2026 Private School Boys Lacrosse Commentary, Scores, and Updates

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Anonymous wrote:Tufts and Bowdoin from the NESCAC would beat the bottom 3rd of D1 programs, and it's not even close.

Picking nits, but out of the 77 D1 teams, Tufts and Bowdoin would only compete with the bottom 20 and beat the bottom 10.

What your basis for saying that? My opinion is that the best D3 programs would compete well with D1s in the middle of the D1 pack. And that those who assume that all D1 recruits are better athletes/lacrosse players know very little about the college game.

accurate

Yeah, I’d encourage my kid to pick W&L- and about a dozen other D3 schools over Mercer, Queens, Hampton, Mount St Mary’s, Iona, LIU, or any of the bottom 25 D1 schools. Anyone who thinks D1 is always better than D3 is delusional.

Thanks for stating the obvious. No one is or has ever picked any of those schools over W&L for lacrosse or anything else.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tufts and Bowdoin from the NESCAC would beat the bottom 3rd of D1 programs, and it's not even close.

Picking nits, but out of the 77 D1 teams, Tufts and Bowdoin would only compete with the bottom 20 and beat the bottom 10.

What your basis for saying that? My opinion is that the best D3 programs would compete well with D1s in the middle of the D1 pack. And that those who assume that all D1 recruits are better athletes/lacrosse players know very little about the college game.

accurate

Yeah, I’d encourage my kid to pick W&L- and about a dozen other D3 schools over Mercer, Queens, Hampton, Mount St Mary’s, Iona, LIU, or any of the bottom 25 D1 schools. Anyone who thinks D1 is always better than D3 is delusional.

Facts

From a purely lacrosse perspective, perhaps one may choose a D3 school over Hampton. Hampton would likely result in a much richer experience for African American lacrosse players. Please note, I am not African American but have to imagine that being a Black lax player at Hampton would be a significantly different experience than playing at Tufts.

Um, thanks for sharing?

Weirdest post of the week.

[Anonymous]

Friday’s Predictions?

SJC vs GC?
pVI vs GZ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tufts and Bowdoin from the NESCAC would beat the bottom 3rd of D1 programs, and it's not even close.

Picking nits, but out of the 77 D1 teams, Tufts and Bowdoin would only compete with the bottom 20 and beat the bottom 10.

What your basis for saying that? My opinion is that the best D3 programs would compete well with D1s in the middle of the D1 pack. And that those who assume that all D1 recruits are better athletes/lacrosse players know very little about the college game.

accurate

Yeah, I’d encourage my kid to pick W&L- and about a dozen other D3 schools over Mercer, Queens, Hampton, Mount St Mary’s, Iona, LIU, or any of the bottom 25 D1 schools. Anyone who thinks D1 is always better than D3 is delusional.

Facts

From a purely lacrosse perspective, perhaps one may choose a D3 school over Hampton. Hampton would likely result in a much richer experience for African American lacrosse players. Please note, I am not African American but have to imagine that being a Black lax player at Hampton would be a significantly different experience than playing at Tufts.

Weirdest post of the week.
(My bad on the misquote in the previous post)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:IAC is so bad the STA is in the conversation.

"On paper" the final between GP and STA would appear to be a mismatch. Mid-season STA lost to GP 8-1 and to Landon 7-2.

Has STA gone through some huge level of improvement since then? They were competitive with Bullis in a game at the end of the season and beat them in the payoffs.

The Landon comeback from a 6-goal deficit can be described as super-effort, but at least in part GP may have been assuming the game was in hand and relaxing.

Will GP be looking at this as easy given the 8-1 game earlier?

Definitely a mismatch on paper. When they played earlier in the season the game started tight and then Prep ground STA down. Prep has a lot more depth everywhere on the field, and their offense can run up a tab. STA is not as deep anywhere and seems to have some good athletes who might minor in lacrosse. Consistency in the regular season was a struggle. In the last matchup, goalie and FO were advantage to STA, but otherwise Prep, so barring a Prep meltdown STA would need to play all over the field like they did in the Bullis games to win.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone who was there feel like recapping the Bullis game??

The first time Bullis and STA played, it was back and forth, and was a one goal game until the last second when STA was in a desperation defense against the clock, and Bullis scored to ice it 10-8, so pretty close. This game was similar. STA scored first, but the goal was called back (looked like crease violation). STA then scored again to take a 1-0 lead. They would not lead again until OT. Bullis scored the next 3 goals to take a 3-1 lead, and then the teams traded goals to 6-4 Bullis at the half. At one point in the second half, the score was 7-6 Bullis on a pretty STA pole goal and it looked like STA had momentum, then Bullis opened up a 9-6 lead and it looked like they would roll. STA kept clawing back, making defensive stops and scoring 3 in a row to make it 9-9 at the end of regulation. Each team had multiple players leave the field hurt, some cramping but also several game stoppages for what in the old days would have been called getting your bell rung. STA looked like they were grabbing guys from the parking lot to find subs. Surprisingly nonexistent penalty calls, and both sets of fans were convinced they were getting screwed. Both teams played very hard, credit to them, back and forth game. Each team had one guy with a hat trick and otherwise scored by committee, team effort. Either team could have won or lost at the end of the game or in OT, probably anyone watching would have assumed close game but Bullis will have the last possession and score/win. Don't know the percentages but FO from STA took over in the second half and won both in OT including the fast break goal. Both goalies made critical stops down the stretch or it would have ended in regulation or 1 OT.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tufts and Bowdoin from the NESCAC would beat the bottom 3rd of D1 programs, and it's not even close.

Picking nits, but out of the 77 D1 teams, Tufts and Bowdoin would only compete with the bottom 20 and beat the bottom 10.

What your basis for saying that? My opinion is that the best D3 programs would compete well with D1s in the middle of the D1 pack. And that those who assume that all D1 recruits are better athletes/lacrosse players know very little about the college game.

accurate

Yeah, I’d encourage my kid to pick W&L- and about a dozen other D3 schools over Mercer, Queens, Hampton, Mount St Mary’s, Iona, LIU, or any of the bottom 25 D1 schools. Anyone who thinks D1 is always better than D3 is delusional.

Facts

From a purely lacrosse perspective, perhaps one may choose a D3 school over Hampton. Hampton would likely result in a much richer experience for African American lacrosse players. Please note, I am not African American but have to imagine that being a Black lax player at Hampton would be a significantly different experience than playing at Tufts.

Weirdest post of the week.
(My bad on the misquote in the previous post)

For all of the reasons you characterize this post as weird is every reason African American lacrosse players choose Hampton. Signed, A Reformed White Christian Nationalist

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As I said, Bullis has two A players (who are absolute studs) and a bunch of B players. B players got exposed tonight. D3 attack probably had 10 turnovers tonight and Bullis fogo was probably 20%, and goalie couldnt see the ball as just a few examples.

As I said… relax dad.

#27 had 3 TO
#26 had 5 TO

The last 3 min of regulation was insane as Bullis fogo couldn't win a face off

#6 couldn't see the ball either

#28 and #17 so called A players where great and #28 had a chance to win it twice i believe.

Enjoyed watching this team!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tufts and Bowdoin from the NESCAC would beat the bottom 3rd of D1 programs, and it's not even close.

Picking nits, but out of the 77 D1 teams, Tufts and Bowdoin would only compete with the bottom 20 and beat the bottom 10.

What your basis for saying that? My opinion is that the best D3 programs would compete well with D1s in the middle of the D1 pack. And that those who assume that all D1 recruits are better athletes/lacrosse players know very little about the college game.

accurate

Yeah, I’d encourage my kid to pick W&L- and about a dozen other D3 schools over Mercer, Queens, Hampton, Mount St Mary’s, Iona, LIU, or any of the bottom 25 D1 schools. Anyone who thinks D1 is always better than D3 is delusional.

Facts

From a purely lacrosse perspective, perhaps one may choose a D3 school over Hampton. Hampton would likely result in a much richer experience for African American lacrosse players. Please note, I am not African American but have to imagine that being a Black lax player at Hampton would be a significantly different experience than playing at Tufts.

Weirdest post of the week.
(My bad on the misquote in the previous post)

For all of the reasons you characterize this post as weird is every reason African American lacrosse players choose Hampton. Signed, A Reformed White Christian Nationalist

For (1) capitalizing the word "Black", (2) being a white guy speaking on behalf of black people, and (3) characterizing yourself as a "reformed white christian nationalist," I am happy to award you with the first-ever DCUM Lacrosse Forum "I'm One of the Good Ones" award for the month of May 2026. This award is suitable for display and lets everyone know that you are a Certified Good White Person. I heartily congratulate you on this award and look forward to your continued posts in the future.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone who was there feel like recapping the Bullis game??

The first time Bullis and STA played, it was back and forth, and was a one goal game until the last second when STA was in a desperation defense against the clock, and Bullis scored to ice it 10-8, so pretty close. This game was similar. STA scored first, but the goal was called back (looked like crease violation). STA then scored again to take a 1-0 lead. They would not lead again until OT. Bullis scored the next 3 goals to take a 3-1 lead, and then the teams traded goals to 6-4 Bullis at the half. At one point in the second half, the score was 7-6 Bullis on a pretty STA pole goal and it looked like STA had momentum, then Bullis opened up a 9-6 lead and it looked like they would roll. STA kept clawing back, making defensive stops and scoring 3 in a row to make it 9-9 at the end of regulation. Each team had multiple players leave the field hurt, some cramping but also several game stoppages for what in the old days would have been called getting your bell rung. STA looked like they were grabbing guys from the parking lot to find subs. Surprisingly nonexistent penalty calls, and both sets of fans were convinced they were getting screwed. Both teams played very hard, credit to them, back and forth game. Each team had one guy with a hat trick and otherwise scored by committee, team effort. Either team could have won or lost at the end of the game or in OT, probably anyone watching would have assumed close game but Bullis will have the last possession and score/win. Don't know the percentages but FO from STA took over in the second half and won both in OT including the fast break goal. Both goalies made critical stops down the stretch or it would have ended in regulation or 1 OT.

End of the 1st - 3-3
2nd 6-4 Bullis
3rd 8-6 Bullis
4th 9-9 with STA running off 3 straight goals and FO wins in under 3 minutes.

hell of a game

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tufts and Bowdoin from the NESCAC would beat the bottom 3rd of D1 programs, and it's not even close.

Picking nits, but out of the 77 D1 teams, Tufts and Bowdoin would only compete with the bottom 20 and beat the bottom 10.

What your basis for saying that? My opinion is that the best D3 programs would compete well with D1s in the middle of the D1 pack. And that those who assume that all D1 recruits are better athletes/lacrosse players know very little about the college game.

accurate

Yeah, I’d encourage my kid to pick W&L- and about a dozen other D3 schools over Mercer, Queens, Hampton, Mount St Mary’s, Iona, LIU, or any of the bottom 25 D1 schools. Anyone who thinks D1 is always better than D3 is delusional.

Facts

From a purely lacrosse perspective, perhaps one may choose a D3 school over Hampton. Hampton would likely result in a much richer experience for African American lacrosse players. Please note, I am not African American but have to imagine that being a Black lax player at Hampton would be a significantly different experience than playing at Tufts.

Weirdest post of the week.
(My bad on the misquote in the previous post)

For all of the reasons you characterize this post as weird is every reason African American lacrosse players choose Hampton. Signed, A Reformed White Christian Nationalist

What in the actual f...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone who was there feel like recapping the Bullis game??

The first time Bullis and STA played, it was back and forth, and was a one goal game until the last second when STA was in a desperation defense against the clock, and Bullis scored to ice it 10-8, so pretty close. This game was similar. STA scored first, but the goal was called back (looked like crease violation). STA then scored again to take a 1-0 lead. They would not lead again until OT. Bullis scored the next 3 goals to take a 3-1 lead, and then the teams traded goals to 6-4 Bullis at the half. At one point in the second half, the score was 7-6 Bullis on a pretty STA pole goal and it looked like STA had momentum, then Bullis opened up a 9-6 lead and it looked like they would roll. STA kept clawing back, making defensive stops and scoring 3 in a row to make it 9-9 at the end of regulation. Each team had multiple players leave the field hurt, some cramping but also several game stoppages for what in the old days would have been called getting your bell rung. STA looked like they were grabbing guys from the parking lot to find subs. Surprisingly nonexistent penalty calls, and both sets of fans were convinced they were getting screwed. Both teams played very hard, credit to them, back and forth game. Each team had one guy with a hat trick and otherwise scored by committee, team effort. Either team could have won or lost at the end of the game or in OT, probably anyone watching would have assumed close game but Bullis will have the last possession and score/win. Don't know the percentages but FO from STA took over in the second half and won both in OT including the fast break goal. Both goalies made critical stops down the stretch or it would have ended in regulation or 1 OT.

Bullis fogo won it for them in the first game. STA fogo won it for them in the second.

[Anonymous]

Bullis fogo won it for them in the first game. STA fogo won it for them in the second.


Thanks STA mom

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tufts and Bowdoin from the NESCAC would beat the bottom 3rd of D1 programs, and it's not even close.

Picking nits, but out of the 77 D1 teams, Tufts and Bowdoin would only compete with the bottom 20 and beat the bottom 10.

What your basis for saying that? My opinion is that the best D3 programs would compete well with D1s in the middle of the D1 pack. And that those who assume that all D1 recruits are better athletes/lacrosse players know very little about the college game.

accurate

Yeah, I’d encourage my kid to pick W&L- and about a dozen other D3 schools over Mercer, Queens, Hampton, Mount St Mary’s, Iona, LIU, or any of the bottom 25 D1 schools. Anyone who thinks D1 is always better than D3 is delusional.

Facts

From a purely lacrosse perspective, perhaps one may choose a D3 school over Hampton. Hampton would likely result in a much richer experience for African American lacrosse players. Please note, I am not African American but have to imagine that being a Black lax player at Hampton would be a significantly different experience than playing at Tufts.

Weirdest post of the week.
(My bad on the misquote in the previous post)

For all of the reasons you characterize this post as weird is every reason African American lacrosse players choose Hampton. Signed, A Reformed White Christian Nationalist

While being a tad sanctimonious and holier than thou, I think your underlying intended message might actually not be as bizarre as the way you curiously invoked the politics of the day to say it. I have watched a lot (not all) of privileged white kids be less than inclusive to their black teammates for years. I understand someone wanting to live at an HBCU in lieu of watching legacy kids think they are superior at a northeastern Stepford entitlement academy. But I think the original discussion was "don't discount upper D3 compared to some D1's for the quality of lacrosse." A lot of D1 players might be better athletes in a combine sense, but the actual quality of the lacrosse is not any better than good D3 ball. The top 20 D1's would walk over the the top D3's. After that, you would see more parity. So HS kids should also look at the opportunity off the fields instead of the "prestige" of D1, regardless of race.

[Anonymous]

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