedly I'm talking about where I think these teams will be in the second half of the season. NU for instance likely loses to SYR and will 1-2. But I still think they are a top 10 team. We shall see.

IWLCA Poll for Division I, February 22
Rank Team Record Points First Previous
1 Maryland 2-0 400 20 1
2 Syracuse 4-0 375 3
3 Florida 3-0 344 8
4 North Carolina 3-1 338 2
5 Northwestern 1-1 279 6
6 Penn State 2-0 276 7
7 Virginia 1-1 268 4
7 Notre Dame 3-0 268 11
9 Princeton 1-0 262 12
10 Duke 2-2 223 5
11 Stony Brook 0-0 198 10
12 Southern California 2-0 180 19
13 Penn 1-0 153 13
14 Stanford 2-1 129 14
15 Boston College 2-1 124 9
16 Johns Hopkins 3-0 118 15
17 Louisville 3-0 91 17
18 Ohio State 2-1 54 16
19 Loyola 0-2 53 18
20 Connecticut 2-0 21 NR

Is it because the best and most successful player YJ ever had left to do her own thing and didn't come back into the fold?

IWLCA Poll for Division II, February 22
Rank Team Record Points First Previous
1 Adelphi 1-0 398 19 1
2 Le Moyne 0-0 379 1 2
3 Lindenwood 2-0 360 3
4 New Haven 0-0 336 4
5 LIU Post 0-0 315 6
6 Rollins 1-0 278 6
7 Lock Haven 0-0 256 8
8 Stonehill 0-0 247 9
9 Limestone 3-0 242 11
10 West Chester 0-0 224 10
11 Grand Valley State 1-1 198 15
12 Florida Southern 0-1 185 5
13 Mercyhurst 1-0 163 13
14 Mount Olive 5-0 154 12
15 Seton Hill 0-0 131 14
16 Queens 1-0 116 16
17 Dowling 0-0 79 17
18 Bentley 0-0 69 18
19 Regis (CO) 1-0 38 19
20 Saint Anselm 0-0 21 20

IWLCA Poll for Division III, February 1
Rank Team Record Points First Previous
1 Cortland 0-0 400 20
2 Trinity (CT) 0-0 369
3 Franklin & Marshall 0-0 368
4 Middlebury 0-0 339
5 College of NJ 0-0 309
6 Gettysburg 0-0 270
7 Catholic (DC) 0-0 262
8 [lacrosse] 0-0 242
9 Salisbury 0-0 237
10 Bowdoin 0-0 219
11 Tufts 0-0 198
12 Amherst 0-0 161
13 Hamilton 0-0 145
14 Messiah 0-0 110
15 Fredonia 0-0 106
16 Washington & Lee 0-0 104
17 Colby 0-0 89
18 Geneseo 0-0 54
19 St. John Fisher 0-0 49
20 Union 0-0 37

I think you're correct.

Another example of a director keeping a huge piece of the pie. Good thing she lets her coaches train on the side because she pays all the college girls peanuts. Just like the parents following the YJ's, there are tons of girls looking to go back and coach for her. They all deserve more but the YJ's have an unlimited supply of future coaches so she can pay whatever she wants. SS should have been locked up with the YJ's