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Please, not bitter at all. Really, they are "not striving for excellence or success or excellence". Spoken like a non athlete as well as someone who lives in mediocray. Successful Programs, Teams, Athletes and people have ups and downs but they never stop striving for excellence. Others, wallow around waiting and hoping that the successful fall. What is the saying? Misery loves company... The difference between the successful and the mediocre is the successful don't stay down for long and they do not waste their time trying to tear down others in order to elevate themselves. Terps will be just fine.

They only brought up UA & IL to make the point that many on here are jealous of the success that others have... your post demonstrates the exact attitude that was being pointed out.

Your comments are typical of the comments made by people with the toxic attitude of individuals who resent the success of others.

As for “overrated recruits not producing” that’s funny... go look at the Top 10 - 15 Programs over the past 5 - 10 years. I am willing to bet they are the same programs that brought in the most “overrated recruits “ i.e. Under Armour All-Americans....
Direct correlation... the programs that consistently bring in the high end recruits are the programs that are consistently Top 10 - 20.

Don't think it has anything to do with jealousy. MD currently doesn't belong on the pedestal that people put them on. I personally love to see "new" teams in the mix and it not always be about the "same old". IMO

Maryland put themselves on whatever pedestal they are on... The Terps a by far the most successful program in the history of women's lacrosse. Who are the new teams in the mix? With the exception of the Ivy's not competing it's pretty much the "same old".

Until some new programs start winning the recruiting battle vs the “same old” we are not going to see any “new” teams in the mix.

Just last week on this very website, UNC was put in a class all by themselves, deemed untouchable. If you’re so untouchable and so above all these other mediocre teams how do you only win by 1 against a team with no superstars?? Just curious? Oh and I heard it only rained on the UNC players so maybe you can use that as an excuse.

Spent all of their money sending the kids to MD?
They are middle schools in MIAa/IAMM that cost more. It’s a bargain to be a Terp. I don’t know what the deal is this year with them. Not playing up to snuff.

Okay so if all their success is what put them on the pedestal getting mercy ruled multiple times the last few years is what has knocked them off. They should no longer be considered a top 10 team in my opinion. Will they get back to the top, only time will tell but by the looks of them they are heading in the opposite direction.

It’s great to see them smash and then come through when challenged.
Although it’s a bit like watching pro lacrosse- a little boring because everyone’s so awesome and such a well established fool.
We want to see some new kids shine. The hungry ones.

Calm down ,just because someone says something silly like a team is in its own class does not mean many people believe them. That said I will still pick UNC as the eventual winner. As far as the weather we get that both teams played in it but it looked miserable and playing conditions can be a great equalizer as can a goalie who plays lights out which that game had both. If they play again in the ACC tournament I will take UNC by a much wider margin.As I have said before the UNC team always struggles at ND .

Pretty sure Notre Dame was ranked #2 to start the season...
Don’t think anyone has said Notre Dame is mediocre this year...
Notre Dame has been one of the Top 10-15 programs for a long time and they have brought in plenty of superstars over the years.

Okay so if all their success is what put them on the pedestal getting mercy ruled multiple times the last few years is what has knocked them off. They should no longer be considered a top 10 team in my opinion. Will they get back to the top, only time will tell but by the looks of them they are heading in the opposite direction.[/quote]

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Oh boy, this one just might take the cake. Your ignorant, uninformed and untrue statement " getting mercy ruled multiple times the last few years is what has knocked them off" leaves you with zero credibility. They won a National Championship in 2019. Yes, they were Blown out By UNC last year, they also lost to #4 Syracuse and #8 Florida nothing to be ashamed of. This year Northwestern handled them easily. So in the past two years they have been soundly beaten by arguably the two best teams in the country and that is the basis for your opinion?
Get hold of yourself.

hmmm

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Oh boy, this one just might take the cake. Your ignorant, uninformed and untrue statement " getting mercy ruled multiple times the last few years is what has knocked them off" leaves you with zero credibility. They won a National Championship in 2019. Yes, they were Blown out By UNC last year, they also lost to #4 Syracuse and #8 Florida nothing to be ashamed of. This year Northwestern handled them easily. So in the past two years they have been soundly beaten by arguably the two best teams in the country and that is the basis for your opinion?
Get hold of yourself.[/quote]

Don't be so mad. Your daughter's team stinks this year. Happens sometimes. Maryland barely belongs in top 20 after last weekend's performance.

APRIL 12, 2021 Nike Poll

1 North Carolina
2 Northwestern
3 Syracuse
4 Notre Dame
5 Boston College
6 Stony Brook
7 Virginia
8 Duke
9 Jacksonville
10 Florida
11 Loyola
12 Maryland
13 Richmond
14 Johns Hopkins
15 Drexel
16 Penn State
17 Stanford
18 Michigan
19 Towson
20 Ohio State

ALSO CONSIDERED (ALPHABETICAL ORDER): COLORADO, DENVER, ELON, RUTGERS, TEMPLE, UMASS, VANDERBILT

ACC - In Conference Record....

UNC..............6 - 0..... 103 GF.......39 GA
BC.................5 -1........99 GF........74 GA
Syracuse.......5 - 1.......87 GF.........70 GA
Notre Dame...3 - 3.......76 GF.........73 GA
Virginia...........4 - 4.......80 GF.........99 GA
Duke..............3 - 5.......87 GF........98 GA
Louisville........1 - 6.......68 GF........100 GA
Va Tech..........0 - 6.......49 GF........97 GA

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Oh boy, this one just might take the cake. Your ignorant, uninformed and untrue statement " getting mercy ruled multiple times the last few years is what has knocked them off" leaves you with zero credibility. They won a National Championship in 2019. Yes, they were Blown out By UNC last year, they also lost to #4 Syracuse and #8 Florida nothing to be ashamed of. This year Northwestern handled them easily. So in the past two years they have been soundly beaten by arguably the two best teams in the country and that is the basis for your opinion?
Get hold of yourself.[/quote]

Talk about uninformed. Between this season and last Maryland has been mercy ruled at least 4 times , one of those times by a team outside the top 15 . You seem to have issues understanding basic facts . Now let’s hear about how they can’t be that bad because a couple years ago they were so good .

And the Ivy schools when they come back into play next year will really mix things up; well a few of them.

Talk about uninformed. Between this season and last Maryland has been mercy ruled at least 4 times , one of those times by a team outside the top 15 . You seem to have issues understanding basic facts . Now let’s hear about how they can’t be that bad because a couple years ago they were so good .[/quote]

Here is a Fact, The University of Maryland Women’s Lacrosse Program is the best program in the history of the sport.

Are you responding to a post or talking to yourself?

Here is a Fact, The University of Maryland Women’s Lacrosse Program is the best program in the history of the sport.[/quote]


So we agree MD womens lacrosse is now history. Another fact for you is Yale is the best football program in the history of college football but much like MD womens lacrosse for now they are irrelevant when talking about championships.

So we agree MD womens lacrosse is now history. Another fact for you is Yale is the best football program in the history of college football but much like MD womens lacrosse for now they are irrelevant when talking about championships.[/quote]

Considering the fact that Maryland won the last National Championship your analogy is irrelevant.

Keep telling yourself that Maryland stinks and they are heading in the wrong direction.

Not sure what drives your animosity, did Maryland not recruit your daughter? Has your daughters team received too many defeats at the hands of the Terrapins? Have you felt inadequate or been embarrassed when your daughters team lost to Maryland? Is it all the Championships that Maryland boasts? Is it all of the Tewaaraton Winners that played for The Terps? Is it all of the All-Americans that have put on the Maryland Uniform?
I just don’t get your the delusion and animosity.

“Considering the fact that Maryland won the last National Championship your analogy is irrelevant.

Keep telling yourself that Maryland stinks and they are heading in the wrong direction.

Not sure what drives your animosity, did Maryland not recruit your daughter? Has your daughters team received too many defeats at the hands of the Terrapins? Have you felt inadequate or been embarrassed when your daughters team lost to Maryland? Is it all the Championships that Maryland boasts? Is it all of the Tewaaraton Winners that played for The Terps? Is it all of the All-Americans that have put on the Maryland Uniform?
I just don’t get your the delusion and animosity.”

No animosity, just pointing out that they stink now . They are completely irrelevant when speaking about a big 10
Or NCAA women’s lacrosse championship this season and for the foreseeable future . Your point that they won a championship not long ago only proves that they are heading in the wrong direction .Is what it is nothing to get so worked up about .

Sorry, we definitely read animosity in your posts. I guess in your opinion every team that doesn’t win the National Championship in a given year “stinks”. I guess when Izzy Scane wins the Tewaaraton your logic will tell us that every other player is irrelevant or stinks. If Maryland stinks, then what does that say about the othe 100 + teams that they are better than? I guess in your opinion they must all stink. How about Northwestern? Do they stink? They have not won a championship since 2012, that’s a long time. Did North Carolina stink for their first 18 years? How about UNC, they last won a championship in 2017, I guess they have been irrelevant ever since? How about ND, BC, and Syracuse? Do they all stink? Based on your logic none of the three have done anything? I guess they all stink. According to your foolish opinion if you are not the favorite to win a championship you are irrelevant and must stink.

No, we all see your animosity, we just don’t know what causes it. I haven’t seen anyone come on here and predict that Maryland was going to win the Championship however very few will “honestly” say “they stink”. I would say they are off from where they were but to say they stink is a bit much. But I guess if we use your logic pretty much every team that doesn’t win the championship “stinks” therefore all of those players must stink as well. Good luck with your distorted snide opinions, I’m sure you are a pleasure to be around.

Forget him, we all know the type, they have been disparaging players, club teams, HS Teams, All-Star Team Selection, College Teams, etc... since their daughter was in grade school. This one stinks, that one stinks etc... Not worth responding to people like that.

Drexel at Towson Tonight - 6:00pm.

Towson 12 - 11 @ Home

Towson in the hole 10-2 ... halftime. Drexel looks very good.

Drexel is legit. Can compete with any team ranked 10 - 20. Maybe
Maybe even higher, hope we get to see it happen. Towson is a solid team. Drexel is very good!

I watched the game last night. Drexel has at least 5 girls that can go to goal. They also have a good defense and goalie. They can possibly surprise some top ten teams. I think they are as good as 4 thru 10 in rankings

Agree. They are well coached too.

I think a solid zone D could slow them down as they look to dodge from the top 90% of time. Towson is a one on one defense but got beat a lot last night. They came out in zone in second half and slowed Drexel down for a little while. I do not think Towson plays zone much at all so it was not too strong

If you have the athletes Man to Man is the best option... Towson has excellent defenders the mids are not as strong as their base... they are OK just not as strong as the D... Not knocking or trying to be a MeanyJust my observation.... I think Drexel Looked great. Where you attack from and how you attack is dictated by what type of defense the other team is playing... Drexel is well coached and they identified the defense , adjusted , executed and exploited the zone. Towson is a solid team with a very good D. I agree I am pretty sure Towson likes to play man. I was very impressed with Drexel, it was the first opportunity I have had to watch them play. Fairly new coach I believe, CAA is now tougher, Hope Delaware coach can elevate their program over the next couple of years, Elon looking good, Towson and obviously JMU are always tough... William and Mary is a great school with a lot to offer and they traditionally challenge themselves with a tough out of conference schedule (a few ACC Teams, Richmond, Vanderbilt etc...)

Good for Drexel, Good for the sport.

You forgot Hofstra...just beat JMU 13-7 last weekend.

Any thoughts on Jacksonville at #9 or #10? One squeaker against Florida and you are in the Top 10?

No problem with Jacksonville, quality win over Florida. Stony Brook on the other hand not justified, SBU should not be in the Top 10.

I don't know. I don't think JU would be able to fully stop Stony Brook. I get that JU edged Florida, but JU doesn't play a tough schedule, either. I guess we will see when the tourney starts.

I agree...who has Florida beat

Who really knows this year? 6 or 7 perennial Top 20 Teams are not competing and there has been limited out of conference competition for most teams. Stony Brook is being ranked on their past and Drexel knocked off a perennial Top 10 - 20 Team and has a strong record.

Which perennial top 20 teams are not competing 6-7 , I don’t think so

I’m guessing top 3 - 4 Big 10 and top 2 - 3 Ivy’s. Maryland, Northwestern, Penn State, Princeton and Penn always in the mix. Most years there is another Big and or Ivy in the Top 20. Probably more like 5 but then add an additional big or Ivy and you get 6 ....