2021 DMV Boys Outlook

[Anonymous]

Prep also needs to be prepared for very physical play from Bullis. Prep, so big, is not so physical.

If Prep shoots against Bullis like they did against Landon, it will be a long day for the Bullis Goalie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bullis and Landon are 1-1 against each other. Bullis has a one goal advantage in Net Goals. Hopefully they see each other in the WCAC IAC challenge. I believe Landon plays SJC first. I am not sure who Bullis plays. We will see how the Prep Game goes against Bullis on Tuesday. In all likelyhood Prep will win. If the IAC thought goals against mattered, Landon would have played Bullis in the IAC semis, but alas, the IAC AD's and Administrators didn't think so.

Prep will win nearly every faceoff against Bullis. If Prep clears effectively against Bullis, it will be a lopsided win. The other issue for Bullis is they are a dodge and shoot offense. The Prep defenders are very good defending Dodge and shoot. They are not good at defending cutters and recovering from slides.

It will be interesting to see how it plays out, but I would put my money on Prep's best team in a very long time.

Prep should be prepared for Bullis to shortstick one of their attackmen. Prep should also be prepared for Bullis's drop back 3-4 pressure ride.

The final piece, It will be about 86 degrees, a definite advantage for Prep's depth and not great for the thin bench of Bullis.

I have not seen SJC play. For such a vaunted team, their win over a down GZ team was not that great.


SJC vs Gonzaga is a big rivalry game in all sports. Always will be close. SJC had 8 Freshman starters 2 years ago and should have beat Gonzaga’s Senior loaded team in Championship Game. Either team will take a W.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Prep also needs to be prepared for very physical play from Bullis. Prep, so big, is not so physical.

If Prep shoots against Bullis like they did against Landon, it will be a long day for the Bullis Goalie.

Prep's athleticism in that first midfield is really tough to deal with because they will demand slides, and if they're burying shots... Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Prep's midfielders are big strong physical dodgers. They cause problems and demand slides. I meant their defense is not physical.

At the same time, physicality in the form of body checks is being penalized out of lacrosse, as it has been for the past two and a half decades, but the cross check has been legalized.

Back during the days of the dinosaurs, defensive players had to keep their hands together on their sticks, or it was a cross check. The only time a hit was illegal was if you separated your hands on your stick, or you followed through with your hands after initial contact. By those old standards, today, almost all man to man defense involves cross checking. However, now body checks are penalized out of existence, but sliding with a cross check to the chest seems to be routinely accepted, or at least unpenalized by officials.

The evolution of the game.

[Anonymous]

Neutral observer here who has been around lacrosse for several decades and had a son graduate from an IAC school and play in the Ivy League.

Based on what I saw in person on Thursday, this is by far the best Georgetown Prep team I have seen play in well over 10 years. Big, athletic, and showed a ton of discipline. The Hoyas controlled the temp of the entire game from start to finish.

Landon has very solid squad this Spring. Preps overall athleticism simply just took over the game. Prep has some serious horses in the midfield, #10 and #16 are as good as I have seen in a very long time. Both are throw back middies who play offense and defense. Truthfully I didn't notice GP's attack as much as 90% of Prep's offense was generated from their middies. #28 for GP, who I heard is only a sophomore is a big time pole. The kid just creates transition and even offense. I haven't seen a LSM of his caliber at the HS level in a long time.

A previous poster pointed this out but GP has a mini home field advantage by playing on their rugby field which has a huge ridge (reminds me of an old school football field from the 90s) I see (Prep is undergoing massive construction project: new dorm / football stadium hence they have been playing on grass all Spring) I suspect most privates in this area all practice on turf these days.

I don't think the Bullis - GP game will be that close on Tuesday. Yes, Bulldogs provided GP their only defeat in league play it was 5 weeks ago and it was the first game of the season. Since that game, GP has dominated IAC league play. It's also going to be HOT out on Tuesday, and Bullis has limited depth this year. I've seen Bullis play Landon twice this year and both teams are fairly even. (don't tell me one is truly better than the other when they split the series and both game were very close) Bullis doesn't face-off particularly well so expect the Hoyas not only to dominate offensive possession but to dictate the pace of the game.

I fully expect GP to win by 5 goals on Tuesday and the Lil Hoyas will bring home their first outright IAC tournament title since 2014.


As for the SJC - GP debate. Hopefully these two teams play one another over Memorial Day weekend. I haven't seen SJC play in person this Spring but the WCAC seems to be quite down this year. PVI plays Episcopal in the VISSA finals today which will give us a good barometer of the WCAC vs IAC this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Neutral observer here who has been around lacrosse for several decades and had a son graduate from an IAC school and play in the Ivy League.

Based on what I saw in person on Thursday, this is by far the best Georgetown Prep team I have seen play in well over 10 years. Big, athletic, and showed a ton of discipline. The Hoyas controlled the temp of the entire game from start to finish.

Landon has very solid squad this Spring. Preps overall athleticism simply just took over the game. Prep has some serious horses in the midfield, #10 and #16 are as good as I have seen in a very long time. Both are throw back middies who play offense and defense. Truthfully I didn't notice GP's attack as much as 90% of Prep's offense was generated from their middies. #28 for GP, who I heard is only a sophomore is a big time pole. The kid just creates transition and even offense. I haven't seen a LSM of his caliber at the HS level in a long time.

A previous poster pointed this out but GP has a mini home field advantage by playing on their rugby field which has a huge ridge (reminds me of an old school football field from the 90s) I see (Prep is undergoing massive construction project: new dorm / football stadium hence they have been playing on grass all Spring) I suspect most privates in this area all practice on turf these days.

I don't think the Bullis - GP game will be that close on Tuesday. Yes, Bulldogs provided GP their only defeat in league play it was 5 weeks ago and it was the first game of the season. Since that game, GP has dominated IAC league play. It's also going to be HOT out on Tuesday, and Bullis has limited depth this year. I've seen Bullis play Landon twice this year and both teams are fairly even. (don't tell me one is truly better than the other when they split the series and both game were very close) Bullis doesn't face-off particularly well so expect the Hoyas not only to dominate offensive possession but to dictate the pace of the game.

I fully expect GP to win by 5 goals on Tuesday and the Lil Hoyas will bring home their first outright IAC tournament title since 2014.


As for the SJC - GP debate. Hopefully these two teams play one another over Memorial Day weekend. I haven't seen SJC play in person this Spring but the WCAC seems to be quite down this year. PVI plays Episcopal in the VISSA finals today which will give us a good barometer of the WCAC vs IAC this year.
Prep has an immensely talented sophomore class—probably the best in the DMV, if not nationally. There is some good talent in the freshman class, but not as much for the freshmen class entering this Fall. With the turnover in leadership at Prep’s main feeder school (soon to be run solely by GZ alum), we shall see if the talent pool at Prep dwindles. If they continue their success on the field and in the classroom, then, with completion of the new facilities, Prep should do fine.

[Anonymous]

Episcopal, which finished last in the IAC, just beat PVI 9-6.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Landon is not better than Bullis this year. Landon got exposed.

This was actually settled on the field. Bullis was 1 goal better over two games with Landon.

A further litmus test will be Prep/Bullis 3 on Tuesday. Bullis holds the only win by anyone over Prep but that was week 1.

Bullis played months before game 1 and won by a whisker due to 3 saves on the doorstep - Prep had 1 scrimmage before game 1 and has gotten better each week; Game 3 will not be close, Prep wins big.

Bullis Dad here. We played Spalding in Feb in a scrimmage. Practiced against Gonzaga once teams were practicing. That is it.And Prep goalie has made a few saves too against us. Don't get me wrong, you guys are really good. We have a tough challenge ahead. But to say we practiced for "months" and only our goalie made a few big saves is just not accurate.

[Anonymous]

Prep has an immensely talented sophomore class—probably the best in the DMV, if not nationally. There is some good talent in the freshman class, but not as much for the freshmen class entering this Fall. With the turnover in leadership at Prep’s main feeder school (soon to be run solely by GZ alum), we shall see if the talent pool at Prep dwindles. If they continue their success on the field and in the classroom, then, with completion of the new facilities, Prep should do fine.

The only GP sophomore who stood out has been the POLE #28. The kid is a beast! Other than him, I didn't notice any of their stud "sophomores". They have a sophomore attackman who is a crease guy and lives off the maryland signee and the Amherst signee who can feed him inside. Both of those seniors graduate next year.

I was more impressed with Landon's two freshman (#8) and (#22) both combined to score 66% of Landon's goals on Thursday.

I wasn't aware of Mater Dei now being run by a Gonzaga alum. Regardless, I really don't think the MD pipeline is going to swing back in GZ's favor anytime soon. I've been around here for a while and strongly believe Gonzaga benefitted when their was a down economy (half the tuition of GP) and saw a major influx of applicants. I'd even argue, even several full pay Mater Dei families were sick / tired of Giblin's coaching antics and saw GZ as another strong lacrosse alternative.

[Anonymous]

Prep and Gonzaga have the most talent in the area. Their current rosters are loaded with collegiate level players. Both Prep and Gonzaga have 5-7 Division I players in every class.
Gonzaga is down this season. Prep is excellent.
I expect both to be at the top of the food chain in 2022.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Prep and Gonzaga have the most talent in the area. Their current rosters are loaded with collegiate level players. Both Prep and Gonzaga have 5-7 Division I players in every class.
Gonzaga is down this season. Prep is excellent.
I expect both to be at the top of the food chain in 2022.

Pretty sure Gonzaga had big expectations this year. Didn’t they start number 2 in the country? St. John’s is the WCAC Champion this year and will be again next year.

[Anonymous]

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That is true, and SJ beating Gonzaga will cause some ripples in recruiting.
Still does change the fact that the current Gonzaga roster has more DI commits and more collegiate level players.

[Anonymous]

Please let us all know....who from GZ is still playing college lacrosse right now? Just wondering

[Anonymous]

Starting Penn State LSM.
D man at Princeton
I think Penn State has one or two SSDM
Starting attackman at Ohio State

You are uninformed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Starting Penn State LSM.
D man at Princeton
I think Penn State has one or two SSDM
Starting attackman at Ohio State

You are uninformed

Kid at Ohio State is done.
LSM at Penn State didn’t start.
Princeton didn’t play