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What’s up with Crabs 2023 playing in weak tourneys with weak brackets? Rockfish? PLC? Breakers? They ducked Hawks, TNA, and Looneys the past two weekends.

I’m pretty sure this last weekend it was a 2024 crabs team playing up

I went to a POS D3 school. I played lacrosse, but tat wasn't my primary goal in going there. I had a great time, got a decent education and then went on to grad school at Hopkins and U of MD. (while working a well-paying job) I've had a great career out earning most of my D1 peers so I'm not too worried where my kid ends up. Focus on education goals 1st, lax 2nd.

If your kid is going to be able to use Lacrosse himself into a school that academically wouldn't even look at them, these are the best lacrosse schools ranked solely on acceptance rate:
1 Harvard University
2 Princeton University
3 Yale University
4 Brown University
5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
6 Dartmouth College
7 Duke University
8 United States Naval Academy
9 University of Pennsylvania
10 Bowdoin College
11 Swarthmore College
12 Colby College
13 Johns Hopkins University
14 United States Military Academy
15 Amherst College
16 Cornell University
17 United States Air Force Academy
18 Bates College
19 Williams College
20 Colorado College
21 Georgetown University
22 Limestone University
23 Middlebury College
24 Tufts University
25 United States Merchant Marine Academy
26 Hamilton College
27 Haverford College
28 University of Notre Dame
29 Wesleyan University
30 Boston University
31 Washington and Lee University
32 United States Coast Guard Academy
all other schools accept more than 20% of applicants.

I like how you slipped Limestone (44% acceptance rate, not even listed in my kid's "Best 381 Colleges" book) into your list and that you had the stones to list it ahead of Middlebury, Tufts, Notre Dame, etc... Looks like in your rankings good old Limestone got edged out by Georgetown this time around, maybe next year....

This list is a joke, left off Towson too

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to a POS D3 school. I played lacrosse, but tat wasn't my primary goal in going there. I had a great time, got a decent education and then went on to grad school at Hopkins and U of MD. (while working a well-paying job) I've had a great career out earning most of my D1 peers so I'm not too worried where my kid ends up. Focus on education goals 1st, lax 2nd.

Holy 💩 a level head. Who knew that existed in this forum.

I went to a POS D3 school. I played lacrosse, but tat wasn't my primary goal in going there. I had a great time, got a decent education and then went on to grad school at Hopkins and U of MD. (while working a well-paying job) I've had a great career out earning most of my D1 peers so I'm not too worried where my kid ends up. Focus on education goals 1st, lax 2nd.

Hey Towson alum, request a refund for not teaching you reading comprehension. Read the OP again.

US News Data has Limestone on their list
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/lowest-acceptance-rate

People wonder why the Hawks have problems

Any good matchups tomorrow @NHSLS?

Yes Spalding beat SJ. In fairness, different approaches to the game. Once team played all personnel while the other played to win. Lots of top end talent on both teams.

Yeah but I wouldn’t put too much into the win over SJ! SJ was out there playing all their guys to see what they have. Spalding isn’t that good. They struggled with Severn.

There is an error. A D2 Christian school in SC with those average SAT scores is not going to be that competitive in admissions. I’m not knocking the school.

Easy there big girl. This is a warm up for Spalding. Spalding will do well this year. Make playoffs for sure.

Why do you lunatics say this every single year to no end. SPALDING WILL NOT MAKE THE PLAYOFFS. If you barely beat St Johns while youre playing your best players against their backups you’re not a good team. Not to mention you barely beat a very young severn team. Spalding will never be good even with half of the hawks. After the hawks leave you’ll be competing with MSJ and JC to see who won’t be last in the league.

Why do you lunatics say this every single year to no end. SPALDING WILL NOT MAKE THE PLAYOFFS. If you barely beat St Johns while youre playing your best players against their backups you’re not a good team. Not to mention you barely beat a very young severn team. Spalding will never be good even with half of the hawks. After the hawks leave you’ll be competing with MSJ and JC to see who won’t be last in the league.

Gonna be some college bench warmers coming out of Spalding.

Team is not good. Even with the new coaching staff.

Yes Spalding beat SJ. In fairness, different approaches to the game. Once team played all personnel while the other played to win. Lots of top end talent on both teams.

I watched the game.
Spaulding has the best coaches in the mid Atlantic. Clearly a structured offense that plays to their strengths. BK and Ripley used their money wisely.
Spaulding will contend for the championship the next two seasons.

I watched the game.
Spaulding has the best coaches in the mid Atlantic. Clearly a structured offense that plays to their strengths. BK and Ripley used their money wisely.
Spaulding will contend for the championship the next two seasons.

I watched the game.
Spaulding has the best coaches in the mid Atlantic. Clearly a structured offense that plays to their strengths. BK and Ripley used their money wisely.
Spaulding will contend for the championship the next two seasons.

I watched the game.
Spaulding has the best coaches in the mid Atlantic. Clearly a structured offense that plays to their strengths. BK and Ripley used their money wisely.
Spaulding will contend for the championship the next two seasons.

Please tell me you are joking. No one can possibly have such a low iq. Although it wouldn’t surprise coming from a person who decided to send their kid to Spalding.

BK starting dumping money into the program years ago. Ripley’s significant contributions have only helped with IL ratings.
In the grand scheme of things, the needle has move a little, but not enough to compete for a championship in the MIAA.
The sad sad truth about the program, BK and Ripley contributions to the program are SIGNIFICANT, and aspiring to make the playoffs shows how low the bar is in the community. The goal should have been to WIN. Instead it is make the playoffs...

At least some Hawks got four stars.

There is no doubt that Spalding has evolved into a good school with solid athletics, it has come a long way from where it was in the 80s and 90s (Spalding was where a kid went when he got kicked out of public school or other catholic and private schools).

Let's be real here with lacrosse. This is about the dads. period. No boy grows up dreaming of putting on the black and red to represent Spalding in lacrosse. Spalding is a big commuter school off the highway. There is no lacrosse tradition, The dads are trying hard to make Spalding happen and it might work but once their Johnny Laxalots graduate, the program immediately reverts to its historic level.

There seem to be some good players and coaches there at this moment. I wish them luck with the sleeping giant, turnaround narrative. If it all clicks and everyone works together nicely that sixth playoff berth could be within reach and once the playoffs start anything could happen. It will be fun to watch.

They either win it this year or finish as runner up, Heard it here first !!

next year

They either win it this year or finish as runner up, Heard it here first !!

There is no doubt that Spalding has evolved into a good school with solid athletics, it has come a long way from where it was in the 80s and 90s (Spalding was where a kid went when he got kicked out of public school or other catholic and private schools).

Let's be real here with lacrosse. This is about the dads. period. No boy grows up dreaming of putting on the black and red to represent Spalding in lacrosse. Spalding is a big commuter school off the highway. There is no lacrosse tradition, The dads are trying hard to make Spalding happen and it might work but once their Johnny Laxalots graduate, the program immediately reverts to its historic level.

There seem to be some good players and coaches there at this moment. I wish them luck with the sleeping giant, turnaround narrative. If it all clicks and everyone works together nicely that sixth playoff berth could be within reach and once the playoffs start anything could happen. It will be fun to watch.

They either win it this year or finish as runner up, Heard it here first !!

Holy **** it doesn’t end with you losers. Spalding will never be good at lacrosse and recruiting some overrated kids from the hawks won’t even get you to the playoffs. You’ll always be known as the school for delinquents who couldn’t cut it at public school. The school honestly hasn’t changed much if you give their roster a look over. I do not understand anyone’s logic in sending their kid to spalding—just go to stm if you want your son to have a catholic education(they’re actually good at lacrosse!)